ayumi hamasaki BEST LIVE BOX A out December 25th, 2020

[//ABEST]

I thought it was going to be A BEST 3 based on the beginning of her story at instagram. I think this is just a huge waste of money since we got them already FOR FREE. this is just lazy

[Cahz-]

Bleh.

[Earth_maiden]

I'm disappointed, honestly. I will wait a year or two and see if it pops up in Book Off.

[Ryusei]

she really is never releasing another album is she?

[kendelle]

It really feels like a luxury release. I do really want one but that price point is an ouch... I'd hope to see pictures coming out soon and I wonder what the quality will be like for the older concerts making their way to Blu Ray? The YouTube versions were okay for someone like me but they would require some kind of remaster for physical release, right?

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Ryusei

she really is never releasing another album is she?

I think she will probably do one after Saigo no Trouble FINAL. That release will probably have some kind of music attached to it.

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by Ryusei

she really is never releasing another album is she?

She just released 2 singles and new music for the first time in years — if anything a new full length album is more likely than it has been for some time

[Evolution7/4]

[Deep snow]

Originally Posted by DaNNy_aYu

Maybe next announcement is A BEST 3? Hoping for it because this one doesn't interest me at all

the announcement on Instagram (with all her BEST and BALLADS covers) certainly gave -me- the impression that this was going to be an A BEST 3 announcement. at this point I've become convinced that she's never going to release it

this certainly is an interesting retrospective box set, but I imagine this will only appeal to her most ardent, collector fans.

as some of you point out, it would have been a more appealing release if this had been a complete TROUBLE box (even the name "COMPLETE TROUBLE BOX" sounds like a proper ayu release to me ) or a long-overdue compilation of her concerts from Just the beginning to 夏ノトラブル. (but then again, we probably will get something like this after the mu-mo final concert.)

[Katsuyuki012]

It's... alright. The only truly exciting thing this release has going for it is a proper edit of Natsu no Trouble. I would've definitely preferred a box set of unreleased concerts.

I'm glad Natsu no Trouble is getting a release but they could have just released Natsu no Trouble / Trouble Final with a new album, similar to Trouble with JTB1+3.

But Natsu no Trouble is pretty much the main reason for fans to buy this, so it makes sense.

[Sky High]

Originally Posted by Evolution7/4

My reaction, this is so disappointing.

[SunshineSlayer]

What an absolutely pointless release

[truehappiness]

This release is mostly a vehicle for Natsu no Trouble, and maybe how they'll probably handle the release of footage for the concerts that have built up and not had full versions released. They'll just mishmash PoM18, unreleased Just the beginning, and so on into a 'rare live collection' perhaps.

[ayu-fan]

Im pretty sure she already posted all those live compilations on her youtube channel. But they disappear now, so this is why lol.

[SunshineSlayer]

I mean the reason why is to sell Saigo no Trouble at $275.00 for the couple of people that will buy it at that price. Ugh. Why not release an actual box set with real value to the fans? Next year we will get another box set with only one disc actually worth it and so on and so forth.

[truehappiness]

I think this is going to be the norm for how they handle concerts or to an extent like how they put physical Ohia/Dreamed on the expensive CDL only. I thought they would pair Natsu with a music release but this best live situation kind of came out of nowhere. I assume the upcoming Saigo final will become either a TROUBLE box or it will all get paired with a new album or mini like TROUBLE and Just the beginning.

[FoxyPinkGirl]

Of course no Return Road

[RealLight]

That explains why the monochrome perfomance I uploaded got deleted lol

I went to bed expecting and hoping to be a new album announcement but I kept in mind she would instead announce something bleh... well, can't say I'm disappointed, this is plain pointless ffs.

[Aderianu]

I got 1-6 videos from youtube, that's enough, I don't want to pay for it. 30000 yen for only Natsu no trouble is too much

[LOGMAN]

Incredibly disappointing.

I don't want mish-mash playlist versions of lives - if you are going to throw a couple of songs from these older lives on a blu-ray, just re-release the whole live on blu-ray!

And Natsu no Trouble is not worth 30,000 yen.