Thanks for posting....they're alright, I guess. I never thought there'd be a day when I'd say this about Ayu, but
she is trying too hard in these pics to look cute.
EXACTLY!!!!
With the exception of the carousel/convertible ones, the others just scream "Look at me, I am ~*kawaii~*!!" The clothes and scenery for the boat picture is nice but the hairstyle/shoes are stupid.
The Marilyn Monroe one is also kinda lame....cute concept but the facial expression is so deer-in-headlights. AND, you know, she reminds me of penelope cruz with that face...
The sofa in the ocean one is just "HUH?" inducing LOL
Either be in the ocean or be in a sofa. Mixing the two just doesn't work for me. The wig also looks horrendous.
agree. it is sucha simple one, and yet, so artificial!
She looks oddly stiff and rigid in the gardening one. It would've looked so much better if she just smiled normally.
i think i chose the jan/feb first because it's more fresh, and yellow, and it¡s rare to see ayu in yellow. but this one, it seems hshe has a ghost in front of here, i i eman,s he has not a confortable look. it would be 100 TIME BETTER, is she she would have been smleeing a flower or smth like, hiding in the leaves...
And I think avex should fire their Photoshopper for going to work on that cover.
wahahahahaha
Overall, I miss the 2005 style in which Ayu just pulled everything off so flawlessly. She looked sophisticated yet upbeat and fun. I don't know if it's just the art direction but she seems very unlike herself in these calendar pics.
For example, whatever happened to the class/versatility exuding from these?:
I don't like this one ^, but the city night postcard one is one of the best from all calendars... And i know what you mean
Just IMO of course. Ayu can still take great pictures but there's something about this calendar that rubs me the wrong way XD;
exactly ^^