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Ai-chin’s 5th anniversary single is called “Kurage, Nagareboshi” (Jellyfish, Shooting Star), and will be out 10 September. It is supposedly a warm summer ballad and comes in CD+DVD/CD only as well as separate limited edition CD+DVD and CD only versions. The limited edition versions contain Ai comment cards and a sticker.

Tracklist
CD

1. クラゲ、流れ星 (Kurage, Nagareboshi)
2. H2O
3. 雨の粒、ワルツ 〜LOVE MUSiC〜 (Ame no Tsubu, waltz -LOVE MUSiC~)
4. クラゲ、流れ星 （Instrumental） (Kurage, Nagareboshi Instrumental)
5. H2O (Instrumental)

DVD

1. クラゲ、流れ星 music clip (Kurage, Nagareboshi PV)

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CD+DVD LE
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CD only regular
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イエイ！　あゆ is releasing a collection of the A-sides from all 43 of her singles. It will be out 10 September to commemorate her 10th anniversary. Source.

It comes in two versions: a 3CD version and a 3CD+DVD version. The +DVD version has live performances from her Limited TA Live Tour from 2003, and all of her a-nation performances, from ‘02 up until ‘07.

Check out the tracklist:

CD tracklist

Disc 1

1. 01.poker face
2. 02.YOU
3. 03.Trust
4. 04.For My Dear…
5. 05.Depend on you
6. 06.WHATEVER
7. 07.LOVE ～Destiny～
8. 08.TO BE
9. 09.Boys & Girls
10. 10.monochrome
11. 11.appears
12. 12.kanariya
13. 13.Fly high
14. 14.vogue
15. 15.Far away

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Two words, Japan: SO WHAT?

So f!#$%!^g what?! Does that make him a horrible person? Do you think he needs to be thrown in jail?

Get over it. Plenty of people that just smoke pot are decent people, they just choose to give themselves mild brain damage over a span of years. It’s their choice, right?¹

Quite honestly, if he did it regularly and no one noticed, then we all accidentally loved him for it. If he did it once in a while, so what? Have you ever seen him be obviously affected on TV or when recording? And if he didn’t even do it…well, that speaks for itself. ²

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1. Also, if you want to get into which drugs make people bad people, let’s just say everything above marijuana is a good start for a mad-lib-esque type of thing. Ex: Doing ___________ makes someone a bad person. And you would fill in the blank with: crack, meth, coke, angel dust, etc. [↩]
2. And 2005? Uh, can we find anything that is a little more recent to nit-pick at? [↩]

XD at the title, but Nakagawa Shoko’s fifth single will be out 6 August. It’s available in CD only and CD+DVD formats. According to CD Japan, it’s the “theme song to the upcoming moovie “Tokyo Only Pic” directed by the “Ski Jump Pair” director Riichiro Majima.”

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Tracklist:

CD

1. Shiny GATE
2. To Be Free (CD only)
3. 赤道小町ドキッ (Sekidou Komachi DOKII) (CD only)
4. Shiny GATE (Instrumental) (CD only)

DVD

1. Shiny Gate PV

+DVD
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CD only
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Added YA links to Acid Black Cherry 20th Century Boys post. Cleaned up tag slugs. Added CD+DVD/CD only cover version labels to Namie Amuro Best Fiction and Bonnie Pink Kane wo Narashite posts. Confirmed ayaka x Kobukuro second collaboration rumor via ayaka’s site.