Until that long gap between posts(two years!) had been debating with myself from 2020 to late 2022 whether to post this book or not, until now you know what side won! But now my better side(?) has won out and know this is a book so many of you wanted to view but sure many have seen some pics as I often have included some in Yuki's posts. She's more popular than ever here as she has two posts in that section for the most viewed ones for the past month. One post is for Yuki's second photobook "Mukuchi na Jikan" and did that post about 4 1/2 years ago! To date that post has over 23,000 views yet there's two other Nogi books that have received more views! Those are the top two best selling Idol books of all time so can understand why they're so popular here. To me Yuki's second book is a bit better than those and that's the third best selling photobook with over 220,000 copies sold!
Often have talked about doing a list of my favorite Nogi photobooks but unless I do these kinds of posts tend to forget about it. But not so anymore as I promise to do some sort of list within the next few months, that's how long it may take me to figure out a top dozen or perhaps sixteen because there'd been so many fabulous ones. Have probably posted close to seventy books and would only count the ones while they were members and would also include the oddball ones such as the White Graph and Triangle mini books. Those may not make the list but those sporadic editions are so superb even though the photos aren't true gravure ones.
A little over two years ago did a list for my top sixteen books of all time and Minami's was my easy choice for #1. So that means she'd top this list too and why doesn't she have a second photobook? Also where is another for Haruka who to me has Nogi's most underrated book and that just may make my top five! Those are the only two current members who I still do posts for, unless one of them has a grad book the post coming up for Yuki's third photobook may be the final one ever for Nogi. On another tidbit for the list would say that Hinako's second book would be way up there, it was my favorite book for 2022 and she just may give number one a slight battle!
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Yuki's first ever book which was released on December 26, 2017, it had the title of "Hinata no Ondo" and bet if it came out two weeks earlier sales would have been higher as it would have made for a fabulous Christmas gift. But this book did sell well with over 100,000 copies sold, that's about the sales figure for her current book after three weeks.
Yuki traveled to Singapore for the photo shoot, so many from the '46' groups travel to SE Asia for their books. This was the first photobook for a third generation member and as terrific as the pics are think
Yuki's other two are better along with some other books from her 3G mates. Have recently done a pair of 'comeback posts' for her and those will continue on, perhaps that scandal back at the end of 2022 wasn't as big as I first thought and I really do like her so much. That would be another interesting and difficult list to create which would be of my top Nogi members,
Yuki would probably make a return to the top ten but don't expect it for a while. This book contains 98 photos so it's not as large as others but know all her massive fan base here will savor each picture...
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