Let The Battle Begins!

The JKT48 official YouTube page have uploaded the battle competition video between J vs KIII and Red Team Trainee vs White Team Trainee. The amount of likes will be the deciding factor in which of those team will win the game. Final decision will be announced on January 15, 2015 11:59 UTC+7.

Here are those videos:

J vs KIII

1. J with 1!2!3!4! Yoroshiku

2. KIII with River

Red Team Trainee vs White Team Trainee

1. Red Team with Gingham Check

2. White Team with Gingham Check

My Personal Take

Bear in mind that this is my personal take and do not represent the whole JKT48Stuff’s staff. I believe some of our staff will leave their own opinion on the comment page below or perhaps directly to the YT page.

That being said, my opinion here:

J vs KIII

1. Team J’s 1!2!3!4! Yoroshiku.

Hands down the most powerful, albeit horrendously messy, rendition of the song I’ve ever seen in my entire idoling life. Are those girls on steroids? After a two hour long concert in two days, with more than 35 songs, they still can pound the floor so hard in their rendition of the song.

All this time, this song have this cute, cheerleader image and team J rendition of this song able to erase those from my mind and instead, reminds me of an ogre party led by Shrek. In a good way, of course.

2. Team KIII’s River.

Well, I don’t know what to say. Their performance is good but…I don’t know, it’s not something new I guess? It’s River’s River from what I can tell. I was hoping that they can make a sexier River with Naomi in front, but it seems like they are trying to be what they don’t rather than making the song to be what they are.

Verdict:
Team J’s rendition, although messy, hands down win this battle for me for their unique ogrish rendition of the song. Meanwhile, KIII is doing a very good job with their rendition but unfortunately, doesn’t add anything new to the table.

Red Team Trainee vs White Team Trainee

Boy oh boy, this is a close call. Dance and energy-wise, Red win this battle, while in terms of expressing their cheerfulness and vocal department, White wins. In the end of the day, I’d call for the Red team to win my opinion with a very slight margin this time with their accentuated dance and energy.

Well, that’s my opinion and I’m sure you guys have a very different opinion than mine. Why don’t you guys jot down your opinion on the comment form below and don’t forget to give the “Likes” for which team you think a better performer!