Ayumi Hamasaki is the xxxxx of Japan

[MissElin_]

This is truly a really interesting thread to read.

I felt really... (how to put it?...) pleased with what Deli wrote about "the other artist". I really just heard "Ayu" banging in my head. I have no idea of Tori Amos and how she works. I just know that my friend listends to her and finds great comfort in her songs. When I come to think about it, we both went though some rough times and the one who helped my friend to pic up herself was Tori, and in my case it was Ayu. So in that way I can understand what makes them simillar to each other. The fans devotion to them both is huge and reaches so much love and respect. For the way their fans loves them, and how they love their fans back in return.

Then naturally on the outside, they are very diffrent. Tori is Tori. Ayu is Ayu.

But as a conclusion. I am very found of artists who works this way, this hard, this devotion to themselves and their fans. I will always give them my deepest respect.