JMM

“you’re right, Mike, the model can’t be blamed for a lot of bad decisions in filming. I notice that online forums talk about the best video companies, but does anyone have an opinion about who are the best producers & directors? The only thing I notice about the credits is that hair & makeup is usually listed as hair & “make” – can different video companies all seem to make this glaring error consistently? They must have been watching too many Idols and not paying attention in English class.

I noticed that you said the food sequence in Dear was mercifully short and I wondered if there were any food-licking scenes that were actually worth watching. Are they just a novelty that has become a big cliche? I can remember an Asian For You girl performing a scene with red syrup that was hot, but that’s a different genre. Whenever I see these Idols break out their bananas I begin to have sympathy for the fruit – just bite the damn thing and be done with it!”

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Actually, I don’t think I discussed food in Dear. I said that a lollipop sequence was brief. Anyway idols eat the same way we do – and no one looks particularly good while eating. I will have a pair of reviews coming up soon with Sayaka Ando and she eats in both of DVDs.

As far as the fractured English, or mis-spellings – it happens often. And Make for Make-up might just be a local colloquialism.

I am starting to pay more attention to the directors – as some times it is there fault. I’ll try to do more with this in the future. Thanks for your comments.

“Nonami fans will enjoy the majority of Dear… with few reservations, but if you’re just starting out with Nonami, she does have much better releases in her catalogue.”

Agreed your view was less than hearty. And though my review include a g=hearty recommendation, I closed with,

“This video is not without some flaws as noted above, but it is well worth your consideration if you want to see a model with huge boobs, and an outgoing, friendly personality.”

So I guess I paid less attention to the flaws than you did. Or I wanted to pay the model the tribute she deserved – as the flaws can placed as the responsiblity of the producer & director & editor.

JMM

One thing I did find noteworthy about Dear… is that I believe this is the first time Nonami has appeared “topless”, even if it was perhaps in the most innocuous way ever. She’s always been in the Nemoto Harumi/MEGUMI school of idols – she lets her looks and personality carry things rather than having to rely on lowest common denominator stuff like a lot idols do nowadays – witness the overhyped Takana Hitomi. Still, with the idol industry as it stands, one has to wonder if she’ll eventually do more risque stuff to keep up her career, or if she’s planning to move into the hybrid idol/tarento category like Hoshino Aki or Kumada Yōko. Given her penchant for having bit parts in various TV dramas and her output of music CDs, I’d wager the latter. Mind you, that’s what most idols want to do, and entertainment in any country is a tough business to break into.

OTOH better she do the risque thing rather than be the failed gravure idol-come-AV idol like Asami Yuma.