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Originally Posted by rakeru
Most of what she talked about was her decision to go topless. I was kind of hoping for more of a purpose... :/
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I think it was just her trying something different. From the reading, if the translation's correct and all (no offense to the translator, you just never really know for sure), she seemed to be interested in metaphorically expressing her purity and humanity for the world to see. "What I wish to portray is not what I've always portrayed, but something simpler. Something more 'human'." (maybe not a direct quote, but very similar). Well, you can't get much more bare-boned and stripped of complexities than taking off your clothes and showing off your body you've worked hard at crafting with workouts all this time. Nudity gives a feelings of pureness, simplicity, and calmness...at least, it should. It can also show vulnerability. Ayu really put herself out there with this shoot...although she's done somewhat risky things before, for 11 years there have been VERY few, and they were never as risky as this...LOVEppears album cover and the lingerie ads would be like teasers to this, I'd think.
Anyway, I do get what you're saying though. Again, if the translation is 100% correct, in English some of it in the beginning does seem somewhat odd...I mean, if this weren't Ayu, but, say, some random American female celebrity..would we be as acceptive as we are here with Ayu? The beginning kind of feels like Ayu is just walking down the street, enjoying the breeze, gets the usual photoshoot offer from a magazine, with clothes and all, and suddenly decides, "
I think I'll go do this shoot wearing nothing but a pair of jeans! Topless FTW!". It just feels like there is no build-up...too abrupt to feel like the thought occurred to her naturally with this English. I wish I could comprehend written Japanese to see if that's really how it's written...if so, I have to agree with you, it is a little disappointing in that regard.
But STILL, god this shoot is incredible. She pulled off sexy, elegant and classy so well in this. I really hope she does more risky stuff like this in the future someday.