Here is my entry for MorningBerryz’s Arashi giveaway! I’m totally entering last minute (and I really hope this entry is allowed… And that April 5th midnight HST means 11:59pm, and didn’t mean April 5th first thing in the morning, ’cause then I’m super disqualified. XD Oh well, either way, it made me finally write up a ranking post for PVs. For those of you (the like… 5 people who read this blog XD) who don’t know, MB is holding a giveaway contest for Arashi’s 5×10 All the Best Clips DVD set + the Troublemaker LE. In order to join in on the fun, all you need to do is list your top 5 Arashi PVs in the comments.
I’m planning to do a top… 5? 10? ranking of my favourite songs. When I first read MB’s post, I thought, oh this will be sorta easy – just list my top 5 songs (since I’ve been working those out in my head already for my future post). However, as I started thinking about it, while Truth is my favourite Arashi single, it definitely isn’t my favourite Arashi PV. It’s quite interesting how the PV ranking and song rankings differ. ^_^
So without further ado, here are my top 5 Arashi singles. I apologize for the briefness of my explanations, but I really left this to the last minute, and I had a super long day today. XD
5. Believe
I love the set of this PV. The tree in the midst of this futuristic/grey/metallic room looks awesome. One of the buildings at my university had this whole forest vibe going on, and during long breaks during my fourth year biochemistry lab, my friends and I would lounge in the “forest” and take in the greenery. This set doesn’t look anything like that area, but the general concept makes me think of those lab days. The reports were killer, but doing the lab work was fun. 
4. One Love
I love the effect of the guys as a watercolour painting. The one thing I really don’t like about this PV is Nino’s capri shorts… XD I’ve never been a fan of capri shorts, particularly on guys… Maybe that’s part of the reason why I’ve never really been able to get behind Nadal in tennis (and his facial expressions kind of bother me XD).
3. Troublemaker
The stopmotion effects makes this PV so interesting to watch. Their facial expressions as they watch the juice, the fruit, etc. go up and down, up and down, are so adorable, and they’re just so silly throughout the PV. However, there is one thing that put a damper on my enjoying of this PV to the fullest extent – Sho’s suit… I just REALLY don’t like it. XD
2. WISH
Sorry, I couldn’t find a non-subbed PV on youtube. I’ll try to upload the PV at some point.
The puppets/dolls are just soooooo adorable!!! Who wouldn’t like this PV? Also, at the start of the PV, Sho looks ready to bust out the moves. It seems the “dance” (ie. the non-dance) just isn’t lively enough for Sho. It’s such an uplifting sounding song, it seems like Sho can’t keep his emotions bottled up by just standing still.
1. Love So Sweet
This PV is just so adorably quirky that I can’t help but love it. The first time I saw this PV, I immediately fell in love with it. I had already enjoyed the song from my listen through of the All Singles CDs, but the guys looks awesome in this PV. I love the outfits and I love their reactions/interactions with the people outside of the display.
Check it out. My top 2 PVs are Hana Yori Dango theme songs.
Special mention:
Truth
It’s my favourite Arashi a-side, and I absolutely love the army of violinists in the background. ^_^
And there you go! My top 5 Arashi PVs (plus one special mention). Did any of these make you think “WTF is maiZe on?!?!” XD … Also, as I was tagging this post, I realized that my top 5 plus special mention are all English titles. That’s a funny coincidence. XD