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Max Matsuura's letter on Ayu's official HP 12 July 2005
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------ [Edited by AHS Staff] Discussion/Thanks: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31600 |
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1st part of the letter:
Recently, Hamasaki and I have been eating together. It was at Roppongi's "MAKKUROO". "Why here??" you ask. Well if we ate there, Ayumi's friend MIKAJON (PEACHJON's president) would meet us, and he said he would give Ayumi some information. So, the theme was not special. Sometimes it's just the two of us. It's normal and we talk about various things. I wonder how it will be later this year. Actually, if we are able to make fairly good singles, there might be an album by the end of the year. If that's the case, there'd soon be a tour but I don't really want to talk about these possibilities. Now that I think of it, in 10 years Ayumi will be like Madonna or Yumin (?) but not just anyone. In today's Japan, to have young fans still support a female artist while in her mid-30's would be a first. No doubt about that. (in other words, he thinks Ayumi's fanbase will hold strong for the next 10 years) ------ [Edited by AHS Staff] Discussion/Thanks: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31600 |
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#3
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Okeeb, here's the full blog, as appears on Ayu's official site. I broke it in to segments to make it easier to read. There were two spots though that sort of baffled me, but after reading the whole thing I just got too woozy to think about it more. I put those things in bold. :headache
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------ [Edited by AHS Staff] Discussion/Thanks: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31600 |
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Looks like a pretty good translation. Lemme see if I can clear up the bolded areas:
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2nd part - Something needs to be done about that --> But it should be expected around Ayu. People unable to read Japanese/Chinese will not fully get a sense of what Max is saying. He doesn't just call the newspapers "newspaper", he calls them "worthless papers" as if nothing they say is credible (he's going on the attack here). ------ [Edited by AHS Staff] Discussion/Thanks: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31600 |
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