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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0
And Japan doesn't typically stage relationships unless they make the singer look good - these ones really didn't. These types of relationships are NOT the kind of thing that would boost sales, they're the type of thing that makes sales plummet among the japanese music buying public. Things don't work QUITE the same there as they do in the west. The west would have eaten ayu's love troubles up - they were alienating to fans in Japan.
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This the only thing prevent me to think Mannie and Maro's relationships were staged. Especially with Mannie. Maro was a huge mess, imo.
Japan it's really strict when it comes to relationships between famous people. I don't see how pairing up Ayu with a western guy could helped her career. I remember japanese were mostly upset because Mannie was a foreigner, than for the shotgun wedding (or maybe for both of them, lol I don't remember).
Maybe she tried to date Maro to save her image, but we all know how it ended.
It bugs me when Ayu slap her private life on PVs and covers (I prefer something subtle like Together When...) but in the other hand, she's not afraid to make bad choices and I respect her for that.
I hope she will find love with her new boyfriend. Even if angsty Ayu makes better music
