Kataomoi Finally - SKE48

So it is finally here. My all-time-favourite Song of SGayE... ehm I mean SKE, of course.
And of course I'm talking about Kataomoi Finally which actually led to quite a turmoil.

Well, this cover alone is almost worth to be called a scandal/turmoil.
For those who doesn't recognise them (like I did when I first saw this) they are our beloved wCenter and everyone's OTP. Of course I am talking about our beloved wMatsui, Jurina and Rena.

Kataomoi Finally is SKE's 8th single and is the first darker song of this particular group. Before SKE's image could be described as happy and cheery.

Well, for me KataFinally was one of the first songs I heard from SKE and back then I really didn't know anyone of them since I was just starting to become a fan. If I remember correctly i was watching an AKBingo episode where this masterpiece was aired for the firstime -well of course I wasn't up to date at that point. However this song had such a great impact on me that it's still one of my all-time favourite -I could listen to it for days.
Furthermore for me this single has the best senbatsu line-up of all time. This single had the -then- to three: wMatsui and Churi which were and still are SKE's frontline.
Back then we also had (Kuwabara) Mizuki and (Ogiso) Shiori in senbatsu which I actually liked a lot. And the awesome new OTP KumiNon (thanks Akimoto-Sensei for introducing them to us).

So, this song is really fast paced and also kind of aggressive since I always get the image that they shout out their love/feelings.
And while the refrain is really aggressive -with this whole "Suki nanda Kimi ga Suki nanda" wich are the feelings that are shout out loud- the verses are "calmer" since they are describing the situation. All in all the song is really dramatic -in a good way.
Like the title already hints -Kataomaoi Finally = Unrequited Love Finally- the song has to be dramatic. Like, come on the protagonist has to kind of release the pent u feelings through screaming and dancing on a rooftop -oh and don't forget the slapping.

BTW I really love the quote they put in at the beginning.





But let's enter the realm of SGayE.

Well, what a loevly day to lay around in a field of bugs.... and grass. 

kind of reminds me of Sunshine Sakae

What a lovely back

But somehow she is walking quite akwardly

A typical japanese after school day

Rena the social akward

"When it comes to love, there are no Rules!"
BTW Nice shower curtains for a school

Looks like she saw a ghost
Rena: "The fuck...."

Or she just saw those two....

And the legendary rooftop dance scene. I really love them

Churi: "The fucks I give? 0"

Well Churi and Rena weren't the best dancers back then

And who is that in the back who got the moves wrong? Manatsu? Matsumoto?

Come on Rena, we know you liked that....

Churi: "Hey taxi!"

Jurina: "Nah, not sure if I want to sit with them..."

Kumi: "Who cares. They are the popular kids.."

Shawako: "Yeah, although they're strange..."

Churi: "Hey, Ikemen I've got something for you so everyone knows you belong to me!"

Jurina: "If I have to.."

Ogichan: "Now you're lost forever..."

She kind of looks really high in here.

That thigh though

Rena: "The fuck! Who allowed you to touch me."

Jurina: "Don't worry I have the director's permission."

Jelous bird is jelous.
Churi: "Gonna kill that woman!"

Rena: "Please don't! it wasn't my idea"

Everyone: "That was your downfall"

Yuria ready to kick some ass..

Looks quite okay this time...

Jurina: "Hey, I just met you and this is crazy. But here is the necklace. So be mine maybe?"

Rena: "But wasn't it a gift from Churi?"

Rena: "Oh well, thanks. Now everyone knows I'm hers. hehehe"

That stare tho...

Deer Idol caught in flashlight

Trying to stay calm and not get scared

Perfect

Kumi"..... well"

And now kiss....

or almost....

Oh, hey. Rena finally realized there were bugs

It's so bright

Dasu: "It's blinding me"

And now there are these two lovebirds

Lo- .Love Hotel??  .////.

Wow... who is the creep at the window?

ehm... SKE what you're doing? .////.

Oh, so Shawako is the creep.....

Luckily they didn't show the love hotel action...

Rena: "Oh snap!"

Rena: "I've got jam all over my finger..."

Churi: "Heheh. Can't even eat her sandwich propably."

Rena: "Damn. My beloved melonpan sandwich..."

Everyone: "Oh no!"

Jurina: "Mhhm, Melonpan..."

Rena: "the fuck! You touched me again!"

Matsurina: "Hey! I want to appear, too!"

That Kanon ..... So young

Matsurina: "Hey there, Honey."

Jurina: "Ah, finally."

Rena: "....... ಠ_ಠ  for real?"

Jurina: "Yup. Sorry Rena-chan"

Rena: "(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)"

"Let's meet ~!!"

kind of rough translation

Jurina: "I got really nice hair"

Kumi: "Mujin~ Eki~.."

So that was going on in the Love Hotel...

"Suki nanda Kimi ga Suki nanda"

I really liked Jurina's ikemen phase

The creep again 

Kumi looks like she is dying....

Awesome as hell

I love this scene

That difference tho
Mizuki really is awesome here

Rena: "Fuck I feel the bugs crawling...."

"Need to go home emediately"

First there is Rena

And then comes Churi....

"Happy Slapping!!"

Jurina's leg looks really strange here. Almost like it's broken....

"Kataomoi koko de Finally"

Rena still running home to get the bugs off.

So that was Kataomoi Finally. probably one of the best SKE singles.

Well, this Mv has actually quite an interesting storyline since all the members seem -and actually are- couples. Yeah, right couples as in love couples or girlfriends. Yes, girlfriends, lesbians since all of them are girls. With our beloved OTP w Matsui as the main cast.

Well the story is actually as simple as it is awesome.

To make it short. Rena is being really naive at the beginning thats why she is clad in a white dress and also sleeping. But then she meets Jurina with whom she falls in love. And slowly she understands that Jurina isn't in love with her that's the reason why she is slowly starting to wake up, to realize. And well, by no later than her seeing Jurina with Matsurina, Rena realizes that her fellow Matsui was just playing with her. That's also the moment when she starts to stand up and run.

Now Rena is free and not as naive as before, she matured.

And well Jurina is getting what she "deserves". She didn't just deceive Rena she also did the same to Churi, who was Jurina's first girlfriend. And in the end she is all alone.

So the moral of the story is that you shouldn't cheat!

Furthermore we also have some funny and interesting sidestories adding to the main part.
Well, of course there is KumiNon -the passionate kisser- which are actually Rena's first encounter with relationships and the "desire" to have someone. And later on we see Kanon alone shooting a flare gun without Kumi nearby.
Then there is also the Love Hotel storyline where you have two groups: Shawako and Arin and the rest. And while Airin and Shawako -who kind of goes crazy later on- do actually nothing I'll skip them.

So the Love Hotel party is kind of strange because somehow everyone is making out with everyone and then suddenly there is Matsurina and Churi -Jurina's other grilfriends- who start kissing each other... on the bed...

However, this is actually the first 48 group song and also MV that feautures the idea of homosexuality what actually is quite a big step for a japanese female idol group. And its also quite cool to see that they can go beyond the "limits" without being crushed by the public.

I really like this kind of oeness to this idea since not everyone -not even in the 48 group- is straight. And also it's something different to all those boyxgirl romances which really starts to get on my nerves. :'D
And well, it as wMatsui! Who would say no to that!?

Well, that's it for today....