Hamasaki Ayumi and Avex face investigation by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

[Raleigh]

Who are they kidding? It's obvious that it's a ploy to get a lot of money off from avex. It's funny how they had to think over it for almost a month to take action. My bet is that now they are blowing it out of proportion to milk avex.

On the other hand her management team seems to be more than incompetent. They should have planned ahead and given a heads up to the authorities in order to avoid all this stupid drama. Additionally this is something they should have taken care of, rather than Ayu. Otherwise why should she have a management team? So they look pretty in the offshot clips? It's not like Ayu can deal with these arrangements when her schedule is that busy.

I'm afraid Ayu's staff or her so called "friends" who are supposed to help her in her work will lead her to her downfall. They're too busy to shove themselves in the spotlight and in return they keep doing these dumb mistakes. Hope this serves as a wake up call. Something tells me she needs to change half of her staff.

[Kikaru]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

On the other hand her management team seems to be more than incompetent. They should have planned ahead and given a heads up to the authorities in order to avoid all this stupid drama. Additionally this is something they should have taken care of, rather than Ayu. Otherwise why should she have a management team? So they look pretty in the offshot clips? It's not like Ayu can deal with these arrangements when her schedule is that busy.

I'm afraid Ayu's staff or her so called "friends" who are supposed to help her in her work will lead her to her downfall. They're too busy to shove themselves in the spotlight and in return they keep doing these dumb mistakes. Hope this serves as a wake up call. Something tells me she needs to change half of her staff.

It seems like some people took the "I should be allowed to move where I want, without having to submit an application specifically for this" comment as "I should be able to do anything I want regardless of others." And I really don't even think that's what she meant at all. If she thought they had permission, then she probably didn't think that she personally had to submit an application to be there.

Agreed on all counts with both of you. While I do think Ayu should have made sure that her management team attained the permission (and I'm not arguing on whether she committed the violation. She did, and if they decide to fine her, so be it), this incident doesn't make her management team look that competent.

Also am I the only one who thinks there's not context behind the Ayu quote in the FRIDAY article? granted, I'm pretty tired right now, but I dunno, the article seems to exaggerate the small details while being vague on the actual story.