the person that passed away...
 

So, we know that someone important in Ayu's life passed away at the end of October/early Nov (right before HEYx3 recording).

Then, she has alluded to her in "untitled ~for her~" and with a message at the end of the GUILTY booklet.

The Japanese fan community is saying that the person that died is 豊田夏来 (Toyota(?) Natsuki).

According to here, she's a person that has been a close friend of hers since her debut. She appeared in the "For my dear..." video.

Thoughts? Is this the person?

yeah i saw one distinct co-actress in the pv...the girl with a bun on her head?

Man that'd be really really sad~ listening through the album really makes me feel so emotional towards Ayu.

Great album

I have no idea what she looks like. lol

More on her: Ayu and she lived together for a long time before.

Do you know how she died?

OK. If you look at the bottom of this page, it should be her at the bottom.

I don't know how she died but I remember reading somewhere that it was suicide (but I think that we can only say it's speculation at this point).

oh...that is really sad...:(

That would agree with the part of the lyrics that say, "You decided that day to walk alone, on that endless journey, over the clouds and towards the sky" etc etc. If that's what happened, I feel so sad for Ayu.

Oh man, I hope it's not suicide. Because you know? Lots of people who have close ones who kill themselves BLAME themself for not realizing their pain, and feel GUILTY because they weren't there to prevent it. Tough thing suicide is, because it only hurts the ones you love, not the people who did you wrong or whatever. This album's merit shot up like...by a million for me. I hope the real news comes out, so there's no more speculation :(.

Unfortunately, I doubt we'll ever get an official announcement or whatever. The closest may be Ayu mentioning how a person important to her has passed away in her concert (perhaps after singing some songs from GUILTY).

yeah, i agree. i doubt very highly that we'll ever hear anything more official on this matter. :(

It's probably for the best. Such things really aren't our business anyway. But that would explain a lot now. =\

never knew that that woman was ayu's close friend before..
i thought that the woman who owned the peach john was the closest friend..because she seems to be everywhere with Ayu..

i also hope it was not suicide...
gosh this album is really deep!!!

yeah there is a lot of story behind this album...her friend that died and then her breakup with tomoya...

I didn't know that Natsuki appeared in the "For My Dear..." PV.

I wondered if it might be her... So sad.

How heartbreaking :(:( My heart goes out to Ayu... and that song is now ten times more sad than it previously was.

you see, I said GUILTY is a good album :)

ah, i never watched for my dear PV before, but that is really sad~~