Am I the only one that thought of YUI when I read the title of this mini? lol But seriously, I'm looking forward to this! :D

Oh, now I am a bit afraid for my preorder. What if she would complicate her releases...
It's great news another mini album! Ayu knows to keep me excited.

Holy!!!
We are going to be very spoiled in the next 5 months...

i hope we won't get nothing for the next one year!

Your message crack me up! I remember someone said L stands for Lesbian at the time.

Perhaps the 5 releasing interprets her careers, like something as the following

A SONG FOR XX / LOVEappears - LOVE
Duty / I am... - again
RAINBOW / MY STORY - __________
(miss)understood / Secret - ___________
GUILTY / NEXT LEVEL -______________

Just hope no full album for 5 mini...
Um.. Boxset is fine..

Yay, more new songs! I hope they'll be rock songs

LOVE, followed by again.....I like the simple title this time around.

All the previews for S4U and Missing sound amazing as do the PVs so I expect a strong release here :) I hope she announces the third project soon so I can get two of them together!

I was actually hoping December would be a single, just to mix it up a bit, but a mini suits me just fine~ I am now kind of hoping for 5 minis all showing different sides of Ayu or something...

YAY! That's what I was hoping for, a mini album again :P

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Great, great, great. I was hoping to have the news about the 8.12.

OMG YAY. What great news waking up to :D
Looks like all the releases could be mini's, which i'm all fine with if they are as strong as "LOVE" is.

Maybe she save her next single on 15th anniversary. See, 51st single ↔ 15th anniversary.:innocent

I hope that this mini will have faster songs, we got enough ballads..

But because it's December, I know, it need to be winter theme ballad..

Thanks, pre-ordered CD+DVD :)

"again"? Definitely a surprising choice for a album title, but I like it. Makes me think of do it again. <3

I still don't understand why they call it a mini album with only 3 songs (LOVE) and instrumental and remix. I only know they're called maxi single or something coz she did it in the past already. Dang.

preorder this + LOVE :D (and a HOTEL Love song poster to make up 5000 yen for my 300 pts on CDJAPAN hahaha!)

But Ayu never cries enough...
I want a Dearest styled ballad. It's not gonna happen though.

Microphone has been on my top 3 in the entire ayu rock music life.

Oh god I woke up some time ago but didn't see this. :thud
So happy she's releasing another mini ! I was scared "A WINTER BEST" was coming lol. I just want new material so yeah.
The title sounds interesting. The only thing we can really notice is that the prices are the same as "LOVE" so the content will most likely be similar (= 3 new songs, remixes/different versions, instrumentals... wish she'd release more orchestra versions ! I always love them).

maybe the album titles have a message??
Love again...etc ??

Like the name of it^^

It's like her masterpiece. You don't get tired of it :p

love. again alone

Ordered my copy for my birthday :D Now I'm hoping of a similar cover to LOVE but with a winter feel to it. And maybe an epic rock song... please Ayu?

I wish she would just release a full album and not so many mini albums, because it sounds like money making to me.

I think I'll wait with my order, because I'm pretty sure a special box or something will come out.

I honestly wonder what would boost this mini.

[LOVE] has Song 4 u to back it up. so..i wonder what tie-in [again] will have

Another glorified mini-album? COOL...

ill be so broke but its well worth supporting ayu!

When I saw the title I couldn't help but start singing "do it again". xD I'm looking forward to the track list though.

The CD comes out on saturday, meaning shipping is gonna be unsavoury.

ctfu I was thinking that also

Just watch, her next mini is gonna reference internet lingo. "Snatchin' dem weaves" "Spilling the Tea"

Yay new songs :heart Lol I'm so spoiled.

:)))

I'm so hyped up about this!! new material!!

The theory of the sentence is not that unbelievable, since again doesn't have a capital !

I know Ayu is a typo monster, but on Party Queen for instance, all the title that don't have a capital are supposed to be part of a sentence (what should I call it/it reminds me of.../you don't how beautiful you are). It might sound completely farfetched (especially because it makes the next LOVE completely unexplanable ahahaha),but who knows with Ayu?

Five releases are planned ? Well,why not something like "Love again after your (something)"? I guess this is just me getting excited by the new songs overflow :)

omg queen wasnt kidding when she said she aint gonna leave us alone. I dont mind. slay me :love

So are we gonna have Countdown Live 2012-13 ~LOVE again~

^.^

i actually thought of it.....tooo......:innocent

i just realized...how those are actually titles of her own..
FIVE? ----> 5 releases to her 15th anniversary.
the next LOVE and then she release LOVE after this...woah...*mindblown*

That's exactly what I thougt. I want a Winter-Ballad on "again".

this is a very good idea! thought about that too! : D

Awesome!

album from 5 mini-albums.. that's my nightmare

well . . . I'm looking forward to it since it had been quiet for a while

It was about time for something to drop :)

Great news!

I would LOVE [haha] if CREA pops up again [HAHA!] on these songs :D But if ''again'' refers to something that's happening one more time, I think that collabs with JUNO and/or URATA are much more likely. When she collabed for the second time with URATA, the song was called "ANother song", so I wouldn't be surprised if they sing together again [oh, I hate how every sentence about this mini sounds like a pun]

I think there'll be a winter song on this mini as well. If so, it should be the theme of a dorama or an anime, and then BAAAAM instant hit. Also she would be singing her ass out of it in all those special music programs that come out of nowhere in December... The lives for Days were all amazing, mainly that one with SEASONS acapella before it (:

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...

Party Queen -> queens in Song 4 u PV xD

lol even tho i would like to think avex & ayu are very smart, i doubt they are THAT good at coding messages and hints xD

lol how about ayu got married (virgin road) then divorced(love song), came back to japan (return road) alone having so many things in her mind(brillante, why... etc.) was messed up by tabloids (party queen) and rumours then she went on vacation and fell in love quickly (you & me) got into a serious argument but had to leave without clearing all that up and now she's wondering about this not being able to for now do anyting about it (missing)

ahahahaha.....

YAY! News of the next release has cheered me up! I feel I need song titles, covers etc already! Getting spoiled by all the Ayu news of late.

mi|kshake~

idc about the covers, they are just a packing. i want titles so I could speculate what songs will be <3

I think she 'll release........A BEST 3 ~threesome~
on April 8th

thats an unfortunate name... :innocent

i think we'll get a album made of all the minis with a few extra tracks added.

Hmmm, somehow, I can see an A BEST 3 bundle with the minis/CDs that come out.

^ or A BEST 3 "box" with extra tracks like "anniversary ver. of sth" like they did on MW single. You know, box + minis + BEST with bonus.

A very very big box, lol.

interesting!
thanks for the info!
Cant wait to get a track listing! Hope for more songs then just 3...

I can feel it now... All of the songs from all of these mini albums are going to be on A BEST 3 April 8th....

^ Im hoping for a 2 cd collection...
an album to collect all the songs from the mini albums and an A Best 3

I'm expecting something like Kuu's UNIVERSE, best album + studio album (with the mini's songs)

I feel this is going to be another 3 song and multiple remix "mini album" and that probably all of the releases are going to follow this trend. I really don't see her churning 5 songs out in a month to make this a real mini album release. And the avoidance of releasing a single is becoming more clear now.

i don't want to start up drama, but i don't really understand why some people are complaining because she is not releasing singles. i mean, what is the difference if she is releasing singles or mini albums? i mean these are reminding me of like koda kumi's 3spalsh for example. i just am glad that she is releasing new music, i mean i know it really sucks on the wallet. believe me, mine is crying too. but even if she released a single at this time instead of a mini album it would still be the same. at least if these all happen to be mini albums (still no announcement about the 2013 calendar huh?) then we can hope for a new album with all new songs at the end.

A BEST 2 had two versions, so I want A BEST 3 to have three :D Like Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald hahahaha

Love again? :D I hope it turns out to form a sentence! It'll be like her little message to us, her fans.

Oh my god.
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I don't think so, A BEST 2 had none of Secret's tracks on them

^
^
exactly my reaction :laugh

btw the A BEST 3 seems like the potential final release of this 15th anniversary. And I wouldn't mind it though.

A BEST 3 will probably be post-these 5 releases, as in... it'll release on the actual anniversary date. (A BEST 2 was 6 years after A BEST, A BEST 3 potentially may be 6 years after A BEST 2?) Anything on LOVE onward will likely NOT be on A BEST 3.

A BEST 3 will also end up being Startin'/Born To Be... to L, if anything.

how about A COVERS for an anniversary release?

A COVERS
01 Happening Here
02 SEVEN DAYS WAR
03 teens
04 卒業写真


who's with me?

^ uuuuuuhhhh
I can't ever listen to another cover album after experiencing angela aki's SONGBOOK. now THATS how you do a cover album, and i hate covers.

^^ no.
lol.

lol

:D

im really thinking they are going to make all the mini albums on 1 album with some special content... (a part of me wants this of course, but another is like NO!) and what better reason not to package it with A BEST 3?

LOLOLOL :lech

No please. I'd rather have Reggae Enka Trance than this.

LMAO! I want this. I really do. It would be the greatest worst thing ever.

With Björk wailing during every track.

Oh look, the three Toronto members posted consecutively. Look at us go!

Please god no A Best 3.

You know it's coming and what better time than for her 15th anniversary.
Whether you are jazzed for it or not (I personally won't be), it is probably the reality.

I hope that instead of releasing A BEST 3 she does an album with all of the mini-album songs (if she releases four or five of them) and then has a second CD/album of new songs. The fifth release could be the bundle, unless she plans on surprising us and releasing something on April 8th.

love. again alone. freedom forever.

I don't know. She did release A Summer Best, it would only be fitting for A Winter Best. I would prefer that over A Best 3.

LOVE again TONIGHT with... U
XD
My titles for the possible new mini-albums are very ayu-ish

I wasn't complaining, just pointing out bits of information which assist us to determine how many original songs are going to be on this release. There's a difference. Drama start fail.

I just think Ayumi should do a duet album with Nickelback with Nicholas Cage on the cover.



they actually REALLY are. ;d "U" it would be definitely a title for a song/album by Ayumi.

She should do "Y" and U" at some point, haha.

ABC series uhuhu~

^ You know, I get A, H, and L... but why &?

People thought she was gonna do A H & ... and then "T" / "N" for Tomoya Nagase or "U" for you/the fans.

^ ohh... that would of been cool..
I wonder why that didn't happen? (if it was true)

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Like this title far more than LOVE, I'm expecting great things from the december issue

Actually A BEST 3 being released in april 2013 is more than 6 years after AB2 so it fits perfectly :p It just makes total sense to release it on the anniv. date, unless they release another "complete collection" of some sort and save the Best album for the fourth quarter of 2013 (we know avex likes to milk fans dry).

They could also release AB3 in Jan/Feb/Mar as a part of the build-up for the anniversary celebration. whatever is released on 01/08 has the best shot at a high chart placing.

Forgot about 2013, oops.

i can see shes doing that haha

heh A Best 3, not sure if im going to be excited for this after we got A Summer Best :thud

but hey let aside the title "again" i want some great winter ballad ayu!! been missing this for 2 years since last we got it for You were... i guess

I can totally see avex putting out an A BEST 3 with songs from Secret to Party Queen and, if all releases really happen to be mini's, also releasing a truly expensive box with A BEST 3 + The five mini albums + CDL DVD

Actually I hope she has an album called SEX. When the song called Sexy Little Things, it was a bit shocking tho.

Just pre-ordered my copy, can't wait to know the tracklist.

All this speculation hurts my head.
I dont want A BEST 3 cuz I have most of ayu's albums from secret onward
Unless she pulls a koda kumi and all songs are new (also, not the songs from the mini albums).

preorders!!
YES!!
there goes some more money... its gonna be a LONG 5 months.

The last CD of hers that I got was A COMPLETE, so A BEST 3 would be great for me :lech