I think i'm pretty lucky compared to most of you... because my brother was the first to actually listen to Japanese music (but i'm heaps more hardcore than him. He doesn't like it anymore) and that i'm asian and so are my friends!
My little sister likes her alot
She said she didn't want any of her friends to listen to Japanese music so she'd be the one with the unique interest
My older sister had listened to Ayu before be and loved evolution and M, but she sometimes gets annoyed when I play them and it's not one of her favourites
She says Ayu just recycled old melodies (and she's a musician!) but I had Ladies Night on the computer and she watched it and now she totally loves it! She also likes B&D because it's track 1 on (miss)understood and it keeps playing first. I think the song works better with asians!
When I bought (miss)understood she was so exited! Looking at the DVD tracklisting she saw Ladies Night and B&D and was stoked. She wanted to see the photobook too. Supprisingly, unlike most caucasian people, she thinks that Ayu has more NATURAL beauty than artists like BoA (I had OUTGROW too) because Boa looked very superficial at that time.
My mum likes her but thinks shakira is just oh-so-much better
She loves her spanish work before her english career. She just likes the subtitles to know what they're saying... I think it's because she thinks english music's lyrics suck.
My dad had an outburst on my because she was really angry and decided to chanel it on my and my jpop, but he doesn't seem to mind anymore and he was trying to sing STEP you once!
My little sister likes koda kumi more but keeps saying "kada kumi" but after seeing the BEST ~second sessions~ limited edition and her first things concert she was like "ewwwww, I don't like her anymore. I only like people on their looks!" LOL She's only 8 years old!
My friends like her more or less. One of my friends started of loving her but then BoA popped up. I keep having to remind him that Ayu is the best by showing him her PVs hehe