^So? Rule was a well accepted song, people seem to have liked it. She sang SURREAL the last year, it's not all about promotion...
Hmm when it comes to her vocals, I do think that compared to CDL 07-08 she has improved a bit, the TV ver. was hard for me to listen to during some of the songs (and I love her "live" voice). Her voice during PCDL did sound better (the TV ver. again).
As for the Sunrise performances, the Music Station one was my fave one and she did good
I don't think that Ayu is pre-recording anything because she is afraid of how she'll sound (for all we know the whole show might've been pre-recorded). She had bigger "flops" in TV shows during her career than not sounding good (ie the Voyage performance when she forgot the lyrics and she had the whole choir behind her...). Imo she seems very confident when it comes to her stage skills.