Persona5 the Royal Official Design Works

Firstly, I was very surprised this particular Persona 5 artbook was still available, because it was a popular 2019 release and it is still highly desired among fans of the videogame series particularly because P5R/Persona 5 Royal has so many quality-of-life improvements and additional story/gameplay elements. When I saw CDJapan was doing a pre-order for another, non-Persona artbook that was released in May 2024 (more on that on another review), I decided I could no longer pass this up. I must warn you that it's still pricy, but no more than other third-party shops are. I do think I was able to avail of this and three others via an ongoing promotion (possibly a birthday thing because my birthday was in March and I ordered this in April). CDJapan deserves major kudos because they figured out I would rather get this and my other Persona 5 artbook orders in one delivery box. What ultimately happened was that despite the original order form saying these 3 artbooks would ship at an earlier separate date from the pre-order book's availability, they chose to pack them all in very carefully together in one box since it seemed the pre-order release came out a week early. And when I say carefully, each artbook was enclosed in bubble wrap, which was a godsend since only the pre-order book had its own separate wrapping; it was also slightly hilarious because the pre-order book also had a second layer of bubble wrap! So all the books came clean and pristine, with no damage whatsoever. I'm also glad that they came a week earlier than expected. I was always a bit wary of third-party stores selling merchandise from Japan, but this experience has proven completely worth it. I'm hoping some of the other artbooks I'm looking for are available again so that I can keep ordering from them!