[Key ~eternal tie~]

Aww, but I like the later Ayu. I feel that Ayu can finally be happy with what she's created now. During the I am.../Rainbow period, I feel that she was under a lot of stress to create her own material, and it put strain on her voice, and inevitably her performance (CDL 2002-03).

For me, Ayu has always been Ayu, and will always be Ayu... I won't wish for Ayu to create a certain genre of music, because I can always go back to my old time favorites from listening to her older songs.

Sure the older material is great too, but for me, Ayu creates better performances as time goes on... Isn't there a reason why the people who do criticize her now, still follow her music etc. Surely if she's that 'bad' people will eventually become indifferent, then as fans, are we asking for too much?

Sorry for ranting on, I just feel that Ayu doesn't get as much appreciation because she's created so much great music in the past and it's hard to top. But does this give us reason to say Ayu is disappointing?? I certainly don't feel Ayu has disappointed me.