[Blog] Maro & Ayu are dating according to his blog entry

[Earth_maiden]

^I hope not, I want those Kana Nishino pictures to be on 109!

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by happiholic★

I don't know why, I was so much more skeptical of Ayu and Mannie's marriage & divorce. With all the weird things that he and his friend posted after the whole thing, it was just odd. Ayu and Maro, I think are just being attention *****s.

I still think the whole thing was one big scam and not so good marketing strategy and I am really hoping this isn't one too.

[TeamAyu2004]

I hope not.
I dont think ayumi is that shallow of a person.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

I hope not.
I dont think ayumi is that shallow of a person.

I don't want to think she is either, but some things seem way to coincidental...

[Ayu_Love]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

I hope not.
I dont think ayumi is that shallow of a person.

I don't think so either. Ayu announced to her fans when they got married, but that was all, as far as I know. If it was a scam then she wouldn't have kept it so private. And plus, it would only be logical for her to do that if it aided her career somehow, but she actually sacrificed a lot of her career(very few releases, Japanese fans displeased, not many public appearances etc) to be with him. Someone wouldn't do that unless they were committed to that person, but that's my opinion on it.
I never got the whole disapproval of Mannie, as far as I was concerned, it was none of my private business, and I have no right to judge who she dates or falls in love with. If Mannie made her happy, even though it was short, and it didn't work because they chose to live in different countries, (even though she was planning to move to LA with him before the earthquake) then, honestly, I couldn't have cared less. XD I was just glad that she had someone. But that's my two cents.

I'm very happy to know she has someone, and in a serious relationship. She's known Maro since he became her dancer in 2007, so they know each other well. I wish them the best of luck and hopefully a good life together! I really do. I don't think Ayu deserves to be alone anymore.

[tasking]

She was sharing photos of their dates and honeymoon on Twitter though too...

[happiholic★]

I really hope that Ayu and Maro are together for a really long time, have a proper wedding and have some kids. People couldn't possibly call that a publicity stunt.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by happiholic★

I really hope that Ayu and Maro are together for a really long time, have a proper wedding and have some kids. People couldn't possibly call that a publicity stunt.

Don't doubt people xD

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Oh well, I'm happy for her. They look cute together. And the covers for again are awesome too.

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Don't doubt people xD

I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt

...But, you're probably right.

[mizuki-7]

I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt

me too ^^

[Zeke.]

I have always felt Ayu was an honest and genuine person. I have never met her, but when I went to AT08 and she stopped in front of me on the catwalk, turned to me, and sang after I failed to catch the A Ball she tossed... it's stupid but I felt like she was so kind in that moment and truly loved her fans.

But...
haven't we all had people we knew, I mean actually KNEW in person (best friends, lovers, family) who were dis-honest to us? People we trusted, people who we never gave a second thought to about betraying us... and they did? If we as humans can be fooled by people that close to us, who's to say that Ayu wouldn't use publicity to her advantage? Just a thought.

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by isthisLOL?

simply have never been euphoric about a new relationship.

Seriously.

You know. I have not kept silent that I think these things are awfully convenient for her as far as press goes.

And I believe EVERYONE knows that.

But just because she releases some pictures of her with Maro and says they are in a relationship...doesn't really mean that she's telling you everything about her private life and all about their relationship.

Maybe she's not psycho secret like some other celebrities, but who cares. She's not them.


I talk about my boyfriend on twitter all the time. I've said some very graphic things about us lol People still only know the most superficial things about my relationship. The deeper things are always kept private and no one else can ever really know about them.

Things like this don't define relationships. If saying over facebook and twitter, "oh we're together" is the most private and important part of your relationship, you have some sad issues.


I know it's a bigger deal for Ayu. But even so. She wants to share things with us. So it gives her more PR. Who cares. It's not like her sales are going to rise or fall drastically anymore.

[Chibi-Chan]

Originally Posted by happiholic★

I really hope that Ayu and Maro are together for a really long time, have a proper wedding and have some kids. People couldn't possibly call that a publicity stunt.

If Ayu ever has kids, they are likely adopted because she needs a new publicity stunt.

[mizuki-7]

I have always felt Ayu was an honest and genuine person. I have never met her, but when I went to AT08 and she stopped in front of me on the catwalk, turned to me, and sang after I failed to catch the A Ball she tossed... it's stupid but I felt like she was so kind in that moment and truly loved her fans.

But...
haven't we all had people we knew, I mean actually KNEW in person (best friends, lovers, family) who were dis-honest to us? People we trusted, people who we never gave a second thought to about betraying us... and they did? If we as humans can be fooled by people that close to us, who's to say that Ayu wouldn't use publicity to her advantage? Just a thought.

I agree with you but I still think she is an honest person with others (I like to believe anyway)

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan

If Ayu ever has kids, they are likely adopted because she needs a new publicity stunt.

No, she needs to have them herself so she can go away for a while, and then come back with sexy momma bod and post cute pictures of her newborn holding her finger.

[KPL]

I mean, she is really right in appears/return road lyrics that we audience can actually never know the true/whole stories. But that is exactly the whole point of all these, given this being part of true relationship or PR, or both.

She is 34, and personally I do not think she is stupid, so all the public/fan reactions now, including negative ones, should be what she and her company can foresee. I should say, at this moment, "hamasaki ayumi" is a divided image, due to its longevity and maturity, inevitably; there is not one "simple and innocent ayu" who wrote Poker face anymore, and even she herself has been saying at the very beginning: hamasaki ayumi is a product.

So I think in order to the fans themselves to be more comfortable, it is crucial to not take EVERYTHING about ayu too seriously and naively. She is much more complicated than what the fans can dream about. All these little things, big events, craziness, imperfections if you would say, just make ayu more real.

[Ayu_Love]

Originally Posted by emi♡

Seriously.

You know. I have not kept silent that I think these things are awfully convenient for her as far as press goes.

And I believe EVERYONE knows that.

But just because she releases some pictures of her with Maro and says they are in a relationship...doesn't really mean that she's telling you everything about her private life and all about their relationship.

Maybe she's not psycho secret like some other celebrities, but who cares. She's not them.


I talk about my boyfriend on twitter all the time. I've said some very graphic things about us lol People still only know the most superficial things about my relationship. The deeper things are always kept private and no one else can ever really know about them.

Things like this don't define relationships. If saying over facebook and twitter, "oh we're together" is the most private and important part of your relationship, you have some sad issues.


I know it's a bigger deal for Ayu. But even so. She wants to share things with us. So it gives her more PR. Who cares. It's not like her sales are going to rise or fall drastically anymore.

I agree. Maybe she has decided to be more private about Maro because of the reactions of her fans with Mannie (I forgot about her Twitter posts), but I just see it as a shame that instead of getting a warm reaction from her fans from sharing some things with her partner, she gets accused that she's only doing it for publicity? I mean, I know plenty of people that talk about their partners and share the same things she did with Mannie, who doesn't know someone like that? But they don't get accused of the same thing, do they? Fans can stand there and accuse all day (don't know why you would want to) but it's just time wasted, because as Return Road says, you'll never know the full story, the deep and intricate details. And I'm not bothered by that cause it's none of my business.

Everyone it entitled to their own opinion, of course, but I never (maybe once) commented on Ayu's stance with Mannie, in fact I avoided the threads, because of this.

[emi♡]

Well, I mean, personally, I'm not averse to talking negatively about delicate subjects. I think we are entitled to say what we feel and what we think.

But I do feel that people have taken some things and run with them.


I would understand the conflict of thinking that, Ayu has contradicted herself by saying her private life is private...but personally, I don't really feel there has been a contradiction.

I also...wouldn't think badly of her, because she does these things for PR. Being a celebrity is difficult. Hell, it's difficult enough to manage privacy and sanctity in our own lives, let alone with millions watching us.

Although, if what I'm thinking about the Mannie situation is true...I might judge her a bit for that But at the same time...I've hurt people, I've done things.

How can I really cast any stones? And especially at someone like her. For what she is to me, at least.

Of course everyone feels differently about her.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by miki_beland

This new made You & Me views grow 200,000 in 2 days. Just look at the stadistics:



there is a sudden grow these last days.

I think that happened with Virgin Road as well? I wonder why exactly... maybe people are going back to see if they can find 'hints' or something?

As for this relationship and 'announcing it' as opposed to keeping it secret or under wraps... I think it was a smart decision. Better to let the public know yourself than have tabloids create potentially and also likely untrue situations about you and your significant other.

I think Twitter has probably influenced Ayu's 'openness' as before she really got into posting blogs or sharing anything on social media, she only really posted a blog entry once every few months or so. (she also wasn't keen on posting photos of herself on Twitter at first either) She was/is just doing what most people do on Twitter (post pictures of food, photos of her daily life... which at the time involved her significant other) and imo that makes her feel a lot more accessible than say back in 2002-2007 which seems to be when most people 'liked Ayu best' back when she was more mysterious or 'secretive' about herself... which is odd.