With the right song and the right time...

[George]

Yes, I agree a hiatus would just bring her deeper into oblivion.

I doubt she'll ever sell over 300k again. But in order for her to achieve or at least dream of selling 300k, she first needs to step out of complacency and mediocrity, but even that seems highly dodgy. Avex needs to start doing their ****ing jobs and when they decide to, they should create a hype along with massive promotion and a popular tie-in (a taiga drama perhaps?) They need to project Ayu as popular and cool. She doesn't even need to be either, they just needs to make people believe she is, not some outdated old hag who likes to pose in her undergarments.