RSSMami Nagaoka – School Girl Detective
31 Jan 2010 6 Comments
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Mami Nagaoka – School Girl Detective (November 27, 2009)
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Catalog # – ENFD-5179 – Region 2 Disc – 16:9 Aspect
Running Time: 87 Minutes
LOCATION: Saipan
CONTENT SET-UP: The Intro/Montage leads to 9 Main Chapters plus an Extra Chapter of Behind the Scenes footage.
THE SKINNY: What we have here is a reasonably good gravure DVD partially spoiled by the inclusion of a hand puppet who amiably chats with idol Mami Nagaoka before and after EACH and EVERY Chapter. 
I recall reviewing Hiroko Sato in Shanghai back in May of 2007, and a CGI panda appeared a few times. The panda’s on screen time was probably less than a minute or two for the entire video.
Here, I think the hand puppet is getting nearly 10 minutes. Geez, the hand puppet is even in the making of segment. But I digress. Let’s move on and talk about the model.
Mami Nagaoka, or Mami-chan as she is addressed by the hand puppet, has a great figure, a beautiful smile, and a sunny and engaging personality.
Apparently this Gravure DVD is made in conjunction with a movie also called School Girl Detective that was in production in Saipan as this DVD was being made. There are many scenes/clips in this video that involve police, guns, and even stunts by Mami, that introduce each chapter, after Mami and the hand puppet discuss something, that are clearly not gravure material.
Plus there’s a movie poster, plus there was a commercial, and they say about the film, “Coming Soon”. I think all of this was too elaborate for just a gravure idol DVD. So likely later this year, we shall see said film, or TV movie, being released.
But again this is still a digression. So back to the review. After a session with the h/p, Mami shows up on the Saipan beach in her school uniform to lead off the main chapters. To begin, she wears her uniform right into the sea. But have no fears, beneath the uni, there’s a white bikini that she wears.
Two is a workout with a floor-based punching bag, and Three is shot maybe in a basement parking garage. Mai is decked out as a make-believe cop,
as there’s nothing realistic about this uniform. The scene improves dramatically once she takes off the uniform.
Chapter four is a car-wash scene. While it is a standard car wash, there’s none of that climb into the back-seat, disrobe, and deal with a proffered lollipop that is so often included.
Five is a sweet bathtub scene. No one drips gel on her, Mami does not soap up anyone but herself, and there’s no pseudo-or-simulated sex in this chapter. Nice music accompanies this straight forward soap and rinse.
Six is out at the huge swimming pool. Mami wears a yellow one piece bathing suit that is less than a standard one piece but more than a bikini. More accurately it is neither and both. Well, see for yourself in the pics.
Seven is at the tennis courts. BYW, these are the same tennis courts that where we saw Yoko Matsugane and Hana Haruna posing in their most recent videos. No surprise there as this is a Shrine Valley production same as before and Yoko’s usual production house. Mami is not particularly good with a tennis racquet but she holds her own in taking off her tennis outfit and stripping down for some court-side posing in a bikini.
Eight starts with Mami being chased by a fiend brandishing and shooting a water pistol at her. They’re in a park, and for a bit, Mami is in a full sprint. Later it becomes a more normal day in the park with the usual – she wears a red bikini and works with a large exercise ball.
As Chapter Nine begins, Mami is asleep in a bra and panties plus leg warmers. You might be reminded of HarumiNemoto by this chapter. This isn’t played for allure, nor is it intended to lead to sex. It’s just Mami looking great.
Summary: If this was just a standard gravure idol video with no cute but still annoying handpuppet, and with no plugs/clips/outtakes from her movie, it would garner at least four and a quarter. But since it has all of those, I will lower the rating to three point seven five. But to make the rating really fair and balanced I’ll call it an excellent gravure video and I’ll strongly recommend it. You’ll have to deal with the intrusive elements but I think it is worth your time to watch this very enjoyable idol.
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Feb 01, 2010 @ 16:56:33
The first thing that I thought when I saw the dvd cover was “wow, she has a gorgeous smile” (and, of course, a nice body^^).
There’re many chapters where she’s using different bikinis and all of them look very good, specially two when she’s “wearing” the school uniform and when she’s washing the car.
Interesting new lady to this bussiness, we’ll see what happen with her in the future.
BTW. I don’t know if it’s just me but the web’s desing is always changing and it’s a pretty funny situation you know.
Greetings.
Feb 01, 2010 @ 17:37:59
Hola Pedro – Thanks for the comments – she is cute isn’t she?
No it’s not just you – since we had the same look from August of 2006 until last month, I’ve been trying to try different theme styles and colors.
Eventually I’ll decide on just a few and things will settle down to a far less frenetic pace with the changes.
jmm
Feb 03, 2010 @ 10:35:46
Hi JMM -
This is precisely why NAoV is such a valuable asset to Gravure Idol watchers. I’ve had this particular DVD on my WishList at amazon.co.jp for awhile now (based on Mami’s cuteness on the slipcase) but haven’t been motivated enough to buy.
While I always find your Ratings and your Summaries to be useful, I mainly rely on the body of your reviews and the vidcaps to sway me in one direction or the other. This one is no exception.
Oh, and by the way, I’m enjoying the different “looks” of the site.
As usual, thanks for your efforts.
Mike
Feb 03, 2010 @ 11:31:31
Hi Mike – so your decision is: Buy or Not Buy?
My rating is 3.75 but that was due to the style of the production and not reflective of the model at all.
I think that she will do well in the IV world.
Thanks for the multiple comments today.
jmm
May 13, 2010 @ 22:50:45
Mami is now a uni student at seijo university
http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/mami-nagaoka-actress-and-gravure-idol/
May 14, 2010 @ 15:18:06
For whatever reason, your link to the article about Ms Nagaoka isn’t working. Maybe it is just a temporary thing.
I’ll check it later. Thanks.
jmm