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The teaser video for Juice=Juice’s new single “Karei naru Revenger” (“Glorious Revenger”) racked up 266,000 views within 24 hours of release, putting it roughly on par with their previous single “BLOODY BULLET,” which hit 325,000 in the same window. The teaser-first rollout itself — a rare move for Hello! Project — became a talking point on 5ch in its own right. Threads buzzed with predictions that the full MV would be timed to drop alongside the lineup announcement for Kohaku Uta Gassen (NHK’s New Year’s Eve song contest), debate over whether the teaser splits view counts or boosts them, and even disagreement over how MV-watching habits differ by fan age group.
What people said
325K — BLOODY BULLET / Juice=Juice
266K — Karei naru Revenger (teaser) / Juice=Juice👈
Thanks for that
Unfortunately, replaying it back-to-back doesn't add to the count
It'd be clearer if you just wrote "teaser"
Views from the 8pm hour didn't get added because of a glitch — without that, it might've been close to 280K
Can't be helped though
Waiting over two weeks is way too long
If that's true, the agency is being way too cheap about it
I think it'll drop on the Kohaku announcement day
That'd be perfect timing
What's the full MV gonna do
Topping "Bura-Bare" (fan nickname for "BLOODY BULLET") is the goal
So people discovering Juice=Juice for the first time will search for it and watch the MV
The 8th works, the 11th works too
Whether they'll even get picked for Kohaku is still unknown so let's set that aside, but the longer they delay, the more the hype cools off
As long as it's not about Kago
If they were going to release the MV
wouldn't it have been better to just drop it outright
Teaser and MV view counts don't cancel each other out
If anything, releasing the MV right away gets fewer views. Building buzz and letting people know a new song is coming matters most, so putting the teaser out first was absolutely the right call this time
Feels like they put this out just to head off fan anger over "no MV again?!"
It's not one you want to replay over and over
That's why groups with a high ratio of older fans never see their view counts take off
But it's been proven that if Hello! Project fans unite, they can hit around 200K in a day
This is so true
They'd probably call replaying the MV "cheating"
Even "Moreme" (nickname for another MV) owes where it stands today to its new fans replaying it like crazy
Old-guard fans are seriously useless on social media
Social media would go wild
Seems like just dropping the MV straight out would've gotten more views
Then other groups and artists wouldn't be adopting this approach in the first place…
I don't get the point of that
The point is putting it out on YouTube specifically
Why is that so hard to understand. Aren't you a bit too much of an oldhead?
That sense of release when you finally hear the full thing for the first time is incredible
Of course, the song itself needs to be polished enough to pull that off though
Background and Key Discussion Points
Juice=Juice has traditionally released its MVs as standalone drops without a teaser beforehand, so the teaser-first approach this time drew attention on 5ch as something new. While debating the view-count numbers, some posters pointed out that YouTube doesn’t let repeated plays from the same viewer stack up without limit in a short span, casting doubt on the simple claim that “the teaser boosted the numbers.” Several posters speculated that the full MV’s release would be timed to coincide with the announcement of Kohaku Uta Gassen’s lineup, but this remains pure fan speculation — as of November 7, 2026, there has been no official announcement. It’s also worth noting that the comparison with the previous single “BLOODY BULLET”‘s 325,000 views isn’t a perfectly apples-to-apples one, since the tallying period and release time weren’t identical.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Breaking] Juice=Juice’s new song “Karei naru Revenger” teaser hits 266K views in 24 hours!“
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