Strawberry Sex is lol... he ends up seeing the older woman that he visualized (i think?) somewhere earlier in the video!

yeah haha , the whole PV's so funny , it cracks me up .

But the 1st part of him wearing the shirt & singlet is WOOOOOOO , can faint man haha

don't need to see a topless Ken now :P

Why would Namie carry around packs of cards as she is walking? :S

But hey I do believe her

I have a picture of me when I was little with a pack of cards that look liked cigarettes. Not a good look for a 2 year old. :P

does anyone remember the rumor that ayu got STD via... s e x?
I think it is the rumor few years ago.

Ken Hirai is gay, according the rumor.

...duh... Sexually Transmitted Disease = STD

According to the Japaneses public, Ken Hirai is known for hanging around gay bars etc~... not that theres anything wrong with it!!

I think Ken Hirai is not gay. He said he liked a girl before in the news. He goes to gay bars with his friends only? LIke what ayu does. Ayu often goes to gay bars too.

The STD rumor of ayu is totally BS, so does the rumor of ayu would leave avex.

LOL

A girl goes to a gay bar.....

it doesn't mean she's lesbian

A guy goes to a gay bar

It TOTALLY means he's not straight ahahaha :laugh


Unless ken hirai is invited by the bars as a VIP guest just to make a presence...it could be that.

Maybe he is T R I S E X U A L.

That means try "things" at least once in his/her life.

yeah
ken is so gay to me...
but fortunately
he seems to be the top...(omg... sorry)
http://photos.friendster.com/photos/...263100599l.jpg

Thats a perfect example of why I dislike Jolin so much. Thank you.

Um sorry, but how does wearing an identical/similar bracelet be deemed as being a copycat? I mean... this entertainment industry is so BIG that you really can't be soooo unique without ever getting complained that you have copied something from another artiste.

Besides, if I were Jolin and I heart the bracelet that much, why not use it? It's not like Ayu got super-duper famous cos of that that it has become a symbol to Ayu... it's just a piece of Jewel.

There's a reason why I mentioned ANNOYING RUMOUR. And this thread is proving it...

Because people can't stop doing these stupid comparisons between both.

Wasn't this thread about rumors in the first place?

Haha, it's the Jolin copies Ayu thing again. I personally think for the HANABI Episode II PV, Jolin TRULY DID COPY (and I really mean COPY) the concept of the PV over to her own PV (with the song title about some Lemon Grass thing). But I think that's all. I realise they have many fashion similarities, but Jolin has publicly acknowledged that she admires Ayu and her fashion sense, hence explaining the bulk of similarities.

Why Jolin does her nails too is because of her influence by Japanese Fashion, in particular Ayu's. Yup, though Jolin claims she designs the nails herself (which I think is total BS because she can't possibly design ALL OF IT and I've seen making of videos where she actually has a nail artiste, so this is definitely nonsense). Other than that, yup, I just think people are nitpicking.

There's also a period of time where there was this whole Ayu and Madonna copycat thing too. That was really absurd but hey, there are fashion styles that are TIMELESS right? THEY DO WORK, so what's wrong?

I'm pretty sure Ayu smokes a "special" cigarette before all her photoshoots.

just something I heard back in 2005.

I hear Koda swear a lot and smell very bad, and she has bad breath, according to the rumor from her dancers.

This rumor was on the newspaper.. but I doubt. If you swear, of course smell bad.. unless you don't take a shower and hit boys after you swear a lot..

I understand if anyone who likes Jolin would feel unhappy with the comment of Jolin copying Ayu.

But there is just too much similarity between Jolin and Ayumi, and also Jolin with other artists, so it's kinda bothering. Maybe it's her stylist, maybe it's her PV director that likes to reference others. Lets just leave it at that.

This rumor about Ayumi and Jolin has being going on for years. A rumor is for people to believe or not to believe right? So it's up to personal choice. =)

is it the one that she posed in WEMEN magazine where she dressed up as a man & a woman separately ?

well
i post that pic to let you all give some comment
i didnt write anything bout it...
and also i've heard koda had a unpleasent smell
the dancers had been enough smelling it
btw its only rumour
ImpactBreaker: dont be so sensitive...
i've said it in the first post "ONLY RUMOUR..."
yeah... its all bout you
how you all think
if you think think it just a coincidence, IT IS
if you think this is a copying, IT IS A COPYING
hey anyone... you all can consider to close this thread if you all dont want to have some quarell here

About the infamous Jolin copies Ayu at all the thing, there's this site that shows some of the similarities in their style:
http://sg.geocities.com/ayuorigin/

Obviously, there's some comparison that it just random like both of them wearing a black dress, having sort of similar hairstyle. But I do believe the director of her video that looks like HANABI II took the idea of Ayu's PV.

Anyway. I don't think she's necessarily a "copycat" or whatever. It certainly doesn't affect me or keep me away from her music. Besides, we can do the same thing with Ayu and Madonna. Although, there's tons of random comparison too between Ayu and Madonna.

It's true that H!P artist don't make that much money. It's also true that their lives are somehow controlled. One thing for sure: They can't date. That's why when they get caught with a guy, it becomes a huge scandal. But yay for Miki-sama for breaking the rules! <3