No wonder it's so damn great...

yeah me too! god twitter is so amazing. i am so happy she got one and gives us information like this.

I feel blessed that she learned English and that Twitter gives her the ability to say things directly to us! I got ONE reply, about food no less, and my heart stopped for a second. How can life be that good?

Anyway, yeah, no kidding jbrat. ASFXX is amazing, and Virgin Road feels just as intense.

So she did write it for her mom! If I were her mom, I would be so proud T^T

and with this she finally confirms that ASfxx is for her mom

I love Ayu so much! :heart
Thanks for sharing that with us. :) I always knew A Song for xx was for her mom. No wonder Virgin Road is such a great and grand song~

So VR is for her mom, and ASfXX too....her mom gets bet songs!!!

thats so sweet she wrote the song for her mom <3

I thought about this too, now there should be absolutely no more speculation left :yes

She confirmed that ASFXX was about her mom ages ago...?

December 1998

^ I was reading the whole transcript of All Night Nippon just now, and got to the part about her last/only memory of her father. It's a different account from what we get in teddy bear. Now I'm confused about how those accounts fit together...

Exactly. Despite this, I still see people discussion this from time to time.

That's why it sounds like she is singing to someone (the chorus sounsd like she is actually talking in a singing to someone) so it's to her mom, just like A Song for xx!

holy crap Virgin Road looks epic!! :luv2
Can't wait for the video.
can't.
wait.

I have reallllly high hopes.

yes! we got it right haha. For a second, i tot she she made an "A Song For XX -episode II-" hahha

why another short version!! Oh i'm glad with the sales ^_^

PV already up for download at KMC

here is the screencaps
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7089/havssx.jpg
credit : spandau@KMC

looks like she getting married with a mafia...
still downloading it right now

great. *opens tab and typing kmc's address*

^
^
omg AyuGAME!
I hope u would like to share it with us :)

^i will try to upload it to megaupload
but like you know indonesian internet is not good...
but i will try...

anyone has the link?? I feel my morning wouldnt be complete without watching the PV :weep

i still need 10minutes to complete the download.
it seems like the PV will be 100% black and white.can't wait to watch it.wonder if it matched the song or not.

Great! Downloading now. It's a pity that KMC don't let you put their links out and my internet is lame to upload :(

OMG i need to see this! omgomgomg

Just watched it. PV is definitely going to be the best thing of the year. and also one of her best PVs ever.

i need 50 minutes to upload it, i believe someone will do this job faster than me...but i will still put my link on the thread if someone faster than me...

i already watch it...the story is literal this time, no symbolysm...
the first scene is the exploding car that being shoot by police..the scene change to the time when she get married with mafia, after married they robbed bank, and then they robbed gas station, ayu really shoot with machine gun, the way she shoot is kinda dangerous though...i'm afraid that she can shoot "her husband"... (X_X) LOL and the story ends there

uploading to mediafire right now.

thank you! i can't wait!

By the screencaps it looks so Kill Bill -ish XD
I can't wait to watch!

@AyuGAME haha the way u put it that its literal makes it sound so uninteresting hahaha. i cant wait!!! i hope they are really cool scenes after it...AHHH hearing cloudhoney say PV of the year makes me so happy

i hope someone will do an MU link too coz right now, MF is blocked on the com im using

I am NEVER AGAIN going to be able to watch blossom and keep a straight face ahahaha! :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao

Anyway...

My first impression of the PV is that it had good potential, but the way the scenes were ordered made the timeline pretty confusing. His birthday is the same day as his doctor's appointment? He DIES that same evening? What happened to the "four months"??
Isn't the song supposed to be about moving forward even in hard times? So, it's awkward that his "hard time" lasts for about five hours...

here ya guys go! :) idk if i need to credit anyone or anything, let me know if i do.
http://www.mediafire.com/?g29smgehdfx5ml5

Thanks a lot! <3

This PV is going to be my favorite.

joshohhhhh you are amazing, downloading now

this PV is a real deal...and very well made...
really can't wait for the ending part...the PV still has more than 3 minutes to develop the story, really can't wait to know what happen next..

I love the PV already but HONESTLY - it doesnt match the song in any way. It's montaged like someone just put the winamp on backround and turn on the Tarantino movie. (Cause without a sound, it's a piece of a movie, good maded, really looks like a movie!)

It's hiliarious, but wth, it's a mess with a song. (Maybe burn only matches in some way, dunno. Looks like a dump guy put it all together)

But, yeah, i love it already and SHE LOOKS SO GORGEOUS!

LOL.ayugame make me don't want to watch it.haha.i just finish downloading it.lets see how

I think the PV, surprisingly, matched the song really well. Except for the car and shooting sounds that were a bit too loud, and even weren't even huge mistakes or anything that made it unwatchable, everything seemed well calculated for me. I'm really excited for the whole thing, looks like it'll be her most epic video in a long time.

thanks so much joshohhhhh!!
u are huge help to uss :)

this is far better than crossroad,blossom and moon :P
and....ayu,you almost killed your husband!haha.
hopefully the ending part will make me surprise

i don't think that the song not match with the song, i think the song made the whole PV is so dramatic...

and the director did a very good job, to make the tempo match with the song beat, and make sure that there some movement match with the song...

well...we don't want to see ayu standing on some church and sing this song right? so i think the pv is really out of the box...and it's work...IMO

THIS.

As I watched the preview I while back, I didn't think the song would fit with the video. I also agree that the shooting noises were a bit too loud. But the song fits better than I thought. Too bad that it looks like someone will die in the end :weep

I want to see Virgin Road so bad, but I'm not home! Ugh. I wish it was on YouTube.

Reading the comments here is making me way anxious to see it!

omg.. this PV.. i laughed so hard. i love it and can't wait to see the rest
I HAD TO GIF THIS I COULDN'T HELP IT.
http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/8945/ayugun.gif

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
the best !!!
ayu in wedding dress again with machine gun is :heart
can't wait for the full pv

Omfg, that looks amazing!!! <3

that the most dangerous scene so far...
that gun (i think its light machine gun) is kinda heavy, and if you shoot it, it will give pressure to your body...you must have a very strong hand...ayu did her best, but still it looks very dangerous, she can shoot than man hand, or head... (>_<)

LOL once again the short version shows nothing, leaving me with a WTH when it said to be continued. Ahhhh I love how the scene changed to the wedding scene when the melody changed. Everything fit really well. Of course, the drama comes later and I think with the moer powerful chorus, it WILL be amazing. Are they lovers-in-crime???

i got a weird feeling the black and white scenes are only for the past...if there ever is a present, i hope it will not be in colour.

OH YES, the song sounds SO much better with the proper dynamics. Those early rips tend to have the same level of sound such that the verses sound as loud as the chorus.

Well I'm sure its shooting blanks. :yes

this guy especially here reminds me of Russel Brand lol

I imagine, how she looked in color - we'll see with making of - im curious if it's only b&w filter, or she had that dark hair (GORGEOUS dark hair.)

/\ lol thisss, I was trying to remember who he reminded me of.

Virgin Road is going to be epic. :D i'm glad crossroad was so lack luster, because Virgin Road is going to definitely make up for it. :yes

i can't remember the last time i loved an ayumi PV this much, LOL. for just over 2 minutes, it already looks amazing! i was really in suspense while watching it cause i can't imagine what happens next. i like the part when ayumi & that guy are getting married in the chapel, and of course, i love the part with ayumi and the machine gun :laugh it's just all so beautifully made. sucks we're gonna have to wait a few more days, but i think it'll be worth it! amazing PV.

LMFAO he does! I'm waiting for Katy Perry to run out behind Ayu with her whipped cream can bra.

OMG it is SO amazing!
But damn they stopped at such a good part
Evil >:O

I can't wait for the rest of this!

holy crap! i came home to watch this and its freaking amazing!!! it fits the song so perfectly and honestly i almost felt teary-eyed watching it, lol.

This PV is going to be the funniest thing she's ever done. I found myself cracking up several times through the short version.

Love it love it love it

I :heart you for this! :D
Now you just need to put a caption on it. ;)

" 'TILL DEATH DO US PART YOU SONS OF!!!! "

xD

That part reminds me of one of my favorite The Dish clips :D

stunning promotional video thanks for sharing the info :)

omg (looking at the screen caps) .. the car explodes in the beginning... does that mean ayu and the guy were already dead? the black and white scenes were just the flashback?

^ Good way to think of it... or maybe she survives and looks back on their lives of crime. I wonder who that actor is, btw?

I can't believe it isn't Shuya!! :P

^thank goodness.

Yea, i think the colour scenes represent the present. But i hope its just that ONE scene
and its so weird coz, i keep replaying the short clip because I wanna see more with each view. I think this promotional tactic is so irritating yet it really makes people interested.

I think if Shuya was the "husband", it would be more emotion since ayu and shuya knows each other pretty well.

But then, many people will hate Shuya for ruining the pv again... :P

Do we have any mid-day sales for the second day?

Thank god Shuya is not playing the husband!!! I have such a hard time seeing him as anything other than Shuya. :shrug

The PV is so strange, but i like it

I really love how she's not sticking to any old humdrum jpop formulas :)

That DINER is really unfortunate. First lady gaga poisons everyone, then ayumi robs the station next to it a few months later. Gosho.

L covers
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This is just epic!

It is really well edited, the "contrast" between the song and the PV is really interesting. Plus black and white!

Some little things are not so good:
Ayu's acting, she seems a bit odd whith the gun, like uncomfortable with it. And it is not really necessary to shoot plenty of bullets in the air haha. It is pretty akward the way she puts down it. (problem of weight?)

The very beginning is just so good.

Aaahh can't wait too watch it full. It has been a long time I was that interested in one of her PV.

True.

edit: Is it me or the Bank looks weird, having a wall right behind the door? Unfortunately it looks fake too.

i agree but it's simply funny in the end!

Love the monochrome. :P

Well, u noe how some architecture...they build this wall at the door so the people have to walk to the sides and enter..kinda like a cinema? it can happen. At least you wont have people dashing in to rob you SO obviously. (but Ayu did it :P)

Can i offer a point-of-view?
That the MV can symbolise her entire career and love life in actual?

I'm totally going to do this on my wedding day hahaha. Gives new meaning to "going out with a bang." :laugh

Even though the full video isn't out yet, it's already my favorite Ayumi PV. Needs more Honey B. ;)

hey would someone please make a gif of ayu walking out of the bank as well? she looks so cool with the machine gun around her shoulder :P

i actually like what i'm seeing! i can't wait to look at the rest of the PV. :D

idk why, but i'm getting a Kill Bill vibe...mostly from Vol. 2 since it's black & white. but completely different stories, haha.

Yeah that's probably right cuz thats the only part that goes in colour. The rest is black and white. Ah, this is a sad stody indeed. I'm loving it so far. Can't wait to see more!

I love the PV from the short version :D

^ yeah~~~ :D :D

I sometimes love orchestra version songs better than the original one~

so soothing and calming~ :yes

Ok, I just watched the preview of blossom pv. The bank looks very fake >.<

btw, thanks for uploading the vid :D

^ it's VR darling hehehehe XD
yea i think for VR, they built a set for it~ except for the hotel

Just wondering... if Virgin Road is about Ayu's mom, maybe the PV too? We don't know much about her father, except for the fact that he left her and her mom when she was still a baby... perhaps he was an outlaw or something. Ayu seemed not to have a very good-tempered family and her mom's and father's relationship seemed very problematic. Makes sense to me, if that's what she was trying to show us. Can't wait for to watch the rest.

:luv2 Thanks for sharing!

loving this single... cant wait for her album

wew... i'm tired of this "Short Ver." on her PV..... >.<
i want her FULL PV like usual....

i can't wait any longer & i'm dying to see the storyline of Virgin Road PV.... T.T

I got proper translation of what doctor said in blossom PV:
credit: Supernike911@twitter

this actually makes sense. oh wait, it doesn't looking at first and last sentence wtf.

lol... he says 4 months and then 3 months and then 7 to 14 days?!!? that sounds like a horrible doctor...

^I think the doctor's first saying that the patient will live for four months, then he says three months is probably more correct and then he adds that even with treatment, the patient would only get a few weeks more.

ahhh i understand now. i suppose i should have read the translation better. lol

Ayu's mom's as gangster as Utada's? LOL!

OMG,i was crying when i saw this,like,this is the sweetest thing in the world and Ayu looks happy there



...but then i was laughing so hard when shes holding the machine gun,shes like a lil kid,u know,people are not afraid when they see,someone cute like that with a machine gun XDD



now i just cant wait to watch the full PV,looks interesting and great ^_^

LOL @ the diagnosis. "You have 3 months to live", then the poor sap dies like the same night. :roflmao

That's a very interesting theory. After the PV comes out, someone ask Ayu on twitter what it all means.

Loving L preview still havent watched the short,
i dont like watching shorts,
if im gunna watch over 1 minute of a pv its going to be the full one!

NINKI for L out yet?

Not yet - it's a bit too early, but I think Ayu's going to be the favorite for next week's releases overall...

^that one i dont doubt at all :P
its definitely a guaranteed

what comp is against L

Exactly. The CM is enough to tide me over until the actual release. Watching shorts seems to build up too much anticipation and I always end up at least a little bit disappointed.