[11/28] S/mileage 12th single : Samui ne.

[Rm88]

I think this was a great year for S/mileage, actually. The only "weak" single was Choto Mate Kudasai, which still was okay and Chance Tourai! is one of their best songs b-side or not, in my opinion. Then I really liked Dot Bikini, Suki yo and especially this. I actually prefer 6nin S/mileage now, and Saki/Yuuka were my favorite members just last year

[SaebaRyo]

Samui ne promo. Takechan at the batting cage.
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[boinsie]

Why can none of the new girls pose to save their lives?
Takechan's alright, but... ugh.

Anyway, above they're listed A-D, regular (as pulled from Amazon). D is, as always, the best cover.

[Daisuki Daiiyo]

Rinapuu being pushed to the front, as Takechan gets demoted to the back, all is as it should be

I love the new management! And maybe I am more forgiving than my fellow forum members lol, but Kananananannansn is really the only one looking derpy in the covers lol. But that's because she seems to be into doing closed mouthed smiles now, if her selca's with Rinapuu are any indication. Maybe she doesn't like her toothy smile? Idk. We may think it's cute, but maybe she wants to mix it up. Also, I wish Meimi would keep her hands away from her face.

Anyhow, last cover is best cover in this set.

[321BreakinOut]

Get Rid of Kana and Meimi and let it be a 4nin egg group

[Amped]

[Rm88]

Winner.

[aishiteruaibon]

MUCH better than the other covers!

[boinsie]

That's like, disturbingly much better.

[iceymoon]

i actually like A, Reg and (to a lesser extent) B. the way the color balance is messed with makes them look much worse, though, which is what i don't like about a lot of the HQ scans that have been circling on the wiki sites and image databases. it adds a magenta tint to everything and makes it look really different from what they actually look like (in person and on HelloPro websites, etc).

C is really really bad because of the photos they used, and D is really really bad because of the design. if those two covers didn't exist i think the overall impression of these covers would be better. especially if i could fix up what i really hate about B, which is the color blocking.

here, fixed:

Spoiler: show

before:
also adjusted the color balance to what it will most likely look like in person.

the Single V is nice because the photos are good and the text is done nicely, but the smokey stuff is lame (although i guess not particularly offensive when taking into consideration H!P's worst). i wonder what they'll do for the Event V...