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I'm also not a new fan at all, but I'll admit I haven't seen all her older stuff. So 'new fans' and 'old fans' can't be split this way, since it doesn't have that much to do with it, rather it's a difference of opinion that needs to be taken in and not argued about.
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I actually haven't seen either concert tour 2000 in full or the earlier COUNTDOWN LIVEs. I'm so bad, haha. I also didn't have any of ASFXX - I am... to listen to until about a year or two. Anyway, I feel as though fans that have seen everything have a tendency to be harsher, or at least always feel this need to bring up other works that she's done that were better, when imo, that's one of the things that shouldn't be done with an artist like Ayu. She's constantly changing and what's happened in the past was fantastic, but just like she's moved on from certain trends and music styles, some fans would rather not let go of the possibility of that Ayu returning to them, so the past becomes a sort of "road block" for some fans. I've known about Ayu since around 2001/2002 with only For My Dear and teddy bear (I also listened to First Love and HAPPY SUMMER WEDDING at the time, but I ended up selecting Ayu as my favorite artist for some mysterious reason) and every song I have listened to since then has been phenomenal and they each touch me in different ways. It's not like I'm choosing to like everything because "Ayu is the best" or anything, but it's just that to me, everything is so listenable! I don't really know many artists that are like Ayu who, time and time again, are able to create such likable albums. Stepping away from the topic of her music, I feel as though the work she puts into everything she does (whether or not people think she really did put it in or not) really shows, at least for me. That could perhaps very well be the reason why I was so attracted to her, as though some sort of sixth sense drew me towards this singer... hm.
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The real division is "stans" and "fakes" and those who fall in between. Stan praise EVERYTHING, sometimes without logic, and fakes HATE everything, sometimes without logic. And then everyone else falls in between. like 90% are middles, 5% stans, 5% fakes.
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That classification in my opinion is a load of hooey. "Stan" is a vulgar word that I feel should only be used on YouTube and ONTD, because it's offensive to people who do like certain things a lot, and it's just a disgusting way to describe people that's only used by people who are unable to express themselves well imo. I would say that there really is no "real" division as it is different for everyone. In the end of it all, there will be people who like Ayu, and there will be people who dislike Ayu, and that's about as simple as it gets. I never really did see what was so wrong with liking something so much anyway. Why is it such a bad thing that someone chooses to blindly follow a celebrity or a group of people? That's their choice, and you have no right to criticize them for loving something, just as most people have no right to really criticize someone's choice to hate -insert something popular/not well known here-. (But in the case of hate, the opinions expressed can be challenged because sometimes the reasoning behind them is rather ridiculous imo.)