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Originally Posted by happiholic★

I've found that since Ayu's marriage I've been more critical of her. RnRC was the start of the downfall. At the time I had started to get into other singers more heavily, like Koda Kumi, who was just blowing me away. I liked some songs on RnRC, but overall I wasn't feeling it, the way I was with other singers. Then Love Songs came out, which I didn't like at all, save for maybe 2 or 3 songs. Plus, her shocking marriage. It was the first time I realized that I thought she was doing something really... weird. Not to mention her live voice was horrid at the time. I watched a performance of Love Song, and I was just embarrassed. FIVE was underwhelming, but I do LOVE Brilliante, so that restored my faith some. PQ is okay, but I'm not in love with it. But, I love the PoM Tour, so I'm getting back into her. But the title of my favorite singer is now Kuu's. I don't see Ayu going to a direction that will make me love her the way I did, but I still hope and keep listening. I'll never stop liking her, because I still LOVE her older stuff. Not to mention I've changed, as well as what I look for in a singer, and Ayu has never been those things, so I think my love for Kuu is going to be around for a while.

Yes to all of this