Hamasaki Ayumi and Avex face investigation by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

[truehappiness]

Yeah, it's pretty much official.

This was made to split Ayu fans between those who don't give a hoot really, and those that care about what kind of parachute pants she's wearing on some given day.

-sigh-

Why does it have to come to this?

They ask me
"Do you go with the flow or want to stop it?"
"Do you turn a blind eye
Or aren't you even looking?"
"Are you fighting
Or raising the white flag?"
It's no time
To play a victim and escape
You see? We and this world have no sign of slowing down
If the acceleration just increase this way ...
Is it because I've become strong
That I can be without tears
Or ... ?

Now, let's stand up without fear
For the sake of no one else
And rip off the masks
With our own hands

However far I escape, I can't have a clean escape
How far does my past chase after me ?
I wonder if my past will catch up with
And pass me before long
Forgive me that I don't tell this to you

[zyoeru]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

This was made to split Ayu fans between those who don't give a hoot really, and those that care about what kind of parachute pants she's wearing on some given day.

Well, I think people aren't being very fair tbh.
No matter how tight Ayumi Hamasaki controls her artistry, she's still just one person. A very hard working and a very fagged person.
Are we forgetting that she probably still suffers with anaemia? Are we forgetting she probably gets disorientated from having just one ear?
I think we're losing the sight of Ayu just because we can't accept that she's not as strong as we think she is, sure she's not as weak as we think either.

But seriously it's not her job to get permits. It was her job to walk up to that stand in Shibuya and promote her book. Before the event she could do as she pleases. As people have mentioned before me, Japan is a democratic country, not an authoritarian dictatorship.
If Ayu wanted to go to some music stores before, or even after the event she was quite within her rights to.

She has human rights, just like you do. A lot of people on here would be *****ing if they couldn't go into a shop they wanted to.
It's not a matter of whether or not she's famous. In London celebrities walk around freely all the time. Ayumi should be able to walk around Shibuya, Harajuku, Ueno, anywhere freely. ¬_¬