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Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

He'd just... I don't even.
I was homeless for a month but lived in a hotel...
Wish I was homeless.

Same. I wish I had a hotel when I was actually homeless and sleeping on a friend's living room floor for 8 months without anyone close to talk to because my boyfriend at the time left me because of my "drama".

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

Yeah, I don't really care what happens to him in the future, but I'll still wish him all the best.

p.s. Thanks!! It's such a cute art piece I just had to make a set out of it!

I'm guessing that he was homeless in the sense that he doesn't have a place of his own to live (I'd imagine he had a rented apartment before but let it go to live with ayu when they got together). But he probably does have cash on him, to be able to live in a hotel and even go to Los Angeles. I mean, come on, he was the back-up dancer for one of the richest celebs in the country for 5 years, you don't just wind up bankrupt all of a sudden.

Anyway, this interview sort of suggests that his homelessness was self-imposed actually, not that he was truly penniless. Still doesn't explain why he ate grass, though...

Seriously. He was a dancer for Ayumi-freakin'-Hamasaki. Look how she decked out Tim! Look how she's taken care of SHU-YA and others! I feel like this guy is right in line with Manny. Just another person Ayumi had a relationship with who, in hindsight, feels his entire life was destroyed by the breakup when his dumb choices have nothing to do with Ayumi and he's feeding off the publicity for pity.

Originally Posted by majrakun

Wow, that is not a flattering photo of him.

This part though

That's... crazy. 10,500 yen compared to the usual 5000 yen? Because it would be proof that fans will really support him? As someone who is only about the debut, isn't it asking too much? Maybe he'll get some leftover fans from his job with Ayu, but is it worth it?

Also, while he denied his ex-wife being a victim, he didn't deny the grass-eating part of his homelessness. XD

I don't get the 10.5K yen bit either. This is like Suzuki Ami announcing a comeback then selling the CD at twice the price of every other CD on the market. Economics isn't on Maro's side here. No one will join the fan club because he doesn't have 10,500Y worth of news and updates to give out every year. It's not like he's 2002 Ayumi here. He's a nobody to the public right now, and worse, the people who do know him know only bad things at the moment.

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

Thanks for this.

I just can't trust him anymore. Too bad.

Same. I feel like Ayumi deserves a hug for putting up with people like Manny and Maro. She clearly lets them in, they either use her for her fame or her money, and then when she needs them (i.e., wanting Manny to go back to Japan with her after the tsunami) they're too busy counting her cash to realize she's a person they mislead into believing she would have a real friend.

I'm not saying Ayumi is perfect, but you definitely don't see her emblazoned on every magazine talking about how Manny ultimately betrayed her, she needs to start over, and she set aside all of her millions to go be homeless and eat grass.