Even if ayu doesn't get a rid of shimomura, at least use another photographer once in while for a change and not just stick with 1 person. As for the pvs, the fact that ayu brought back Wataru for sunrise/sunset pvs gave me hope that he might direct ayu's pvs again. I'm really craving for high quality pvs like those tour screens (taskinst and dlma).

yeah that's what i think too. it's not like i expect her to get rid of him altogether, she just needs some change. nobody sticks to one photographer all the time, they change things up. but ayu is always with him now, he even does her CM pictures and PV's. it's weird.

i don't really hope she'll postpone her single release date just to make it a true winter single...its torturing :tired

Well they won't move just so it could be a true winter single. They would move it so she would have a greater chance of getting number one.

Oooo challenger! *time to order the other two versions* ^O^

i wonder if they will postpone ayu's single or just inflate the sales with some crazy promotion like they did with Mirrorcle World. or maybe they will just leave it as it is and the single will be very popular like Days / GREEN was last year!

i think ayu uses kazuyoshi as much as she does because she feels comfortable with him and genuinely likes the results. she seems to become friends with the people she works with and crosses that personal/professional boundary where it would become difficult for her to use him less because it might hurt their friendship.

maybe she will try something else now that she has dark hair? she played with the whole barbie/plastic look for most of 2009 with the blonde hair so maybe she will go for a more mature/sophisticated look with the dark hair.

I'm afraid of ayu's sales... they can be beated hard by Masaharu Fukuyama

I'm really worried.

I'm sure avex wants her to keep the streak going, so the single will either be pushed way up or pushed back a week.

I don't think any strong competitors are releasing on the 2nd, 9th and 23rd. So if they really want her to keep her streak they can move it to anyone of those dates.

I hope they move it to a sooner date xD

LOL honestly if her streak is ruined i'll be sooo sad

i swear there's going to be the "if you care about her chart performance you aren't really a fan" vs the "we do care we just enjoy seeing her do well in the charts" battle for the next.. 1? 2 threads? LOL '-___-

I kind of hope they push it up to the 9th or so. That would be great. BUT...if they don't, well I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

same. but only because we'd get the single sooner. idc if she loses her streak tbh

I wish there was too. Though I think things should pick up in the next week or so. We've had barely anything happen since her PV shooting announcement, but she's probably at work on the CDL.

-Please move the single up or push it back...-

Gah, i hope she'll still get #1..
wasn't there some record she was going to break if she gets, like, 4 or so more #1's??

how many people has so many number one singles as ayu? very few...

i don't think that's so important... her achievements are huge and no one can erase that... i believe these things are inevitable.

anyway... i hope there are some leaks soon... we'll know when the server says "ahs is temporarily unavailable... please check back later"

:rolleyes:rolleyes:rolleyes:rolleyes

Mad cowardly if they move the release date. It's gotta end someday.

Uh-oh - maybe double uh-oh - first Matchy, now Fukuyama!? I don't know if she will ever get number one - now the streak could soon be over...

It'd be cowardly, but you just knoooooow it's gonna happen.

I don't think even Fukuyama/his management knew if they were going to move the single until people wanted the song so badly.

oh! I didn't know how famous he is O_o
hopefully it will not break the ayu's record.. xDDD