Originally Posted by Scribble R
She seemingly abandoned Tomosaka Rie after 'Tokai no Manners/Toridori' (not even covering any of Rie's songs during the tours), later replacing her with her new pet project, Chiaki Kuriyama. =P
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I don't think this is what happened. I think Tomosaka Rie wanted to make another album (or her managers did) and they approached Ringo because of the work they'd done in the past. I'd love to have heard live treatments of "Toridori", but I think Ringo is, as a whole, resistant to doing self-covers anyway, especially if the songs are a little older. We never heard "Amagasa", either, or any recent performances of the old songs she wrote for Tomosaka Rie or Hirosue Ryoko. This is also why she performed Shoujo Robot at ZX and Chiaki's new songs at Bon Voyage: they were fresh.