agree with you... Ayu has been working so much since her debut with no long break. I think that she needs a time to rest...

three words

O M G~!~!~!~!~!

are those covers? i mean, who is the editor... get a lawyer and sue him... oh my god... terrible... now, i appreciate those fan made products... send one copy to Avex please

It's sad that when you look at 2ch, you can't really tell what's a fan-reaction and what's a troll-reaction. -sigh-

I know some threads are labeled "(FAN)" but.. blah. So many awkward photos and random pr0n ASCII in my years of looking over there, haha. What's mixi saying?

hm, disappointed in the covers. i like her hair, but there's no aspect of fun in these. or even sadness--it's just...no feeling. i mean it's a pretty setting, it's just not exciting. it's just like "stand here---ok finished! now go back to swimming~~~"

maybe bigger versions will be better.....but iunno.
not her best, that's for sure :P

To be honest though, Kazuyoshi has never even attempted to make covers that make you 'feel' anything. They're all very much: "Stand here and look pretty. You're done now." which is lame imo.

Where are the days of & and H where she SMILED? WHERE ARE YOU TORU FURUKAWA[?] and Shin Watanabe!?

I wonder if she gets a big backlash from her TeamAyu fans if she'll...apologize? Its probably too late to change them but I wonder what she'll do...
Seriously the only covers that I really, really don't like. Like I legitemetly cannot believe they are real.

...At least the hair is nice! And the costume would be fine too if it was in better context. Like infront of a, i don't know beach? As opposed to a green screen.

LOL nemesisyume! Now THAT's a professional photoshop!

I love looking at her face in the cover..

"-pout-"

It kind of reminds me of one of those ~Female Asian Masseuses Wanted~ ads.

she should not have to apologize at all.

and wasn't it taken here?

^yup so gtfo with your green screen stuff ROFL

IT SURE IS! :luv2 :luv2 :luv2

:(
i was predicting something like H..
omg ayu! what have you done..
but nice hair ^^

Oh wow...then that REALLY makes it bad.

They couldn't just use the natural flower row. They just had to add more to it.

Not that she has to, no. but seriously thinking, if a majorityof her Team Ayu fans posted messages to her saying they were dissapointed would she address it in any kind of way?

LOL her tan is SO spray on, I mean, she's ORANGE XD

I happen to love the covers. She looks hot even if they look pretty photoshopped. Have to thank the R/S and NEXT LEVEL covers. They make these covers look like Van Gogh paintings

when I see her Diary's picture while she was in Bali for the cover shoot, I was expecting for a very beautiful cover with beautiful scenery like what those pictures shows. But now the cover is out already... and its out from my expectation...oh nvm..

Now that people are starting to talk about TA's reaction, I do wonder what TA's comments will be in regards to the covers...

Ayu has some really hardcore fans that really just love everything she releases, so I wouldn't be surprised if she has an "overwhelming positive reaction" to the covers. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if she checks other websites reactions (mixi, maybe 2ch and some other forums). And, I wouldn't be surprised if this is talked about on news programs in Japan.

I will agree, I miss the covers where Ayu smiles ; ; naturally

Ok I'm really disappointed with the covers, LOL. The backdrop looks really fake :thud