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Originally Posted by maikaru
The fact is she said she would separate her personal life from her private life.
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When was the LAST time she even said that? Like, 2006? PEOPLE CHANGE. I'm changing my views on things all the time. We're not these stagnant, one-dimensional beings.
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Originally Posted by maikaru
It's way too in your face. I feel like if I buy this single, I'm condoning this... that Maro has been given the spotlight just because he's her boyfriend. What about Shu-ya, Jin, or Kazuma, who have worked equally hard and deserve the spotlight too?
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They've all had the spotlight at some point... especially Shuya, so I'm not seeing the big deal.
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Originally Posted by maikaru
And honestly you guys, most Japanese fans are feeling the same way I am feeling. The culture is built in a way so that even if a singer or whatever has a boyfriend or husband, you rarely ever see them. It's just for the same reason that PDA is really frowned upon... you have to consider other people's feelings. Sorry if you can't agree with this, but Ayu is Japanese and she was born and raised in this culture... so she should take caution and realize what's going to happen.
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God forbid Ayu has personal experiences she wants to share with the world and convey in her art! She should just suppress her feelings and direct all her love songs to some unknown entity (that we all knew was Tomoya Nagase, anyway) like in the past! I'm sorry, but it's all really petty. The entire Japanese culture reeks of underlying sexism and an aversion to think PROGRESSIVELY and move past primitive cultural norms.
So this dude Maro was in a marriage, it didn't work out, and Ayu and him are getting it on. Well, life happens. Why do fans expect everything to be so cookie-cutter and Ayu to be this kind of figure who makes no mistakes? Yet she always has these lyrics referring to "sins" she's committed and how she's "hurt other people" - What does that mean? But I guess that's OK, as long as she's not too specific about what's going on in her personal life, right? So it's like we all acknowledge that she isn't perfect and is only human like everybody else, but if any specific event is publicized, we chastise her for it?
If Avex thought this was that big of a deal, they wouldn't have let her publicize it to this degree. Period. Or perhaps a huge corporation like Avex is more forward-thinking and less concerned with traditional cultural norms than the rest of Japanese society... which... is sad.