it's very sad reading all this, but I supposed, and probably, honestly wished it appeared
I don't think her voice was bad during 1998-2001. I liked it sometimes, sometimes not. I'm the fan of A BEST era Ayu, I think it must be the best time she had produced, so I quite liked the vocals during that time. although I think that with the beggining of I am.., RAINBOW voice got even more improvement & I liked it even more.
MY STORY era changed the voice again and probably it was due to music change, the music started to have a heavier sound, no? there was kinda a progression, (m)u, Secret, GUILTY - heavier & heavier sounds. I think it does affect, doesn't it? the heavier music. and we got deeper vocal and much much much vibrato, it wasn't brought in before. I don't really like her voice since 2006
whenever I heard MW performance, I couldn't but turn it off. not that I only absolutely hate the song *oh yes shoot me twice*, the live it sounded horrible for me. maybe it was due to the sound, but I guess it was due to the sound and to the voice. I think every MW performance sounded horrible. that's when I noticed the voice problems
I can say, that Best of CDL, surprisingly, I think, was very well sung
I don't like reading all this : AYU GO & RETIRE through obviously it's what must be made, and that's what makes the most sense. I think just probably a bit of hiatus would be okay. I think fans will understand. I think some fans will much support this
I doubt she does it. if she doesn't cancel new arena tour, it will bring up a lot of trouble & sorrow. to her & to fans, and lotsa media bashing. because seriously she doesn't have much time to improve or cure
I see no sense in this arena tour
I don't know what's happening to Ayu's soul, though. I wonder about it. because I think earlier, maybe she wasn't that opened and didn't have a personal blog on the same level as now, but she was "opened" in terms of expressing herself throughout lyrics
now she's very much reserved. I think she somehow feels really bad inside. even though she tries to show she's happier, I kinda cannot believe in it
I think she has many personal problems. now this media. how will she feel about it?