Wow, i never saw that pic of Angolina Jolie. Ayu doesn't have the best history about not copying people, lol. But by the way, are we sure that Jolie's picture came out before Ayu's did? I'm sure that pictures like this have been done many times before (so Ayu isn't directly copying Jolie), but a little originality in a cover never hurts. :shrug

I don't know. I'm not sure this was implying that Ayu was copying here. But maybe...

And I'm sure the "kissing" each other idea has been used several times as well, so let's stop comparing it to Namie. It's quite common. However, the concept of why they're kissing seems to be very original. I think it's ignorant to say that she "copied" off of Namie.

interesting cover..something I didnt think shed do...but hey, whatya know...lol :D

Unless Ayu was making outright copies of other people's styles or music, I don't see a problem with what she's already been doing. people usually look to others for inspirations, so for Ayu to be looking to others for ideas shows those people that she has a liking for their style or music. At least.. this is how I view all of this.

i see GIGANTIC ugly sigs

Everyone needs to forget about the Hitomi and Namie PVs.In Hitomi's she is hugging herself and it is a PV, in Namie's she is kissing herself but she looks like she wanted to anyway (lol), it to was a PV.Ayu is ABOUT to kiss herself she is not yet, and it is an album cover.

i don't like that cover so much...
. don't know why.. maybe my instinct said that...
. let me design...i'll give my best shot...trust me...
. but... how can i...

Well in my opinion I think Ayu didn't copy anyone. But as there are some simililarities, I don't see any problem using those coincidences as references. It's good because it shows it's a common thing artists do.

But it's getting a bit old how people are continuously repeating "SHE COPIES SHE COPIES!" I'm not defending because she's my favorite artist or whatever, but so many ideas are re-used and recycled, it's rare that anyone has a *truelly* original idea without a mixture of inspiration from something else. That's just the way things are.

I feel the same way Impact.

maybe ayu uses as a reference.. should not blame her... maybe oso she doesnt even noe bout this

you can only think of so many ideas...>_<;; i say what she does is take the idea and make it look better ^_~

There are things in japanese bands that makes us think one is imitating the other but it's just that they like using a formula that brings success. Just look at JROCK visual bands....you could say they're all copying one another (guys looking like tranvestites) but it's just that's a way for these bands to attract more fans as japanese people find it cool.

this cover seems so cute ~ thanx !

Well, obviously, it's impossible to be original all the time. Many things artists do are inspired by other artists. We all know Ayu takes ideas inspired by others (I keep thinking of Dearest when she dressed up like Madonna). It's not a big deal. Pretty much every single and album cover (with the exception of Loveppears, I suppose) has been basically original.

I think she looks more like Jennifer Lopez in the "Dearest" pv. Especially when she's running through the store away from the bodyguards. :X:X:X

hate to see those

Ayu copied Madonna in Dearest??

It seems like you put a cowboy hat on and you must be copying madonna.. she was the first to wear cowboy hats ya know. ^______^ jp

That LOVEppears cover people are making somethign out of nothing. That picture of Angelina would have to have been more recent because no more would want to see her partially nude before she was popular. What do the two have in common? Nothing but a girl naked from the top up with long hair covering her breasts. One might as well say both of them were copying Eve (of Adam and Eve), or Lady Godiva.

It seems like if anything has even the slightest resembalence to something else that must mean it's copied.

yeop eve's the best, since she is the 2nd human being on earth :D
but she was "copied" from adam's rib bone, lol