^People think that way?!

:yes


And btw there are far skinnier celebs in japan.

sure.
I mean, if you see Ayu in her Jewel performances where she had 5 kg more she looked as good as always! and when you then get to hear she had to get rid of it again, what do you reckon some girls get to think? They'll think: "Oh no, if Ayu with her good shape has to lose weight, what about me?!"
and if you're young, you can easily get ill by thinking of losing weight all the time.

That photo is disgusting. Super bad lighting. I believe Ayu is the kind that gains weight easily though - she was chubby in her early days. She probably hits the gym a lot to maintain her killer bod.

I think she's always had a healthy shape, not too chubby and not too skinny.

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I think she looks fine. =/ Her wrists just aren't in a very good position.

She looks good! Just in that pose she looks skinny....

Looks fine to me...

She's incredibly petite and is built like a young girl. And I think she looks great and always has. She's never been "fat." I don't think it's physically possible for her to be fat, unless she ate all the time. But she doesn't have time to eat that much. :) She might have had a little more weight when she was younger because she didn't work out like she does now.

She looks fine to me...
But I was surprised to hear my husband's friends (all Japanese) saying that Ayu had gained lots of weight and wasn't as cute as she used to be. I wonder if that's how most people think... oh, those friends are non-fans.

It's probably because they weren't used to seeing her so thick and built ;D

I mean, girls in Japan are eerily thin [guys too.. most of the time the guys seem to be a lot thinner..]

My friends say the same about not being cute anymore, but did not talk about the weight.
Ayu uses too much make up, I guess they are right but she is not as young as before.(Of course, they all talk about plastic surgery too...)

First it's she needs to lose weight, now it's she needs to gain weight. o.0 Ok....

why is everyone saying she needs to lose weight? i think she looks unhealthy right now IMO.. she always covers up lately (which can be a good think.. she isn't acting like koda kumi) but I think 5-10lb would look good on her. :innocent

ayumi_dxdx, you have no idea about her "tremendous weight gain" after she went to Guam and stuff during BLUE BIRD o_o

You should have seen the STEP you performance with the Domoto Brothers... She was wearing a VERY short dress.

I thought Ayu usually wore those.. except this time it wasn't the pregnant-weird-empire-skirt-dress..

Maybe it's like the chainlink dress in the A BEST 2 scans?

Ayu is fine the way she is...unless she gets as skinny as mika

I think she's alright! There'll be times where she's fat and skinny, but she's alright after all...

Maybe she's like the rest of us and has those 'fat' and 'skinny' days... I know I do