[Zeke.]

Well Ku and Namie may not be as creatively visionary as Ayu, Ayu herself has been anything but in recent years. That's what is frustrating. Ku and Namie come off as having things much more polished and in control, with nice concepts lightyears beyond recent Ayu releases.

In a nutshell, it seems like the balance between marketing, concept, quality of songs and PVs, creativity, and finalized product are all off balance. I'm the kind of person who appreciates the "if you're gonna do it, do it right/go all out." It seems Ayu used to have this mentality, but lately it seems she's releasing just for the sake of releasing. It seems like more of a "job" for her now than the well-rounded expression it used to be, through and through.