Review by Estelle
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Niche Syndrome [Regular Edition]ONE OK ROCKThis amazing band is my "niche"
As always, 5 stars for ONE OK ROCK. They're my absolute favourite band and never cease to amaze me with their awesome music! Being some of their older stuff this is more "rock" than their recent stuff (as in 35xxv and Ambitions) and some particularly good/popular songs are Jibun Rock, Liar and Wherever You Are. Totally recommend without a doubt.
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JINSEI X BOKU = (Jinsei Kakete Boku wa) [Regular Edition]ONE OK ROCKLife Times Me Equals This AMAZING Band
(I'm sorry that was bad) This album is so far my all-time favourite - it was the first one that I bought by OOR, and has my absolute favourite song "The Beginning". If you are new to OOR and not on the English-release side of the fandom, DEFINITELY get this album. It's a perfect mix of their "old" work as well as their "new" sound.
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35xxxv [Regular Edition]ONE OK ROCKIf only I could give this 35xxv stars
This album was apparently in the International Top 5 at one point, and for good reason!! This was right before OOR started moving into the American music scene (and you can tell even in this version of the album that they're experimenting) but they're stronger than ever. Also some of the songs on here are AMAZING live. Especially Mighty Long Fall, and Cry Out.
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Minna no Nihongo Elementary Japanese Level1 Main Textbook [Second Edition]3A NetworkStudy hard and you shall... learn?
I used this textbook as part of Japanese study at university. (And I bought it through here because I thought that it would end up cheaper than what my uni charged) (it was $10 cheaper at another bookshop than what I ordered it for,postage included) This is a great little textbook - however if you are studying on your own you will need to get the translation book. (You might need it if you are studying through uni anyway) Also there's little people diagrams in there that are really cute too.
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Neck Strap Sailor Moon Crystal 05 Rose NSAn awesome little lanyard
Got this right when it came out. Really nice quality. It was a shame that this was limites edition because I would definitely get at least 5 more hehe.
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35xxxv [Deluxe Edition (US Edition)] [Import Disc]ONE OK ROCKOriginal is better
Unfortunately this release wasn't quite up to expectations. One would assume that this would be the original disc but with a different cover and two new songs. WRONG! This album is completely 100% in English. BUT my problem isn't just with the songs I've come to know and love - it's the way they're done. Obviously they've had to re-record the new versions; except the new versions are WEAK. It feels like the power and intensity has been sucked from them. The songs that were already in English are untouched though. Only good thing about this album (giving my review an extra star) is the two bonus songs, Last Dance and The Way Back. They were a preview for the far better quality of Ambitions; because they were SPECIFICALLY written to work in English. Also they're really good songs too :)
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Ambitions (International Version) [Import Disc]ONE OK ROCKOOR's Ambitions have paid off
This album is FANTASTIC. In terms of an English release this is definitely an improvement on the "deluxe" edition of 35xxxv. Notably awesome tracks are We Are, Listen, One Way Ticket, I Was King and Listen. Not too fussed with Jaded but Take What You Want is ok. And a little disappointed that the Avril Lavigne duet of Listen wasn't included (I'm guessing because of the single line of Japanese towards the end?) Overall another great release!!
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Tenkomori [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]TEMPURA KIDZA "delicious" CD
(Geddit... Tempura Kidz... Tenkomori... hehe) I mainly bought this because of the fact that most of their music is no longer on YouTube (which I discovered years ago and recently wanted to listen to again)... and so glad I did! It's got all of their most popular songs (ONE STEP, Happy Natsu Matsuri, and recent Lollipop) as well as the music videos - would highly recommend this to anyone who loves their music as well as their dances!