Kanna photobook cover preview

I'm sure everyone is aware that one of my favorite ex-Hello!Project members, Arihara Kanna, announced on her blog several months ago about her first photobook and image DVD. But since it was pushed back devoted KanKan fans like myself had to wait a little bit longer. With only 10 days until the release of Kanna's first photobook, Kanna, the wait is almost over.



And because it's so close to the release date we finally have a preview of the cover.
 

 I probably should have waited until a bigger picture was available, but I was too excited to wait.
Even though I am extremely for the photobook itself, I am disappointed by the cover. The picture is very unfaltering. In the picture Kanna looks tired and washed out. But the plus side is, that after seeing I realized this is the first time we're seeing Kanna in a bikini. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't think of another occasion she's worn one. Which in itself, is pretty exciting.

Kanna was also featured in a magazine recently that previewed a few pictures from her photobook.

Now these pictures I both love and hate. Let's start with the hate. I don't really like the main picture of this shoot, the white bikini ones. It looks like she's trying to look innocent, seductive, and beckoning at the same time. But Kanna must have been so uncomfortable to act that way, that the pictures come off as frightened. She really looks like a deer in headlights.
But on the other hand, I absolutely love the other bikini pictures. Because she's not trying to be sexy in them, she comes off more natural and playful. Not to mention absolutely adorable. I'd actually prefer the whole photobook like that, rather then her wannabe sexy shots.