Review by Lachele
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PosterMoi dix MoisBeautiful, But Bad Condition
This poster should seriously be marked down at this point. Not only is it old, but it has not been taken care of in storage. I just got mine last week and it has discolored dents, almost punctures, going from the top to the bottom down the middle of the poster. It wasn't rolled properly; it unfolds in blocky shapes, which has made decent creases all down the poster. It looks pretty bad. Not what I expect when I pay full-price for a new poster. And I know it was not damaged in shipping because the box it came in was in perfect condition, and so was the magazine in the box with it. Besides the poor condition, the poster is beautiful. It is huge and so Mana-sama on it is huge! I like how it kind of looks like he is inviting you into his world of both Moi dix Mois and Moi meme Moitie, with the combination of his pose, the dix background (somewhat like a portal), and the words "Moi dix Mois" and "Moi meme Moitie" being written at the bottom. I love it! I would give it 5 stars if not for the damage. I'm guessing it's still available here despite is gorgeousness because it was apparently tagged incorrectly. The only way I can find it on here is when I type in exactly "Moi dix Mois poster" and nothing else seems to work.
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Jubilee [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]VersaillesTheir Worst Ovrall Release
This is Versailes' worst release so far as of July 2011. I liked some of the songs. I think God Palace, Serenade, and Reminiscence are excellent. The remakes and rereleases are also good again. However, the rest of the album ranges from mediocre to BAD. Ai to Kanashimi no Nocturne and Rosen Schwarz are simply awful songs. I couldn't listen to them more than twice, and I was miserabl those two times. Catharsis is mediocre, as well as Amorphous. The last track with the speaking was just kind of a pointless waste of a track, I think. The Umbrella of Glass was too weird. I like the chorus, but the rest of it is just a terrible mixture of something along the lines of Mexican, Spanish, and their usual sound. Not a good combination. The DVD was very good and I think Serenade is one of their best PVs, if not their best. Very beautiful and touching. The poster is nice, but not my favorite of theirs. The booklet was very nice, with the lyrics and band pictures. Overall, this is a good release, but not a great one. It was definately worth the money for the good things about it, but I wish the music had been better overall.
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DESTINY -The Lovers- [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type A]VersaillesNot Their Best
These songs are not so great. Better than the worst on Jubilee, but still not great. Destiny is quite pretty, but not as pretty as with the intro that's now included on the Holy Grail version. Glowing Butterfly kind of reminds me of Final Fantasy, which is fine, but I think the chorus line is just weird. It just pops out of nowwhere nad is very awkward in my opinion. Libido is too Spanish-styled for my taste. The DVD is pretty good. :)
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DESTINY -The Lovers- [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type B]VersaillesNot Their Best
I feel about the same way as I did about the Type A. These songs are not so great. Better than the worst on Jubilee, but still not great. Destiny is quite pretty, but not as pretty as with the intro that's now included on the Holy Grail version. Glowing Butterfly kind of reminds me of Final Fantasy, which is fine, but I think the chorus line is just weird. It just pops out of nowwhere nad is very awkward in my opinion. Libido is too Spanish-styled for my taste. I think the PV is pretty. They all look very beautiful in this look on both the PV and the poster. Very nice.
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Gothic & Lolita Bible Vol.40 (Index Mook)Index CommunicationsI love it!
This magazine is awesome! It's only my second GLB and I think it's very nice! It has lots and lots of pictures of the latest summer lolita styles. As a fashion design student, I thought this magazine would help inspire me and I was right! I am only fluent enough in Japanese to read the hiragana and katana and few kanji, so I don't get a very good understanding of the magazine and I still enjoy it very much. The Mana pictures are beautiful as always, too. The patterns are also great and I hope I can figure out how to use them! Also, the prices here on CDJapan are SO MUCH cheaper than anywhere else I can find this magazine. I could have gotten this with any shipping method here and it would have been cheaper than the cheapest on Ebay! If I can afford to buy this magazine again, I'm going to purchase it from here! Thanks, CDJapan!
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Holy Grail [Deluxe Box / Limited Edition]VersaillesGreat!
This album is Versailles' overall best CD since they went major, in my opinion! Although it is softer than their Indies music, it is as good, only in a different way, I think. This album is ballad-heavy, but these ballads are beautiful, especially "Remember Forever" and "Love Will Be Born Again". My other favorites from this are "Masquerade", which I think is one of their very best songs and reminds me of "Ascendead Master"; "Dry Ice Scream!", which has an amazingly-awesome sound and title; and "Vampire". "Threshold" is also another great instrumental by Teru that leads well into "Judicial Noir", and I'm impressed with Masashi's first song for Versailles, "Thanantos", which is melancholic but pretty neat. "Destiny - The Lovers-" is also complete now with the beautiful intro from the single's teaser, which I think makes the song much better. The packaging is amazing! The best CD release from Versailles! I love the poster than came with this edition and the fold-out lyrics. The photobooklet is also great and contains pieces of translated lyrics to present some sort of story along with the pictures. The DVD is also good, especially the Kamijo and Yuki edits, and the interview at the end. My only complaints are that I wish it had the real "Masquerade" and "Vampire" PVs on the DVDs. I think it was bad that we fans could not have everything in one edition. I also felt that "Faith and Decision" was over-done. I don not see the need in it having been that long. Instead of seeming epic or like a masterpiece, it feels like a song that is way too long and is not very enjoyable to listen to multiple times. Overall, one of the best things I've bought in a long time and I can't reccommend it enough to Versailles fans! A major improvement since "Ascendead Master"!
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Queen [Type B]KayaKaya is Queen!
I think this is Kaya's best music along with Madame Rosa and Chocolat. I love the sweet, upbeat mood and this new sound for him. The packaging is also simply beautiful! I think he outdid Versailles this time! XD He is beautiful as Marie Antoinette, and the shots of him in the dress are stunning. Even the CD itself is beautiful! My favorite tracks are "Nouvelle Mariee", "Awilda", "Sorciere", "Sugar Rose", "Rose Kingdom", and "Transmigration" (my favorite). I found the translation online of Nouvelle Mariee and the lyrics are so beautiful, making the song even more enjoyable. This album is so good that I am a much bigger Kaya fan now! I hope he continues in this direction!
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Matin Stand MirrorMoi dix MoisNeat
It's a neat little goody of Moi dix Mois. It's a nice size to place on a desk and use, but I don't like that it is not adjustable, so it just sits completely open or closed, like in the picture provided here. And Mana's hands look a little like paws the way they're in fists like that, which looks a little more weird than cute to me. XD Inside the plastic coating is silver glitter, which makes it cuter. Overall, it's a cute little addition to a collection.
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D+SectMoi dix Moisdix LOVE!
This album is SO GOOD!!!!! The first time I listened to it, I was in awe at how wonderful it was, and I'm still loving it. I think it's kind of like Malice Mizer's "Bara no Seidou" meets Moi dix Mois, because it is like that dark gothic opera of BnS, yet it is metal with aggression and growling as is present a lot in Moi dix Mois. The soprano singer in this is also very talented! I don't understand some fans saying this sounds like all their other albums, though. I think all of their albums are different from one another, only similar enough to let you know they're obviously from the same band, and this album is no exception. I like all of the songs on this, except I think Baptisma, the last track, was a bit weak. And I don't like Mana's idea of Hell being portrayed as a Paradise, as in the intro track and as he stated in a recent blog, but I still really like the album. It's hard to pick my favorites on this album, since I think all the full songs are great, as well as The Pact of Silence, but they are "The Seventh Veil", "Witchcraft", "The Sect", "Sanctum Regnum", "Dead Scape", and "Dies Irae". This is according to sound only, since I have yet to find any translations to the songs and my Japanese is still poor. Overall, this album is one of my favorites and one of MdM's best, in my opinion. I still listen to it frequently and can't wait for the next release! dix love!
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Witch on flames [CD+DVD]VELVET EDENDada-sama! :D
This is a very good CD and DVD! Although it is only three full-length tracks, the songs are very good. I can hear things on this CD that I cannot hear on the internet uploads, making the CD songs sound SO much better, so it makes buying this even more worth it! All of the tracks are very good and the PV is quite nice, too. The booklet is also nice, which contains the song translations and a few member pictures. Dada did the amazing artwork on the cover, which really adds to the vibe and meaning of the music. Buy it before it's gone!
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Versailles 2011 Calendar [Calendar 2011]VersaillesI Love It!
I love it! All of the picturs are wonderful and great quality! It's very expensive, but to me, it was worth it, since it is both useful and allows me to have many little posters in one! My only complaint is I wish the pictures were a little bigger, but they're not really tiny either. If next year's calendar is going to be this good, I'll probably buy it, too!
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Philia [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type B]VersaillesBoth Good and Ugly
All of the songs were written by Hizaki this time, but I think they were all pretty good and definately a great improvement from the Destiny single and from a few songs on Jubilee. It was better than I expected after some let-downs. Philia is hard to take seriously after hearing it play in their new TV show, but it's still good. XD Judicial Noir is pretty neat, kind of like the older stuff moreso than Philia. Desert Apple was unexpected. It's really something pretty unique for Versailles, so it's nice to have something like that occassionally. I think for me, the closest thing to it so far is Glowing Butterfly. The poster is pretty nice, but not one of their best. I haven't put mine up yet, but seeing it online, it's not that fantastic. I don't like Kamijo nor Masashi's hair so much, I don't like Hizaki's pose, and I don't like that "under the ground" look, either. But it's not a bad poster. I very much dislike that Versailles are now acting as walking billboards for AatP by wearing the outfits on both this CD cover and in the PV. It is destroying their image and theme. The PV is by far their worst so far. VERY dissappointed. I always loved their PVs until now. The outfits also made the trading cards ugly, too. I hope they never advertise so much like this again. Music: 4 stars Poster: 3 stars Trading card: 2 stars CD cover: 1 star (the back cover looks a little better, though) PV: 2 stars
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Madome Rosa no Shoukan -Jyakou- [Limited Release]KayaGood Song, Faulty Listing
A good song by Kaya. I wish there had been another song on the CD to accompany this one, but this one song is very good and worth buying this CD for. This song is pretty neat alone, and the remix is also very nice. The instrumental is also very handy if you want to do karaoke with this song or want to listen to something pretty in the background without it being so distracting. As for ordering this one, if you are expecting to receive a novel and autographed postcard, you will not. I ordered this so that I would get those items to make this more worth the money and because I really wanted them, but CDJapan failed to explain that you have to order this one and the other single of this in the same order to get those items. This was not stated at the time I preordered and it has ruined my enjoyment of this item.
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Kaya Poster -Ophelia-KayaBeautiful!
This poster is beautiful! It's a gorgeous picture of Kaya and has a nice size (B2 size, I'm pretty sure). Very nice quality!
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Kaya Poster -OUKA-KayaGorgeous!
This poster is beautiful! It's bright and pretty, and really stand out against my green wall and from my other, darker Visual Kei posters. It also goes really nicely with my Japanese dishes and whatnots in the room, since the picture has a traditional Japanese style to it. I like that this can go with both other VK stuff and other Japanese things in a room. It's beautiful, a nice size (B2, I think), and is very nice quality! I love it!
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DIXANADU Limited EditionMoi dix MoisSo Much Fun!
This is a great item to buy if you are a fan of Moi Dix Mois, or even of just one of the members who were in the band at the time of this release. The CD is great, allowing one to enjoy the music in a different way and great to sing to. The games are fun and simple, but also challenging! I also LOVE the Mana computer Mascot the disc can put on your PC; it's a chibi Mana that does some poses. It also has a clock and calendar for the computer that are cute. I do not at all regret my purchase, especially knowing that I can enjoy it both on computer and just on a CD, and it's something I can use over and over again and still have fun with it. I HIGHLY recommend this!
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Versailles Rose LightVersaillesNice
This is a pretty cool item to have of Versailles. These are used at their live concerts, but they're also cool for the memories, or as in my case, to use to pretend that you're at a concert while watching a Versailles live DVD. The bloom and leaves are made of cloth and the wire part is covered in something like maybe thick paper. There is a switch on the stem so you can turn the light off and on, but it doesn't look like the batteries are replaceable. Awesome, though!
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Versailles Photograph Set (4 Sheets Set) A TypeVersaillesPretty Pictures!
These photos are pretty neat, especially for the low price. They are about 3 1/2 x 5 inches and are shiney. And the pictures themselves are quite pretty, and cool that they are of Versailles in special outfits!
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Chateau De VersaillesVersaillesPretty Cool
A pretty good live video. It has a lot on it and I love Versailles, so it's nice. All the members look very beautiful as usual and Kamijo's voice sounds really good! It comes on 2 DVDs and it doesn't have a region code on it, so I'm assuming it will work in any DVD player. Kamijo screams at really random times a few different times in the video, so that is really weird, and he gives a rather offensive gesture during "Zombie", but other than that, it is quite enjoyable. You also get to see them perform in both their Ascendead Master and Prince & Princess outfits. Overall, it's a very good buy and it's something I'll probably watch over and over. Not only is it a DVD, but it also comes with cards that have lyrics on one side and pictures from the live on the other! ^_^
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Versailles TFC "Wrist Belt"VersaillesStylish!
Mine came with one of the snaps broken off and the pouch that came with it had worn places showing through on both sides from where the wrist belt was, but other than that, I like it very much. The wrist belt is stylish and I like that it is more of a unisex/androynous style so that it is not too masculine nor feminine. It also looks really cool and is pretty comfortable. The pouch it comes in is also very nice. It is black and velvety and has "Versailles" written on it in silver in their orginal logo. It's a pull-string bag and is a cute little collectible.