Japanese netizens discuss Ayu's decline

ExodusUK · #1 29th July 2013, 01:35 PM

Do you agree with their comments?
http://majide2ch.blogspot.com/2013/0...down-from.html

mizuki-7 · #2 29th July 2013, 02:02 PM

Humm some comments are nasty and made probably by haters and some are true ... But it's 2ch I don't give them a lot of credit lol

I imagine these people were the ones who supported her in the past and today they are disappointed, bored, annoyed ...

Minttulatte · #3 29th July 2013, 02:09 PM

Yeah, I think those people on that site are being way too rude on Ayu. I even sense some paranoia in some comments and I definitely disagree on everything they said. Calling Ayu talentless is just stupid. If she had no talents, she wouldn't have even gotten popular in the first place. :p

BlackSilence · #4 29th July 2013, 02:47 PM

lol they are being rude to almost every single idol there is, they do it for attention from media.

pommy48 · #5 29th July 2013, 03:48 PM

For most of the comments, they weren't that harsh

But guess her divorce and MS cancellation affected people's opinion of her a lot

***koumori*** · #6 29th July 2013, 03:53 PM

I don't think the comments were that harsh. It was interesting to read. As Pommy said, it seems her divorce and the Music Station cancellation/surrounding rumours are what have affected her popularity the most, as well as just naturally aging of her era, and perhaps not being that young role model any more. One comment stood out to me in particular saying it was her bright personality that catapulted her to stardom, not just her music..and her personality does not shine as brightly any more, at least not in the Japanese media. I guess that rings true as to how she gets talked about now as compared to, let's say, 1999-2004.

relmy · #7 29th July 2013, 04:00 PM

I think it's interesting how much emphasis they put on the missed Music Station.

I was expecting a lot more rudeness, most of the things they said I've seen said here or among Ayu fans.

MeltingCORE · #8 29th July 2013, 04:21 PM

Meh, most of the comments weren't really that rude and some of them held truths. btw some guy - Nameless - is going crazy defending Ayu at the bottom of the page.

ayu-michan · #9 29th July 2013, 04:22 PM

The one where it said her face became horrible =,=

Polyrhythm · #10 29th July 2013, 04:24 PM

The truth always stings a little bit.

MeltingCORE · #11 29th July 2013, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ayu-michan

The one where it said her face became horrible =,=

That one was just ignorant. It looked like they were comparing Ayu's real face to a photoshopped picture. : |

BlackSilence · #12 29th July 2013, 04:27 PM

^lol i think japanese don't really know the fact that magz are photoshopped to death in their country xD

mizuki-7 · #13 29th July 2013, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Polyrhythm

The truth always stings a little bit.

XD yes it's quite true

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^lol i think japanese don't really know the fact that magz are photoshopped to death in their country xD

This lol

AyUmIXx · #14 29th July 2013, 04:30 PM

it's sad to read most of the comments are quite harsh, for me at least, but that's life, there's up and down. and i really hope ayu could be on the UP again someday.

MeltingCORE · #15 29th July 2013, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by artcika

^lol i think japanese don't really know the fact that magz are photoshopped to death in their country xD

Dang lol. Well, no wonder they find celebrities' real faces scary then! They expect perfection. U.U

primavera♥ · #16 29th July 2013, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ayu-michan

The one where it said her face became horrible =,=

Lol that one made me lol. It was dumb.

Some people clearly just dislike ayumi. And then some people just make speculative or dumb statements I think. Some of which come from misinformation or rumors.

I guess it's expected

BlackSilence · #17 29th July 2013, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MeltingCORE

Dang lol. Well, no wonder they find celebrities' real faces scary then! They expect perfection. U.U

After i saw GACKT in some french music magz....it was mindblowing how much photoshop japan uses on their magz... tho it's not somethign new but it was such a huge difference it's ridiculous.lol

AyuGAME · #18 29th July 2013, 05:46 PM

ignore is the best thing to do...still love her...

Andrenekoi · #19 29th July 2013, 06:05 PM

Reading this is like watching those animes that have a part about a rumour spreading around the school... They assume stuff and throw in missinformed stuff just like those animes xD

Larien · #20 29th July 2013, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by artcika

^lol i think japanese don't really know the fact that magz are photoshopped to death in their country xD

There actually might be some truth to that, depending on who you ask, which kind of blows the mind. When I told some Japanese friends that photos in magazines and so forth were all completely airbrushed and photo-edited, they were shocked. These were girls around and just under twenty, but really? In the land of purikura, where a machine automatically washes you out with bright lights and alters your image with a computer for a buck? Crazy.