[Tony G]

I think her music is as good as ever. again was a fantastic release. LOVE was great too. Party Queen was also consistently good. Her musical output has not dropped off, despite declining sales. AHS consensus is that she needs a break to have increased sales - which means nothing to Ayu. She's broken records, had amazing sales, that aspect of her career is already fulfilled. There is something else driving her which we may never understand. I want Ayu to take a break only if she needs it for HERSELF, not some bogus attempt to come back and have a 2nd wave like Namie Amuro.

Where it's dropped off are the PVs. I don't know what's happened there but they have gone from being grandiose and full of meaning to just being a "tick in the box" for her releases. I'd rather she not release videos unless she puts 110% into each one she makes.

After the 15th anniversary releases are done I'll think she'll be taking a singificant break from releases. More than 6 months. She'll still probably do an arena tour however during that time. Ayu's a workaholic and she loves making music - after 15 years, if she goes away now she's never coming back. She'll do this until she loses her ability to write new songs.