Miu Shitoa: Her scintillating "48 Times Premium Photo Album" from 2021....

 

 Three consecutive days with at least one post and that's been such a rarity the last two months! This also makes it four consecutive months with a Miu post and this was one I could have done a while ago but was unsure about doing this post though as it turns out for no good reasons. Do have a rule about when a woman is first introduced they have to be at least 22 in age, there have been a few exceptions but for the most part have been good about sticking with that rule. But what happens is that even if I wait until someone is 22 1/2 in age before doing posts for them then most of their photos will still be before they hit the age of 22! So in such cases as with Miu if I've been doing posts for them then almost always have go back to when they were 20-21 in age but never before that, twenty is plenty old enough and is an adult in Japan. Think the main reason for me raising the age limit here over the years from 18 to 22 was because of myself getting older and if you notice I seldom do posts for younger J-Pop Idols or even gravure models these days. 

 Miu hit the age of 23 in April but does seem older than her years, when this album was released in May 2021 it was over a month after she hit the age of twenty. Because of the virus and so many lockdown rules things such as photobooks saw such a decrease so this was a temporary monthly series AKB had back in 2021 so the group wouldn't be forgotten. This reminded me of the H!P Digital Book series that published a monthly album for seventeen years and those were unbeatable! I'm still bummed out they ceased that series as it was a popular one and bet it made a decent profit for Hello Project. Shame then too that AKB stopped this temp series after a few months, don't think any other '48' group did a series such as this.

 This makes it four posts for Miu and she does seem to have some fans here. Her last post has been her most popular and those first three averaged close to 550 views which is a decent amount. After today can do at least one more regular post for Miu though if I don't make it too large can squeeze one more in. Miu's first regular photobook was released in February but it's been an odd year for her as after doing much acting in 2022-23 she didn't do any this year and she has said how much she enjoys acting. It could have been because AKB seemed to be a bit busier this year and they are her #1 priority, wouldn't mind seeing her and a few others in a group drama. On to photo album which contains 89 pics and like the others in the series the photo shoot took place on the island of Okinawa. Have said before that I really like the way Miu looks, she seems so much more down to Earth than other Idols or gravure models her age.