well if she looks up to madonna then its clear to me why she would want to be like her

heh, a lot of mixed opinions, naturally.

anywayz, i'd like to thank those who posted described comparison pics in this thread -- becouse that's what i really wanted to see.

the purpose of this thread wasn't have people here arguing on how much Ayu is nor isn't a copycat or how much other artists are or not. it's just that recently so many "XXX copies XXX" threads appeared on various forums, i thought that i would be good to dig deeper and see what this copying is really like.

it's just interesting for me to see who and how Ayumi based on, it gives a lot bigger view on things. :)

That sure was an INTERESTING picture, loved analyzing that!

It's really fascinating, is Ayumi really copying Madonna? Or is it just PURE coincedince (sp)? Either way, I think Ayumi suits the style of whatever she's supposedly copying much better :p

Some simply have the illusion of looking the same but doesn't have the ASPECT of it.

About you, Ayu in a box, totally different from Christina A in her box in Fighter. Just coincidence.

And if you think about it, nearly everything in fashion and the media has been done at least once, nothign is rarely original anymore. Hardly.

this is an Ayu forum after all...it is expected that there will be ppl who are biased, if we posted something about Ayu copying BoA in a BoA forum im sure there will also be people hating on Ayu for that

learn to cope with it because some of us do feel the need to defend and protect their favourite idol (Ayu :P) because if we fans don't, then who will?

as said that people copy people repeats so does being biased

Did anyone know that in America's Next Top Model, Yoanna that picture of hers at the end of the season showed a helmet being held by her hands or something. Well, Ayumi had the exact same pose, funny huh?

I like these copying things...it's true to the fact that it's copied, but say...it's umm, what's that word...TWO DIFFERENT FREAKING COUNTRIES...you get inspiration for each different person. Copying from the same continent is really awkward. I dunno but it's copy to me somewhat. But it's like saying in a Japanese Vs. US Dub Adaptation. "They stole all the names" It's an adaptation...what a good word.

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for u guys to know, ayu also wore the same foxtail-thingy in her 'evolution' pv that madonna wore in her 'don't tell me' pv

I'd say half of thsoe things are OBVIOUSLY copied, like the outfit from britney's movie and ayu's concert (it's the same exact ****, lol), or the ourselves theme, that theme was taken from fighter no doubt about it, but the other stuff are just common things used in music videos, concerts, photoshoots, i.e. the heaven cover, that's a regular pic, almost all artists in the world have had such a picture, another example would be a lot of the madonna outfits, i mean if madonna's her idol it's expected of ayu to copy some stuff from madge.

Edit: Plus, the asian look belongs to asian people, not madonna, lol. also, the cowboy look has been done more than a million times.
that's my 2 cents.

I think people should relax and not take this so seriously , there's no need to be condescending towards other users here even if you don't feel the same way they do. it's just opinions lol :rolleyes

I'm closing this topic because of the disrespect that's being shown for fellow initiates and the AHS rules.