Unboxing: BTS — BTS, The Best Type C Limited Edition

(Warning: This post is long and photo-heavy.)

BTS, The Best is the third Japanese compilation album by BTS that was released on June 16, 2021. (In case you're wondering, "The Best" refers to the best of BTS' Japanese songs, not just that they're the best. Because I legitimately did not realize this until I saw the track listing.) There are a total of seven editions of BTS, The Best. If you want to know the differences between all the versions, you can read my original set unboxing post here, where I break it all down for you. This post will focus on BTS, The Best Type C Limited Edition. The Type C Limited Edition retails for ¥4,000 (approximately $36 USD or $44 CAD), not including shipping. I bought this as part of the 7net Exclusive Set, which retails for ¥15,539 (approximately $140 USD or $175 CAD), from CDJapan.

BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Outer Box (Front)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Outer Box (Back)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Digipak (Front)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Digipak (Back)

BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Digipak (Disc 1 + 2)
The Type C Limited Edition includes two music CDs, a 112-page photobook, and two sticker sheets. It is packaged in a special edition digipak with a matching outer box. The cover design for the Type C Limited Edition features the seven members in lavender and white suits in front of the BTS logo in white, all standing on purple sand. The back design features a purple desert landscape. The CDs are coloured in a lilac purple. All Editions of BTS, The Best contain a total of 23 songs: 16 of the Japanese versions of BTS' greatest hits from 2017 to 2020, six original Japanese tracks, and "Dynamite" as a bonus track. The track list for all Editions is as follows:

Disc 1:

1. Film Out (Japanese ver.)
2. DNA (Japanese ver.)
3. Best of Me (Japanese ver.)
4. Lights
5. Blood Sweat & Tears (Japanese ver.)
6. Fake Love (Japanese ver.)
7. Black Swan (Japanese ver.)
8. Airplane, Pt. 2 (Japanese ver.)
9. Go Go (Japanese ver.)
10. Idol (Japanese ver.)
11. Dionysus (Japanese ver.)
12. MIC Drop (Japanese ver.)
13. Bonus Track: Dynamite

Disc 2:

1. Boy with Luv (Japanese ver.)
2. Stay Gold
3. Let Go
4. Spring Day (Japanese ver.)
5. ON (Japanese ver.)
6. Don't Leave Me
7. Not Today (Japanese ver.)
8. Make It Right (Japanese ver.)
9. Your Eyes Tell
10. Crystal Snow

BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (Front)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (Group Photo Spread)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (Subunit Photo Spread: RM and Jungkook)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (Subunit Photo Spread: Jimin, J-Hope, and V)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (Subunit Photo Spread: Suga and Jin)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (J-Hope Photo Spreads)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (Jin Photo Spreads)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (Jungkook Photo Spreads)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (Jimin Photo Spreads)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (RM Photo Spreads)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (Suga Photo Spreads)
BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Photobook (V Photo Spreads)

BTS BTS, The Best — Type C Limited Edition — Sticker Sheets

The highlight of Type C Limited Edition is, of course, the perfect-bound 112-page photobook. This is only one of two editions of BTS, The Best that actually comes with a photobook. (The other one is the BTS Japan Official Fanclub Edition, which is only available for fanclub members in Japan.) The Type C photobook cover features a building ruin in the middle of a purple sand landscape. The photobook does include the lyrics for all 23 songs as well, but the majority of the book is filled with gorgeous photos of the boys in group, subunit, and individual shots across two different concept shoots. (You might have noticed already, but one shoot features the purple sand landscape with ruins and columns, and the other shoot features the desert landscape with a vintage Airstream trailer. These two shoots are used across all seven editions.) Type C Limited Edition also comes with two sticker sheets, one for each concept shoot. You know, if you're the type of person who actually uses stickers. 

Type C Limited Edition is one of two versions of BTS, The Best that actually includes both concept shoots in the contents. (Again, the other one is the BTS Japan Official Fanclub Edition, which isn't sold to the public so it basically doesn't exist.) So now this is where you have to decide: Do I want the photobook? Or do I want the DVD/Blu-ray content? Or do I want photocards? They purposely make it SUPER DIFFICULT for ARMY because there is no edition with all of the above. I mean, I was practically forced in buying the set, you know? (This is really smart marketing, actually.) So, basically, if you're on a budget... good luck.