I agree with everything blugie and andrenekoi posted.
I don't understand what's wrong and what's the shame with having a good marketing?
Sure it's nice to have a phenomenal success just by releasing music and do nothing else but those things never happen.
blugie, actually I really like Distance, I see why you like it less though. xD
and yes ayu was #3 yearly on recochoku and Days is the most legally downloaded PV of 2009 (full pv #2 chaku movie #1)!
I actually think that if Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ had a better rating drama then it could be a smashing success. It had 530,000 downloads for the chaku uta and 250,000+for the full song and it was in a low rating drama!
Had a good portion of the public would see it every week I think that it could bit a big big hit.
And where is hikki now? I hope she will release something soon... we talk about her but she is on a long vacation. =P