Manoeri
I'm a bit unhappy with her PB. Firstly, I like most of her other magazine pics better than the PB previews so far (except for the pigtail picture).
Secondly, I thought that with Manoeri UFA would've had the perfect chance to go a bit different route. Remember when Nacchi released PBs that didn't have any bikini pictures? Or Yossi's PBs? I think they could've done that with Manoeri, especially because her image so far has been so innocent and she is already different from others in H!P because she plays a piano, does acting, her songs are distinguishably manoerilike, and she has/had a Pocky campaign... Idk, when those first bikini pics popped up it was like "oh. So nothing new then." A disappointment.
If they played their cards wisely with Manoeri, which is what I think they've done so far all except for that PB, I think they might be able to attract new kinds of fans that usually wouldn't look at anything H!P. Female fans who turned their backs on H!P because it just wasn't cool anymore. But I think UFA might be making a mistake trying to cater both for the bikini pic loving wota, and for other kind of fans.
And I dunno, I'm a total perv right, but even I had no real interest in seeing Manoeri in bikini. I mean she just isn't that type! I think her fans would've bought her PB even if she was fully clothed in it, because she really is THAT cute. I think the PB is just a bit pointless and the management is flushing down some of the things they could've achieved with Manoeri otherwise. She could've been something DIFFERENT.
BUT to make the topic more cheerful, I seem to like Manoeri more and more every day
It wasn't instant love (though I did find her cute from the start, lol), but slowly & surely she's become more interesting & loveable to me