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Old 2nd February 2009, 10:03 PM
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Holy crap, that is.. bad. Wow.

She looks great, but.. pink plastic? Green gloves? Yellow top? No no no. So many great covers she has had and this is what she does for an international song.
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Old 2nd February 2009, 10:13 PM
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Holy crap, that is.. bad. Wow.

She looks great, but.. pink plastic? Green gloves? Yellow top? No no no. So many great covers she has had and this is what she does for an international song.
I think the colors makes it extremely eye catching. People will walk by and wonder what that blinding blend of color is
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Old 3rd February 2009, 12:45 AM
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Holy crap, that is.. bad. Wow.

She looks great, but.. pink plastic? Green gloves? Yellow top? No no no. So many great covers she has had and this is what she does for an international song.
Those are Dragonball designs.. it totally fits the image of Dragonball~

And yah, Toriyama drew the CD designs for this special occasion~
I really love them.

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Old 3rd February 2009, 03:15 AM
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Holy crap, that is.. bad. Wow.

She looks great, but.. pink plastic? Green gloves? Yellow top? No no no. So many great covers she has had and this is what she does for an international song.
Sadly, I must agree. This jacket art just seems really badly done. I really hope it's not Jacket A or I will be thoroughly disappointed lmao. The colors clash horribly. It looks really quite amateur and plain...like she's trying too hard. It lacks a quality most of the CD covers she's done up until now had. It just doesn't seem like Ayu-calibur work to me. The question is...is she responsible, or is the photographer or whoever came up with this responsible? Man, it just seems like this picture was specifically made for the movie or something. There is no reason a run-of-the-mill movie should have to ruin this single =|.

On another note her look reminds me of "Because of you" PV. It might be that thick and heavy eyeliner she's wearing in addition to the hair. If you cut the hair dangling down it would totally resemble that look 100%...without all these bright colors of course.
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Old 3rd February 2009, 04:04 AM
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Holy crap, that is.. bad. Wow.
I'm going to agree with zoomzoom, I don't like this cover.

The main problem I have is her hair. I like the front since its reminiscent of the Because of You PV hairstyle, but the idea with the sides was terrible. By letting it hang out, it makes the whole thing look like a wig and she looks like shes bald underneath. I don't have much of a problem with the tacky outfit and colors, but I would prefer something more plain like MW or D/G.

They were obviously going for a more Western appealing look since this single will be internationally released, but the cover just gives people more reason to look at it and say "oh look, its the Japanese wannabe version of Britney Spears"
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