A surprise summer single would be awesome! :heart :yes I remember back in the day we always had summer single from Ayu, Kuu and Ai each with their own take and flavor, and Ai creates the best summer ballad XD

MOONLIGHT, too! :heart And Hanjuku Tamago (半熟たまご).

Natsuzora :heart

^God wish it isn't a wishful thinking

^^IKR!! That song is just one of her songs to die for.

And whenever she had those LOVE is BORN concert and she played a piano version of ballads :heart:luv2 she's just too awesome

Her ballads are the best !!

Since we're all kind of reminiscing on here, what are your guys' favorite Ai ballads?

I've been listening to a lot of Ai/Rabbit lately, and I think my favorite ones would have to be Cherish and Planetarium. If we're including Rabbit, then MOONLIGHT as well. I'm really obsessed with that song right now. :heart

kingyo hanabi
i used to like planetarium but then realized it's a bit 'dry' and 'drags on' for me. kingyo hanabi is just right.

Kingyo Hanabi (the most flawless song ever)
Ren'ai Shashin (the most flawless snog ever)
Cherish (the most flawless song ever)
Natsuzora (the most flawless song ever)
Daisuki dai yo. (the most flawless song ever)
Ningyo (the definition of flawless)

Does 360 count as a ballad? Because holy fudge I love that song too.

Favorite ballad definitely Amaenbo!! Then Kingyo Hanabi <3

Kingyo Hanabi
Planetarium
Daisuki da yo
Pocket
Friends

tears
natsuzora
hanaeri tamago (live version)
kimi ni kaeru (if it counts)

ugh how could I forget tears

Kingyo Hanabi, Natsu Sora, and Renai Shashin (especially the Haru version) are my favorite ai ballads

tears is absolutely perfect to listen to in early-mid autumn in the late afternoon just as the sun begins to go down. I remember listening to it while taking pictures outside for my photography class and I was amazed at how well it fit that atmosphere.

Ooh ooh exactly like mine!
360 is damn so addicting XD
I also love Haneari Tamago, Neko ni Fuusen (Ballad or not, it saddens me lol), Kumuriuta and Pocket

I remember the first time I heard One x Time, I really loved the melody and the music because I thought it was cute until my Japanese sensei (who is also a fan of her) heard it and told me "This is pervert stuff" and he laughs :laugh

I ruined 360 for myself because I set the opening as the alarm on my phone for about a year. So now I twitch whenever I hear that song. :cry

Ai has so many absolutely flawless songs...I love putting on Ai am BEST and just reliving the peak of her career. :heart

Kingyo Hanabi
Planetarium
Kurage, Nagareboshi (the love child of the two mentioned above)
Daisuki dayo
Hoshikuzu (FLAWLESS, FLAWLESS SONG)
Amaenbo
tears
Pocket
Sora to kujira
5:09 a.m.
Cherish

...like seriously, I could go on forever. I wonder if she's going to have another concert on her birthday/anniversary this year in September like she usually does? I've completely lost track of how many years it's been since her debut. :tired

My favorite Ai ballads:

Kurage, Nagareboshi
Planetarium
Kingyo Hanabi
Daisuki dayo
I ♥ ×××
Renai Shashin

I think Kurage, Nagareboshi was her 5th anniversary single and it was released sometime in 2008 I believe.

She's a goddess anyways <3 I just hope she comes back someday..
Cherish, Pocket, Planetarium, Kingyo Hanabi, Kurage, Nagareboshi, CHU-LIP, PEACH, Yumekui, Renai Shashin, 360° and so many others <3