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Originally Posted by jbrat2219
I understand that there are strong cultural reasons for this issue becoming a "scandal," but can you at least see how this is... well, for lack of a better word, an overreaction?
It's just silly to me that Japanese fans as well as some foreign ones freak out over her expressing her love for someone on a cover but when she has her ass out on all fours, no scandal! 
People may have complained about Party Queen but no one boycotted it. |
Maybe it is an overreaction, however, whether its right or wrong for them to feel this way, if what maikaru is saying is the general consensus in Japan right now then this overreaction is the only thing that matters because it affects Ayu and everything related to her right now since they're the significant majority that buy her cds and go to her shows. If people are doubting her sincerity and thinking she's a try hard that is a big problem. Attacking maikaru (not you but everyone else) is just unnecessary and hardly proves that western fans are better.
Maybe this is just culminating from alot of things that happened over the past few years that made Japanese fans iffy. I just think her and her team royally screwed up because there is no way they couldn't predict this backlash. If this is the fanbase they are catering to, then they have to abide by whatever the norms are over there.
And I will be the first to admit to boycotting PartyQueen lol, I just can't bring my self to buy it.