Current status for Johnny's competition:

• ARASHI - OK (Løve Rainbow: 9/8, also with an "unknown title" song, which is a B-side...)
• SMAP - OK (This is love: just released 8/4, currently in progress)
• NEWS - OK (annoucing a new album called "LIVE"; don't know when that will release...)
• KAT-TUN - OK (nothing busy right now, except for kicking out Akanishi Jin)
• Others? We don't know...

And there seems to be no word of competition from Kobukuro, Hexagon All Stars, AKB48 or something else... AKB48 is releasing two new singles, but that starts a month after Ayu's single madness...

They mention that this is her first "maxi single" since &.

well it's a TK song and I don't like his works at all, but we'll see.. I think I'll love the 50th single as it'll have a kikuchi song <3 I have a good feeling about it :)

If I'm not mistaken all her single character singles titles except for M have been 3/4-A sides.

Oh my god, five new full songs in September from Ayu. That's like the amount she dishes out on an album already. This is super exciting!

10 track 50th single ftw!

new song 1
new song 2
new song 3
new song 1 remix
new song 2 remix
new song 3 remix
new song 1 inst
new song 2 inst
new song 3 inst
bonus track

^Where did you get that from? or is that just what you're hoping for?

So if someone purchases the first press edition of "L", they get acapella versions of the new songs on the single through chaku-uta. It also comes with unreleased photographs from the photoshoots taken for the 48th, 49th, and 50th single as cell phone and computer wall papers.

The first press edition of "crossroad" would come with with chaku-utas of "L", even though I personally feel it isn't even necessary :P.

To say I am a bit excited about this would be an understatement, lol.

d'oh. :no

Just what I'm hoping for :P

OMG *dies*

2 new singles :heart!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah. Well it would be nice if that's how the single turned out.

Thanks for the news!!!

It was brought up elsewhere but L is the roman numeral for 50.

How fitting.

I had that thought until I saw that you posted it!!!

i like that!! xD

never could of thought about it lol

MOON ORCHESTRA
BLOSSOM ORCHESTRA
HELL YES

AND 3A OH GOD I'M GOING TO EXPLODE ;_;

I know! I'm glad it puts that "Love" theory to rest. LOL