How can anyone deny the similarity between Ku's "Suki De..." covers and Ayu's covers for this album? Sure, their facial expressions are different, but the balance as far as where their body is placed, the slightly disheveled hair, the color (not that it's just black and white, but the exact same values of black and white saturation and contrast). They are so similar that if they were sitting side by side on a shelf, one could grab the wrong CD and not even realize it!
And this is not a matter of saying "SHE COPIED KUMI;" it's that people are so bullheaded that they can't even admit to someone making the observation that they look similar.
A basic observation and people feel the need to make a fricking case about it.
And that's not even the real problem with these covers... As I said when they were first revealed, these covers make her look like she's trying really hard (to be Kim K), maybe not deliberately, but that's who they remind me of; these shots make her nose look particularly unflattering; and, her hair styling makes it appear as if the shoot was done in the salon chair, mid-cut. And the entire concept of "the real ayu" "the natural ayu" needs to be dropped ASAP! They've been hawking that shit for like 4 years now! Every shoot she does and every magazine piece she appears in tries to use this same concept!