[truehappiness]

I think people just don't like Ayu because she's always been there :\

If she were somewhat like Hikki without her image splatter about Tokyo and so on, perhaps people wouldn't have such opinions of her.

And as for the Japanese youth not liking Ayu... perhaps they're followers of general trends, and have liked her at some other time, but eventually hooked onto a more recent trend that is "in."