The literal meaning of "Menkata Cottelee" is hard noodle, thick soup, specifically a word used in a ramen chain called Jiro. They sung in their previous song "maximum the hormone" about how much they love that junky ramen and they would eat it day and night without giving a shit about their health. They were saying that their fat and greasy appearance won't matter as long as they deliver quality music and continue to rock people. That's why some fans complained when Ryo changed his premise and lost his weight (to be fair, nobody really knew he had serious health issues at the time). This song is an answer song to them, saying "fxxk you I'm gonna live longer than you". Towards the end he redefines the word Menkata Cottelee, saying that he will live a cottelee(=thick) life, instead of just having a cottelee(=heavy,oily,greasy) appearance. That's why it's called maximum the hormone II and the more direct translation of the Japanese subtitle is "Let's talk about the new meaning of Menkata Cottelee". I got goosebumps when I first saw the lyrics. It was SO cool.
This song is about Ryo-kun (the guitar vocal) , who used to be fat but has shaped him up well recently, as he got sick, gout. The lady in the colorful scene is the drummer, also the elder sister of Ryo-kun. She claims being fat is no problem and he should enjoy eating fat foods.
this title これからの麺カタコッテリの話をしよう is mean "let's talk about (noodles hard and very oily) for now on" .麺カタコッテリis the way of order japanese say when they order "ramen". 麺=noodles .カタ=hard.コッテリ=very oily.saying "麺カタコッテリ" = I want my ramen to made noodles hard and very oily. 麺カタコッテリis clazy slogan of MTH&their fan.
I love Ryo-kun so much, he's the one who behind this genre's changes, but still always perfect. I love how he thinks for their songs, the best Japanese metal guitarist-composer-vocalist ever.😍
The girl in the beginning is checking out SNS saying that fans are noticing Ryo-kun the band leader getting thinner and how they used to love when he was fatter. This song is about the eating disorder, social pressure and their lifestyles that cannot get rid of unhealthy foods like "Men Kata-Kotteri", al-dente noodles in thick pork-based soup ramen.
Finally found a cool react group thats open and actively listen to j music!!! I grew up listening to lots of jrock/visual kei and I've been going back to my roots the past few years. So this is great to see ppl reacting to music I'm super into. Will be looking forward to more!
This has to do with a lot of the Fanbase identifying and idolizing the lead singer Ryo who has had weight issues this was like a come back for him after the doctors told him that if he didn't lose weight he was pretty much gonna die
So, just browsed through the comments, and I didn't find anything that actually explained this song or video. The beginning is playing older Maximum The Hormone songs. Showing the guitarist/singer as a heavy man. In one video it started with him vomiting on the TV, which you saw in this. The point of the video, which focused on Ryo(singer) eating at every chance, was to show that he lost a "ton" of weight. Basically, doctors told him if you continue as you are, you'll die. So, he decided to eat better and lose weight, so that he could live and continue doing what he's doing. This song is about the transition and how food is terrible for you(at least tasty food), but living is more important. It's not about ramen.
More importantly, the lyrics highlight the pain, discomfort and fear felt in realizing the poor nature of his health. The section that Nao sings is from the perspective of fans that criticized this change, seeming to prefer fat Ryo-kun. Wrapping it up is Ryo citing obesity health statistics in Japan. It's equal parts "here's a painful journey I endured" and "don't like it? So what?" All wrapped up in the usual, failing to disappoint MTH fashion.
Alley Viper thank you for that. I had only seen their old stuff and never even knew he lost that much weight. I though they changed him and that made me super sad. Appreciate the explanation 😊
@@pratosaurusrex1128 Its a very Japanese mindset. Japanese people feel intense ownership of pop-culture, especially musicians. They believe that people should give themselves whole heartedly to their fans, even over their health and well-being. Its super fucked up.
I like this song very much. I want to translate this song and share it with people all over the world. That's why I'm studying now. By the way, even Japanese people can't hear without lyrics.
Hey. the song is about how many people criticized Ryo for losing weight and Ryo used to be better fat. in the song they tell you that you need to monitor your health and prevent obesity
Thanks for checking this one out! Yeah, this is the ultimate weight loss song.🤣It's Ryo being pissed that people liked the "fat Ryo" better. In the beginning, Nao, the drummer (and Ryo's sister) is basically reminiscing over "fat Ryo." Sarcastically of course
You seem to have misplaced Band-Maid. They should at least replace Ningen Isu...although good, Band-Maid is better in my opinion. Also, leaving out Crystal Lake, ColdRain, and CrossFaith is criminal. My personal top 3 would be: Hi-Standard, Maximum the Hormone, and Band-Maid. With Babymetal close to that 3rd spot.
@@queenierani3076 No, you did not. I was just offering up my opinion. All great bands, and if you don't like Band-Maid, that's fine. All music isn't for all people. I respect your list, just wanted to make conversation/awareness for other bands. Cheers!
Hi,i'm japanese.I tried to translate the last part of the music video.(10:24～) ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ ALL「Itadakimasu」(Thanks for the meal.) RYO「Susuruzo susuruzo.Susuru TV」(I will eat it,I will eat it.Susuru TV.) *"Susuru" means "slurp". "Susuru TV" is a Japanese youtuber uploading videos about only ramen. DAISUKE「Egawa Susuru」*It's just a joke."Egawa suguru" is a old professional baseball player."susuru" and "Suguru" have similar pronunciations. NAO「Yamero! Tabesasero!」(Stop it! Let me eat!) DAISUKE「Niku buatsu!」(This pork is Thick!) NAO「Mite kono buta.Dare ga buta yamen.Yamero.」(Look this pork.Who the hell are you calling a pig.Stop it.) *It's a self-deprecating joke. DAISUKE「Kono buta ju-yon,ju-yon.」(This pork is 14,14.) NAO「"Juicy" na?」(What you mean is it's juicy,right?) *In japanese,14 is "ju-yon" or "ju-shi"."ju-shi" and "juicy" have similar pronunciations.It's a joke. NAO「Ue-chan tabeteru?」(Ue-chan, are you eating?) DAISUKE「Oishina,Ue-chan,Na?」(It's delicious,isn't it? Ue-chan.) NAO「Ue-chan tabeteru?」(Ue-chan, are you eating?) *Ue-chan wear a cap. RYO「Deta!」(Here he goes again! ) DAISUKE and NAO「mou e-tte!」(It's enough!) RYO「Mada "Fun-mon" hikizuru?」(Do you still do "Fun-mon"?) *"Fun-mon" is "Funky Monkey Babys" ,which is a J-pop group. DAISUKE「Hikizurisugi yate!」(You do it too much!) DAISUKE「kosuruna kosuruna.Susure susure!」(Do not scratch, Eat it!) ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------END "MAXIMUM THE HORMONE(MTH)" and "Funky Monkey Babys(FMB)",they are on good terms.And "MTH" make fun of "FMB" unilaterally. Ue-chan wear a cap in this video,because he imitated "DJ chemical" who was one of "FMB".(11:10 this CD jacket imitates that of "FMB") And in the first part of music video of"MAXIMUM THE HORMONE Part 1",J-pop song,"MTH" made that which was imitated songs of "FMB".(that song is used in this video too. 11:10) I'm sorry about my bad English.But I hope you understand this comment. Please do not attack my English. :)
In heavy side of this song is the message from main vocalist who is totally tired of being unhealthy (getting lots of fatty food), and he managed to loose his weight at this moment. And he is shouting "I don't want to go back to unhealthy life any more" throughout this song. On the other hand, female vocalist sings " I don't give a shit, go crazy my brother! we don't want any healthy guy in our band". And finally he gave up and eat superfatty ramen at last.
@@dicodec Just a small correction. The guitarist was told by his doctor to basically diet or die in the next few years, but a big contingent of fans were upset and complaining that he wasn't this big cuddly bear anymore. This song is basically a giant "fuck off" to that part of their fandom, with the drummer mockingly singing the fan's perspective. I think the ending with the food is more of an "obviously I'm still eating and enjoying myself".
Maximum the hormone = the sensation of the maximum amount of your hormones coming to the boil! :) I've loved them since I heard their songs from Air Master and Deathnote. Rolling 1000toon , tsume tsume tsume , and Bikini Sports Ponchin are amazing songs
My interpretation of the short play in the beginning is that the girl is listening to 'tame' Maximum the Hormone MV, feeling disappointed, and then recalls, "After all, Ryo (vo/guitar) was at his best when he threw up in the MV..." The chat line says, "I liked Ryo more when he was fat."
If I recall Ryo had to lose weight for health reasons and some fans were unhappy. So in classic MTH fashion they responded to their fans with a song. I'm not into their music, but I absolutely love this band and their interactions with their fans and their antics. Not to mention their creativity both musically and video composition.
Maximum the Ryo lost loads of weight due to health problems and allot of fans said they didn't like how the new slimmer Ryo looked.... This song is his reaction
+1 for Band Maid, A Japanese hard rock (not metal) band - Domination live 2/14/2020 is a good place to start, or if you are into power metal, Lovebites is pretty intense. Think Dragonforce in prom dresses. Japanese music is just killing right now.
Maybe this was already explained but... In this song, the guitarrist vents his anger at his overweight fans, who were "canceling" him for being too skinny now, not realizing that he almost died from gout and lost weight to survive, and that they only want him fat so they can get an excuse for having as shitty eating habbits as he did, and they all should be ashamed, etc, etc. Pretty cool wake-up call of a song.
Loving your reactions! Two recommendations for you: Yoshu Fukushu by Maximum the Hormone for more crazy awesome metal goodness. Next, check out Band-Maid, an all girl rock band where the members dress up like maids and play kick ass hard rock. Nao-chan, the drummer for MTH, is the favorite drummer of Akane (Band-Maid’s drummer) and the reason she decided to try to drum harder and louder. And fwiw, when Jimmy Page (yes, THAT Jimmy Page) saw Band-Maid live, he went backstage to meet Akane. She, and honestly the rest of the band, are THAT good. Check out Domination (live), Blooming (music video), or Dice (Music video) as great starting points. The Japanese music scene is second only to the american one in size. There’s a lot of great music coming out of Japan in all genres, and their rock and metal scene is dope AF
@@dicodec If you haven't seen Buiikikaesu yet, the music video for Buiikikaesu is It has been removed on youtube. Now it's on dailailymotion. Zetsubou Billy on RU-vid is very poor quality. The picture quality is better on dialymotion. I recommend these two and Bikini Sports Ponchin (which is also on dialymotion).
Yoo, the band and the reaction both are awesome :3 If you'd like to react to more Japanese bands I recommend Crystal Lake - a metalcore band and a great one at what they're doing. I recommend checking Hail To The Fire, Apollo and Omega, but there are many more great songs. This band never disappoints :3
Band maid on hard rock and MTH on metal. I love them. Nice!!! Reaction looking forward on band maid music. I'm pretty sure you will like their music too
Hope you try some Band-Maid next. Female Japanese rock band that rocks hard! I recommend their live stuff more but the MV are pretty good too. Try out Moratorium live, Play live, Dice MV.
comment for dicodec. the beginning sequence was a callback to a previous video, a pop song(by MTH) that was interrupted by Ryo vomiting on the television that was playing it. then it showed a sequence of clips of Ryo pre-weightloss, and then we go into the video where Ryo is looki.g much slimmer and the whole band is surrounded by junk food. this leads me to the belief that this song is about the dangers of unhealthy food and its correlation to weight gain and Ryo had something to say about it. I'm guessing the girls "RU-vid comment" at the beginning also was about Ryo and his size/ or her size(she was a bigger girl). I dont speak or read japanese, I'm just guessing.
It is about the haterz complaining that the lead lost weight... LITERALLY....( if you notice in some the older ones he's a bit chubbier).. and that is why I love this fking band.
You guys are right. This is a seamless transition that works real well. Two metal vocal styles and the soft vocal style. I need lessons in chopsticks. And guitar. And bass.
I really like this band but the label. You should be prepared and backup your channel just in case. Talking about progressive, please checkout the band Unlucky Morpheus, it's a progressive speed metal.. More J-Rock/Metal bros /,,/
The lyrics of this song are said to be that if you eat a lot of ramen, you may get diabetes or obesity, but you don't have to worry about eating ramen.
LOL, I've been to Japan once. It is not as expensive as you think. The best Ramen you'll have ever tasted you can find in small cheap mom and pop spots at the train stations. Less than 10 bucks, while to get the same in LA will be twice that and not half as good.
What's this about ? You thought the other video was his push back on those who shamed him for getting healthier this is the real video he pushed back with. The start is a fan girl looking back at him and his heavier days and their old music. The video has lyrics like fuck pain and food is hell. At the end when he is talking into the megaphone he gives stats on food related illnesses that are costing japanese citizens their health in an effort to tell those who want him fat and in pain once more to fuck off as he would rather die healthy and live with as little pain as possible than to be in pain all the time.
