Ayu's social networks - Discussion #50

[a❤martian]

Her Twitter banners are brutal though, imo

I think it comes down to phrasing. Like, I’ve seen people complain, not just about Ayu but about Kuu too, saying similar things about her. She’s “lazy” and using amerures to do her work, the song makes their ears bleed it’s to bad.

The lazy parts are downright not true, and the way they are describing their opinions as rude facts are not okay. It’s not good fans vs bad fans (I think I qualify as a bad fan for Ayu). It’s repspectful vs rude.

When I pick on Ayu I try to make sure it comes across as jovial because I want AHS to remain pleasant. I don’t want to ruin other members’ experience.

I think that’s pretty fair for all, call me crazy.

[EndOfTheWorld]

Fans do behave badly sometimes.They can be rude and disrespectful. The worst of it is on the topic of Ayu's appearance, talking about her face, weight, and worst of all breasts.
I think it is totally fair to criticize this behavior. However, on the original topic at hand, those twitter users had totally valid complaints, they were not happy with the tour performance and price, TA isn't being updated and is overpriced, costumes are too revealing etc. Perhaps people disagree with those feelings but those concerns are not offensive and the people who feel that way or simply don't like something in general are not "Ayu's enemy".
Connecting to what Koumori said, if you can't handle diverse opinions then I don't see what the point of joining this forum would be.

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by EndOfTheWorld

Connecting to what Koumori said, if you can't handle diverse opinions then I don't see what the point of joining this forum would be.

It's an unwritten law here not to speak badly of her vocals and God forbid if you happen to mention the lip syncing.

[mi|kshake]

Originally Posted by Chris85

It's an unwritten law here not to speak badly of her vocals and God forbid if you happen to mention the lip syncing.

Dare I ask haha? I remember there being a big discussion on lip syncing to previous live TV performances years ago. And obviously there was Angel's Song at PCDL, Marionette at AT08 but wasn't sure about recent performances? (Feel free to PM me if this is going to get too controversial)

Two of my absolute favorite Japanese releases in recent years were Seiko Matsuda's single Bara no Youni... and Matsutoya Yumi's Cosmos Library album both released in 2016. Cosmos Library made Yumi the oldest female artist to top Oricon 200 with an original studio album when it debuted at #1 with 60,000 sold. And Bara no Youni became Matsuda's highest charting single in over 20 years and left many people wide-eyed and questioning if she was going to have a huge comeback.

It's great to hear that legends like Seiko and Yuming are doing well. As long as Ayumi can continue to release music for as long as possible I'm happy although I would like a bigger budget for PVs too.