Princess Illusion
15 March 2008
Since I'm behind on these reviews and because they take up so much energy to write, I'm going to cut it down to highlights to save time. Makes more sense to do it this way. It's kind of pointless to try and write something about a video you don't particularly like. It's a win-win solution! This episode is from 2nd March. In it they're wearing kimonos because of Hina Matsuri. This is a holiday that's held on the 3rd March in Japan. The kimonos they're wearing aren't quite as flashy as those worn on New Years but they look nice all the same. My favourite is probably the one worn by Jun Jun. The red/pink on black looks nice. After showing off their outfits they go onto the first video. Whilst not particularly interesting, it does provoke a superb reaction from Tanaka Reina, who seemed to like the flying noodles.
My favourite part of the show; Princess Illusion! It featured Princess Wai Wai (AKA Michishige Sayumi) performing an illusion. The intro was brilliant with Princess Wai Wai scolding the audience for not giving the correct response to her visual cue. After that she did her trick which involved reaching into an empty tank of water and pulling a glass jug out of it. At the end of the video she did a Y-balance (where you hold your leg up straight with one hand and have the other arm up to form a Y). The trick was pretty cool, even if it was pretty easy to figure out. The water in the tank wasn't actually water. It was some sort of salad oil that made glass objects almost invisible when placed into it. You could see a bit of the outline if you looked carefully enough. At first glance though it did look quite cool. I liked the interrogation after the video where Sayumi vehemently denied being Princess Wai Wai, even though she's the only one in the group that can do the Y-balance.
For some reason this week's episode featured a lot of animal videos which are starting to get tiresome. At least in return we got another part of the GakiKame Theatre series. This time it was Kamei Eri in her own little drama. A short story starting with her waking up and brushing her teeth in the bathroom. She ran out of toothpaste and threw the empty tube into bin behind her without looking. After brushing her teeth she rinsed the brush and bounced it off the mirror and into the tumbler. Then it showed her at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee. She flipped the teaspoon from the table into the cup with the palm of her hand. Her phone bleeped so she opened it and typed out a text. Flipping the phone closed, she then threw it over her shoulder and straight in the open compartment of her bag that was sat on the coffee table behind her. Finishing her drink she noticed it was 8:02AM and rushed to get her bag. All of a sudden the TV turned on. She went over to a dish of bouncy balls and picked one out. She threw it against the wall and it bounced onto the floor before landing on the remote and switching the TV off. I don't know if it was all done genuinely but Kamei insisted it was all real. In any case, it was really fun to watch.
Overall, the show wasn't too good that week. Only a few videos were worth watching. The worst video was definitely the freaky Beyonce impression by some woman. She ate a banana and kiwi fruit without peeling either of them. It was weird. Let's hope we don't get any more of those next week...
Posted byHocchan at 8:26 pm
