[truehappiness]

**This is kind of related, I suppose... haha: She gets a lot of hate in Japan because she was kind of everywhere at one point, I think. And also, she's been basically around constantly (KEY WORD HERE) for the last 12 years. She seems to have just stuck around and a lot of Japanese people don't really seem to like that.

As for foreign fans who don't like her, a lot of it is because they're really misinformed. "She had 30 surgeries!" / "She has never written her own lyrics!" / "She's really rude and fame has gone to her head!" and other things like that cause people to hate Ayu. It's especially sad when people say "She was so pretty before she had all that work done." and post this one image comparison between an idol photoshoot and a shoot from 2000/2001 that EVERYONE seems to have. It's like... some people don't seem to understand the power of her makeup team, haha.

(Of course, there are also fans who just liked Ayu in 2001/2002/whenever and because she's changed since then, they just don't care for her anymore. (though they never fail to mention how she was better back then despite that.. haha. It's always "Why does her music suck so much now compared to 2001? -sigh- The only thing I listen to now is M!") IMO she's been changing for the better, but your mileage may vary.)