~ Ayu Twitter Thread! Part Eight ~

[do it again]

Originally Posted by melina_t

Eek, I hope conflicts don't start to arise..

Me either... I felt so bad when TA members were attacking her on Twitter and saying she should apologize. I love how she handled it, though. I really don't want her to get nasty tweets from people and make her reconsider tweeting in the manner that she does. It seems like a really good outlet for her to let loose for even a few minutes.

[melina_t]

Originally Posted by cutieismylife

Me either... I felt so bad when TA members were attacking her on Twitter and saying she should apologize. I love how she handled it, though. I really don't want her to get nasty tweets from people and make her reconsider tweeting in the manner that she does. It seems like a really good outlet for her to let loose for even a few minutes.

They really did that that? Wow, poor Ayu, glad she was able to handle that though. Yeah and I hope all of that doesn't change her tweeting too.
Not trying to be mean to the TA members, but they should be greatful to have Ayu in Japan, and not fuss over her tweeting in english, and having little conversations with international fans, it's kind of a makeup for us international fans who can't go to her concerts as often as japanese fans.

[Bigtop]

Here we go once again... (I just don't want to talk about the TeamAyu-Twitter dispute again... )

[do it again]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

Here we go once again... (I just don't want to talk about the TeamAyu-Twitter dispute again... )

Then... don't participate? Don't post anything? Seems simple enough...

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by cutieismylife

Then... don't participate? Don't post anything? Seems simple enough...

LOL so true.

Originally Posted by melina_t

They really did that that? Wow, poor Ayu, glad she was able to handle that though. Yeah and I hope all of that doesn't change her tweeting too.
Not trying to be mean to the TA members, but they should be greatful to have Ayu in Japan, and not fuss over her tweeting in english, and having little conversations with international fans, it's kind of a makeup for us international fans who can't go to her concerts as often as japanese fans.

She's been handling the conflicts very well, and I respect her more because of it. I guess it's because she can see both sides of the issue. Japanese fans and foreign fans get very different things, but what they each want is exactly what they don't have. Japanese fans want personal recognition from ayu, foreign fans want to attend concerts and have ayu in their country. Both sides have their advantages.

I think each side should ask themselves if they're willing to give up what they have if they can get what they want. Japanese fans should think if they want ayu to be, say, based totally in America with concerts and TA and everything there, but she comes to Japan infrequently and gets to have close personal meetups with fans. And foreign fans should think if we want ayu to be international, but we lose the close personal contact we have with her.

In the end, I'm guessing both sides won't want to give up what they already have, and hopefully we all learn to be happy and thankful for what ayu has given each side.

[AyUmIXx]

^ yea i'm so agree with you misa-chan

I'm also soo jealous with the international fans who got to be meet her like every single day during her stay in LA/any other places...but deep down I know and i always have to remind myself that ayu is only a person, she can't do anything we wish her to do.. so yeahh.. i'm glad that she could reply fans' tweets in english so that we can understand her better...so I hope Japanese fans can somehow be understandable as well..

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

LOL so true.



She's been handling the conflicts very well, and I respect her more because of it. I guess it's because she can see both sides of the issue. Japanese fans and foreign fans get very different things, but what they each want is exactly what they don't have. Japanese fans want personal recognition from ayu, foreign fans want to attend concerts and have ayu in their country. Both sides have their advantages.

I think each side should ask themselves if they're willing to give up what they have if they can get what they want. Japanese fans should think if they want ayu to be, say, based totally in America with concerts and TA and everything there, but she comes to Japan infrequently and gets to have close personal meetups with fans. And foreign fans should think if we want ayu to be international, but we lose the close personal contact we have with her.

In the end, I'm guessing both sides won't want to give up what they already have, and hopefully we all learn to be happy and thankful for what ayu has given each side.

Well you pretty much said it all. However the reason why Ayu doesn't do the same with her Japanese fans is that there is way too many of them and it would be impossible for her to meet all of them and do the same stuff she's done for the International fans and as you've said if she was more popular outside Japan the situation would be different. Still there is the rest of the world which is getting nothing so yeah xD I personally would prefer her to do concerts every year~

[AyUmIXx]

^ to add up, ayu also can't meet the other asian countries' fans in person because ayu has lots of fans in asia.....but i realize that ayu often give autographs/taking pics (in group) with the HK fans when she visited last time though~

but as a matter or fact, it's easier for ayu to be close to US/European fans because fans are not so many, so she's not afraid of crowded ppl around her..

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

^ to add up, ayu also can't meet the other asian countries' fans in person because ayu has lots of fans in asia.....but i realize that ayu often give autographs/taking pics (in group) with the HK fans when she visited last time though~

but as a matter or fact, it's easier for ayu to be close to US/European fans because fans are not so many, so she's not afraid of crowded ppl around her..

Yeah I think that she gets the same treatment in the rest of Asia as in Japan as we see all those fans waiting for her at the airports, there are always big crowds.

I guess some of them get their stuff signed or are able to take pics of her, but we almost never see pics/videos of the same from the Japanese fans, but that doesn't mean she doesn't stop to sign their stuff xD

[love in music]

ayu_19980408 ayumi hamasaki
My lil bro wrote I wanna go to Australia!!! Hahah,what a cute=)) RT @Mannie69: @UN1982 @ayu_19980408 let's go when it gets warm there

at her "what a cute" now. her English is so adorable

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by identity

at her "what a cute" now. her English is so adorable

I know, I was laughing at that too. ^^ Now all Australian fans need to do is to convince Naoya to go. I'm quite sure he'll pull ayu along and there you have it.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

OMG IM SO CONFUSED!!
ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT AUSTRALIA OR AUSTRIA?!!?!!?

OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[ownsarai]

^Maybe both?

[Luja.]

^ Austria. Mannie said they could go to Austria together (because that's his homecountry). But Naoya misunderstood it and wrote "Australia" in his reply.

[njanjayrp]

w00t they should totally visit his home country as I could actually survive the 10hour train ride >.<

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

australia or nothing

naoya wants to come here to learn engrish, and i hope he convinces ayu to come too

[Midori-chan]

YEEESSSSS!!! Come to Austria...!!! I'll be waiting!!

It's so funny how people always mess up Australia and Austria!

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Midori-chan

YEEESSSSS!!! Come to Austria...!!! I'll be waiting!!

It's so funny how people always mess up Australia and Austria!

I thought only people with poor education mix them up

[AyUmIXx]

Originally Posted by Luja.

^ Austria. Mannie said they could go to Austria together (because that's his homecountry). But Naoya misunderstood it and wrote "Australia" in his reply.

haha no..actually ayu was the one who misunderstood of what Naoya posted,..Naoya actually tweeted "wanna go there" the like, but Ayu saw/read it wrongly haha..then she apologized to Naoya for misunderstanding in Japanese in her next tweet haha XDD and blaming Mannie loll~~~

ahh~~ ayu does know australia! oh well~ hope she'll go there some day for PV shooting!! i know australia has lots of great views!

njanjayrp, oh yea i remember i ever saw a pic of a HK fanboy who got to take picture with Ayu in person when ayu came to HK for either calender 2008/2009 Photo shooting or PV filming, I forgot already.. that fanboy IS SUPER LUCKYYY!!
he said that he was waiting til early morning for ayu to comeback to hotel..so he was the only one there..

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

I thought only people with poor education mix them up

I think this time was because of the language, and not because of poor education XD