Girl's Box LOVERS HIGH Review Part Three

Okay, look out:  that's right, it's Mi-chan's turn.  A casual observer might confuse Saito Michi with Ms. Kayo Aiko.  It's an even bigger possibility since Mi-chan does a dead-on Aiko impersonation.  But, to hell with casual observers.  Once you've seen these girls, you either go on with your life as before, or you become OBSESSED.

So, Michi has more than a few fans out there, and I'm sure they're just as damn dedicated (damn, damn, damn dedicated) as we Aiko fans, and why not?  Her songs are catchy, her personality seems likeable (maybe a little *too* shy... oh well) and she's extremely pretty.

She's also the only main cast member who isn't involved with Kingyo in some way, and it's kind of awkward watching the group come together with no real mention why Michi doesn't get a part in it.  You really feel for her and demand to know more.  The English-language information available on her is just as scant, if not moreso, than what's to be found about Aiko.

It goes without saying, then, that I don't know enough about her to pass any real judgement beyond what's been put in the film.  And that, while it's not 'enough' in the traditional sense, is plenty to go on for the issue at hand.

When Yua and Nami get to the Girl's Box bar, what's in store for the viewer?  Mi-chan stealing the whole movie by dancing on the bar, that's what.  This scene alone makes the film worth the price of admission, and yes, I have a one-track mind.  This one appearance (a.) made me want to listen to the song 'HOLD ON' over and over again, (b.) proves that she's got what it takes to stand out amongst all the other girls here, and (c.) begins my full-blown obsession with Saito Michi.

So she plays Miku, the bartender.  And a darn good bartender at that:  all Mama has to do to get a new drink from across the room is to hold up an empty glass and point at it.  Miku then immediately hops to it.  Barkeeps like this are few and far between;  most make you wish you had stayed home so you could get served quicker.  Also, she does that trick where full shakers are stacked one by one, turned sideways, and poured into every glass in one move.  Maybe you'll just have to see the film to understand, and don't worry that they don't show her face while it's being done.  You can't prove that it's another person doing the pouring, so don't even try.

Miku makes a game of luring men, promising them the world, and then letting them down without a thought after stealing their money or whatever else she can get.  Personally, I'm not sure that anybody should be using this technique in real-life, but we don't have to suspend any disbelief that it works when watching the film.  It would totally work on me.  I'd give her all my cash, all my credit cards, take her to the ATM and drain my account, give her a map showing the secret location of all that gold I buried in the Grand Canyon, then wave to her as she drove off in my car.  "Call me later!" I'd say.

But you know she wouldn't.  Miku is calm and calculated, nice on the surface but greedy and jaded underneath.  Through it all she sticks by her friends and makes sure they get enough to drink.  The perfect woman?  Probably not, but she thinks so, and I may someday agree.