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It was intended to be a bit of a secret I guess as a 'gift' for Ayu, so they kept it a secret from her. I imagine they shot it when Leslie was in the states for business or w/e.
Post-breakup with Mannie, it seems like Ayu and Leslie are on fine terms. He shot Party Queen's covers (and scrapped covers) along with some magazine covers after the fact after all and also sort of allowed his former assistant to become a 'pro' photographer through Ayu. I will say that I think Leslie was one a few photogs who got to shoot Ayu in the nude/topless (first was the LOVEppears guy, then Leslie for RAINBOW/some other mag shots, and then Kazutaka Nakamura for the ViVi topless shoot).
I think even after the breakup, they would talk on Twitter and stuff. You can kind of bet he'll bring something up about the 15th anniversary as it comes up as well!
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