I was only 11 when I saw Ayu for the first time but I didn't have a good impression on her, the first album I saw of hers was LOVEppears (!) and I was shocked at this girl going half nude for the album (okie I was really conservative and narrow-minded when I was younger) and didn't like her at all. It was until end of 2000 when she was so hard to ignore on the tv that I tried downloading an mp3 of her which is SEASONS and got hooked to it, then I slowly ventured into all her other music and came to what I know of her today