Opinions on Party Queen covers?

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by aloopy

Where do you guys see the sadness in these pictures? All I see is Ayu getting half naked, holding a shoe and having the biggest smile on her face.

Yes, this. I get people saying that they don't want the meaning to be too obvious. I'm the same way, I hate being hit over the head with a mallet with supposed metaphors. BUT, not being able to see the concept at all is an even bigger problem. There is a middle ground between being too obvious and being far too obtuse and unfortunately these covers don't find it at all.

brb, laughing for days at ayu_ready?'s post.