The sea is next to their house :yes At the end of the PV, when the girl looks at the painting, you can hear the waves.
And lol, it was Ayu who came up with the ideas for this PV :) Jaejoong only acted out what the director (& Ayu) wanted in this PV :)

no way.........


blossom >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> crossroad °_°

I'm sorry but at the parts of the blossom PV I wasn't bored I was laughing. Like seriously, the rolling around in the ocean scene and then falling dead right there at the dinner table. :roflmao The actors did good though but the way things played out just seemed ridiculous to me.

Do you mean tudou?
In any case, here is another link to watch Blossom PV: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/5231288/jejung_in/

Toho fans have been trying to upload it to youtube a several times, but avex keeps deleting them, so they uploaded it to less popular sites :)

yeah, not going to watch the blossom PV unless he sets himself on fire for real.

blossom PV is so sweet and sad. ;___; Really liked it, JJ is a great actor. : D

can someone translate what the doctor in blossom PV is saying?

I don't really get the storyline cause i don't now japanese, so, he died? If he died the story it's a bit ridicoulous, cause girl (i think they were in love kk?) came just right "few days later" and take the paitining like nothing hapenned lolol, she is so cold hearted! (:DDDDD) I was like the doctor said something to him "OMG JAE YOURE GONNA DIE TUMAROW" JAE: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

it was ridicolous, but i wasn't expected nothing more, and i enjoyed the pv more than MOON :P i was almost sure that this girl is gonna die (:D) And somebody said about the water, the scene with guitars in bcg was great to me! Very emotional, not too cheesy in fact, he's not a bad actor after all, even I'm not a fan of him, or Toho

I think thats a bad doctor.

He said that JJ would die in "4 months... no even in 3 months"... Then he dies the next day? Thats some upsetting misscalculation...

But I do like the painting. It's nice that he painted himself as an angel kissing her from above. Very cute. But thats probably it.

^Lol, that part confused me too. I thought the doctor was supposed to tell him that he was to die in a few months. But everything seemed to happen all in one night. :laugh

The clue is the drawing, if they would show us more progress, we could see the time passess or something :P

But the girl in the end was ridicolous, she really looked like "nobody cares" XD

Well, they have only a few mins to tell the whole story, so JJ must die rite after seeing the doctor and rolling at the beach. :innocent

rolling at the beach :roflmao:roflmao:roflmao:roflmao:roflmao:roflmao

LOOOOL WHAT THE HEEECK
what a stupid video... LOOL that was a bit funny though.
"oh a cake.... *dies*"
i was reaaally hoping the picture would be of ayu on crossroad cover so the girl could be like "WHO IS THIS HOE" LOOL oh ayu '-___-

OMG I laughed so hard... XD

It was good, but not amazing or something. I really liked that they used the ocean part for that guitar bridge instrumental though.

and hey, guys, what's with that "death the day after meeting with doctor" thingy? how do you know all was happening day by day? lol.

blossom PV is really good, although it looks like a tipical japanese dorama to me.
I like the idea that the only one talking were the doctor :yes so you can focus more on Jaejoong and the girl's acting. And they was pretty good, even if I laughed when he was crying in the sea :roflmao sorry guys may it sounds mean but that was more funny than deep and sad. Especially when the girl watching him and go away like 'omg lol what'.

About Sweet Season and Last Angel chakuuta previews.. wow they both sound really interesting! But I can barely hear her voice on them, so I'll be waiting for better previews.

^^^Maybe the doctor just miscalculated? Actually I think more time probably passed between the doctor visit and the death? Or he got a horrible cold from rolling around at the beach which immediately struck him down? :yconfused

i think he saw the cake and though that it's not as awesome as him and he died.

^ lmao I love you.

Oh my.. you make me rolling on the floor (die of laughing). I just can't stop laughing. :laugh

Yeah.. the cake is pretty plain. I expect it will have more decorations since hey it's Japanese! Well maybe she made it herself... :think

:laugh

LMAO. I love you.

I am not sure if anyone mentioned this..
There is an update on ayu's crossroad single on her rock n roll blog.
http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/blog/index.html
At tsutaya records in Shibuya they showed the glasses that ayu used on the cover of crossroad. I think it's pretty cool! Can anyone translate it please??

Omg Crossroad pv to me was so gorgeous!
I liked it more than MOON because it has this firey beauty (obviously lol)
but its so like beautiful, like Ayu's old self is burning away
Ah and i wont listen to Sweet Season or Last Angel until i get
my copy ;p
so excited though!
Wow: just watched blossom pv honestly so sad!
I had goosbumps and it was so sad yet so cute1
The DOG! omfg was adorable and the paining omg so sad
Ps. For those who havent read it yet, the doctor says something
along the lines of your disease has something something (im guessing spread or gotten worse) you only have 3 months to live
sorry i dont know much japanese yet ;p

Since my japanese still is very bad I hope you will overlook that fact. Anyway:

SHIBUYA TSUTAYA

On the first floor,

at 『crossroad』's jacket picture,

that hamasaki ayumi herself used,

the glitter sparkle glasses☆

On display!!!!

Its the real ones! Original～～！！！！！！

※They are up on display until 10/4.

Go and look at them very very soon,

so anyone wont miss this valuable opportunity!!!

Everyone from A-staff

The pv for crossroad is great, the fire burning ayu is beautiful.
And the pv for blossom is so dramatic, LOL!
Last Angel sounds pretty cool, i really want a pv for the song
and Sweet Season sounds random, but i hope something great with the full song.
today was a full day of ayu

omg this is SO cool.
i wonder just how many people will attempt to steal them. i hope they have good security there.

crossroas pv is really beautiful ! Now I need a pv with a story ><

crossroad's officially on sale now right :D? I can't wait to see the charts tomorrow <3

:rolleyes:rolleyes:rolleyes:rolleyes

The painting at the end was the emotional climax for me.

It's like he drew an angel kissing her since probably he already knew (and the angel is him after death kissing her). Or I'm just mumbling :P

Omg same!
i was like AWW NO FREAKING WAY!
That and when she sees him crying in the ocean, and decides to go inside
and organize his party i was like how selfless of her
so cute!

OKay well, I don't really LOVE crossroad PV, it's great and beautiful, but after I watched it I felt "What did I just watch?" LOL She also looks kind of weird... maybe botox or so... her face seems too smooth. LOL

I am not interested in blossom PV, because she's not in it, so... I don't think I wanna watch that PV,,

But I have to say, I listened to the chakuuta of Sweet Season and Last angel (What is the correct capitalization? LOL) and I really really love how they sound right now... Especially Last angel, it's so great for me, so upbeat and cute! And as much as I like Virgin Road and think it's great, Sweet Season sounds like a ballad that better suits my taste... I am getting kind of tired of the strings and sweeping melodies that hit home to the heart. LOL I just want a feel-good happy ballad kind of song, and it sounds like Sweet Season will be that way.

I'm also really looking forward to the music programs she talked about.

Also, she said she was filiming a CM on Twitter, so I really wonder what that might be. Hmmm~~~

I like crossroad pv, its really beautiful. I dont really like blossom, but oh well, thats the way it is. I heard Last Angel only and it was so fast, and it reminded me on RAINBOW era, dont know why. Hope it will sound awsome in HQ. I havent heard Sweet Season, I want something to surprise me in that single.

I thought the same about the painting... too bad is was kinda suckish. lol

:roflmao :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao

LMFAO!!!!!!!
omg made me cry of laughter.

I enjoyed blossom PV more than crossroad.
From crossroad I only liked her "on TV", while her sitting on the sofa and burning is kind of...boring, I guess.
Although Ayu's not in blossom PV, I really liked it, it almost made me cry!

About the chaku-uta preview, I only listened to Last Angel and I'm sure I'm gonna love it :luv2

This.

i enjoy crossroad pv
evntough many of us saying it's boring n so on..
but ayu on it n make me enjoy it than blossom where there's no ayu..n for me no ayu no watching for the 2nd time
LOL..

is the half day sales index up yet??

Wahh, can't wait to see the sales tomorrow (or later tonight hopefully). ^^

Lol..i think shops have just opened in Japan. Its barely even 9am there.
Im in the office now, And i acnt hear Last angel and Sweet Season clearly! but im happy seeing the comments here.

I like how in 2 months, Ayu has done a rock-ish sad ballad, a more 90s styled ballad, a epic sounding ballad and now a feel-good ballad. :)

^But they're a day ahead of us so we shouldn't we have the 1st day sales by now? XD

Yup..maybe in another 8-9hours time

blossom PV was...wow. I watched it fully already, now I can judge it right? :mischief

It is so... dramatic! Like wtfomglol just happened. For those of you wondering about the timeline, I really don't think it was that far apart. There was a scene where the girl was marking off the calendar, it was only a few days away from his birthday, and I assume the girl pushed up the party a few days early seeing how upset he was. Still, lol, the doctor had probably told him a few months earlier and he was just reminiscing about it and... and find an excuse to trash the oceans. :/

The death scene was somewhat loltastic. He saw the cake, boomdeyadoom, died.

This storyline probably would've suited a ballad more, seriously, there was nothing uplifting about the PV like there was in the song, HE JUST DIED D: The painting, although it looked horrible, was really nice though, with the angel and all.

@freedreamer: Okkies, thanks.

Agreed. The only part of the song that suited the PV was the bridge at the ocean. Everything else was like... O_o Why exactly did she want a story like this for blossom? lol

Most things are bittersweet. Even the most uplifting things can have a sadder connotation.
I think it fits just fine.

Yayy! today is the dday!!
Ayu fightinggg!!!

and they actually sell Ayu's crossroad single's sunglasses/shade? woahh!!

have anyoned watched HQ ver of blossom PV..
i think the girl did feel sad when she found and saw the painting.. maybe in LQ we couldn't see much of her sad feeling there...
and if for some of you, blossom PV's storyline is turned out to be so bad and all, it's supposed to be ayu's and the director's fault..hahaha that's what they wanted on the PV.. LOL~~

and for me, actually.. hmmmm not sure yet it's good or not.. maybe I need to watch the PV all over again.. bahaha~~

hmmn.. maybe last time we got the half day sales index around 8ish PST then.. Oh well TH is the one posting that... since he's not here yet, so probly the index is not up then. :P

Should be able to pick it up tomorrow afternoon! I wish our mailman wasn't a lazy sack of protoplasm; he won't come down 3 steps to the door and knock for a package, he just puts the "missed-you" slip in the box and runs.

Maybe I'll cut out the blackface-Ayu cover of Appears from my poster and paste it to his windshield so she stares him into bringing the package to the door on the 29th when L ships.:roflmao

but i see usually those midday sales were posting up at around 12pm in Japan.so,2 hours to go

^^LOL I had one mailman like that. Our mailman now, usually knocks or rings the bell a couple of times but I usually catch him when I'm expecting something so I've never had any problems. The UPS people are the absolute worst, they ring once and leave the freaking thing on the front porch. Don't even bother to hand it to you or make sure you're there and then the freaking package comes all beat and *******. My mom has a friend who's UPS guy who used to actually HIDE her packages from her. :roflmao

I hope she'll have the great first day sales ! good luck Ayu ^^!

midday sales

single
4275 浜崎 (Ayu)
2523 倖田 (Koda)
1601 がぜ (Gazette)

credit peach101 @JPM

these are the sales of the 2nd day, right?
From the morning to midday?

*cheer for Ayu & GazettE*

Let's go ayu~~~!!!

2nd day?do you mean is it the sale is from tuesday?
i'm not sure.

I think they're midday for 1st day. We don't have 1st day full yet.

Thanks nanakopy. And are those at all good? I can't remember for last time. But anyway it seems great.

And yay for my Gazette babies! It would be really cool if they could take over kuu but I guess not lol

So good start for ayu as far as these go. :) I hope. When the days over the final sales have the same ranking

Ayu sold around 8 times her midday sales with MOON. I wonder if it'll be closer to 10x this time?

I dunno but yesterday was the 1st day with the pre-sale!
In a few hours we should know the 1st day sales (21th sept), so I think that we have the 1st day full and that numbers are from today (22th)?

I really don't know °A°


I think the same ahaha!! Red is too much good <3

Hm lets hope for great first day sales! :D
Im betting crossroad will outsell Moon and L will outsell crossroad
;p

i'm not sure about this.but i thought they will combine both pre-sale on yesterday together with the current sales?haha.i think we need the professionals here to explain :P

Ayu's voice sounds so good lately. I like this singing style over the RnRC Era. It' way less shouty and loud. Haha!

So LA/SS aren't ballads? Aww, I was hoping to have more ballads! I don't get why people say she released too many "ballads" when technically Virgin Road is the only one true "ballad" release. The others are mid tempos ballads or slow pop/rock songs.

I'm anticipating on the album release! I didn't buy singles this time because I knew an album release would be around the corner with the singles project!

OMG ME TOO :luv2:luv2

I can't wait for the official sales, probably crossroad is gonna sell less than MOON / blossom , this isn't a double a-side single, but we have JJG in the pv, so who knows, i really wanna know the sales !!!!!

I think the tour is going to help sales a lot :yes is gonna be like the backup for crossroad and L (I hope lol)

Well, even if it's only 8x again, i can sell over 30K on the first day, which is pretty decent. Of course I expect there will be a big (or even huge) drop on the 2nd day, but as long as she's getting her trophy, I'll be happy :D.

Wow!

Now the camera is the culprit why ayu's lips looked fuller!!!:yes

And yay! She's burning!!!

Thanks for sharing!

ok... I'm more curious for the ninki of L
come on who's with me

For those who want to download blossom PV (HQ version): http://kokayz.livejournal.com/584443.html

I had a dream that crossroad first day was 47K a few weeks ago...It'd be awesome if it could get around that much.

thanks a Lot:)

Hopefully, this was a premonition sent from the great Goddess herself. XD

i'm not expecting mind blowing sales or anything, just hoping for enough to get her #1 for the week :yes she deserves it.

it's so tense...
i hope ayu can a really big margin with other releases from her first day, so we can relax for the rest of the week

Yea! it made her face longer...hmmm weird camera

Ayu! U are the best!

C'mon!

really hoping today is a good day for her

how much MOON sold on midday....

wishing at least 35K for the first day

TeamAyu screensaver
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104042

i wonder if they will change the layout for L or not

Virgin Road (Short Ver.)
http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/...u=0082491&ch=0

Idiots. Retards. WTF are they thinking? Let people see the PVs, no one will care THAT much to pay 1900 yen just to see what happens next in a PV if they don't like the song ^^

Totally agree with u !

It's coming!!! I love the 2 single in 2 weeks now. Ayu has spoilt me this time hahah.

Last angel sounds really intersting! If the new album is gonna be majority by TK + other old composrs, im gonna be super pleased. There's something so old-skool jpop in the melody yet melled with the current Ayu style. I know Im gonna sway to Sweet Season :P I think its gonna be a crowd fav and the HQ probably will sound very...winding road-ish/Beautiful Day-ish

i think this is fanmade poster or is it a promo poster from CD shop?
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3..._3832856_n.jpg

Virgin Road (Short Ver.)

spaceshower
NEW CUTS
2010/09/23　 07:30～08:00

NEW CUTS
2010/09/23　 07:30～08:00

vmc
BRAND-NEW
2010/09/23　 24:00～24:30

BRAND-NEW
2010/09/24　 16:00～16:30

^^i think that promotion

i want L poster!!!

your anger made me lol @ irl. but I agree, this is so stupid... plus these short edits always end when the PVs are about to get exciting or show some intense scenes (in crossroad and MOON, for example, the short edits only showed the boring parts of the videos)

WOW!!:luv2
that poster looks HUGE and AWESOME!
thanks for sharing!

^Well the two-parted poster have a black background so I guess it's just for shops and such? To bad, it's a pretty kick-ass poster.

omg! that should have been like some huge ass poster that came with this single, not the ones with the ugly black backgrounds!

anyway, i'm behind, but i just saw the sticker set and postcard now and i'm so happy i ordered from TA shop now, they're so super cute. i can't wait to get them!

Exactly! And after seeing two minutes of Ayu sitting down and not doing much, it's hard to be excited about seeing the whole PV ^^ Imo they're just killing the whole experience.

The poster is incredible and so hughe!!
I would love to have it....

That promo poster looks so nice~

For what it's worth, she just tweeted:

"Yes,I made it for my mom.it's like a episode2 of A song for "

I find this intensely fascinating.