I just made this title up haha I had no idea what to use to describe this adorable piece of- Shout out to Anime "OreImo" for the inspiration haha I guess mine is called "OreIdol" hehe nice.

And to this, I should apologize beforehand because SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING haha yes including you, me, for having to wait TWO DAMN WEEKS just to get more of MaiMai because I had to wait for the rest of the free fanclub stuff to arrive so I can save some money on international shipping- Hey MaiMai you coming up with a fanclub subscription soon with monthly wallpapers? *giggles* Well, I guess she is already making me pay monthly for her livestreams so...

Anyways I lose lol, and I formally welcome my birthday gift of the year screw you again Ogura Yui haha *dabs*, so let's! The best time to review a photobook HAS to be on a Friday afternoon when I took work leave already. You're welcome, me. *giggles*

HOW THIS CAME TO BE

Wow where should I even start... I guess as with all introductions, I think I liked her the moment I saw her from the introductory livestream from "IDOLY PRIDE" back in 2019 *oof* almost 5 years ago this love, and if you would want to argue with me I'll take you on haha, among the 10 new...ish voice actresses announced to be in the series split into two idol groups, she is definitely the cutest of them all. *wink* We will not talk about everyone else in that livestream since I did end up liking the bunch of them eventually *ahem* MusicRay'n 3rd gen *ahem* but this isn't about them, it's about Kanno Mai right here.

Initially I did not gain any interest in the Anime series which aired in 2020 or the mobile game that came out half a year later especially when the developers behind those ruined their previous game which I liked for this (and we shall not talk any more on that lol *sob*), but suffice it to say she did catch my attention some time later if I'm not wrong around 2021 from an online livestream series "Seiyuu to Yoasobi" (as a guest, for her mail role in "IDOLY PRIDE", no surprises) which is also when I saw she is rather active on Instagram, specifically doing acapella livestreams (not archived btw), where she sings her favourite songs to even taking in fan requests. I ended up following her for about 3 years now, getting into the flow of watching her social updates over time, getting into her singing even if it doesn't ring any bells, because damn, her appeal really set onto me if it hasn't onto you. One would even argue that "cute" is the ONLY thing I can describe her during this period.

Her next break came in not because of Anime because why would they these days girls just be cute and be popular lol she is one of those by the way, is with the introduction of her niconico channel (nicknamed "MaiMild", for full name see photobook title), where she hosts a weekly midnight-airing radio show which I listen every Monday making sure I get tired more than once a day for the work week *giggles*, and a monthly subscription which includes access to her once in a month video livestream where she eats stuff and tease us both (lol) and do cute stuff hehe... it was an offer hard to resist. Till then, she has been my first and only reason to (1) sign up for a niconico channel subscription of which its series is responsible for this photobook itself, (2) paid for her birthday livestream where she sings cover songs in a frilly pink outfit of which I watched live AND watched its archive every day until its removal, and (3) at this point so far paid the most amount of money into a photobook she announced a couple of months ago after teasing it during that very birthday live.

Man, I hope this is a good enough summary I assure you there will be many revisions of this *giggles*, but hey, I think this is adequate to describe the wonderful-genius-adorable perfection that is Kanno Mai for now. *dabs* (Yes that phrase has a meaning too lol)

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We will talk about her flaws later hehe MEANWHILE THOUGH!!! Let's talk about the book itself.

Ah yes, maybe I haven't talked about how this photobook actually came about. As much as this is based on her trip to Okinawa, based on my many experiences unfortunately this is NOT the swimsuit or bikini photobook you have yearned for (Audience: BOOOO) (haha), but because this honours the image of the radio video livestream series she has been doing for more than a year now she started in January 2023, the series' purity(?) and adorable and sometimes quirky charms has been passed on into the book itself. So despite it not having any bare chest to ogle upon (though one would argue she has plenty of that for her size hehe), it will not be the embodiment of all the sexy scenes one would expect having spent quite a lot on this... Here's a gentle reminder at this point that, remember when we talked about what a "photobook" would mean, carrying a theme and showcasing of a certain form of art? If cuteness isn't the theme of this, I don't know what is. *wink*

CUTENESS OVERLOAD LET'S GO MAIMAI SHOW ME YOUR BEST!!

Wait, ChuChu was listed as the assistant producer?? That f**king mascot who ran the production's social media account?? This has GOT to be a joke LMAO

Oh yeah, on the left is the mini photobook which costs money, and the right are the free bromide photos

Not going to show them all but they are somehow better than the ones I bought last year for her birthday event ngl (I will show the comment on the signed one though, see below)

"For everyone who bought from Gamers ❤ Thank you very much!! (This) photobook with a lot of firsts (for me) How was it? Genius?? Thanks ♥ From here on, do continue to support "MaiMild"!!"

Thank YOU actually MaiMai, for this photobook because DAMN was that quite an awesome one!! Initially I was doubtful in them promising a photobook that will deliver since this is technically a spin-off from the actual money-making series (lol), but as the date crawls in and I see her talking about her 100-page photobook and how it's also A4-sized during her signing events and me getting this book on my two hands... I'm glad I held it with two hands because did you even find time to talk about anything else other than how adorable she looked? It might be wise to do this all this while just to garner attention through her activities without much Anime roles, it might be genius because I need to give the cameraman a pay raise hehe, but most importantly, I think a lot of that might be attribute to her just being cute and the best thing mankind has ever introduced to me. *smiles*

As for the store-specific free(?) gifts plus purchase, initially they were offering super limited editions in four slightly different flavours (in which they restocked three of them, by the way, which meant more events for her) and those included various events to meet her in person which isn't in line with my introverted self (lol) and I love far away from Japan FYI so I resisted in getting those despite them having a making DVD *screams*, waaaay better bromide photos and other goods but also mainly because they came with a super high price tag... that I will not make you go crazy about haha it's just 5-digit yen bro it's cheap *laughs*, but MaiMai did hint on releasing a Gamers limited edition and eventually a regular edition of the book from the same store, and I could not help myself but get the former just because there's a lot more. What is included are a mini photobook which damn for 1100yen is quite a scam haha you actually just saw it all so if you paid for the regular edition you're welcome lol, along with a set of 3 bromide photos AND one more signed bromide with comment.

I mean, this is quite a scam because even Koga Aoi's mini photobook from those years ago isn't this much of a trip (get it?) (because it was a travel guide book too) but heck, if setting records is a thing here then yeah, she did it to me, this brat-

THE INTERVIEW

Since this one had one and as with all of them (exceptions included lol), and this one only spanned two pages so I guess it's no harm for her to talk about definitely not her childhood and voice acting career LMAO, because this interview is mostly about how all this came to be, from her perspective.

Here is a brief summary of what she had to say, with my comments in brackets:

And if you can read Japanese, here's the full interview if my phone camera would work properly haha I'm sure you can see this since I read from this too lol

Wow would you look at the time!! It's time for dinner (lol the sun has set btw) so I guess I will wrap up here, that interview translation was rough having to read and reference everything too hehe you're welcome. This has been quite a journey with technically my first idol seiyuu I've faithfully(?) followed up till date so screw you TrySail and sphere, MaiMai is the winner now. *giggles* I will leave my own comments inside the interview and/or revisions of these as and when I have time to do so, so don't worry I will make sure I list down all the dumb things this little girl has done. *laughs* Oh how about that time when she-

P.S. To share the dumb things that I did instead, I did end up using my phone to screen record (oops) and even make GIFs out of the first few video livestreams because I was so impressed by the eyecatch material she made during them, which was what became the title of this photobook. I had to pay a subscription for this, so if you guys would keep this within here that would be most jolly. *wink*