Japanese crossword «The ball»

My first thought was a moon.

My first thought was something better than another soccer ball.

I thought is was a baby seal :D

Whatever you want to think it is, it was well crafted!

Love the shadowing.

nice, kept us guessing, thanks

This is actually an excellent picture of the subject, but I'm annoyed that it wasn't something more important since it took so long. Perhaps I need to change my ideas about what's important.

Yeah, I thought, looks fine. But then I saw the thumbnail and WOW.

Good puzzle, quite absorbing. Excellent image, particularly in the thumbnail. Thanks, I enjoyed this very much.