Album is pretty solid :yes...I feel like it over all is a very quiet album compared to her other ones. I think my favorites so far are はじまりのとき, The beginning, HIKARI, and やさしい蒼. I am still getting used to the album but I do enjoy how soothing the music is...not to mention ayaka's oh so beautiful voice to accompany it :luv2. Oh and 37k on the first day is not that bad at all considering she is now indies & has been gone for a couple years. I hope she can keep this good pace going!

T_T seriously ayaka!? , people who ordered the regular edition are brilliant :)

Booklet pics, from baidu as always XD

^ are they in the limited edition as well?

Yes, those pics are from the limited edition :yes On baidu it seems that they all bought this one XD
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1396454328

Booklet's back cover

So only the "Regular edition" has pics of ayaka? That's funny...! :D

But she looks beautiful! I LOVE the back cover! :heart

Just saw this on Weibo ;)
Album pics and promotion in stores it seems.

Received my copy just now which a friend ordered it for me as a late belated birthday gift :)

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5975/img4988n.jpg

Too bad the packaging itself is downright really boring D: but all's all , the music's more important imo

the album itself is a digipak & even though there're literally no photos of ayaka in the Why Sky 40 page photobook , I give her credit in that she's the 1 that took all the photos in the photobook :3

Anyway I've did scans of ayaka that're taken from the CD sleeves

oh well, there are still quite a few pictures of her ♥ and some pretty ones!
Thanks Karen :D

Thanks a lot Karen for the scans!

She likes looking up doesn't she? :roflmao

got my copy today too! I actually adore the packaging, the quality is great!
The extra photobook is a bit cheap though, not like I was expecting much from it, but still..

The album itself is amazing, love it! I'll watch the DVD later on ♥

I just got my copy also too! Except now I'm having a bit of difficulties with DVD playback, because our entire house (even our computers too!) are not familiar with region 2 DVDs...

i love her new beginning. All the songs are rather catchy, good feeling type and there's not one song that I dont like. Have been looping the album for at least 4 times

hows the sales going so far?

1st day: #1 37,539
2nd day: #1 20,457
3rd day: #1 11,641

Total so far: 69,637 copies sold

EDIT:
live at Music Station, Hajimari no Toki.
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzQ4NTg2MTgw.html

omg omg omg I hadn't heard anything until the full album just now and ooooooomggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've fallen in love with her all over again! Welcome back ayaka <3 <3

4th day: #1 9,633

69,637+9,633=79,270 copies sold.

thats some really awesome sales :) not falling too fast. people just start getting warmed up. hope she performs more

Pretty decent here. Maybe she could be one of 2012's potential contenders, and maybe challenging Ayumi Hamasaki in some way...