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Interesting question! LOL

I became a fan of ayu in early 1999, God, i was only 12 that time.
the very first song I listened to was Depend on you.
Suddenly a feeling of surprise and excitement came on me.
I was so stunned by the force of the song and then strenght of her lyrics.
At that time my feelings, my law self confidence were much nearer to Ayu feelings and I could find in her music the courage to live my blank days.

Then I started to download as much as I could but I could find so little mp3 s at that time that it was difficult to build a proper fandom shrine.
That time there weren't many websites talking about her and most of them were japanese so i found pretty hard searchin some infos about her.

I collected every picture i was able to find and every little interview was like a Bible to me.

The very first album i've been able to purchase (and it was so difficult for a teenage Italian girl without CC and most of all without money) was A BEST.
A japanese friend of mine gave me as a gift one copy, followed by I am.
Listening them 10 times a day I believe I ruined those copies and i oughta buy 2 more copies for my collection later.

My excitement touched the top in I am...-Rainbow era. I was totally addicted watching her PVs on my laptop times and times a day, trying to imitate her style as well.

The first delusion I had was when I discovered Memorial Address should have been a mini album....during MA era my economy was much better and I couldn't wait to pre-order the new full album.

Actually I still follow her here daily but i'm no more so addicted as that time.
maybe I cannot find myself no more in her lyrics as I could years ago.