[Translation] TEAMAyu blog: 23 April "Good mornin' ♪"

[primavera♥]

^ quite agreed

this was a nice message. thanks misa

[love in music]

People who still complain about her not giving enough attention to foreign fans are extremely ungrateful and selfish imo. She's doing what she can, she didn't have to do all of this for us.

[chloeM]

thanks misa chan~

[mimika]

whatever ayu is gonna upload or how she feels about TA, that's her personal right

for international fans, I'm just grateful that ayu knows about us and is willing to use another means to communicate with us! even if she still says TA is her home, even if she still says she won't post pic on twitter... that's her choice... and I support her regardless!!

[TeddyGrahams]

Thank's Misa! You're the best! I should say that for every translation! Also thanks for Oji for sometimes translating/editing!

Oh I totally get why Ayu says that. Sometimes I feel like we expect too much from her and she tries to do so much to please us all! Anyways I'm glad that she's so considerate of her fans! If I was in TA I would be hella pissed too.

[Unai_]

She has created a Twitter account to talk with abroad fans, isn't it lovely? we have to valorate that!

[Bad Wolf]

Originally Posted by oji-i-san

Ayu says here she hasn't uploaded and is not going to upload the pics she's in to twitter/twitpic.

She did and is going to upload pics which her band members, dancers, doggies, and foods/etc are in to tell international fans what she is doing and to communicate with her fans more frankly/frequently.

I don't think it's very strange to use the official site and twitter for different purposes/ways, how do you all think?

I agree with you, honestly. TA is TA -- it has its own purpose and that won't ever change. Twitter is sort of a spin-off of TA for the foreign fans, but not EXACTLY like TA.

TA is her diary, Twitter is just random thoughts and pictures. Both are precious to us fans because we'll take whatever we can get from Ayu, haha.

People should play nice! We all get to enjoy her

[Bigtop]

Well, it's too bad about the Japanese situation, but it's a good thing that Ayu is on Twitter for the international fans, not just Japanese fans! She should be targeting more on fans outside Japan on Twitter, and for the Japanese, they'll just have to settle for a TeamAyu membership, and maybe there could be a "reply"/"comment" link for the Japanese to respond on Ayu's Diary messages...

That can really be an advantage to the international fans - maybe not to the Japanese, but others around the world outside Japan, including here in the United States - eventually Ayu could respond to me!

(On the other hand, Sayuri Sugawara does NOT have a Twitter but has an in-site blog, with a bit of replies; maybe she's a good contender for Twitter with posting personal pictures of her because she does not have a paid fanclub and she's not really as popular as Ayu right now, with the fact that's she's still only 19 years old...)

[hsienko]

Originally Posted by InoriNoUta

I agree with you, honestly. TA is TA -- it has its own purpose and that won't ever change. Twitter is sort of a spin-off of TA for the foreign fans, but not EXACTLY like TA.

TA is her diary, Twitter is just random thoughts and pictures. Both are precious to us fans because we'll take whatever we can get from Ayu, haha.

People should play nice! We all get to enjoy her

Yeah TA she's talk about her day and what's going on, most of her time on twitter is spent replying to people.

[aura~]

Well I understand both sides, but I still think that those TA fans who send her messages saying she was talking too much in twitter ARE SELFISH.

And I won't change my mind... I'm not saying all TA is selfish.. but those comments from some.

And I'm ALSO paying 60$!

TA pay that for tickets, exclusive presents, pre-info and TA messages that are LONG not 5 words from ayu in twitter, and has a lot of pics of her.

I agree in the comment about sharing TA things is dangerous cause it's not free material.. and I udnerstand that TA gets angry if we share it for free... I udnerstand it... It's just that as an international fan I feel that I have to share what I can get here...

I just feel really SAD that ayu had to say it and say them how much she loves them more than us, that TA is her most precious thing... now they will hsut up and let us have a little bit of ayu without complaining???

and I'm happy ayu said the purpose of twitter was to talk with us in english! She knwos we "can't" join TA and I'm happy for that... finnally she realised we are here...


Ohhh... I just can't understand why they complain!! Plus all their hard comments on ayu on twiiter "oh, why in english" "oh please, you are ignoring us" "oh, you seemed better person before I read your tweets" things liek that... and she had to say sorry!! Are they fans?? Why can't they just be happy ayu has so many fans??


Well... this is all I'm gonna say... XD

[*°wann_ayubabies°*]

Ohmy... O.O

thanks for the translation!!!

[gallowsCalibrator]

Thanks for the translation~! Ayu is so cuuute~~~~~!!!!!!

[AyUta]

I'm just glad ayu opened up a way to chat wit her international fans . It means a lot, and she still stays in contact with TA .

[LacusClyne]

to be honest, put yourself in the TA members' shoes. if you are the one who paid 6000yen a year for her TA site-updates/pics.... but others can see her updates for free. not to mention that ayu can reply to you. in TA, you can only send her a msg, but she cannot reply.

would you feel fair?

TA fans might not just be feeling bad about international fans. let's not forget that there are other japanese who are non TA members too, i feel that TA members are feeling bad that EVERYONE has a chance to get a reply from ayu, and faster updates. she tweets more then writing a new entry in TA.

seriously, stop bashing the poor TA members, ayu treasure them too, and if more uproar is cause, ayu might stop tweeting.

have anyone thought what could happen if things got out of hand????

international fans are important, but without her japan fans, ayu won't get where she is now, Without the support of them in her debut years, do you think ayu will be this sucessful? Without popularity, she will have lesser chances, be it in the news/live performance/concerts/endorsement....and tie in promotion.

Ask yourself again, how did you get to know about ayu? mst of us know about ayu through the internet, news article, endorsement or tie in promotion(like Inuyasha) how do you think she gain chances to these?

Because of her popularity in japan! Japan is a huge industry and the japanese fans are important to her, whether you are happy or not. Without them, you might not even know ayu.

Therefore i don't see any reason why she should forget her roots and make her TA fans mad.
Oh, japanese who are thinking of joining TA might now think twice, and current TA member might not renew their membership, as they can save the money since there's twitter.
In the end, avex and ayu will earn lesser money and avex might ask ayu to stop tweeting. so who will suffer in the end?????

Then slowly, in other to please both sides, ayu will spend more time on the internet-tweeting and updating her TA blog(so no one feel left out)
hello!!!!!!! ayu needs her rest and sleep! she's already sleeping at 5 am since she started her twitter! i'm worried for her health!!!! I want a healthy ayu, thank you very much.

so stop whining people.
don't just think of the present, think of the future and the consequences. (^_^)

ayu start her twitter acount to communicate with us, so just be happy about it and TREASURE it

[nanakopy87]

well said,lacus.i agree with you

[TITANIC]

hahha. Ayu is a fair person

[aura~]

No... there's still no reason about being that selfish. WE are not talking about leaking info.. that is another issue that doesn't concern what Ayu does.

She's updating TA like she used too, and maybe because of all this complaining from TA she is writting MORE and with MORE pics...

That's acting liek a child: "Oh, no, this is mine, not yours! is all for me~!!!" and then Ayu goes and gives even more to that childs so they don't cry...

With this twitter thing I don't think she made TA go mad! They went mad by themself for no accepting ayu doing things for others!! How can they compare 5 sentences a day saying "I'm going to sleep", "I'm going to osaka by car", "I'm eating ramen", and a bunch of answers of 5 words or less each to the LOOONG LOOONG messages with meaning and a lot of content in TA???

Yes, in TA no one got answers, but they can also get answers in twitter.. Oh! it's one thing no one has to pay for! it's only that!

What I can't believe is how they complained (and I don't wanna imagine what they said to Ayu!!) having SO much!! Yes, we also asked ayu to do sth for us... we asked in AWiO book for an international TA, and we got twitter... it's perfect! but don't compare twitter with some answers with TA web, blog, tickets, her tours in japan, all teh media exposure and all the facilities they have... It's the FIRST time Ayu does sth for us, the international fans, and they have to complain... it's sad...

And yes... AYu is who she is because her fame in Japan, but it doesn't give them the right to ask ayu to be only for them and don't want us to have anything with her...

it's just my opinion and I'm not bashing every japanese fan, nor everyone in TA, just those who send her those comments...

[waterballoon]

I kinda agree on aura~ on some points... it's like, God knows what they have been sending Ayu for her to write a post like this... I mean, why put unnecessary stress on Ayu? She's just opening up a Twitter to connect with us, international fans, and it's not like she's abandoning TA or anything like that...

A good intention is just backfired by such odd complaints..

[taskinillusion]

I think a lot of Japanese fans were also complaining about her writing in English and they felt like she was saying that everyone had to talk to her in English, which she was like, "No! You don't have to do that!" It's a way for her to expand her fanbase to non-Japanese fans, and I think her Japanese fans/TA members need to not be so selfish. I mean, if I could join TA, I totally would, but I don't live in Japan, so yeah. Seeing Ayu say little things and post pictures of what she's eating is fun for me, because I don't have access to TA like Japanese fans do. She's giving us other fans a little something that we wouldn't otherwise have. I can understand why the TA members don't want her to use Twitter over her TA Diary, hence why she won't post pics of herself on Twitter. I wouldn't want her to do that either.

[waterballoon]

^ and then that's when the REALLY creepy problem comes... Ayu is.. human? I mean she has her right to post her own photos wherever she wants. Yeah I understand TA pays money and whatever for their membership but international fans have waited for 12 years before such a miracle happens... what's more it's JUST photos, it's not like she's suddenly giving us zomg rights/premiums like a chance to win her AT tickets >_>"

Also, the way the situation is coming up as, it looks like the TA members are saying, "We bought Ayu. she's ours. she can only post her photos/thoughts/words on TA because we bought her" it's almost like treating Ayu as a product, and not a human? It's not even about international fans getting the shorter end of the stick, it's about how the TA members are treating her... almost like a product they bought off the shelf