I <3 AYU!!! but...

[Bubbly]

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No you are not alone I LOOOOVE her vibrato so much!

[yizhihenanjing]

sorry for stupid question again but what is vibrato ?=)) it is high note or the way she vibrates her voice? I never notice such thing like that so may be there 's no problem for me, lol

[krtman2002]

I love Ayu BUT I don't like how THIN she is right now. I wish she was like in the a-nation 2008. She was AMAZING!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5spxBhVyfc

Now she is REALLY thin!

[miki_beland]

i don't like her lips at Love Songs pv's ._.

[Minttulatte]

Oh yes, the whole fish lip thingy has annoyed me a lot lately. I'm so full of that. I hope she will totally stop using it. At first I felt it was ok and new but she's been doing it in every single photoshoot for three years I think and to me it's too much. I think Ayu has gorgeus smile and would hope she would smile more than do fish lips.

Originally Posted by yizhihenanjing

sorry for stupid question again but what is vibrato ?=)) it is high note or the way she vibrates her voice? I never notice such thing like that so may be there 's no problem for me, lol

It's the way she vibrates her voice.

[asmAyumi1992]

I love Ayu but I don't like she acts cute. She IS seriously so cute. But I don't like she's ACTING like she's so cute. I prefer she acts sexy

Oh yeah, and I agree with Miki, I don't like her lips nowadays too

[relmy]

I don't like how she acts anything now. I think she doesn't just overact cutesy and ballads, I also think she overacts the fierce, creepy and most things.

Although, she seems to have answered this by stripping down with Power of Music, hopefully she'll return to a balance of spectacle and stage without the huge drama and overacting.

[RayJason]

Originally Posted by drdolce

Oh My God, am I the only one who absolutely loves her vibrato? :'D I don't care even if she overuses it, I still love it so madly because for some reason it doesn't really bother me.

I also love it, even when she overdoes it XD. What I don't like is that she sometimes makes songs where she sounds like one of the chipmunks. (high pitch focused songs)

I HATE it when these dancers pop up out of nowhere and start making fools of themselves. Like when she sings this nice slow song, there has to be one guy (note: the guy with blond and black hair) who distract the camera to him instead of showing us Ayu. *and there are also 2 background singers which I really HATE. They always sing off-key. BUT they sometimes sound awesome!

And I also HATE it that she tries to sound "cute" sometimes. Like in "Thank U". And the way she speaks too, like she fakes her real voice or something. She's cute already no need to overdo that. + I HATE that she never has this great choreography. I would love to see her doing something fierce (like in Rule)

Also I HATE is the fact that she puts on too much make up. She looks hot like that but she can take it easy.

Her lyrics sometimes get on my nerves too. I keep encountering this: "You cried didn't you, We cried didn't we, [Insert something here] didn't you, [Insert something here] didn't we. (The fact that she has a lot of sad songs are a bit annoying)

I don't know if this is true at all but sometimes I feel that when she performs she fakes the tears.

+ I HATE it when she has short hair. But everyone has their own perspective and opinion about this XD.

And I really HATE this performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tztIr_Pfaco < cute too much? she doesn't even sound right.
Here she sounds normal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndi3T...eature=related

Originally Posted by krtman2002

I love Ayu BUT I don't like how THIN she is right now. I wish she was like in the a-nation 2008. She was AMAZING!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5spxBhVyfc

Now she is REALLY thin!

She's not thin at all. O.o
___

+ The comment made about Mannie is really irrelevant, selfish and mean.

[~X2RADialbomber~]

Originally Posted by drdolce

Oh yes, the whole fish lip thingy has annoyed me a lot lately. I'm so full of that. I hope she will totally stop using it. At first I felt it was ok and new but she's been doing it in every single photoshoot for three years I think and to me it's too much. I think Ayu has gorgeus smile and would hope she would smile more than do fish lips.

Her natural looks/photos in most of the Vivi diaries are the most attractive. The whole fish lips thing is annoying and I find that most magazines tend to airbrush her face so much that those two things combined just make her look so artificial. It would be cool if Ayu would stand out against being airbrushed. I'd personally like to see more celebrities doing that.

This is the one image that's coming to mind right now: http://www.asianbite.com/JapanImages...aki-Vivi-1.jpg It just looks wrong to me.

[Kazeyomi]

Maybe the only thing I don't really like about her are those "cute" expressions on photoshoots. Actually I really like when she's acting cute, but it doesn't works on some photoshoots for me . Mostly because of that annoying pouting lips lol. Would be great if she would look more natural cute and with a big smile instead.

[Strawberryfieldsforever]

I really love all the rock n roll circus pictures!! The best style next to Loveppears and Duty.

But I really dislike when she do the deer in headlights look. It looks really weird.

[AyUmIXx]

agree with someone here that saying ayu has too much sad songs that i hate it..like ayu's life is full of sad moments..
but i'm glad that she has started to open herself through love songs album.
most of the songs sound happy and light.

[PoetGirl]

Hm! Interesting topic, I notice her 'mistakes', I have some things I dont like about her, but she's a person too and that makes her even more human. all those flaws and all... so I wont say anything...
I mean, if she doesnt have those flaws I would be in belief she's all manipulated doll and not her own person and her music would be dull for me

[njanjayrp]

I dislike her performances featuring Shuya, the fact that she has so many useless dancers, and her back vocals. Also the fake crying is getting old and boring.

I can't believe people hate her husband...he didn't really do much to her career (plus he did a great job with Virgin Road) so I don't get why would people hate on him...

[susiowong]

I love Ayu, but not...

- her fish lips
- her cutesy performances, PVs, and outfits
- her cutesy voice
- her overuse of vibrato
- being a product (which, even if she still denies it, she most certainly is)

Basically what everybody else has said already.

Originally Posted by RayJason

She's not thin at all. O.o

You must be kidding.

[Bubbly]

Well, I don't dislike her acting cute but more her dancers acting like fools like in step YOU CDL09-10, i did not find it funny or cure but just felt kinda embarassed lol

[Miidoriness]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

agree with someone here that saying ayu has too much sad songs that i hate it..like ayu's life is full of sad moments..
but i'm glad that she has started to open herself through love songs album.
most of the songs sound happy and light.

REALLY?? I, however, LOVE her sad songs (I feel EMO for saying it XD) I think her sad songs has a meaningful lyric within. But that's just my opinion ^^

[Miidoriness]

Originally Posted by PoetGirl

Hm! Interesting topic, I notice her 'mistakes', I have some things I dont like about her, but she's a person too and that makes her even more human. all those flaws and all... so I wont say anything...
I mean, if she doesnt have those flaws I would be in belief she's all manipulated doll and not her own person and her music would be dull for me

I agree with you... nobody is perfect and Ayu is NOT a doll... but talking about those flaws doesn't mean that we dislike her... it means (to me) that we LOVE her regardless of her flaws. Please don't take this so serious ^^

[RayJason]

Originally Posted by susiowong

You must be kidding.

No I'm not! I find her to be "normal". She has the ideal body for any kind of girl, On TV you see these girls torturing therselves by not eating to achieve such a thin body as Ayu. If you look at Ayu now, you'll see what I mean with that.

Just because most girls are fat these days made many move the standards of "thin" and "normal".

[susiowong]

Originally Posted by RayJason

No I'm not! I find her to be "normal". She has the ideal body for any kind of girl, On TV you see these girls torturing therselves by not eating to achieve such a thin body as Ayu. If you look at Ayu now, you'll see what I mean with that.

Just because most girls are fat these days made many move the standards of "thin" and "normal".

I have to disagree with both points but I'll just drop it 'cause I don't like arguing. Though I do admit, she's definitely not "anorexic-thin" by any means.