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Originally Posted by melissalove

That and her current popularity. I bet you, if ayu would've been super popular this wouldn't be happening

I agree. Namie also wears some risque outfits but I don't see as many comments about that. It just comes down to a combination of things, and right now it is easy to label Ayu as attention-seeking due to the transparency of certain personal decisions alongside her aforementioned oversaturated decline. I don't think there's much she could have done other than carefully scheduled breaks to allow people to miss her, and changed her public behaviour for a different image outside of her work.

Originally Posted by ayuinh.k?

I wonder what her popularity would be like if she didn't use social media and kept her personal life completely to herself and unknown to her fans/public (marriage, divorce, maro drama)

Obviously we'll never know... I don't think she would have had an Amuro-style comeback, but her detractors would certainly have less to throw at her. I don't think it would have made a huge difference to sales, just to her general public image.