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He twists at weird angles, but not THAT weird XDD. But if they really didn't photoshop the leg out, where is it then? I still don't get how he managed to hide it if he really did that XD.

Seriously, that photo is ridiculius XDD

@Mademoiselle Folie

The same here XD

@adonis

You are absolutely right. :D ::hora::
 

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Mrs. Fujiwara wrote:
I believe it is a special issue of the normal Gothic & Lolita Bible, like the Boudoir version that came out last year. It's the same idea, same models, same brands, same bad photoshop, etc.
Yeah, that would explain the horrible photoshop.

Mana should produce another photo book like Magnifique, so people outside his FC can see that he actually looks good in EGL.
 

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Mana should produce another photo book like Magnifique, so people outside his FC can see that he actually looks good in EGL.

I wish Mana would read this and do it XD!
 

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^ Same here. I'd love if he did another photobook.

Isn't the leg here?
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i think it's where it's supposed to be but we can't see the blue lace and the blue ribbon ._.
it may be dark under this dress but not that much XD!
 

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^ Yeah I can't see it either, but there are light spots which look like they were evoked by the curve of his calf. As in, they didn't fully photoshop the leg out.
I really wonder why they photoshop the pictures so much. I'd like to know as well how much say Mana has in the whole thing. He does like his pictures to be photoshopped, we know that. But I wonder if he agrees with this amount...
Especially because he still does look good. He proves that in Madousho pictures and I think those who see him at lives surely will agree that it isn't just a matter of pictures and photoshop.
...actually photoshop reverses his looks. He looks better without than with. (if we talk about the amount used here)
 

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Lardeen wrote:
He does like his pictures to be photoshopped, we know that. But I wonder if he agrees with this amount...
He once said he's proud that the pics in Madousho are not photoshopped, so I can't imagine that he's too happy. How could anyone be happy to be made to look 10 years older and have a leg chopped off? The photos are supposed to advertise Moitie. If I was him I'd worry that the GLB is putting people off buying my product.
 

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OMG HE'S FAT! SHIT PHOTOSHOP! EWWW! ::kiwi::

I really think you guys are laying it on a bit thick ::meev::

I mean, I kind of see what you mean, but my first impression, frankly, was that he's still got it. He's a 40 year old dude, and I have no problem saying he looks hawt. His EGA seems to be universally preferred to his EGL, but I think he's looking great in both here and I don't think he looks even slightly strange or "fat" (what's your standard for being "thin" here, anyways? Twiggy?).

I think the seashell-looking pattern on the blue dress is beautiful, and the white and blue one is really nice too. His blue EGA blouse doesn't strike me as anything new, but that silky white one with the stripes and bow looks really impressive. Very dignified and manly.
 

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Geisha wrote:
If I was him I'd worry that the GLB is putting people off buying my product.

Yeah exactly what I thought, because, when people see the blue dress on him, they'll think "if Mana looks "fat" in it, I'll look like whale" XD
 

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Berserk wrote:
His EGA seems to be universally preferred to his EGL, but I think he's looking great in both here and I don't think he looks even slightly strange or "fat" (what's your standard for being "thin" here, anyways? Twiggy?).
No, it's not like "OMG stop eating you fat bitch!" it's just that the clothes are making him appear larger than usual, and the dress looks kind of odd and tight in the shoulders and then has these loose sleeves hanging out. It's not a very flattering outfit for him.
We know he's not gaining weight or anything though. It's easy to see in the DI photos that he's very thin.
And he doesn't look horrid, it's just that there are far better photos of him, and everyone has developed high standards since he usually looks so good. It's sad that the editing is making him look worse than he does in person.

Third(?)ing request for photobook. ::kisaki::
 

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Am I the only one who thinks the right Mana (XD) looks so weird that it can't be a normal photo?
My idea: "body double" and photoshop put Manas head on it...
This would explain the weird angle of the head and why he looks so fat XDDDDD His legs look also different normal XD (And he has two legs, maybe the bad body double is fat and has just one leg XDDD And they forgot to put a 2nd leg underneath, because they were busy with Mana's head XDDDDD)
 

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Cerceaux wrote:
It's sad that the editing is making him look worse than he does in person.
Yeah, that's it. You can tell from Madousho that he still looks as great in EGL as he used to in the older GLBs, but the editing makes it appear otherwise.
 

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Cerceaux wrote:
No, it's not like "OMG stop eating you fat bitch!" it's just that the clothes are making him appear larger than usual, and the dress looks kind of odd and tight in the shoulders and then has these loose sleeves hanging out. It's not a very flattering outfit for him.
I know what you guys are saying. And I still don't see it. I see that his sleeves are loose, not fitted. I don't see how they are unflattering. I think the outfit looks perfectly fine.

Th photoshopping isn't ideal (he does look better in the Madousho, which isn't how it should be), but I really don't think it's a big deal. The complaints make it sound like it's turning him into the Crypt Keeper or something XD He just looks like a kind-of-blurry version of himself.

Basically, I think the pictures are fine. Your scrutiny (not just Cerceaux, but everybody) is getting a little anal.
 

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VKHistorian wrote:
Believe it or not (photoshop people), people can stand to look at someone who doesn't look completely perfect. It's far preferable to having a badly edited picture of someone who's face has been monkeyed around with to the point where they've started to resemble a shop window dummy. Nobody needs this much editing.

You said it all.

Nobody's perfect, not even Mana... :cry:

But he still looks fantastic! :roll:
 

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:roll: I'm not being anal.
That outfit doesn't flatter his shape in my opinion.
It looks like his shoulders are pulling the fabric more than it should be pulled and the band around his ribs make his waist look high and wide. :|

It doesn't help that whoever retouched the photo was retardedly spot-healing-tool-happy and made him look like he's had 30 facelifts.

I'm not saying Mana looks bad (he looks great in the madoushos I have), I'm saying the photo looks bad. And I don't think it's some kind of overstatement to say that that photo is unflattering.
 

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I agree... the photoediting is bad... it reminds me of pictures in the Bravo Magazine. They have the same style of face editing x_X"
 

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Amatsu wrote:
the band around his ribs make his waist look high and wide. :|

If your waist is "high and wide", then it's your CHEST, not your waist! ;) :lol:
 

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well the waist is high because it's a high waist dress XD!
Plus it seems weird on Mana only because he doesn't have boobs, I mean on the girl this dress with look better (i hope) because it won't look 'that large' and more in volume!

Not sure you can't understand what i mean but well I tried XD
 
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