haha, i don't hate ashita no kioku, but they've had stronger ballads. but i think arashi should leave ballads as album tracks, because i LOVE album tracks like Be with you, Sirius, Subarashiki Sekai, and right now i'm recently in love with Gift from BNMF! i do like hitomi no naka gakaxy, if we're talking about ballad singles. i think arashi's best songs will always be upbeat. and the past 3 singles weren't so upbeat, so i hope their next single is a real upbeat song, like Troublemaker was. just another fun song is what i'd like despite the fact that i truly do love their past 3 mid-tempo-ish singles.
beautiful days actually took alot of time to grow on me. it was more because of ryusei no kizuna, i guess, that i began to love it more. it's just that after the amaaazing "truth", beautiful days was kinda underwhelming, lol.
and yea, i'm glad i got the single!

almost 2 weeks later, but i'm glad! i like the blue colors on the single! it's the best looking cover next to Monster, IMO