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Old 25th September 2012, 04:07 PM
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"The 8th is Ayu Day", 5 Consecutive Months of New Releases

Releases so far:
November 8th, 2012 - LOVE [mini album with 12 tracks, 3 new songs. Song 4 u, Missing, and Melody. Song 4 u and Missing have PVs.]
December 8th, 2012 - again [mini album]

Summary:
- Normally, releases are done on Tuesday/Wednesday to try to get as many sales as possible during the Oricon week in a 'traditional release pattern'
- Instead of that, Ayu is releasing on the 8th of every month starting in November to commemorate her debut
- Ranking is not important, but rather the day that these are being released
- She wants to thank the fans who have followed her by releasing lots of songs
- We should also expect more surprises along the way
- The article hints at the possibility having 5 mini albums in 5 months with 3 songs each (which would make sense given that it'd total 15 songs for the 15th anniversary as pointed out by Mami-chan) since Ayu mentioned 'releasing a lot of new songs'
- At this time, whether the releases are singles, albums, DVDs, and so on is not known but they will stick to the release date of the 8th (今後もシングル、アルバム、DVDなど種類は未定だが、記念日にこだわり毎月新譜を発売する。 )

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"The 8th is 'Ayu Day': 5 Consecutive Months of New Releases"

If I read the article correctly, it states that releases are, for no other reason, released the way they are in order to garner as many sales as possible within the Oricon week. Instead of honoring that form of release pattern, Ayu is honoring/commemorating the 8th of the month, her debut. The ranking is not important, but rather the day on which it is released.

She has also stated:
「たくさん新曲も発表させていただきますし、これまで支えてくださったファンのみんなへの感謝 の気持ちを込 めた企画も考えていきたいと思っています」と話しており、毎月の記念日をファンとともに楽しん でいくつもり だ。

Rough translation? She wants to thank the fans who have followed her throughout the years by releasing a lot of new songs. And that she tends to enjoy every 8th of the month along with her fans.

http://www.nikkansports.com/entertai...5-1022572.html

This Oricon article also states that we should expect further surprises as well.

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/2017090/full/
If anyone can fully translate the articles, it would be great!

If we do end up getting five mini albums with three new songs each, 15 new songs would be awesome, but the price at which it would come... is a bit heavy. It's 12075 yen if you buy all CD+DVDs, or 7875 yen if you buy all CD only versions. And for most of us, that doesn't include the shipping costs as well. There are discounts here and there but that's usually just at Amazon.

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Old 25th September 2012, 04:17 PM
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I never thought about the price until now.. ouch.
I have to see some covers first and hear a preview of the other two songs before I buy the Love single-disguised-as-a-mini-album.
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Old 25th September 2012, 04:28 PM
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could she get #1 on Dec.8th?
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Old 25th September 2012, 04:31 PM
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5 mini albums sounds cool.. would be awesome to have 5 really great covers and amazing new songs..
But would really prefer Avex to market these as 5 maxi singles from Ayu.
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Old 25th September 2012, 04:47 PM
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I'm so curious to see how many #1's she might get. It would be nice if she got at least one.
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Old 25th September 2012, 04:53 PM
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5 mini albums...


Omg...
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Old 25th September 2012, 04:54 PM
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That sounds like a cool idea! I like the sound of it!
Expensive though It's supposed to be budget christmas for me this year ._.
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Old 25th September 2012, 05:26 PM
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12k for 15 songs without shipping cost ... that's really expensive. but it's not a single payment, we have 5 months
Also. She release 3 songs and 2 videos on this mini. In the end it might be 15 songs and 10 videos ^^
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Old 25th September 2012, 05:28 PM
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yep at least we will have new songs every month pathetic purse
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Old 25th September 2012, 05:30 PM
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Oh yeah the prices are so high in total...
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Old 25th September 2012, 05:43 PM
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5 months = 5 minialbums? That's pretty fantastic, considering she's only ever released 3 of them (2 under Avex). This is going to be amazing!
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Old 25th September 2012, 05:48 PM
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15 new songs over 5 months beats a full album and almost a quarter of it are interludes haha =x

but still, i cant afford all of them, will judge after listening to the songs, watched the PV and of cos the cover!
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Old 25th September 2012, 05:55 PM
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Watch her release a collection called "15" on April 8th that has all those songs on one album. Hahahaha. That... that would not be funny, actually.
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Old 25th September 2012, 05:57 PM
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Is there going to be OS release for this mini album(s)
It would be much cheaper to get all 5 mini albums considering that FIVE is now 14.42 euro's
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Old 25th September 2012, 06:06 PM
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Watch her release a collection called "15" on April 8th that has all those songs on one album. Hahahaha. That... that would not be funny, actually.
She could pull-off a GACKT when he released singles 3 or 4 years ago which was part of his 10 anniversary as a solo singer and then he put them all on one album REBORN
She could do the same or release a double album 2CD+2DVD
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Old 25th September 2012, 06:07 PM
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I ask myself if each release will be a mini album because this time it's ok she has different versions of You & Me never released physically but next time it will be only 3 new songs with remix of these songs so only 9 songs (I count instrumental ) ? it's little poor as content for a mini album

Maybe in one of these release we will get the song in collaboration with big bang ?? remember XD
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Old 25th September 2012, 06:08 PM
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I pointed out too the possibility of having 5 mini-albums with 3 new songs in each one. It's a pretty good idea imo

I can see in the 3/8 the release of A BEST 3 as well as a limited box having all the minis included. =)
It would be great.
Possibly I would get pissed off as I will be buying each release separately but well... I can handle it.
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Old 25th September 2012, 06:13 PM
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Thinking about it again. We could have an album with 2 CDs, one with all the musics of the minis and another with full new music.

No.
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Old 25th September 2012, 06:34 PM
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Now I see, 'LOVE' is titled as mini-album because Ayu/avex doesn't want to lose her #1 steak
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Old 25th September 2012, 06:35 PM
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It's an awesome idea but I would hope that the 5th release or next full album won't have any of the songs.

I also hope for nice tie-ins.

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