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Originally Posted by lightningrod
I don't know where you are from or whether you're familiar with Asian cultures, but here in China and I learned that it's similar in Japan, people generally don't have a good opinion about divorced people, and they tend to frown upon relationships where the female is older than the male. Asian fans don't hate Mannie (maybe some of them can't get over the fact that ayu didn't choose a Japanese but that's not hate) but they hate Maro because he is a) divorced and probably had a child and b) he is six years younger than ayu. Many fans automatically turned to "Maro must've been taking advantage of ayu"
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Dating a divorced, younger man who has already a child born out of wedlock is nothing anyone should be ashamed of and it shouldn't be a problem at all. I don't think anyone has to stick to cultural norms just because a whole society is backward in development regarding values like liberty, individuality and the right to make your own choices in life.
And if Ayu is strong enough to refuse to accept these absolutely outdated and stupid norms I'm really proud of her and she is more my Queen than ever!