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wincci 10th August 2009 03:35 AM

[Scans] Sweet 2009 September
 
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love in music 10th August 2009 05:37 AM

lol ok she just doesn't give a **** about her image anymore i guess

KarenPang 10th August 2009 05:42 AM

ugh I hate to say this but the photos are really bad & she looked real dead/emotionless in them :no :no

I wonder if that's done on purpose or not but at least I like her nail art & heels -_-

miskiq 10th August 2009 05:53 AM

weird expressions:shakehead

AyuGAME 10th August 2009 05:54 AM

she looks like a doll
i think that the concept
thanks for sharing

Aderianu 10th August 2009 05:59 AM

omg.... she looks like a doll
the same on all photos

Ayumiko 10th August 2009 06:01 AM

sigh...she looks weird...>____>

Ok the expression, the thin eyebrow, and the thick straight bangs, together makes her look ultra weird.

1. She needs to stop making this same expression where it lifts her eyebrows higher.

2. Her eyebrows are too thin...resulting in the big gap above her eyes.

3. Her straight thick bangs is not long enough...just long enough to cover her thin eyebrows, making her look weird with the big gap between her bangs and eyes.

4. She needs to fix her eyelids. Its not like how it was before. Its like the crease/fold is not there anymore or something.

Less make-up is a good thing but not like this. Sigh...ayu stop using shimomura!!

Aisha_Angel 10th August 2009 06:05 AM

Really weird. Especially the cover.

do it again 10th August 2009 06:09 AM

was she drugged for this photoshoot?
http://i30.tinypic.com/3028chx.gif

kiseki89 10th August 2009 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cutieismylife (Post 2054106)
was she drugged for this photoshoot?
http://i30.tinypic.com/3028chx.gif

Now that you have put like this... same expressions throughout!

ll moments ll 10th August 2009 06:45 AM

LMFAO @ gif. :P

but Ayu, please stop with the emotionless expression, prz.

Neko★munication 10th August 2009 06:48 AM

She looks DEAD.

Lanz16 10th August 2009 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cutieismylife (Post 2054106)
was she drugged for this photoshoot?
http://i30.tinypic.com/3028chx.gif

O_O!

That was surprising observation!


All I can say to the photoshoot is horrible! TT__TT...
The dresses are nice but the way Ayu's expression is really dead.

Thanks for sharing anyways :)

truehappiness 10th August 2009 06:50 AM

The makeup is very.. different.

To be honest, most models have deadface, haha.

Ah, I see. It's like, nude makeup, which is the theme of the shoot..

nemesisyume 10th August 2009 06:51 AM

she looks sweet but so dead

:thud


CatGirl 10th August 2009 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cutieismylife (Post 2054106)
was she drugged for this photoshoot?
http://i30.tinypic.com/3028chx.gif

LMFAO, you win for that xDD

But, yeah, wow @ these scans >__>; It honestly doesn't even look like her o-o; I wish Ayu would smile more in her photoshoots xD; She has such a pretty smile when it's natural~ (not like on the (miss)understood CD only cover lmao >>)

On the other hand, though, I reaaally like that outfit she's wearing on the cover x3 And I love her hair up like that too ;D

pommy48 10th August 2009 06:56 AM

I wonder if they just photoshopped her face on @_@ omg the same expression XD

it's like she's staring deep into my soul or something :roflmao

truehappiness 10th August 2009 07:00 AM

I'm sure somehow, she was coached by Kazuyoshi to make ~a model-like face~, which I guess to him is just staring blankly into the camera.

Not all her shoots are dynamic spreads, but damn it. ND CHOW at least let her have fun in his Sweet shoots with her!

XxCaRoLcHaNxX 10th August 2009 07:08 AM

hm. these photos are really..weird.

nemesisyume 10th August 2009 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2054144)
I'm sure somehow, she was coached by Kazuyoshi to make ~a model-like face~, which I guess to him is just staring blankly into the camera.

oh yes lets all just blame him! that will make the pics better!

two textless

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4777/sweet09.th.png http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7376/swweet09.th.png


truehappiness 10th August 2009 07:16 AM

Quote:

oh yes lets all just blame him! that will make the pics better!
That doesn't make the pictures better..? But it seems like the model-deadface is a trademark of his when you look at his portfolio.

Just look at VOGUE NIPPON x DIOR..

waterballoon 10th August 2009 07:19 AM

Yuck. Gross. Disgusting.

Same facial expression COULD be a "theme", but I wouldn't go that far.

I thought the SCawaii brought upon a better look/whatever... but this... sorry, it's horrendous.

babamon 10th August 2009 07:28 AM

...................................... the pics.... are truly horrible. What happened to the old good pics ayu used to take :(

They doesn't even look like her -_- Especially the 3rd pic. The expression is really weird. The makeup seems a little different this time round though.

AyuHamasaki01 10th August 2009 07:30 AM

I love her clothes but wth is wrong with her face?

:shakehead

She looks dead, like a doll.

elvesword 10th August 2009 07:30 AM

Uh......perhaps its done on some special purposeXD

Bigtop 10th August 2009 07:38 AM

Thanks for sharing, but does it seems to be weird for us or did somebody made Ayu posed that way for the photoshoot? I'm leaning more on the negative side on this...

(And where is the Music Japan performance???)

Ayu_desu 10th August 2009 07:44 AM

From just the thumbnails, I was like "Is THAT Ayu?!"...

That face would work for the next horror movie.

[taskin.ayu] 10th August 2009 07:47 AM

It's like Ayu doesn't even HAVE an image anymore.

ComatoseBunnySnatcher 10th August 2009 07:53 AM

she looks like... a drugged corpse.

the outfits are cute though!

:P

Neko★munication 10th August 2009 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2054144)
I'm sure somehow, she was coached by Kazuyoshi to make ~a model-like face~, which I guess to him is just staring blankly into the camera.

I know you're desperate to cling to any hope that none of this is Ayu's fault and everything that's wrong in the world is always and definitely Kazuyoshi's fault, but come on. :tired It's getting old.

pchan1986 10th August 2009 07:57 AM

i woke up from a nap and seeing these pics scared the heck of out of me. i thought her sunrise cover were bad but this tops it for me *hides under the covers*

Dokiyo 10th August 2009 07:58 AM

i cant believe they didnt use eyeliner......~ but i guess...maybe she's just preparing and accepting the fact that she's aging??? ;__; or something?~ i mean, there WAS talk about how they were re-touching her music vids to show less signs of aging?

Meat Pao 10th August 2009 08:00 AM

Who's that?

nemesisyume 10th August 2009 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2054157)
Just look at VOGUE NIPPON x DIOR..

ah some of my fav pics


jiarongisme 10th August 2009 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by cutieismylife (Post 2054106)
was she drugged for this photoshoot?
http://i30.tinypic.com/3028chx.gif

I DIED LAUGHING!!!! :roflmao

She looks really.... yuck. I think the theme is.. Iono, mannequins or something. Still, the whole getup is terrible. And the eye makeup. What's up with that?! It's like proving the stereotype that Asians have single eyelids. <_< >_> Seriously.

Aderianu 10th August 2009 08:01 AM

maybe she want to show that she's like a doll in the hands of photographer and other stuff

or mayve she think that looks like a child %)

octolina 10th August 2009 08:05 AM

LOL! hahaha! I'm laughing out loud but I'm crying inside. From the thumbnails I was expecting pure utter poop but it's not as bad as I expected, but still bad. For these pics her features don't bother me that much but her hair and her makeup... ew. I am not going to save these in my ayu pics folder. They are so unmemorable. She looks horrible lately. She is unrecognizable. Bah. When I was watching the Rainbow pv, I was hit with nostalgia and sadness. She was so beautiful back then. She was also so charming in all her (miss) understood era music videos and photos/mag shoots. Now I don't like the way she looks at all, in her concerts, backstage videos, tv appearances, everything!

People are noting how her eyes lost the creases/drooping. I came across a video on youtube about it. I want to find it again and show you. Perhaps this is why she always opens her eyes like that now? Her eyebrows are like "surprised" mode always. She is aging rapidly... so sad.


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Originally Posted by Neko★munication (Post 2054189)
I know you're desperate to cling to any hope that none of this is Ayu's fault and everything that's wrong in the world is always and definitely Kazuyoshi's fault, but come on. :tired It's getting old.

I don't blame him either. He's been taking pics of Ayu for a long time and some of my favorite shoots were by him, for example the A BEST 2 photos. But back then Ayu was still really pretty.

Kazuyoshi just happens to have the unfortunate task of documenting the degradation of, in my opinion, one of the top beauties of our time. I truly think Ayu is at her worst recently.

Sandre 10th August 2009 08:14 AM

Thanks for the scans!

tenshi no hane 10th August 2009 08:16 AM

I actually like the outfit, make-up and hair..now if only she hadn't looked so dead in the eyes and closed her mouth >.>
thanks for sharing! (is there any chance you could scan the interview-part more clearly? I'd like to translate it, but some of the lines are faded)

Tom Punks 10th August 2009 08:25 AM

I love how people are JUST NOW realizing that Ayu doesn't look like Ayu, when she hasn't looked like Ayu for mooonths.

Yeah, the pictures suck though. She looks like ayaka more than Ayu. Her eyes look like they're about to just burst out of her head.

I miss Ayu when she was still like Ayu. ;(

octolina 10th August 2009 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom Punks (Post 2054216)
I love how people are JUST NOW realizing that Ayu doesn't look like Ayu, when she hasn't looked like Ayu for mooonths.

Yeah, the pictures suck though. She looks like ayaka more than Ayu. Her eyes look like they're about to just burst out of her head.

I miss Ayu when she was still like Ayu. ;(

hahaha! I know what you mean. :yes


but yea... to tell you the truth, I'm kind of angry at Ayu. I learned to accept myself through Ayu but after seeing her tamper with her already extremely beautiful self, I'm losing the Ayu magic and reevaluating my values.

ayumisrael 10th August 2009 08:39 AM

Even if she expression is the same in all shots, she still looks damn hot :P
That's all though lol.

prussian blue 10th August 2009 08:40 AM

wow she looks pretty different with less make-up, nice try though

she should smile more

naxxo.licious™ 10th August 2009 08:41 AM

....

Okay. i like the outfits (as pretty much always) and i like her hair in the last pic.

But i'd like to know who's that girl. I'm starting to miss the ayu that looks like ayu. I'm really tired of the dead looking ayu.

At least i can a look at all the pictures, unlike that gross pic from the S Cawaii photoshoot

@cutieismylife: that gif is funny, but u forgot this:

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9...umannequin.gif


It's also the same expression from the sunrise cover. Go figure.

I love the nails tho lol

jon_the_d 10th August 2009 08:41 AM

i would like to see more variety in facial expressions, but she does still look really beautiful...

love the gif ! >.<

Thanks for these!
and thanks for the textless ones!

sugarbasil 10th August 2009 08:54 AM

:(

I'm feeling worse and worse about Ayu. Not so much her music (though I've been sad a few times about that, too), but her image is really starting to be...not in my taste anymore. I swear by my entire estate that she got a nose job right before the NEXT LEVEL PV, and her photoshoots are looking less and less glamorous. She doesn't have an image that she can say is "Ayu" anymore. In the past you could be like, "that's an Ayu photoshoot," but now... :no I don't know what she's trying to do. Look super super young? She looks like how she did when she was 17. :no She can't try to look like a teenager anymore. It's getting almost disgusting. :(

What's weird is that she's trying to look super young in most of these, but looks super old obaa-san like in the second photo. :shrug

On the bright side, it doesn't look like she used as much photoshop this time around. That makes me really happy. :)

truehappiness 10th August 2009 09:02 AM

Her photoshoots went downhill after the summer CD DATA for glitter, haha. -sigh-

Last really good one imo was the one Sweet issue that she had the rainbow outfit in, and the Cawaii that Leslie Kee shot in 2008 with her MW hair. Lately, I've kind of just been tuning out her magazine shoots because of how different they've gotten in the last year or two. I remember when she used to have 3 different photographers shooting her [ND CHOW, some guy who works with Harper's Bazaar, and some other notable photographers..] and not just.. Kazuyoshi every.. single.. time.. sometimes I hope that I'll look at the "PHOTOGRAPHER" credit and not see him, but.. -tears up-.

pommy48 10th August 2009 09:08 AM

At least Kazuyoshi didn't shoot the latest Vivi issue~

truehappiness 10th August 2009 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by pommy48 (Post 2054271)
At least Kazuyoshi didn't shoot the latest Vivi issue~

He did.

http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/ks/profile.htm

Here is his portfolio.. when Beyonce popped up, I was thinking.. NO.

It appears he also did the recent Mirrorcle World / GREEN / Zest SPARK CM photoshoots too.. does Ayu think he's a genius or something?

http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/...5HondaZest.htm

...huh..
http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/...cket_index.htm
http://www.avgvst.com/photographers/...over_index.htm

Tom Punks 10th August 2009 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2054264)
Her photoshoots went downhill after the summer CD DATA for glitter, haha. -sigh-

Last really good one imo was the one Sweet issue that she had the rainbow outfit in, and the Cawaii that Leslie Kee shot in 2008 with her MW hair. Lately, I've kind of just been tuning out her magazine shoots because of how different they've gotten in the last year or two. I remember when she used to have 3 different photographers shooting her [ND CHOW, some guy who works with Harper's Bazaar, and some other notable photographers..] and not just.. Kazuyoshi every.. single.. time.. sometimes I hope that I'll look at the "PHOTOGRAPHER" credit and not see him, but.. -tears up-.

Awww... Don't cry. :shughug

Well, to be honest...
I do think he's not a very good photographer, and he's a bad director... But like, I don't think that everything is really his fault. I mean, I'm sure I used to blame everything on him sucking, but not EVERYTHING he's done has been bad... And I can't really blame him for Ayu's face suddenly looking so weird.

pommy48 10th August 2009 09:16 AM

oh god he did...well at least the vivi photoshoot wasn't that bad...well just because ayu wasn't looking straight into the camera...

truehappiness 10th August 2009 09:17 AM

Not everything's his fault, but I do think that after he stepped in, things took a turn for the worse.

daybreak123 10th August 2009 09:17 AM

Thanks for posting the scans! But this time I have to agree, I don't like those pics. :no Her face looks same in every pic. But I love her nails and outits. :yes

sanzo2011 10th August 2009 09:20 AM

I wonder if she saw herself in the mirror ? ! oh ! god ! i hate those pictures ~~!

naxxo.licious™ 10th August 2009 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2054264)
Her photoshoots went downhill after the summer CD DATA for glitter, haha. -sigh-

Last really good one imo was the one Sweet issue that she had the rainbow outfit in, and the Cawaii that Leslie Kee shot in 2008 with her MW hair. Lately, I've kind of just been tuning out her magazine shoots because of how different they've gotten in the last year or two. I remember when she used to have 3 different photographers shooting her [ND CHOW, some guy who works with Harper's Bazaar, and some other notable photographers..] and not just.. Kazuyoshi every.. single.. time.. sometimes I hope that I'll look at the "PHOTOGRAPHER" credit and not see him, but.. -tears up-.

I agree, tho i think the SCawaii photoshoot with the red dress was gorgeous. The sad thing is that it's like not even Kazu's fault:

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/758...1112uk0tp1.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/108...08m62b6106.jpg

None of these were shot by him. Yet they look as if they were. I'm starting to think ayu's the one with the problem. She even makes the fish mouth in her entries pictures.

octolina 10th August 2009 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sugarbasil (Post 2054258)
:(

I'm feeling worse and worse about Ayu. Not so much her music (though I've been sad a few times about that, too), but her image is really starting to be...not in my taste anymore. I swear by my entire estate that she got a nose job right before the NEXT LEVEL PV, and her photoshoots are looking less and less glamorous. She doesn't have an image that she can say is "Ayu" anymore. In the past you could be like, "that's an Ayu photoshoot," but now... :no I don't know what she's trying to do. Look super super young? She looks like how she did when she was 17. :no She can't try to look like a teenager anymore. It's getting almost disgusting. :(

What's weird is that she's trying to look super young in most of these, but looks super old obaa-san like in the second photo. :shrug

On the bright side, it doesn't look like she used as much photoshop this time around. That makes me really happy. :)

*steps out of the dark alley* wow... you also think she had a nose job? I do too, and some others here. We're like a secret society... having to keep quiet or else get flamed. I'm coming out too!
Spoiler:

Yes... her nose. It was a huge blow to me after seeing her nose "changed". I was in denial for months saying "oh maybe her face got fatter" or "oh maybe it's just photoshop or contouring, or the angle". But nah... so shocking for me because her old nose was very beautiful and different from other cookie cutter Asian "celeb" noses that were thin and small. Her nose had structure and was more bulbous than the usual pencil thin standards we see today. I actually accepted my nose after becoming an Ayu fan, but now not so much.

I have a different theory though on when she had this done. I believe she had this surgery right before Mirrorcle World pv, I noticed the tip was less fleshy and her nasal bone thinner. I actually also notice some swelling too, her shape was a bit shapeless during the walk through the bridge in the Mirrorcle World PV. The nose is presentable after a nose job only after a few weeks but has slight swelling so perhaps that is why no one saw that her nose was smaller. Then, throughout the months after mirrorcle world up until now, her nose healed and adjusted to the shape we see today. It gets thinner and more chiseled as the skin around it wraps around the underlying structures and heals. I've actually consulted about my nose for surgery, that is why I know all this... still, I hope I am incorrect, and that her original face would reappear... She was so beautiful :(






About dear Kazuyoshi: I am looking through his online portfolio. I am actually impressed. He has a range of clients and some of his work is really good. He has shot so many ads for so many brands and so many celebrities. *thumbs up*

truehappiness 10th August 2009 09:33 AM

Actually, people thought she got a nosejob before that.. like way before that.. haha. So, I dunno what changed for people haha. Though I don't think it's really something that's actually happened.. if you look at her behind the scenes and all that, she looks the same as she always has.

HanabiChick 10th August 2009 09:33 AM

Ayu's been looking dead/emotionless in her expressions for quite a while now, and it's something I've come to expect with these type of shoots, but in this one it looks like she's trying too hard to look half her age and the result is that she only looks like herself in one of the pics. When she's not trying to look younger, she actually looks better.

habelie 10th August 2009 09:34 AM

Lol, ok, calm down guys. If anything, fashion changes. And we all know a lot of different people play a part in a photoshoot, so you couldn't put majority of the blame on Ayu when you don't know exactly what goes on behind the scenes, despite her having a lot of 'control' over her image. Photographer being a factor of a good or bad photshoot aside, concepts are firstly chosen and coordinated by the photoshoot team, right? (I'm just assuming, so feel free to correct me.) Ayu couldn't possibly have the time or energy to meddle with every aspect. Maybe her tastes are changing, in a way many of you (even I) dislike, but I don't think it reflects a change in her character, so calm down~~

Also, I seriously doubt she's trying to look like a teenager. Just because someone (as most women do) likes to look a bit more youthful or girly, it doesn't mean that they're trying to act young (up to the extent of under 20 o.0).
About having an image...cripes, trying to decide whether someone has an image with a handful of photoshoots? Ok, I know she hasn't been looking fabulous, maybe even pretty bad (Sunrise cover x_x), but the ViVi book? That wasn't THAT long ago (depends on your perspective), and she was stunning there. Ups and downs, you know? Is an Ayu 'image' based on photos? To me, she's an artist, part idol, but not an idol who's as dependent on visual concepts as full idols are.

Back to the photos. I don't like them much, but I don't have a beef with them either. I'd like to blame the lighting if possible. Remember, lighting, not only make-up, can do wonders.

p.s. to the single eyelids comment: ...what's wrong with single eyelids? -__-

truehappiness 10th August 2009 09:36 AM

I feel as though she should just.. vary it up a little. Don't use the same guy for every photoshoot. He's had the same guy shoot everything for the last 2 years, which is people [like me] are kind of not expecting much from photoshoots nowadays, haha.

Diana 10th August 2009 09:36 AM

Ok.. very bad!! Same expression, hair doesnt suit her (at all) and ugly outfits.. But, thank you for scans, of course..

agashi 10th August 2009 09:37 AM

i think that photo is nice...

nemesisyume 10th August 2009 09:43 AM

funny how soo many other kazuyoshi photoshoots are really nice
not just ayu


octolina 10th August 2009 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2054299)
Actually, people thought she got a nosejob before that.. like way before that.. haha. So, I dunno what changed for people haha. Though I don't think it's really something that's actually happened.. if you look at her behind the scenes and all that, she looks the same as she always has.

Well, you mean her pre avex aidoru era to the avex days? Yeah, people said she got heaps of surgery. Whether you disagree or agree on that, most people agreed that she looks really beautiful and better than before. And she was truly, magnificently beautiful. From 2000-2006 she was gorgeous. Her face was the envy of so many Asian girls from what I remember. What's shocking to us (those who think her nose/face changed) is that we think whatever she did seriously ruined her beauty. I for one find her less attractive. Her face is less harmonious. She also looks generic. It's not surgery that's taboo (I'm all for it), but if the result is bad, then I don't like it.

And I disagree with her looking the same as before in the behind the scenes stuff. She looks weird in the count down live 2008/09 behind the scenes and just about all the time now.

love in music 10th August 2009 09:51 AM

really though, how long will she keep using him as a photographer? it's every single photo shoot now. she has to change it up sometime.. right? someone give me some hope LOL

agashi 10th August 2009 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nemesisyume (Post 2054309)

funny how soo many other kazuyoshi photoshoots are really nice
not just ayu


agree!! :innocent maybe ayu;s enemy paid kazuyoshi to make all ayu's photo look so bad...:thud kazuyoshi used hypnotist??

x-megumi-x 10th August 2009 09:53 AM

Thanks for the scans!

Ew that facial expression again... So emotionless... Her photoshoots suck lately :eviltongu
I love the last outfit though <3

sugarbasil 10th August 2009 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by habelie (Post 2054301)
Also, I seriously doubt she's trying to look like a teenager. Just because someone (as most women do) likes to look a bit more youthful or girly, it doesn't mean that they're trying to act young (up to the extent of under 20 o.0).
About having an image...cripes, trying to decide whether someone has an image with a handful of photoshoots? Ok, I know she hasn't been looking fabulous, maybe even pretty bad (Sunrise cover x_x), but the ViVi book? That wasn't THAT long ago (depends on your perspective), and she was stunning there. Ups and downs, you know? Is an Ayu 'image' based on photos? To me, she's an artist, part idol, but not an idol who's as dependent on visual concepts as full idols are.

LOL. I think you might have thought my tone was harsher than it was. I didn't say she's trying to act like a teenager, I said she's trying to look like one. And there's a difference between trying to look younger and trying to look like a teenager when you're...what? 30? 31? It's unsettling. And almost immature (though this is my opinion, not everyone's).

And regarding image: I'm not talking about whether she's "ugly" or not. I'm talking about an image that strike someone as, "Ayu." And not her whole personality, included. I'm talking about her clothes, fashion...outward appearance. Right now it seems she's trying to do more exploring with her image (and that's a GOOD thing!), but it's not giving her a cohesive appeal. Nowadays she's like, "today I'm 17, today I'm 30, today I'm trying to use sex appeal, today I'm trying to be 20 things at once," and frequently without portraying her personality into the images. You can see her emotions frequently in her past photoshoots (it made the image), but nowadays it seems like it's just about the clothes. :shrug I dunno.



Quote:

Originally Posted by octolina (Post 2054296)
*steps out of the dark alley* wow... you also think she had a nose job? I do too, and some others here. We're like a secret society... having to keep quiet or else get flamed. I'm coming out too!

I believed (though still kept my mind open) before 2008 that she didn't necessarily have any kind of surgeries. I suppose it's possible, but I don't really believe she did. Her face changed naturally over time, and make-up could make her face look completely different for different images.

But I really have had my opinion changed now, and I've got enough evidence for me to not need the reassurance that other people also think so. Most people on here don't think she did have her nose changed, that it's just photoshoped, but I'm allowed my opinion. I'm a full-on, long-lived Ayu fan, who has gone through with her for most of her career and never thought anything of her having surgery. I know well enough if something about her has changed. And I'm perfectly fine with other people not agreeing with me. Their arguments have valid points, as well as mine. But I think as long as we can all pose our viewpoints in decent and polite ways, I really don't think we should get flamed. I have definitely seen it in the past, and I really think it was uncalled for. But a lot of people see our view as something negative about Ayu's image and then think of our opinion as negative, so they dislike what we're saying and take offense. So I can see how people get offended and defensive, but I refuse to take that as a reason to not say what I think in a decent manner. We can get offended, too, by their remarks, after all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by octolina (Post 2054310)
Well, you mean her pre avex aidoru era to the avex days? Yeah, people said she got heaps of surgery. Whether you disagree or agree on that, most people agreed that she looks really beautiful and better than before. And she was truly, magnificently beautiful. From 2000-2006 she was gorgeous. Her face was the envy of so many Asian girls from what I remember. What's shocking to us (those who think her nose/face changed) is that we think whatever she did seriously ruined her beauty. I for one find her less attractive. Her face is less harmonious. She also looks generic.

I seriously agree with this. If she had done something to her face pre-2008--whether I believe it happened or not--I think she looked gorgeous. Whatever happened with her nose (be it surgery or heaps of photoshop) has seriously depleted a considerable amount of her beauty. Entire photoshoots and pictures are ruined for me by just the shape of her nose. It looks ugly and unnatural to me. It is a serious hurt to her beauty, in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by octolina (Post 2054310)
And I disagree with her looking the same as before in the behind the scenes stuff. She looks weird in the count down live 2008/09 behind the scenes and just about all the time now.

I agree with this, as well. Her videos and behind the scenes show the same nose as in her photoshoots. Noses can be photoshopped in pictures but not videos.


Whatever, though; this isn't a thread about whether she got surgery or not. :laugh

I do think that her dress in the last picture is gorgeous, though. :luv2 I want it. :P

yuki_unmei 10th August 2009 10:27 AM

ok.. this photoshoot scared me a little, lol
i think Mika should do more of her photos..

yamadashun 10th August 2009 10:58 AM

am i the only one who likes these pics??

i think a less-makeup ayu looks younger and fresh~
and the brownish color series is done very good as well.

JackieRos 10th August 2009 11:02 AM

yeah no one understands that shes very tired:rolleyes

poor ayu she needs a break

ayu_ready? 10th August 2009 11:08 AM

everyone who says now that kazu does good for Ayu, I will kill you
I promise

worst eva. okay, Ayu, you completely eliminated my 8-year love for you by your own hands

Yumi(e) 10th August 2009 11:32 AM

Thanks you! ^^

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Originally Posted by cutieismylife (Post 2054106)
was she drugged for this photoshoot?
http://i30.tinypic.com/3028chx.gif

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Like a Paris (Hilton) x_D


nemesisyume 10th August 2009 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by yamadashun (Post 2054377)
am i the only one who likes these pics??

no I actually like 'em too :laugh :laugh
not the best pics ever but it could be worse

REMEMBER THESE? :roflmao

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z.../scan0003n.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...can0004nsy.png


naxxo.licious™ 10th August 2009 11:40 AM

@Yumi(e): LOL @ paris hilton gif

@ayu_ready?: u do know the mirrorcle world covers were shot by kazu, right? :3

@nemesisyume: ughh, i'm not even gonna comment on those pics lol

Diana 10th August 2009 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by nemesisyume (Post 2054408)

I actually like that scan :D cute..

ComatoseBunnySnatcher 10th August 2009 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by nemesisyume (Post 2054408)

no I actually like 'em too :laugh :laugh
not the best pics ever but it could be worse

REMEMBER THESE? :roflmao

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z.../scan0003n.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...can0004nsy.png


BWAHAHAHAHA okay u got a point there hun :rotflmao


though i do agree that he nose is um... worked on.
it's more obvious on the other photoshoot where she had the black dress thing on... like in profile you can totally tell.

nemesisyume 10th August 2009 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Nippon (Post 2054426)
though i do agree that he nose is um... worked on.

WHA U TARKING ABOUT?
she is a natural beauty!

see! no changes at all! :shakehead :roflmao

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...MoMomo0012.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...u/image41h.jpg

:innocent :innocent :innocent :innocent


Yoake 10th August 2009 12:21 PM

she looks like porcelain doll and not as a human.
Thansk for sharing

Handjan 10th August 2009 01:02 PM

I like everything on these pics except her facial expression

Please, Ayu, stop making that stupid face with fish mouth!!!!

Thanks for sharing the scans.

LacusClyne 10th August 2009 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Neko★munication (Post 2054189)
I know you're desperate to cling to any hope that none of this is Ayu's fault and everything that's wrong in the world is always and definitely Kazuyoshi's fault, but come on. :tired It's getting old.

but it did start to get worse when every photoshoot was done by him....Ayu should change her photograhpers around, i'm so sick of kazu....kazu...kazu....
He must be tutoring those 'fish mouth' look to ayu!


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Originally Posted by Yumi(e) (Post 2054402)
Thanks you! ^^


xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Like a Paris (Hilton) x_D


NOOOO!!!! that's a nightmare, Paris only have expressions when she's not feeling good.

SURREAL__RAINBOW 10th August 2009 01:11 PM

i kinda like it...

EDIT: lol I actually really do, there's something that really intrigues me from these pictures... I love the clothes, her face is timeless; her eyes tired, like a DIVA like her should be after all this time working really hard to get to the top. She's screaming for some free time, that's for sure.

the last shoot is like the tired version of A BEST 2 -WHITE-. I like her hair in that one...


Though, I wish ayu could pick a different photographer RIGHT NOW. We never know what to expect from this guy... which really scares me.


EDIT 2: I dunno if this guy is trying to regain ayu's natural looks or something... which is not really working...

thesilentspeaker 10th August 2009 01:25 PM

hmm, she kinda looks sickly actually =X
And her clothes are no longer glamorous. Sad =X

agashi 10th August 2009 01:46 PM

after saw many comments here..i just wanna say :

PLEASE!! SOMEbodY KILLS KAZUYOSHI NOW!!!

im sooootired with that ayumi photo since 2008..... :(

AyUmIXx 10th August 2009 01:48 PM

she looks young!
that's all i can think of..and i love her without lots of make up :)
and yes! agree with most of you that, her expressions are lately looked so not expressional..

dreamland2.0 10th August 2009 01:49 PM

I kind of like them. I like how shes trying out a different look. She seems to be becoming more comfortable wearing less makeup. There certainly not her best photos though. I don't get how people are saying she doesn't look like Ayu. In case you haven't noticed, she is Ayu. How much more like yourself can you get?? :irked

aloopy 10th August 2009 01:51 PM

she has lost her mind !!!

ayu_ready? 10th August 2009 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by naxxo.licious™ (Post 2054410)
@Yumi(e): LOL @ paris hilton gif

@ayu_ready?: u do know the mirrorcle world covers were shot by kazu, right? :3

@nemesisyume: ughh, i'm not even gonna comment on those pics lol

oh yeah, I do! :)
and he did GREEN. and also NL.

these were his only normal works

because others are 100 images of crap, incl magazine shoots

hidekirby 10th August 2009 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2054299)
Actually, people thought she got a nosejob before that.. like way before that.. haha. So, I dunno what changed for people haha. Though I don't think it's really something that's actually happened.. if you look at her behind the scenes and all that, she looks the same as she always has.

I can't agree more. I just don't understand people who see surgery job every now and then :irked
The fact is she's always changing her appearance... If you see her backstage and so on you will see she is still the same...

As regards te photoshoot, I don't like this dead expression. Boring as always. But I like the way she is trying to be more natural, less like an alien or plastic monster.
Yet, why are people saying she is not ayu... ayu is like that actually (minus crazy opened eyes and fish mouth). Look at ayu-mi-x acoustic orchestra cover & photoshoot... she is still the same (yeah of course she is aging).

miskiq 10th August 2009 02:00 PM

maybe she's tired of being ayumi hamasaki....she dont care abt her image??
she have taken many excellent photoshoots before maybe something for a change ;)

anyway new pic from sou's blog :love

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9048/ayux.jpg

AyUmIXx 10th August 2009 02:04 PM

^
^
yeap natural Ayu is nice to see rather than with full of make ups!
she just needs to smile naturally..
not the cutesy expressions like she has always shown lately..
she still looks cute with that though.. but just don't do that in every photoshoots!

chestergringo 10th August 2009 02:10 PM

thanks for pics^^

maze 10th August 2009 02:25 PM

thanks wincci :D

looks awful though D:

brener 10th August 2009 02:33 PM

WOW!!! beautiful skirt!!!! D&G rocks!!~

aura~ 10th August 2009 02:56 PM

I only like the third photo the glittering gold dress and her hair are beautifull...

but I don't know why she does this expression like "what are you saying/looking... I'm a good girl <3!"...

grrr Kazuyoshi and his strange things... ¬¬

maaya 10th August 2009 04:01 PM

EVERYTHING looks perfect except her FACE EXPRESSION!!

freedreamer 10th August 2009 04:19 PM

LOL that gif made it so much better...i only like the last photo :S

*°wann_ayubabies°* 10th August 2009 04:30 PM

she has a weird expression...but I think you can get used to it

but i definitely like the outfits they're just great!!!

I think I like the last scan the most!!! <3

k21sh3n 10th August 2009 04:46 PM

o my good lord.. what is wrong with her on these days??? put some more eye make up!! it'll look much better than this..

really wondering how those japanese girls will react when they see these photos..

Moonstar 10th August 2009 04:50 PM

Actually I like it!!
She said this time her style is around 80`s ore 70`s.And this is totally what the pictures show!I like them!^^


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