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Originally Posted by Deibel

If he doesn't like it it's ok, you probably hate another album that he adores.

This will sound weird, but I always like it when someone says to me "Oh, but I really like _____!" It leads to me relistening to that song and usually finding the magic that other people hear, listening to it in a different way It's the beauty of having a lot of people's opinions easily around.

For example, when Days was released I listened to it once or twice and thought, it was a pretty song, but nothing particularly special. Looking around AHS the next week, I remember members raving about it! It caused me to read the lyrics when they were translated and now I think it's a beautiful ballad from Ayu, one of her best from recent years.

Of course, it's all opinion, but I always feel Ayu is happy if at least one person loves a song she creates. The fact she listens to negative opinions too and takes it all into account, even when those negative opinions are voiced harshly, is one of the reasons I respect her so much. That, and she always seems to do it her own way, whilst acknowledging it's not what all her fans want from her. Addressing both positive and negative opinions maturely is probably one of the reasons she's still around and is still such an influencing figure in J-Pop.