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It's a nice surprise to see the article being quite non-judgemental, considering Ayu's retirement was their April Fool's joke and they left it untagged as a joke for several days.
It's a pity that we're pleasantly surprised that she wasn't outright mocked for it |
I thought that too. I was a bit worried that it would be a bit negative and that people may make rude remarks or jokes but I am glad it was a neutral post.
Maybe the good side of this news is that the haters and biased media will ease up on her for a while.:shrug |
Reported also on ATRL
https://atrl.net/forums/topic/40528-...mpletely-deaf/ A lot of users seems to like Ayu on that site. |
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Arama is a trash site.
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Singaporean The Straits Times also published an article about ayu
http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyl...ompletely-deaf |
Some more articles have been added to the original post including the one YUKARI found.:thumbsup
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I'm so sad right now.
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Fans are worse than the non-fans for giving Ayu a hard time.
Most of the comments are just a mess, but fans can be brutal. |
Yahoo Singapore also publish about this - https://sg.style.yahoo.com/j-pop-leg...032007704.html
My family buys The Strait Times everyday & this appeared at the last page of the Life entertainment section which I took Spoiler:
Honestly I feel really horrible for Ayu . My family has a history of hearing problems (my late paternal grandfather had hearing problems , so does my dad & myself) so I know that feeling too well And knowing that now Ayu is in the process of going to be completely deaf coupled with knee problems , it's just so awful In 2008 Ayu lost her left ear hearing and ironically this's happening all over again , only a lot more worst which's a downright terrible way in welcoming her 20th anniversary :x On a side note , I frankly feel that the Singapore local media do not respect Japanese musicians to a certain extent because only big worthy news (when SMAP disbanded , X JAPAN's Yoshiki had his surgery) , they will publish Aside from that , no :no |
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I just tried to google Japanese news and all I saw was like 'ayumi hamasaki doesn't wear bra?!' (with the newest pic from instagram) and 'ayu looks like a professional women restler' (with pics from the tour). :irked |
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I saw someome said so too. They called her a restler? At this moment? Poor Ayu :( Honesly I didnt know even Malay Mail reported bout this. I cant with those headlines, I just got tears again when I see those :( |
As a long time fan (since I heard "TO BE" on the radio in 1999), I have grown with Ayu's music and it is a part of who I am today. She's the one I listened to when I was sad, happy, and angry at life and its moments. Her discography is so huge and amazing that I can't believe it's real. She's a huge inspiration to me and the moment I heard this news - it really shocked me for a while. This was something I was afraid of happening when I heard she was losing her hearing.
The thing I am most worried about is not that I won't be hearing any new music from her in the future. It's that she won't be able to hear. Poor Ayu doesn't deserve this. |
I wonder how she feels that she posted this to Team Ayu and it's already gone global. I mean I know it wouldn't stay private but still, she says she can feel free to express herself via TA and then her post gets shared everywhere. I'm not sure if she expected it or not.
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I'm sure she expected it since the same situation happened back in 2008.
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New article added from Crunchyroll and also Nextshark. I have never heard of that one.:dead
But they used really nice photos for that one.:heart |
I found this really nice video made by a Youtuber about Ayu. I see a good amount of warm comments too.
This video reports the facts but also touches upon the two perspectives of Ayu's decision. |
http://otakuusamagazine.com/LatestNe...-Ear-8981.aspx
Got this in an email today. The actual email subject was "Singer Ayumi Hamasaki Losing Hearing in Right Ear." I was surprised to see that in my inbox, really... |
A friend of mine who actually doesn't even like Ayu saw that article and sent a screenshot of it to me saying she was shocked. I'll add it to the list.:yes
I am surprised how global it has become and that the news is reaching people who do not even follow Ayu.:think |
Thanks for the news round-up. I am sure Ayu expected this to happen - posting it on Team Ayu just made sure her fans found out first, but there's no way she meant for this to be kept a secret. She just let the word spread naturally rather than an official press release.
I'm still processing it all myself, it feels horrible. I always hoped her loss of hearing before was a freak situation due to severe tinnitus and damage from the ear infection she had in 2000. But now the other ear as well? It's too sad... |
So true, I didnt expect this news to get a wode coverage from my country, Malaysia's, local media. And so many people who are not fans but surely knew her from the famous Trauma dance video are symphatising with her. Poor Ayu... it is heartbreaking to see the headlines everywhere on the net :(
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I thought it would be good to collect the news in one place and also to document the moment. This is one of the most historic moments in Ayu history.:teek Another interesting thing is that I believe the fact that this news has become so global proves that Ayu is actually still very relevant despite declining sales. I mean for American places like OtakuUSA and Crunchyroll to make a whole article about her is impressive. |
I'm so sad, I want more albums and tours and go to a to tour. I'm not surprised about this because she was doing a lot of lives every year, the tour, two ta tours, and the countdown live. Maybe if she was doing tours with 3 years of difference the problem doesn't happen now but in the future.
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I regret having not gone to a tour when I was in Japan, but as a 'lost fan' (someone who hasn't been following her for the past few years), I still want her to be able to do what she loves. To me, that means taking a break for a bit; she's probably the most hard-working entertainer, and has been so for at least 15 years. She deserves at least a year to take care of herself and "be selfish".
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I'm not sure if someone said it but the German site 'Sumikai' also wrote about this. https://sumikai.com/news/nachrichten...ieren-179181/#
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It breaks my heart into pieces seeing more and more news about Ayu on our local media sites, reading it in your own language, ugh, like suddenly everyone cares about Ayumi Hamasaki and not this is not a fun/good news to be hyped about. >_>
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I just added a new article by Arama. A Musician’s Sacrifice: Ayumi Hamasaki and 9 other Japanese artists with hearing damage I had no idea that other artists like Mika Nakashima had hearing problems at any point in time. Interesting. And to be honest I feel that Arama should remove it's April Fool's article of Ayu. It was in poor taste to begin with and was almost a bit hateful. Now with the news of Ayu facing more hearing challenges, I feel that it would be respectful to remove it. I know if I was the person who wrote that piece, I would feel so guilty right about now.:no |
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How are there not more comments in here, and how is it than anyone here is saying anything other than this is a tragedy and I feel so bad for her, she has sacrificed so much. Can you imagine how much she's going to die spiritually if she goes completely deaf? She won't be able to hear or make music ever again! Ayu, you've done enough, I hope you take what you still have and retire. I'd rather her be happy with some hearing for the rest of her life than have us suck her dry. She's done enough for us.
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More comments are in the other thread where we first got the news.
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Yeah I just created this thread to kind of document the event for Ayu history.:laugh:thumbsup
The official Ayu statement is another post that came before this. |
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