VALSHE - PLAY THE JOKER mouse pad pre-order bonus with illustration by Hakuseki.
I’d completely forgotten about this. It was a pre-order bonus from one Japanese shop (forgot which).
One of my aunts gave me some extra pocket money to spend, and welp, I spent it.
I ordered the Type A version from Animate, in case they get specials again.
Then I got Type B and Type C from CDJapan.
ASDFGHJKLASDFGHJKLASDFGHJKL LIFE PRIORITIES GONE WRONG
For the scattered fragments of miracles
Though at times they lose their way
Hope stretches out to them
In the path that opens before us
Our dreams turn into reality
This is now our unlimited future"
Going to start again with COLLAR because I didn’t know this song was so… suggestive. /shot
Like I mentioned in this post, the pre-order bonus is something called an “IC Card Seal”. Regardless of where you buy the single, it’ll have the pre-order bonus within the CD jacket. It’s not random or anything. As long as the one you order is a first press release.
That said, VALSHE also mentioned that there will be shop-specific bonuses (i.e. Animate) which will be announced soon. Like with PLAY THE JOKER, when from Animate, they got this special card with a unique illustration of VALSHE by Hakuseki. This other shop also offered a mouse pad featuring another unique illustration by Hakuseki for PLAY THE JOKER, though I can’t remember the name of that shop. Those shops might have extra stuff for this single, too.
VALSHE new single - AFFLICT/Fragment, to be released June 27, 2012.
Weirdly enough, it comes in THREE types.
Type A and Type B are both CD+DVD limited editions, featuring different covers. Type A is the one on the left, Type B the one on the right.
Type C, whose cover hasn’t been released yet, is just the regular CD edition. Though I’m assuming its cover will be different from Types A and B.
Tracklist:
01. AFFLICT
Lyrics - VALSHE; Music - minato; Arrangment - G’n
02. Fragment (Fuji TV series “Kiseki Taiken - Unbelievable!” ending theme)
Lyrics - VALSHE; Music - minato; Arrangment - G’n
03. Title pending (no title yet)
04. AFFLICT ~instrumental~
05. Fragment ~instrumental~
06. Title pending’s ~instrumental~
Type A DVD contents:
01. AFFLICT Music Video
02. VALSHE Sudden Simulation Test - Mathematics and Science
Type B DVD contents:
01. AFFLICT Music Video
02. VALSHE Sudden Simulation Test - Japanese and Society
I have no idea what the 2nd DVD tracks are about at all.
The DVD versions supposedly have this pre-order bonus “IC Card Seal”, whatever that is.
Available for pre-order here:
Play-Asia - Type A | Type B | Type C
CDJapan - Type A | Type B | Type C
YesAsia - Type A | Type B | Type C
I suggest CDJapan, they always have the official pre-order bonuses other shops fail to list (like the PLAY THE JOKER Poster calendar). There are, however, other shops that have shop-exclusive bonuses. One being Animate (they got this special card with a unique illustration of Hakuseki for PLAY THE JOKER). This other shop also offered a mouse pad featuring another unique illustration by Hakuseki for PLAY THE JOKER, though I can’t remember the name of that shop. Those shops might have extra stuff for this single, too.
