Today let's take a look on AKB's 36th single Labrador Retriever. I already got this single a while ago but I just now decided to make an unboxing of all my singles and albums. Which means you will see a lot more unboxings in the next few posts.
So, Labrador Retriever was AKB48's summer single of the year 2014 and therefore also the voting/pre-Sousenkyo single, meaning that you got one vote for AKB's Sousenkyo (if you got the single on time, which I didn't).
As you can see I got the regular Type A of this single, which I bought at a sale and therefore coudn't get Type K which I actually wanted. However I'm still happy because I really like this Type's coupling song which is Team A's ''Kimi wa Kimagure''. Furthermore I chose the regular type instead of the limited because I really like the regular Covers. In my opinion they look way better than the limited covers.
However back to the Single's unboxing.
And as always, sorry for my bad photographing skills. I try to fix that in the future...
The regular cover with Sayanee, Takamina, Mayu, Paru and Yuria who is kind of hiding
The backside with the member of the sub unit ''Tentoumu Chu!''
The Obi, in a really bright yellow
The CD which has a yellow/white striped design. I actually quite like this, it kind of reminds me of the ocean.
Well, the backside of the booklet is really blank except the little footprint (left upper corner) which has ''36th single'' written in it.
The DVD is again like the CD, just this time they used a light blue-greenish colour. But still the striped design remembers me of the ocean.
And also this time no producer/staff names
The Booklet:
Again the cover. I really prefer this cover over the limited since I like to sea the members in normal/private clothes instead of them clad in just a Bikini.
And well, what do we have here? Looks like....
...The Single's title is made convex. Okay, this was easy to spot but I really like such kind of details.
Again, well what do we have here...?
A voting ticket I can't/could never use. Such a waste of potential votes for Karen...
However. here you have a beautiful view of a field of grass with a wall and a really beautiful beach.
And here you can see again the title......kind of
The lyrics which are printed on a bright yellow background. I like how they put also the palms in the background
The lyrics of ''Kimi wa Kimagure'' and Paru and Mayu.
I really like Paru's look in this Single.
And here we have Takamina who tries to besexy, Sayanee, Yuria and Nao
But I actually like Takamina here in this picture
Well, I never was a great fan of Nao but she still looks cute here
Kanon, Sakura and Fuuko
Sorry Sakura but I can't bring myself to like you....
However, I actually like Fuuko
And the Labrador Retriever who had the main role of the MV, beside Mayu of course
Well, I got Ricchan in th e''Labrador Retriever'' stage outfit as photo which isn't bad at all
So, that's how AKB's 36th Single Labrador Retriever looks like and to be honest I like the covers the most of all summer singles.Well, probably because I never was a fan of their Bikini Covers.
The design is as always simple but still good since it really remembers me of the ocean and I also like teh colours they used for this single. It's like the bright yellow represents the sun and the blue colours are also really refreshing.
- CD Tracklist:
- Labrador Retriever (ラブラドール・レトリバー) / Senbatsu
- Kyou Made no Melody (今日までのメロディー)
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Kimi wa Kimagure (君は気まぐれ) / Takahashi Team A
- Labrador Retriever (off-vocal)
- Kyou Made no Melody (off-vocal)
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Kimi wa Kimagure (off-vocal)
- DVD:
- Labrador Retriever Music Video
- Kyou Made no Melody Music Video
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Kimi wa Kimagure Music Video
- (Type-A Exclusive track) Nakamura Mariko Bonus Video
