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Originally Posted by njanjayrp
First of all I am not being agressive. It’s the way I say things - I don’t sugar-coat. You keep saying “the Japanese fans” and you are generalizing and reducing 10s of thosands of people to an opinion of a couple of people you know. So when you say “a lot” how many is that?
I am not pissed lol I went to the same Saitama dates as you last year nobody bragged they were sold-out.
Where is handling the world tour comment even coming from? Are you just trying to pick a fight because I disagree with you in literally everything you have ever said?
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I'm not trying to pick a fight, I just felt you would like to pick a fight and you were "offended" for the sake of being offended. I probably got that wrong, sorry for that!
Of course I'm generalising, like everyone here. I have four friends whom I met through different Japanese fan sites and with whom I spent some time now and then as well as chat online with. They don't know each other. Since we met through the Ayu fandom, of course we discuss Ayu a lot. Contrary to what I say here at ahs, when it comes to Japanese fans, I'm always super positive about Ayu. Simply because they tend to be more negative from my experience and I also don't like voicing my opinion too "loud" since I'm very interested in how they percieve what's going on. So I think I have a pretty good idea of how the average fan feels about Ayu.
Also I read a lot in Japanese online communities etc. what's going on regarding Ayu.
She has her hardcore fans. But the pretty solid fan base she once had, consisting of a lot of mid twenty something to mid thirty something women, lost interest during the last few years.
It's also obvious her fan base shrunk over the last years significantly. Regarding lesser people attending her shows, someone here mentioned Saitama as an example and how she is only using 1st and 2nd level nowadays, even though there are 4 levels. Someone else was saying that at the official website it was said one of the Saitama dates was sold out, I was simply responding to that.
Since from my experience Japanese fans are bored by her hall tours and a friend, who is also a member here at ahs, and I where discussing why she doesn't do a world tour instead, I brought this up here. Simply because I think it would be a great chance for her to get good PR, not bore her Japanese fans and keep touring, without a new album and without doing arenas.
Also from what I heard and read, the reasons why some Japanese fans are bored are exactly the reasons tokyoxjapanxfan mentioned.
The way Ayu handles things atm isn't smart and if she continues like that she will lose a great amount of fans I think. Not because they are angry or disappointed or whatever, but simply because they will not be interested in what is -not- going on with Ayu's career anymore and won't bother.