A·ZU·NA, the unit from Love Live! Superstar!!, dropped its first new song in four years — only to land at a modest No. 21 on the Oricon weekly chart. Over on 5ch’s Love Live! board, the gap with Liella!’s mini-album “Hyper Glowing!”, released around the same time and clearing 20,000 copies in its first week, became a hot topic. Fans of Nijigasaki and Liella! kept the sales debate going, comparing the unit’s past first-week numbers (14,203 → 13,181 → 16,626 copies).
21st place, huh
Source: oricon.co.jp / original article here
Judging by the previous sales of the Project Sekai unit ranked right below them, maybe around 3,000?
Meanwhile Liella!'s mini-album cleared 20,000… what are the Nijigasaki fans ("Nijishin") gonna do now?
For real… It's losing even to Gakuen Idolmaster CDs, which have been available on download and streaming for months already, so buying the physical disc is basically just for collectors at this point. Kinda sad.
Past first-week sales:
1st: 14,203
2nd: 13,181
Anime Season 2 insert song: 9,349
3rd: 16,626
1st: 14,203
2nd: 13,181
Anime Season 2 insert song: 9,349
3rd: 16,626
>>5
If Nijigasaki fandom's peak energy was 100, I always figured it was down to like 30 or 40 by now —
so this basically tracks with the sales.
If Nijigasaki fandom's peak energy was 100, I always figured it was down to like 30 or 40 by now —
so this basically tracks with the sales.
Nijigasaki fans were too busy bashing Liella!'s Sports Festival to show any real interest, so I had a feeling this would flop.
This is still the cream of the crop, honestly — there's way worse-performing content out there.
2026-07-08 20,089 copies — "Project Bonding with Liella!" mini-album "Hyper Glowing!" / Liella!
Yep, Nijigasaki loses lol
Yep, Nijigasaki loses lol
How much does Gakuen Idolmaster even sell again?
I know the digital/streaming side does well.
I know the digital/streaming side does well.
If Nijigasaki fans have time to bash the Sports Festival, they should pick up a Timee gig (a Japanese day-labor app) for some pocket money and go buy the CD instead.
>>30
Nijigasaki fans don't spend money on Nijigasaki, you know.
Free Liella!-bashing is basically the most "support" they can muster.
Nijigasaki fans don't spend money on Nijigasaki, you know.
Free Liella!-bashing is basically the most "support" they can muster.
Take a page from Nijigasaki — even when a release flops, they've got the money to keep the franchise going.
Let's get Love Live! Superstar!! doing unit singles too!
Let's get Love Live! Superstar!! doing unit singles too!
>>38
A brand-new unit's mini-album just topped 20,000 copies, in case you missed it.
A brand-new unit's mini-album just topped 20,000 copies, in case you missed it.
Is it really something to celebrate, Koichu fans, being on the same level as a franchise that's already winding down and phoning it in?
>>55
Koichu is just a joke/gag song, you know.
It's strictly the show's theme song, not a serious Liella! release.
Meanwhile you guys were expecting A·ZU·NA's first song under composer Hayashi to sell way more, weren't you?
This right here is the result
of an actual serious-versus-serious showdown.
Koichu is just a joke/gag song, you know.
It's strictly the show's theme song, not a serious Liella! release.
Meanwhile you guys were expecting A·ZU·NA's first song under composer Hayashi to sell way more, weren't you?
This right here is the result
of an actual serious-versus-serious showdown.
Don't get worked up over a song that doesn't even come with a serial code.
>>57
Weren't you the ones bashing the sales of "Koi no Tutorial," which also had no serial code…?
Weren't you the ones bashing the sales of "Koi no Tutorial," which also had no serial code…?
Love Live! is done for, huh.
>>61
Love Live! is finished.
It's the Idolmaster era now.
Love Live! is finished.
It's the Idolmaster era now.
Ordered mine on Amazon but for some reason shipping got delayed, so I won't get it until tomorrow.
I actually like the coupling track — feels like it'd go over well live — but "Monochrome Labyrinth" is weak.
I actually like the coupling track — feels like it'd go over well live — but "Monochrome Labyrinth" is weak.
>>66,68
Yeah, it's true a CD with no serial code isn't going to sell these days.
Also, shipping does seem delayed this time around.
I preordered on Amazon ("Ama") back on 7/8 too, and it's now showing an expected arrival of Sunday.
Yeah, it's true a CD with no serial code isn't going to sell these days.
Also, shipping does seem delayed this time around.
I preordered on Amazon ("Ama") back on 7/8 too, and it's now showing an expected arrival of Sunday.
>>85
So it's gonna keep climbing and hit 10,000, huh?
Even then that's still half of 20,000 lolololol
So it's gonna keep climbing and hit 10,000, huh?
Even then that's still half of 20,000 lolololol
>>89
What's the point of comparing it to a serial-code release in a reply to >>85?
What's the point of comparing it to a serial-code release in a reply to >>85?
>>1
No serial code and it's on streaming, so that number checks out.
No serial code and it's on streaming, so that number checks out.
>>68
Who was it again that kept chanting "2,409" over and over when someone said the same thing about Koichu?
You're just getting the same thing thrown right back at you.
Who was it again that kept chanting "2,409" over and over when someone said the same thing about Koichu?
You're just getting the same thing thrown right back at you.
Nijigasaki should run a Sports Festival too.
Their CDs aren't selling, so they might as well contribute to Love Live! that way.
Their CDs aren't selling, so they might as well contribute to Love Live! that way.
>>75
Nah, not doing that~
We don't need to embarrass ourselves like that — we pull crowds in with proper lives~
lol
Nah, not doing that~
We don't need to embarrass ourselves like that — we pull crowds in with proper lives~
lol
I mean, you can't call it a "flop" on release day itself.
Are you seriously out of your mind?
Sounds like someone who's never held down a real job.
Are you seriously out of your mind?
Sounds like someone who's never held down a real job.
>>91
People said the exact same thing during the "Eigasaki" movie's Chapter 1 too —
"it's just opening day,"
"it's a weekday"…
And the result was a massive flop.
Yep, debunked.
People said the exact same thing during the "Eigasaki" movie's Chapter 1 too —
"it's just opening day,"
"it's a weekday"…
And the result was a massive flop.
Yep, debunked.
>>91
If it were selling out everywhere like Ren's soundtrack did recently, the cumulative total would keep climbing,
but there's no sign of that happening here, so it'll basically come down to first-week numbers.
There's no big release event planned either, right?
If it were selling out everywhere like Ren's soundtrack did recently, the cumulative total would keep climbing,
but there's no sign of that happening here, so it'll basically come down to first-week numbers.
There's no big release event planned either, right?
>>91
Nijigasaki fans keep getting owned lololol
Just
admit you lost already.
Nijigasaki fans keep getting owned lololol
Just
admit you lost already.
Looks like we've found this year's group with the lowest peak sales.
>>123
Oh yeah, true.
The "Ikizura" live sold decently since it came bundled with a Love Live Fes serial code.
Oh yeah, true.
The "Ikizura" live sold decently since it came bundled with a Love Live Fes serial code.
>>123
Lay off trash-talking the 2,409.
Lay off trash-talking the 2,409.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “A·ZU·NA’s Long-Awaited New Song After 4 Years Turns Out to Be a Shocking Flop!“.
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