[Translation] [Interview] Numéro Tokyo (September 2015)

[Ryusei]

Also good to hear that she was like "whaaaat?" when people thought cirque de minuit would be her last tour or smth lol

[tsumekaze_]

I love how honest she is. And i love her words too. I will forever respect her and I honestly can't forgive those who gave up on her because of her mistakes. No one is perfect. We all do wrong but she has at least the courage to admit so and start all over again. I do not need for her to be the doll ayumi hamasaki who is perfect in everything. I respect the human ayu behind the facade.

For those wondering about her love life because of that statement, flashing news: your life is not complete when you find a partner. Nor does being married means that you have everything you need and shouldnt be looking for anything else (love for and from your family, friends, work, surroundings). Love is something entirely different and entails different kinds of relationships, thankfully.

[Ryusei]

^^ Exactly, because of that I find her a very unique and interesting person, I never really felt lke that about any other artists, nobody struck me as interesting as her. Her entire story is just so fascinating to me and she's not even my favorite singer of all time or anything like that but yet she manages to capture me. Idk overdramatic much but that's how i feel about her

[Minttulatte]

Thank you for this inspiring and very interesting interview translation, tenshi. I really appreciate your work with these.

As for those parts of running away, I felt it pretty strongly last year. I felt really disconnected with her even if I thought that COLOURS was a great album. After overplaying that album I just kinda thought that something didn't feel right at all, and it made me feel annoyed because I had no idea of what it was. But then she released Last minute and I felt connected again, which was only a good thing. I can feel the "Ayu spirit" in A ONE. Step by step and other songs from sixxxxxx that I have heard also has that feeling in them, and I love it~

[melissalove]

Thank you so much for the interview. Gosh, Maro did a lot of damage to Ayu and her perception So glad ayu's starting over. Go ayu

[AyuGAME]

Thank you!!!

[Toniayu123]

Thank you! Seriously, I love her