Ayu's health condition during GUILTY era

[channy]

I just recently went through a bunch of older Ayu performances on my HDDs when I was suddenly reminded on something I've been speculating about since several years.

I'm talking in particular about Ayu's health condition during 2007 when she's been promoting "talkin' 2 myself" on several TV formats.

During that period of time, she barely looked like herself. Her face looked as if she were prescribed a strong medicine like cortisone (that's what I was suggesting back then) and I kept wondering even more when I noticed how uncomfortable/insecure she must have felt due to her body language while talking with the moderators.

At a-nation '08, everyone could see that she even gained a little chubby tummy, which was rather cute, but once again, I got a feeling she had been going through certain physical issues, not to mention her deafness announcement.

If I am not mistaken there was never really a AHS discussion on that topic besides Ayu being deaf on one ear and the gain in weight, which somewhat surprised me.

To me it feels as though there have been crucial things going on in Ayus life of which the crowds (including myself) were not aware. A sort of secret that remains unspoken/unrevealed until today and it bugs me as I really don't predict anyone to come up with a logical explanation. Nonetheless. Here's my question:

Did you ever feel like Ayu had severe health problems during "talkin' 2 myself" or did you at least sensed something into a similar direction and what would be your assumptions?

I'll add a few screenshots, even though they don't necessarily emphasize what I am talking about, you just have to watch that era again on yourself:

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