Ok, here are some more translations as I am reading them from a Japanese Ayu board. It's funny that they kind of say the same things we do here.
"It seems there are various opinions about this album and that is natural. But people that only ever praise Ayu are not really fans I think."
"I just can't believe there are 4 instrumentals..."
"I don't understand people saying they won't buy the album when they haven't heard the full thing yet" (no one has heard the instrumentals) But apparently even some Japanese are saying they have canceled orders or won't buy now, just like here.
"Here lyrics seem vacant."
And in reply: "Have you seen all the lyrics for the album?!?! NO!!!!" lol.
A POSITIVE COMMENT: "Lately I have fallen into the sound of songs like Sparkle, so I am looking forward to this album. Rollin' brings to mind the feeling of Naturally. I think the full album will be fun to listen too but I do think that her lyrics sound much more direct than before."
Basically they spend a lot of posts going back and forth about the negative feelings fans are expressing towards the album and what constitutes being a "good" fan. I swear, I feel like I'm reading the same message board as here, lol.
I really think that this album might split people a lot.