Scan from a news article about Memorial Address

[Unimatrix Prime™]

Credit: ayumijimmyking(ayumihamasakiboard) and Taylayu @ Ayunite

Alyssa at Ayunite did a translation of the article:

Ayumi Hamasaki may be the CM queen, however, her recent sales of "No way to say" are barely making the mark. After a few weeks on the music shelves, it sold roughly 300,000 copies, a far cry from her other singles.

Her image in Memorial adress are full of ball gowns, very revealing of her. Looks like she's aiming for a classy look, with her Bvlgari choker. However, if Ayu is going to use her looks and images to keep her fans, it might not work at all.

[ayumi_pukka89]

:/

tanxx~

[~Ayanami~]

Heyy she's not just using her looks! but is that saying that she's not pretty at all?! Oh well.... thanks anyways

[tetsuo69]

why dont they write about something more important than try to put the artist down?

[Luna Saisho]

Wow, harsh article there.

[Shiso]

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stupid reporter ;/////

thans uni-san for the scan and trans!

[BlackCat83]

ya they like to talk about something unnecessary.. Ayumi is always the best. Who cares what the author said?

[Rei Rei]

that stupid reporter has always been like that.... she has nothing more to say except turning positive news to negative... sigh...

ayu looks gooooood =)

[Ryoko]

baka... whoever wrote that is not reporting news, but opinion...

And compared to other singers, 300,000 copies is a lot.

[tetsuo69]

i forgot ... ayumi looks great on does pics... ^_^ she looks so cute..

aslong as we like her.. who cares wat other say ^_^

[..:DisarO:..]

Thanks... she's so pretty!

[Unimatrix Prime™]

Originally posted by Mariko
Uh... I don't like those classy looks on those pictures. I mean, on two of those images you see part of her *cough*.

Her cleavage? IMO, I think she looks fine in those outfits, and shows a bit of class in those shots. To me, at least, I think that as long as she conceals a bit without resorting to extremely low-cut dresses with thigh-high seams, she's fine by me !

[Findlay]

lol they said ayu goes to gym and excercises every day to keep her slim, and the plumped "No way to say" cover is a lot worse compared to the bikini style in "H", and ayu looks like an European elite lady in the LUMIX CM. That reporter also criticized ayu's pose on that sofa etc. -_-+

She showed a little cleavage in the RAINBOW booklet, while being wet. This is by far classier. I think it's amusing they would say that she's trying to keep fans just by her looks. Because she's wearing a BALL GOWN? I highly believe if she were to try and keep fans in BALL GOWNS, she would LOSE them. She would wear something skanky and more revealing. This is just a way to shoot her down. A cheap blow by a sad editor.

[PickleCookies]

I love how she looks there. That article is complete crap.

[kournikova]

That article make me sad though...