ORICON RANKING DAILY [Startin'/Born To Be]

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by ~X2RADialbomber~

^ I think you're overeacting. It's called being sarcastic ^_^ I've seen him do it before. It's quite funny

i really dont see how hes being sarcastic. well at least its a really bad attempt at it.

[freedreamer]

o man..such a huge drop

[~*Mabushii*~]

~X2RADialbomber~
I dont see how he's being sarcastic.. or even remotely close at funny


... and wow, from 1st to 8th like that... .. such a sudden and large drop.

[truehappiness]

Hasn't this happened before? lol

When a lot of singles come out [aka wednesdays] the Ayu single usually drops a bit, but it rises up a bit after a while because she sells more steadily and the others sort of just drop down after selling 50k or so a day. No biggie. :] It just so happened that a lot of singles came out today [seriously o-o]

~_~

[~X2RADialbomber~]

I don't think it's anything to worry about that she's dropped. o.o At least she already is #1

[Mad_Cactuar]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Hasn't this happened before? lol

When a lot of singles come out [aka wednesdays] the Ayu single usually drops a bit, but it rises up a bit after a while because she sells more steadily and the others sort of just drop down after selling 50k or so a day. No biggie. :] It just so happened that a lot of singles came out today [seriously o-o]

~_~

true true.. Tommorrow its gonna climb back up again..

[Brittany]

Originally Posted by ~X2RADialbomber~

^ I think you're overeacting. It's called being sarcastic ^_^ I've seen him do it before. It's quite funny

Um, I don't really see anything sarcastic about what having 'Ayu shoot herself' because of her low sales.

[~X2RADialbomber~]

<_< Fine I'll edit my message.

I GUESS THIS ALBUM WONT REACH 1 MILLION ~
oh WELL !! i think ayu should shoot herself =P or end her life

He/she said that in the (miss) understood oricon Daily thread. Notice the emotes ,_.

[truehappiness]

....wow.

I just got my copy of the single... they pulled the stops on the booklet-y thing!

It's SUPER glossy o-o. Better than the miss.understood paper.. and certainly better than the 2005 singles' paper.

<3

[krishna]

#8 is such a big drop.
But I'm sure her position will be better tomorrow.

[momobean]

Originally Posted by ~X2RADialbomber~

<_< Fine I'll edit my message.



He/she said that in the (miss) understood oricon Daily thread. Notice the emotes ,_.

But I don't see the humour

I wonder if she'll manage to get another weekly #1 for this single..

[~X2RADialbomber~]

I think he said it because alot of people worry over Ayu's sales if they are low.

[Mad_Cactuar]

Weird. I found the "shoot herself" comment really funny. You don't see people saying that everyday do you? Its hillarious. And the emoticon only strengthens the fact that it was a sarcasm. Besides, if he really wants Ayu to die, do you think he'd even bother to update the first post daily?

[~X2RADialbomber~]

Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

Weird. I found the "shoot herself" comment really funny. You don't see people saying that everyday do you? Its hillarious. And the emoticon only strengthens the fact that it was a sarcasm. Besides, if he really wants Ayu to die, do you think he'd even bother to update the first post daily?

Yay someone agrees with me

[Qt Mashi]

Originally Posted by krishna

#8 is such a big drop.
But I'm sure her position will be better tomorrow.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Yeah it's a matter of opinion. Personally I prefer Ayu's voice because it's more versatile and enjoyable to the ears. I don't mind if Kumi gets exposure but avex is simply cheap by promoting Ayu so little for this single by giving her three magazine appearances only and not bothering to promote this single more as SunshineSlayer said.

Ayu has spent far more years than Kumi and has worked really hard and this seems a pretty poor way to repay a long term artist by throwing her aside and I really cannot find it in me to forgive avex for treating her so poorly imo.

Yeah and those 3 magazines aren't really high profile other than Sweet. I saw the TOKYO mag cover and it's a jumbled mess and doesn't contain anything about Ayu on the inside from what I paged through. However, maybe Ayu wanted to hold back with promotion for this single a bit since she was in the midst of perparing her tour.

While I do agree that Koda has a nice voice, I would have rather seen Otsuka Ai get this kind of promotional blitz from Avex since she at least writes her own material. I like a few of Koda's songs such as Cutey Honey, Butterfly, and 1000 Words, but the vast majority of them are just lacking something to make them memorable imo.

[Raleigh]

It could be true. However I remember when she released STEP you last year she still promoted this single fairly well. Maybe it's possible since she released this album so late she was more busy or just needed a break. However I agree with you. The promotion was lacking.

I though avex was going to promote Ai more before they started this huge Kumi promotion but seems Kumi appeals more to teens though I admit Ai has more potential imo because she does release material which is quite of high quality.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Alessia_Tateno

I also think she is one who pretend too much for what I heard and for what I see I think she is, but just recognize she didnt have any talent at all in the begin when other singers like BoA, Namie Amuro etc have shown their own talent in the very first concert and it makes you say "how it's possible this singer have such a great voice with even dancin' when Ayu who is in the top in the first concert sucks a lot?"

I don't think that's true at all. I'm a big Namie fan, so I can appreciate a great well trained voice. However, the flaws in Ayu's voice at the begining, I thought were a good thing. It made her more human and relatable, not a robot singing with a voice coach at the side of the stage. There is more to being a succesful singer than just having good voice control and range. Ayu exchanged her vocal handicaps for stage presence and the ability to connect with an audience better than any Japanese singer(and most western ones too) that I have seen. Ayu's voice is more trained and controlled now and I like it, but I also liked the raw emotion that her old voice had. And personally I love her first concert - her voice, immature and undeveloped was a reflection of who she actually was at the time and reflected the character and emotional resonance of songs that she wrote then - that's far more rare than hearing someone hold a note perfectly.

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

It could be true. However I remember when she released STEP you last year she still promoted this single fairly well. Maybe it's possible since she released this album so late she was more busy or just needed a break. However I agree with you. The promotion was lacking.

Yeah, the only difference is that when Step YOU was released, the tour was already in full swing. However this time the single was released right before the first date of the concert, so I'd imagine she is even more busy now than at the time Step YOU was released.

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

how many years does ayu have left? not very much. once artists, especially female ones hit 30, do u see the in the mainstream jpop world?

Like Max Matsuura has said, Ayu will be the first to do it. Well actually, I think Namie will beat her to it, but I think Ayu will be the only one who is at the top top when she is in her 30s.

[hallelujah_united]

^Whatever it is, let's just hope that Ayu doesn't overwork herself to the extent that she has to be hospitalised or something yes? Besides, it's good that the single managed to stay #1 for the entire week.

[Raleigh]

Yes. Seems it's stuck on #8 today too.