Exscuse me? Another ayu stan? How can you claim such a thing?
I think that having at least 3 original copies albums by hikki is already making me at least someone who loves her music too and I can voice my opinion for it as well.
You are the hikki stan who's guarding hikki no matter what saying she is perfect, never complaining about her and not wanting to post on ayu's section because you know people "won't" accept your opinion because they are never positive, so now when someone says a bit of something that's not so positive towards your precious hikki he's an ayu stan? Gosh.
When people don't let you voice your opionins you call them rude.
Well you are rude for cutting their opinions off because it's not "OMG HIKKI YOU ARE A GODESS ONLY INTO THE MUSIC". Well you are just like those ayu stans, just hikki's.
If hikki for example didn't want she could choose not to write Flavor of Life for Hana Yori Dango 2.
Why do you think EMI even thinks to get her such a tie-in? Of course not because hikki asked, but because hikki will be happy to participate doing that.
I'm sure hikki isn't dumb and she knew (along with er PR & Management team) the result it might bring like from past usage of drama tie-ins.
Saying hikki is only about the music is being naive.
Basically if she wants people to hear her music she has to publicate it, specially now when she is not popular as she used to be.
She did it with HEART STATION with a lot of TV and magazine performances, she was pretty shoved to the public over that time besdies all of the dramas.
I still see nothing wrong that hikki would do performances so I don't understand why jumping.

Maybe because she is into money too?
I'm sure she knows all the consequences for the things she does, her way of promotion and marketing which serve hers and the company's purposes and since she is already a "few" good years on the industry she knows how much money she can earn from all of those projects so I doubt she's actually working hard for 100% the music.
She could sell it for free if she wanted to and if she wasn't about the money or at least not promote and market herself in any way. She could quit EMI and open an independent company, but she doesn't do it for obvious reasons, (or not so obvious to the hardcore fans apparentely).
She is mainly into the music, and yes, she has a very simple image and she is not into glamour but she still wants her music to be heard and she still wants to make money.