『M 愛すべき人がいて』The story of encounter & separation hidden in the birth of a songstress

[visionfactory]

Erika LOVES ayu just watch her look on the "betsu ni" conference

And I do believe Helter Skelter was inspired in ayu

I'd be happy if Erika portraits ayu because she so ayufan

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Evolution7/4

Didn't we already get this?

Also I think FLOWER PV was very much inspired by this xD

[Matt_rq]

I LOVE ERIKA SO MUCH, but I don´t know if she can portrait a young Ayu o.O (I´m not saying she´s old, just in a different time) lol

[Evolution7/4]

Originally Posted by visionfactory

Erika LOVES ayu just watch her look on the "betsu ni" conference

So iconic

[surrealA]

what is this about?
https://twitter.com/2030_TeamAyu_2/s...355226626?s=20

[kendelle]

Originally Posted by surrealA

what is this about?
https://twitter.com/2030_TeamAyu_2/s...355226626?s=20

It seems to be some type of TV special airing on Oct 11th? Excuse my poor Japanese translation attempt

平成の歌姫 - Heisei's Utahime
禁断 - Forbidden Love
全貌 - The whole story
『M 愛すべき人がいて』より - From "M Aisubeki hito ga ite":
自分の身を滅ぼすほど、ひとりの男性を愛しました。 - Because I loved this one man so much, I was destroyed.
来週 金スマ - Next week (on) Kin SUMA [TV Station/Show?]
『M 愛すべき人がいて』- "M Aisubeki hito ga ite"

[SunshineSlayer]

Kinsma is Nakai Masahiro's talk show (former SMAP, Utaban etc.) It should be a pretty in depth special. Interesting. Usually, he has the actual people involved on the show, so we'll see.

[jbrat2219]

My friend's mom in Japan bought the book for us! I'm going to start reading it soon. My Japanese is so rusty a tetanus shot couldn't save it but I'm going to do my best!

[surrealA]

Anybody watched the TV special? saw some parts from twitter and looks so good. makes me wanna read the book so bad.

https://twitter.com/NaChuAyu/status/1182645517991284737
https://twitter.com/hotarukun1004/st...70851449053186
https://twitter.com/TA_ayuloveyu/sta...47478924890112

oohh someone uploaded on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUOPHDCJII8

[Toniayu123]

^ thank you! Have been looking for it all day

[Zemus]

You can download the TV special here if you want (encoded by me).

Spoiler:

Japanese captions: https://mega.nz/#!nBATVa6T!W-gIr_Kl-...HpFb2c3Y_npae4

[koumori]

Thanks, Zemus!

@surrealA: Is that a clip from the drama in that first one?... huh.

[YUKARI]

Originally Posted by surrealA

Anybody watched the TV special? saw some parts from twitter and looks so good. makes me wanna read the book so bad.

https://twitter.com/NaChuAyu/status/1182645517991284737
https://twitter.com/hotarukun1004/st...70851449053186
https://twitter.com/TA_ayuloveyu/sta...47478924890112

oohh someone uploaded on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUOPHDCJII8

thanks so much for sharing!

omg there are so many old videos shown here which I've never seen before. it's so strange to see young ayu

god, I'd love to think that both ayu and max are doing this just to prepare the world for their upcoming marriage. haha... I wish it was like it...

and it's so strange that I always felt that all her 90s and early 00s songs were addressed to max and now it's revealed. it's really strange feeling.

[surrealA]

Originally Posted by Koumori

@surrealA: Is that a clip from the drama in that first one?... huh.

I dont think its from the drama. Theyre just reenacting the story for the TV special I guess.

It showed that her love for max was really deep. Those were the times when she released her best works.

[koumori]

Originally Posted by surrealA

I dont think its from the drama. Theyre just reenacting the story for the TV special I guess.

It showed that her love for max was really deep. Those were the times when she released her best works.

Thanks for the clarification! That's a relief to know Although the actor choices weren't bad at all, looks-wise.

[Andrenekoi]

^I liked Max... Ayu, not so much. Too generic looking.

[tenshi no hane]

Thanks, Zemus!

The special pretty much summarises the book. The author received a request from their side to write the book (she doesn't specify whether the offer came from Ayu directly). She interviewed Ayu and Matsuura over the span of one year to collect data, sometimes separately, sometimes together.

The book was very nice to read. It's not cheap or scandalous or anything. It's an interesting look into how Ayu became a big star and what it cost her. I'm looking forward to the drama.

Although I'd rather get new music...

[Aderianu]

thanks, Zemus!

[maxikot]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

Thanks, Zemus!

The special pretty much summarises the book. The author received a request from their side to write the book (she doesn't specify whether the offer came from Ayu directly). She interviewed Ayu and Matsuura over the span of one year to collect data, sometimes separately, sometimes together.

The book was very nice to read. It's not cheap or scandalous or anything. It's an interesting look into how Ayu became a big star and what it cost her. I'm looking forward to the drama.

Thanks a lot for your insight! Although I haven't read the book I felt that's how it's perceived in general (after checking a number of tweets and instagram posts). I'm glad that's getting confirmed.

[Toniayu123]

I watched it and honestly find it really weird, like...she meet one of japan's most relevant producers out of the blue and he suddenly decides he wants to bring her to the stardom, and she can't even sing (said by herself)?. Weird, really weird. It looks to me as if they were trying to cleanse Ayu's image somehow, not caring about max's one at all lol Anyway, looking forward to the dorama, and possible new ayu's comeback (new music I mean) which seems really plausible to me.