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You know, many people looking from the outside in say the same thing about Ayumi's fans. Or I guess the same can be true of any fandom. Utada fans do often take it to the very extreme though.
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It's pretty much a given for anyone's fans really. Especially the following imo: Beyonce, Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, Utada Hikaru, any K-Pop group, Tohoshinki (800,000 - 1 million strong international / Korean fan club). I would say that as a whole, the Ayu fandom is a lot less "YAY YAY AYU DESERVES EVERYTHING SHE IS A GODDESS YAY YAY" and is becoming increasingly more critical of her work, which is a good thing. Though at the same time, it's as though to be critical of Ayu, people have stripped themselves of their love for Ayu or something...
Point is, a lot of fans have this " X can do no wrong" when it comes to their favorite artists, but I think that when it comes to Ayu, fans generally are aware that she has taken a step back when it comes to a lot of her "signature" works like PVs and concerts. I haven't really seen many fans with that sort of blind (ferocious?) love that I've seen when it comes to some of the artists I listed above.