MAKI GOTO is a SWEET BLACK Diamond in her 3rd thread

[ayuayu798]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!!!

[love in music]

this album isn't bad! the only song i don't really like is TEAR DROPS. and i think she should have been alone in Queen Bee and Mine. i Candy and Plastic lover

[Mr. Goto]

1) Queen Bee with BIGGA RAIJI 8.5/10. If they got a better guy for her to sing it with I would of gave it a 10.

2) Lady-Rise 9/10.

3) Candy 7.5/10. This sounded A LOT different than what I thought it would. I can see this song really growing on me in the future.

4) TEAR DROPS with KG - 5.5/10.

5) Mine with KEN THE 390 9/10. This song grew on me so much I love it! Still wish it was her alone though.

6) Fly away 10/10.

7) Plastic Lover9/10 this blows Golden LUV out the water. I hope she does more club/dance music in the future.

8) with... 7/10. A lot better than TEAR DROPS

[cloud♥honey]

Quoting myself:

Queen Bee (9/10): I still have to get used to that annoying rapper but I really love this song. Quite original speaking of J-Pop. Reminds me of Hips Don't Lie, don't know why.
Lady-Rise (9/10): Pretty addictive and fierce, used to hate it but can't help loving it atm. The only negative point about this is the noisy instrumental which irritates me sometimes.
Candy (7/10): Great song but nothing really excitant.
TEAR DROPS (10/10) With Fly away, best song on the mini. The instrumentals are full of awesome and her voice sounds controled and enjoyable on it. The guy's voice is also very good, love it.
Mine (7/10): Candy II
Fly away (10/10): Has one of the best instrumentals ever. It's an excellent song, cool how it mixes classical music with Hip Hop elements.
Plastic Lover (9/10): I really like this kind of Electronica song. I got so ****ing annoyed with the ending but I'll remember to skip it every time I listen to it lmao.
with... (8/10): Hasn't a very big appeal to me but it's enjoyable and kind of graceful/peaceful. I like it.

[Chokki]

Just out of interest, how long do you think it will take for 1st press to sell out - in an average cd store in Japan? I'm assuming I'll miss out

[howtousesexy]

i like all the songs, i can't be bothered making a simple review. too lazy

hmm if i had to pick a fav it would be either Plastic Lover or Mine. i didn't like Candy much from the performance vids at a-nation, but it sounds SO much better in HQ.

[GRACE]

The digital singles sound so much better now <3 and I love Candy and Mine, they're awesome <3

This album is amazing, I really wish I had the money to buy it x_x

[Mr. Goto]

Originally Posted by Callum

Just out of interest, how long do you think it will take for 1st press to sell out - in an average cd store in Japan? I'm assuming I'll miss out

Well according to people on JPM pretty much all stores in Japan are out of stock...(both the limited and regular version)so I'm assuming avex did not ship a lot of copies for some reason. If you look around for a bit I'm sure you will find one.

[FIRSTKLAS]

Is anyone else disappointed that the deluxe booklet in the limited edition is an actual booklet and not, like, a photobook?

I know I am.

[ll moments ll]

^ is it really? i haven't received mine yet. :3

anyway, i'm loving the mini-album! all the tracks are great in one way or another. my favorites being "Queen Bee", "Fly away", & "TEAR DROPS".

[FIRSTKLAS]

^ Yeah, it's divided into chapters and filled with text and some manga art. The only picture of Maki is on the back cover.

[pchan1986]

firstklas are you able to take a pic of the cd? i want to see it pretty pls

[FIRSTKLAS]

^ Here you go:

[ll moments ll]

Originally Posted by FIRSTKLAS

^ Yeah, it's divided into chapters and filled with text and some manga art. The only picture of Maki is on the back cover.

aww, seriously?! what a let down.

[visionfactory]

Originally Posted by FIRSTKLAS

The only picture of Maki is on the back cover.

Just 1 picture of Maki on the deluxe booklet?!

So what's deluxe about it?

[Mr. Goto]

Is the manga at least good? According to someone on JPM...

"The extra 64 page booklet is a comic, and I had a flick through and the main character gives a guy a ******* in the back of a restaurant kitchen. Picture illustration and everything. What is Maki trying to promote here? The ****ing skank. "

?

[Chokki]

Originally Posted by Mr. Goto

Well according to people on JPM pretty much all stores in Japan are out of stock...(both the limited and regular version)so I'm assuming avex did not ship a lot of copies for some reason. If you look around for a bit I'm sure you will find one.

Oh noes! I won't be able to get a regular ... Thanks for letting me now

[FIRSTKLAS]

Originally Posted by Mr. Goto

Is the manga at least good? According to someone on JPM...

"The extra 64 page booklet is a comic, and I had a flick through and the main character gives a guy a ******* in the back of a restaurant kitchen. Picture illustration and everything. What is Maki trying to promote here? The ****ing skank. "

?

Well I'll be damned, that *does* happen in the manga. I only flipped through it quickly when I first got the album and didn't pay attention to much of anything in the booklet since I was looking for pictures of Maki.

But it's not, like, some super-explicit hentai manga or anything.

It only happens on one page and you only see it in one panel. And from what I can tell, the story is about a young woman who likes a guy so she humiliates herself trying to get him but it also looks like she realizes how stupid she's being and stops.

It's like one of those "true confessions" stories that a lot of women seem to enjoy sharing and reading; I get the feeling that what the text in the booklet is about too.

[Celaphorce]

Anyone know what wrong with the album...? I listen to it on my comp and it sounds find...but when I put it on my zune it plays a weird sound at first and then after that it plays the song, but I can't enjoy her mini-album because the sound is so loud even though my player would be on like 1 so it sucks...and I've already tried redownloading it as well...it didn't help very much.

[Sundae]

This has been a great month(summer?) for albums. Beni's new album, Maki's new album, some korean albums.