Is This True About A Best?

[Delirium-Zer0]

Ayu made it pretty clear in that NTV interview that SHE didn't know if it was gonna be her last album or not (which is why she did so many photo shoots - she wasn't sure if she'd get the chance ever again).

I don't think avex really intended it to be her final release, but I think it very well COULD have been if she hadn't been selling as well as she was.

Max Matsuura did say on a radio interview in late 2000 that he thought that "Duty" was gonna be ayu's peak... alot of fans took that to mean that she could very well be retiring after A BEST, but someone here mentioned that avex could have been deliberately spreading rumors & dropping tiny "hints" of retirement to boost sales.