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The fact that this transitional phase is so problematic is really unprofessional to me though. Things keep getting promised that aren't delivered, Avex and Ayu's staff are doing NOTHING to make sure Japanese and gaikokujin fans feel united as one group, and overseas fans get no "consolation prize" or substitute bonuses or second-tier things to make up for the stuff we can't be in Japan to get or do.
Like shouldn't overseas fans be able to purchase a misanga through TA? Shouldnt old TA novelties that we never had a chance to receive be reproduced in limited numbers so we can purchase them? Shouldn't every tour get live streams that we can watch from home at a discount so we don't miss out on earlier shows from Ayu's tours?
Some of us have been fans for ages, and would love to play catch up too - it would be really great just to bring back the screen savers, downloads, and galleries from before 2006 that were taken off the TA site, but if those original files are lost already then I suppose there's not much that can be done there. But that's the kind of thing that wouldn't be all that thrilling to older Japanese fans who have seen it already, but some of us overseas fans would feel like we're digging through treasure!
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