Bikkuri Project

I love love LOVE the Mikan single covers!!! Now that bigger photos are out, I can appreciate how awesome they are. It’s like we just stumbled into a big Morning Musume party, and how lucky we are! The general feel of these covers is one of celebration. Celebrating both this single, and I think, Morning Musume in general. I also appreciate the use of a set and props instead of just a photo-shopped conglomeration of the girls posing in some kind of outfit. It makes these a lot more interesting to look at. From top to bottom the pics are regular, limited B, and limited A.

My favorite is the limited-B because I think every single one of them actually looks really good here (which is hard to do with a photo of 9 people at once). I especially love LinLin’s pose (even though she kinda looks like a bumble bee), and Koharu is looking great too.

Next I’d pick the regular edition, mostly for Mittsi’s super cheesy grin in her photo. JunJun is the winner of this cover though. She looks lovely.

The limited-A is my last choice. I really like how everyone looks except for Koha. I think she’s kind of fake-smiling/not really smiling, and since she’s front and center it really detracts from the photo to me. Risa’s hair is very pretty like that, but Reina wins in this cover. Somehow she reminds me of a girl who’s rocking out in her room singing into her hairbrush, and it’s really cute.

Looking forward to the PV even more now. I wonder if it will reflect the covers or be something else all together?