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Originally Posted by ayu_fan929
I'm also curious about Otsuka Ai's BEST. I have a feeling it won't do too well, but I hope I'm proven wrong.
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I think you'll be. ^_^ I don't really like any of Ai's recent stuff, but she has made one of her songs very memorable. Sakuranbo had everything you can demand of a SUPER hit, except the number one spot. It was in karaoke charts for ages, had a well selling reissue and made her into one of avex most popular artists. I think a good comparison would be Shimatani Hitomi's delicious (w/ama iro no kami no otome) which sold really really well compared to most of what she releases, even though she didn't really have her biggest hit close to its release. She still had those songs that people remember, sung at karaokes and were "there". Ai's career is different though, and she's on a much higher level of popularity. But expect a lot more people than "the fans" to get this.