For sure, Miri STILL IS one of my favorite idols too. I just didn’t think much of this DVD – the IV models – even the best of them – can turn out a bad DVD.

They’re still beautiful and can still be adored by their fans.

Zatoichi and I disagree on Videos quite often. We have different tastes and clearly our personal experiences are different. But we seem to like the same models. There have been videos that I love and he hates. We were at opposites ends of the opinion on a few Yoko Matsugane videos.

I don’t require that my readers agree with me. Disagree all you want. It is in the nature of all things that people will see them differently.

Nonami in Japan and Hawaii are in progress. Yoko Matsugane too. Even Sparkling Hitomi is in the works. I guarantee that not everone will agree with my reviews.

Thanks for the comments.

jmm

I think Miri is one of the most beautiful “BigBreast” gravure idols ever (my favorite one is Miyabi Isshiki ^^) but after reading your review, it gives me the impression that her time has passed, maybe I’m wrong or something like that but it’s like Ourei would come back after a long time break, trying to reach a place where she was before but now it seems different.

Zatoichi has his point of view too, a little more positive, but despite yours opinions I think is better to have Miri around than not having her, she got the lovely face, the curves, the body, what else can we ask?… maybe a good director for her dvd’s? who knows.

Oh! Mike, a future double review for the last two releases from Nonamin? I’ll be waiting for that^^.
I’m also happy for the new dvd from Hitomi Aizawa that is gonna be release in next march, a happy start for this 2009.

Greetings.

Thanks for commenting – your responses to my reviews are always appreciated, and of course, most welcome.

Yeah, we do seem to disagree at times – usually when a DVD is ‘edgy’ or darker. This one I disliked not so much over content but style. I found those repetitive camera movements to be distracting. And the lighting was not flattering to Miri.

As for over-analysing Miri’s motives – I did say that this was possible (over-analysis). I also said that maybe she was just goofing on this. But even if EVERY gravure idol DVD gets has a scene with the model tied up in at least one scene, I still won’t like it.

Just as I don’t like the hand-held ice-cream on a stick theme either.

Please return to the site again soon – as I am in progress with both Hitimi Kitamura and Yoko Matsugane reviews. Also working on the double release by Nonami Takizawa. I Know all three of these ladies are amongst your favorites idols.

Thanks for providing your counter arguments supporting this DVD by Miri. Most people have a high amount of respect for your opinions as do I. I’ll be looking forward to Miri’s Cara release too.

jmm

The production values were, overall, quite good. The costuming and makeup departments were on the ball and actually gave us something other than the typical bikinis and lingerie all the time (yay variety), lighting was good although a little washed out here and there and I found the camera work to be excellent through out except for track six, where it was mundane at best, and editing did not help.

In roughly her first year as an idol, Miri produced typical (although at the time risque in regards to the amount of flesh shown) idol videos. After that, though, things started to change… her projects did tend to trod down somewhat more “experimental” avenues. With DVDs like Climax and Bust Out! ~Gorgeous~, and photobooks like Aiyakko Run Run in her catalogue, either Miri was excising some creative control over her projects or she was being very picky with offers sent her way (and that brings a whole other slew of questions concerning the business side of her career, but I digress). I suppose the point here is that is somewhat known for being on the artsy side of thing, yet you honestly seems surprised by some of what was offered here.

And specifically, track 6 – I think you’re over analyzing things. Way over analyzing things. Even as far back mid-2004, there has always been some implied or light bondage themes in her photosets and videos. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find and idol in the past 8 or so years who hasn’t been tied up or restrained at some point for the camera. Aside from some the “darker” themes which tend to appear in her DVDs (as dark as an idol video can get, anyway), I got the impression that the point of it was not so much the bondage aspect, but the costumes Miri was wearing, specifically the “sub” uniform with the see-through lace and the tape over her nipples. In comparison, I’ve found a lot material in Matsugane Yōko’s releases to be a lot more of a “downer” than this – 2007′s Chichi Gurui comes to mind immediately.

As you said – I like what I like this is definitely among the better releases of 2008. I’ll be picking up her newest, DVD, on the 29th of the month. Miri’s DVD track record is very hit-or-miss (for every Shake! Shake!, there’s a Sotsugyō, so I’m hoping she’s an a streak and Cara is just as good as In Secret was.