thanx for the translation~
it shows that she has inner beauty, of 'coz as well as outer beauty
it'z all good

this is awesome!!!! Thanks, masa!!
Ayu's past is so sad...... :(

That is truly amazing! Thank you very much masa!!!!!!!!!

true her past is sad..but i think itz her unhappy past that makes her to able to write such wonderful lyrics...

Does anyone still have this translation somewhere? My curiosity was piqued after the most recent M drama episode :) I tried Way back machine but it didn't work.

Masa's site can now be accessed at http://morimasa.art.coocan.jp/e-ayu.html

The All Night Nippon is Article 1 :love

Thank you!! :love

Does anyone have the audio recoding of this?

Someone uploaded the recording to YouTube:

https://youtu.be/EnSPBJU0jOs

There was also a commercial advertising it:

https://youtu.be/8CVTv828i-M

The audio recordings for all of the All Night Nippons she did are still here as well, uploaded by Zemus. MEGA links still work since he reuploaded!

http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115520

Thanks both!:love

wow thanks for bumping this thread after seventeen years! this truly is a gem; I listened to the recording while reading masa's translation. what a fascinating mind she has, after having been brought up in such an unorthodox household.

I genuinely forget, but is Natsuki the friend whom she dedicates untitled ~for her~ to? :(

Nope, Natsuki (@japan_natsuki on instagram) is alive and well! I think the friend to whom she dedicated "untitled ~for her~" was Ayumi Ogata. Ayu referred to her as "Aneki", iirc.

thank you! I vaguely remembered that it wasn't Natsuki, but I had to make sure.

thanks both!

After watching the episode of M I got curious and listened to the radio show...

It's funny how she is nowhere near bothered by people calling her dumb for talking about herself in the third person lol... Thankfully she seemed to have overcome that habit in later years.

And also really touching how she got emotional Hifumi (123) said thanking her for singing in that TV show in spite of feeling sick... I wonder if he's still a fan of hers?

It was so much fun reading the transcription while listening to the radio show.
I'm so proud of how strong she's become because of the things she went through. :)

The whole thing about people calling her "stupid" and saying that they hate her, or that she's stupid but at least she's cute was so intense. She handle it amazing! And it was so sweet when she starts crying over how grateful she is for being able to start her career.