emi and AyumiSEASONS only told part of the story about J-Hobo. When I found out Ayu was leaving LA (but ended up staying longer), I felt the intense need to write her a letter. Unfortunately, I didn't know Brian had already done the book, and he didn't have any paper on hand to write my letter out. J-Hobo saw my plea on Twitter and offered to write my letter out and give it to her. After I e-mailed it to him, I quickly found out how god fearing he was - and how psycho he was. Main points:
-It's his life's mission to pray for and save Ayu
-He wakes up sweating every night and is compelled by the need to pray for her
-Thought the CNN interview in 2006 and old interviews from 1998 were proof that she believes in god and that he'll be the one to help her realize her true path
-Gave Ayu a 120 year old bible in LA
-He was/is $9000 in debt because of his trip to LA and one to Tokyo because he saw two prophecies online that she was gonna be prayed for by some guy
The biggest thing though is that after I emailed him the letter, I didn't judge him on his beliefs yet and rather just agreed because I didn't wanna offend him. He took it as me wanting to save Ayu as well and wanted to use MY letter as a vessel to force HIS beliefs on her. He supposedly wrote out our whole e-mail convo as well; luckily Brian and Sachiko found him and threw that part out before it was too late.
Sachi ended up giving my letter to Ayu. The end
