If you're wondering why I didn't write a review of Endless Game it's because I actually really dislike the song. As for the rest of the songs on the album? I don't remember them but I just remember I didn't like any of them. I tried giving Monochrome a chance because it sounded jazzy but it was horrible.
With all that being said... I love the performance for Endless Game. Has it made me like the song? No. I still can't listen to the song without stopping it within 30secs, but I am willing to rewatch this performance multiple times because I legitimately think it's that great.
I was pretty hesitant about watching the performance because I knew how much I disliked the song but I was, surprisingly, hooked from the beginning. I was actually multitasking when I started the video so I laughed a bit when I paused the performance because it looked like the pose they'd have to the cover of an album. But onto the dance. It was cool. From what I could see, the black on black and crazy camera angles made watching them a bit of a pain but I enjoyed it. I really appreciate all the little, repetitive, precise dance movements they do like the horse-riding looking thing, the left-to-right hip swing, a few of the arm movements etc. I don't know why but watching any dance I've always appreciated little movements like that. They always seems more awesome and entertaining to me than spinning on the floor, or doing flips.
There were some parts of the dance that were kind of awkward though, like when they were trying to move in "slow" motion (or were they trying to do some pop-lock motion cause that did not show through at all).
The end of the song is also great though. I was glad they didn't go the Face Down/Breathless route having the members make a aisle on the middle for the main to walk through - I got tired of that already. What they did with the standing in a line was great. I know other groups have done it - and Arashi certainly has done things like this in other songs but a lot of the times the camera isn't centered in or it's just... not all that impressive to watch but for Endless Game it was impressive and I loved it.
Random note - when Sho (or any one of them) says "Warning" it sounds like "ワニ" (Wani) to me and that means crocodile so whenever I heard them say warning I couldn't help but grin or chuckle a little. When I first heard the song I was always curious about what Sho was saying because it sounded like someone took his voice and stuck it through the whammy bar of an electric guitar. But anyway.
All in all it was a cool performance and considering how much I hate the song - yet I love this performance - it goes to show how great it really is.
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