^ i saw those earlier. that is not a good look for ai D:

i personally love it. it's more mature :yes

LOVE is BEST does come with a booklet right? i really want to see pics inside it

She looks more mature and hot after her first time in aisu x time.

Good for her.

Oricon update the page. She fell to #2 with 10,201.

X->1->2 - Otsuka Ai - 22,895 + 10,201 = 33,096
X->2->1 - Hikawa Kiyoshi - 12,121 + 13,148 = 25,269

She looks incredibly natural in those pictures and she looks gorgeous, but man oh man...those clothes. :laugh Usually I like her clothes, but even this is too much for me. :P

I agree. She doesn't look bad, by any means, in those pictures, but the darker and more "mature" look isn't best for her. And not just because she's been playing up the cutesy act for years now. She just has that baby face and super cute expressions that don't mix best with mature styles.
But having said that, it's a really nice change. She looks very pretty in these photos.

And yeah. Ugly outfit. XP But whatever. We all have those days, lol.

she's giving me Aoyama Thelma vibes in these pics especially with those shots that she's wearing a hat D:

but other than that , really nice shots of her . It's quite stripped down/laid back as compared to what you can see for LOVE is BEST's case

wow cool I thought I was the only one who assumed that :laugh

Are these shots taken by Kazuyoshi Shimomura ? because he shot the covers for Aoyama's Todoketai ... single

her hair is gross lol. but very mature and sexy look!

ALBUMS:
X->1->2->2 - Otsuka Ai - 22,895 + 10,201 + 6,867 = 39,963
X->2->1->1 - Hikawa Kiyoshi - 12,121 + 13,148 + 10,564 = 35,833

^ the sales are OK to me. i think that the album will sell about 50 k in it's first week and about 70 k in total . . .

too bad that she isn't gonna get weekly number one position :/
but i sure hope so <3 i will get my copy in next week yay.

i think the sales are disappointing. i mean for a best album, even though these aren't really her BEST songs on it, i'd expect it to sell at least 100k. oh well. ai is just becoming one of those underrated artists now i guess.

anyway, here is her "Is" live at music station! i love it! i love all the hearts and that she wears the glasses. that hair is out of control though lol

her vocals aren't as good as usual though imo

I think the hairstylist went overboard with her hairdo -_-'''

it looks like BANG it has been blowed up or something LOL & did you see the MS lady host ? omg her hair's just xD

LMAO @ her hair :roflmao its awful :dead2

i loved the performance!!! those glasses are epic XDD

i like the perfomance :) those glasses are just weirs ;o
luckily, i'm getting them haha.

the hair isn't "weird" or "awful" to me, maybe it's BIG and FUZZY, but still kinda normal :D

omg the avex ladies have a 'fried hair' fetish this year??? Ayu in NEXT LEVEL covers; Kuu in the Lick me <3/ECSTASY performance at a-nation, then Ai NOW with this hideous hairdo!

anyway, the glasses are SO BOOMZ and attention-grabbing! I would use the glasses on a game of truth & dare man

Kanjani∞'s Yokoyama You most recently had that fried/blown up hairdo in the group's latest PV for their single Kyu☆Jou☆Show !!

except his's a wig LOL :laugh