[Translation] TEAMAyu blog: 30th January [A World is One Fanbook]

[maaya]

OMG! Thank you. She is so sweet~~~ T^T

[majrakun]

I just noticed we have new layout, A WORLD IS ONE! How awesome.

This entry is so touching, eventhough I didn't manage to make a letter, but I am feelin' the love and jooooy~

[Ayumiko]

Originally Posted by majrakun

I just noticed we have new layout, A WORLD IS ONE! How awesome.

yea...the new layout is AWESOME!

Ayu is still recording? Shouldn't she be leaving already?

[rikku411]

I'm so glad I got to be a part of this We really accomplished something here thanks to everyone's efforts!

I'm just overwhelmed by how grateful and thoughtful she is. <3

[Luvia]

this is the BEST TA message EVER!!

thanx for the translation!!

add this to AHS history!!!!

[slavomiros]

yep...truly a milestone in the existence of this AHS comunity ^_^
great job everyone!

[VRGRK]

First I would like to say I am glad that Ayu has blogged about the fanbook, its really awesome... congrats to everyone who chose to participate in this project and thanks to everyone who played a major part in making this possible.

Secondly, this might actually cause a problem... what if by some way Ayu or one of her staff members discovers this forum? I mean all they would really have to do is type is "Ayumi Hamasaki forum" into a web browser and look for the forum with the theme: A World Is One... oh not to mention that if you type that into Yahoo, this forum is the first one that pops up and it mentions "DOWNLOADS" in the page description. I almost wonder if the forum has commited suicide?

[slavomiros]

Originally Posted by VRGRK

Secondly, this might actually cause a problem... what if by some way Ayu or one of her staff members discovers this forum? I mean all they would really have to do is type is "Ayumi Hamasaki forum" into a web browser and look for the forum with the theme: A World Is One... oh not to mention that if you type that into Yahoo, this forum is the first one that pops up and it mentions "DOWNLOADS" in the page description. I almost wonder if the forum has commited suicide?

just now a rather loony thought came to my mind...i think Ayu knows somewhere inside her mind that a forum like this exists because the numerous groups of fans from various countries that visited her in London must've met somewhere and organized that trip and organized the book producing process. However, she seems to be a super-great-nice person by nature, so unless she alarms her staff about that, i don't think she'll google AHS by herself...she knows we love her and she knows we support her so much even despite those Downloads we have here.

[Tony G]

So, so glad she loves the book and has blogged about it. She is truly surprised just how much her music has spread across the globe. Now she knows that she makes music for everyone, for so many people around the world and not just for Asia.

And even better, that my letter is in that book and that she will read it or has read it! And know she has fans in Australia as well.

[Tony G]

Ayu's not stupid, she knows that music piracy exists. She probably knows that each and every person who wrote a letter in that book probably discovered her through the internet. Through an illegal download.

But I doubt what she thought of when she recieved the book is that she has an international fanbase of music pirates. So I don't think she'll go looking up AHS anytime soon. Although, she has probably googled herself plenty of times. it's not like she just discovered the internet when the book was given to her. If she wanted to close down forums sharing illegal downloads, she could have done it anytime.

[slavomiros]

the other thing is...
this is not just entirely for tons of pirated stuff to share...many people on AHS own lots of her works so she gets quite a load of profit from this anyway. However, for some Ayu fans, obtaining original releases is very demanding and complicated...and $$
The FanBook compensates these piracy thoughts in her head for sure...big time ;-)

[jean-baptiste]

^some people were even "bold" enough to say "i don't buy your official CDs"... -_-

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by jean-baptiste

^some people were even "bold" enough to say "i don't buy your official CDs"... -_-

Someone said something about downloading her music as well.

If we had more time, could have culled those letters out.

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by Tony G

Someone said something about downloading her music as well.

If we had more time, could have culled those letters out.

wait how do you guys know what is content of the letter??



Happy that even non fans are touched, loooveee Ayu she said the book is her friend rite now so her fans are always with her rite now

[njanjayrp]

Ah I am quite sure her staff won't even be allowed to read the letters and Ayu herself has better things to do than run around the internet and stalk illegally uploaded stuff ^^ There are people at AVEX who are in charge of that and considering the number of youtube videos they deleted in the past couple of years I'm pretty sure they are aware of the situation, but they simply don't care as they aren't really loosing a lot of money considering that the albums only get released in Japan and a few Asian countries, I mean Ayu China would be gone for good if they actually thought they could sell loads in China ^^

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Ah I am quite sure her staff won't even be allowed to read the letters and Ayu herself has better things to do than run around the internet and stalk illegally uploaded stuff ^^ There are people at AVEX who are in charge of that and considering the number of youtube videos they deleted in the past couple of years I'm pretty sure they are aware of the situation, but they simply don't care as they aren't really loosing a lot of money considering that the albums only get released in Japan and a few Asian countries, I mean Ayu China would be gone for good if they actually thought they could sell loads in China ^^

You have a strong point. There's no market for them outside of Asia so why would they bother?

[slavomiros]

^some people were even "bold" enough to say "i don't buy your official CDs"... -_-

in that case...we know whom to credit for the eventual AHS ban ;-)

Ah I am quite sure her staff won't even be allowed to read the letters

very true indeed. From her TA blog entry, i got the impression that the book is very personal to her and she doesn't want other people (like the Avex staff) get involved in it's background too much.

[tetsuo69]

That just goes to show what type of person ayu is ^^
Really happy with what she wrote, even if i didnt take part. i'm happy for everyone that got to tell her something in this book

[Cherry Dynamite]

I'm not worried about that stuff honestly I think it's dumb to get worried over that thing because if Avex was serious, They should have found this forum a long time ago and all those illegal downloading sites.

[indyplus]

This message is making me cry... Ayu is amazing!<3