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Old 1st March 2012, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Aderianu View Post
now I notice obi at the picture =(
but maybe cover on booklet will be different?
That darn OBI! I still wonder if those are actual samples in the box or if they're just mockups made as placeholders.

I hope we get some nice interviews about the album so she can elaborate further than she did on Twitter.

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according to a few Japanese friends of mine, folks over in Japan are not thrilled with the covers and are bashing her relentlessly.
That's not at all the reaction I've seen on blogs and BBSes. The reaction from what I've looked at is rather positive and much less panicky than what I've seen here. They call the covers 'cool' or 'cute'. They're 'good' to some people, but they're concerned because she's so skinny on the cover. People seem to be saying that the cover is more natural than they were expecting. Japanese fans were sort of expecting more makeup and a super 80s-ish cover.

Can anyone gauge the reaction over at mixi? At ameblo/a mobile BBS, it's pretty much "The covers are good!".

http://www.rankbank.net/amaran/histo...sin=B0073ZX0UM

After the covers released, the CD+2DVD version went up 20 places or so at Amazon.jp.

Last edited by truehappiness; 1st March 2012 at 06:11 AM.