[waterballoon]

Well, I don't wish to take any stands or be a stan, but I just gotta say this.

In any live performance/concert, the only reason why you're up on stage singing is because you want to SHOW OFF something to the audience. Your hard work, your efforts, what have you.

Ever since AT 05, Ayu has opted for a more aesthetic concert... sacrificing vocal quality for dance, visuals, etc. Honestly, her recent concerts were eye-candy; she looked great, everything was like "wow!".

But I can feel that with AT 09, she looks like she's going back to the simple style of Concert Tour 2000. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's really simple now. In return, we actually get comments that her vocals were "okay" (not bad for me considering all the factors).

So I mean, the rehashed costumes, while disappointing to me, don't bother me that much, because it appears that she's concentrating on something different this time. Something she did in the past; her voice and her audience.