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[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Kanjani8 are releasing on 23rd, 24th and 25th (all the releases are limited). Their first week will end the day Ayu's (double week) starts. What's the issue then? Their second week sales are usually way below 50k.

People aren't sure whether it'll count towards her week or not because they're unsure of how the Oricon system works.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

People aren't sure whether it'll count towards her week or not because they're unsure of how the Oricon system works.

Well the Oricon year should have the same number of weeks every year. Someone should simply count how many Oricon weeks did 2009 have so far.

[ayumi.hamasaki]

why did they change the release date?

the 29th december isn't even a wednesday

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by ayumi.hamasaki

why did they change the release date?

the 29th december isn't even a wednesday

there could be many reasons: 1) to avoid Fukuyama-san's single 2) to sync the release date with CDL 3) to better exploit the tie-in with the NHK drama etc.

but it's most likely all of those combined.