[Ranma Matsuri]

^It can't be helped really. When you have an artist that's been around as long as Ayu and has released such a broad range of work, there's bound to be fans who prefer this era over another or like the new over the old or feel like her stuff isn't as good as it used to be and so forth. Not just for Ayu but it's common among fans of other big artists as well. It's not really a cycle but just something that's inevitable when you have a constantly changing image, you gain fans and lose some. Nothing out of the ordinary really.