What's with the hate?

[Aga-chan]

With fame comes hate. Easy as that.

There're the people who like another artists, mostly artists of the same generation like Hikaru, Namie or Kumi, and because they see them as rivals they don't like Ayu.

Some people don't like her personality. During her early days she was viewed as stupid, because of the way she talks. She comes across as really shy and introverted and isn't a good talker (she says so herself), so some people might view her as slow and stupid.

Also, it seems that she has to pay because she dared to become older (I'm being ironic, by the way). When I watched the interview between GACKT and her, the most recent one, someone was commenting on her awful laughing voice and someone replied that she always laughed like that, only that people "forgave" her because she was young and cute.

Then there're the former fans. Because former fans are often the worst haters. To sum it up she probably doesn't fit into the scheme some people want to put "Hamasaki Ayumi" in, so they hate on her.
Or the haters who never liked her, but have to comment on everything she's doing. I swear some haters are more passionate than some fans. lol

There's also the fact that her release schedules and everything changed dramatically. Could you imagine such a large break like between We are the QUEENS and now 15 years ago? lol So it's kind of like someone mentioned, these days when she's in the news it's mostly because of "scandals". Some people might see her as someone who doesn't make any music anymore and has to live of scandals to have anyone talking about her.

That should be the main points.