I've always somewhat liked her. Her genre wasn't really my thing, but I liked the select songs here and there, and Deep River album as a whole. It wasn't until the Exodus/ULTRA BLUE era that I became a fan. Now I anticipate her new releases as much as I do with artists like Namie, Gackt, etc. (I can't say Ayu, because that's a different plane of existence in and of itself
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