The way I see it, Ayu's career isn't going to last a whole lot longer, and I think she knows it. Another few years, and she'll start to fade out and eventually she'll be gone from the music scene. Losing your hearing majorly affects your ability to sing. One ear's already done, and by the looks of things, she's not really making any attempt to make sure the other one doesn't go either. She lost her boyfriend of years, she lost a dear friend, she's getting older, ten years is a long time to be in the music industry, and she's no Hikki, she's no Namie, she's slowly becoming disabled. That makes a lot of difference than singers who've been around a long time and are still moving.
The way I see it, she's easing us into the end, I'm taking A COMPLETE as a sign towards that direction.
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