[jon_the_d]

there's definitely a lot of ayu songs that are very very far away from being manly. and just being a fan at all is not very manly.

So definitely, I would say that being a fan and liking her songs would easily be perceived as being a bit girly, and not at all manly.

However, that doesn't make you girly or make you unmanly.

I'm a 28 yr old straight guy who's been married for 5 years. I'm not camp, I'm not girly. I'm a rough and ready scruffy kind of bloke. I'm not vain, I don't shave often, I'm not into fashion or shopping, I don't care what my hair looks like or what sort of clothes I wear. I don't like pop music, I'm not into celebrities and gossip.

But I do love Ayu, and I buy all her stuff and listen to nothing else. Apart from my choice of Idol and music taste being a bit strange for a guy, there's nothing girly about me.

My guy mates are confused as to why I like her so much, they all see her and immediately come up with crude comments about what they'd do to her. They don't think much to her music and dismiss it as weird japanese girly pop. perhaps similar to kylie, or britney.

So yeah, I'd have to say liking this kind of music is a bit girly, but it doesn't make me girly. Anyway, I know who and what I am so I'm not bothered.

I'd be surprised if many other male ayu fans fit into my category though.