ViVi 10/2010 preview

[Midori-chan]

Originally Posted by GRACE

Her nude shots were always VERY tasteful and classy. This is just...

I'm done, you can all be blind stans and ignore that she obviously should be above this. I don't care.

How is this not tasteful and classy?

What's so vulgar about it? I don't understand...?!

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by Midori-chan

How is this not tasteful and classy?

What's so vulgar about it? I don't understand...?!

She looks like a cheap hooker. She's standing there like "tee hee~ my tits are out~~~" It's naked for the sake of being naked and nothing more. It makes me want to scream.

It's like they sat down and said "how can we up Ayu's sales?" "Lets make her a *****!" "Okay!" *photoshoot8

[JackieRos]

for me her expression is meh trying too hard but
I like my naked ayu, yeah this is trying to be ****ty and everything but I like it.
my favorite naked cover is RAINBOW now that is naked beautiful.
I'm so glad Namie is on the cover and not ayu. <3

Originally Posted by GRACE

She looks like a cheap hooker.
She's standing there like "tee hee~ my tits are out~~~"
It's naked for the sake of being naked and nothing more.
It makes me want to scream.

It's like they sat down and said "how can we up Ayu's sales?"
"Lets make her a *****!" "Okay!" *photoshoot8

I love this so much

[love in music]

Originally Posted by GRACE

Her nude shots were always VERY tasteful and classy. This is just...

I'm done, you can all be blind stans and ignore that she obviously should be above this. I don't care.

I think she's above this too but you overreacted and trolled too much this time. If you don't like her anymore get out.

I hope this shoot is just one of those things that happen every now and then and she doesn't sex up her image too much because I know how above this she is. One of the main problems I have is that if Shimoko shot this is that he pressured her into it because he's kind of a weirdo :/

[DOLCE]

wow erika, maki goto and now ayu all very sexy naked shots...all avex girls maybe kumi is next

[Anna Willow]

lol people overreact so easily, it's like she never did the cover of LOVEppears or something love the pic, so beautiful and classy. ayu knows how to be sexy without being trashy. that's what true sexy is to me.

[yuki_unmei]

HOT ayu, very hot!

Wow, why are people freaking out? did Mirrorcle World get this kind of reaction? XD
and she was totally naked on the RAINBOW cover, which seems t be a fan-favorite for most people

[Larisa-chan]

LOL Her facial expression makes this picture really ridiculous.

She's been topless/naked in other pics before.... LOVEppears cover, appears cover (complete with BABY necklace, mind you), RAINBOW cover & scans, in I am... she was just covered in leaves o.o, Mirrorcle World cover, UNITE! cover...

[4minute Girl]

i think its not attractive but i dont mind if she did it or not. nobody is forcing you to buy the magazine or look at the pictures but why are you getting so mad GRACE? she is "above" WHAT exactly? being confident in her own body??? not everything has to have ridiculous deep meanings and stuff. maybe she just felt like being sexy! there's nothing wrong with that and you shouldn't go chatting crap about her.

[PoetGirl]

Its funny people mention she had naked pics before, but they were not about sexy.
How can you say Rainbow cover was sexy lol. This is obviously sex theme.

[4minute Girl]

Originally Posted by PoetGirl

Its funny people mention she had naked pics before, but they were not about sexy.
How can you say Rainbow cover was sexy lol. This is obviously sex theme.

nothing is wrong with SEXY. i think most of the people that are chatting crap here are either 11 year olds, prudes, or misogynists.

[natapan]

this kind of thing saddens me a lot... I can't believe that someone who loves Ayu (professedly) stop love her because of A PHOTO!!

Sorry if I offend anyone with this comment but... I'm so sad 'cause of that...

[Larisa-chan]

Have you all forgotten this picture? ;P Oiled up, taking off her daisy dukes or whatever shorts, and looking like she's about to take off her bikini bottom. And some people say this Vivi pic is the first naughty/dirty shot she's ever taken. XD

[truehappiness]

And some people say this Vivi pic is the first naughty/dirty shot she's ever taken. XD

I think a lot of it has to do with maturity. Nudity does not necessarily mean sex. She's naked and covering herself up. So what? She doesn't have half naked guys in leather crawling around her like in a previous shoot (that people loved)... so just what about this is screaming sex? The line from her breast? The fact that she's nude?

If this pic aint sexy to you you must be hardest gay of all.

This photo is very sexy, but it's not "sex"... Like I said above nudity =/= sex imo.

[PoetGirl]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

This photo is very sexy, but it's not "sex"... Like I said above nudity =/= sex imo.

Let me explain myself, I agree with nudity doesnt have to be sexy, but
what makes this picture sexy is way Ayu is looking to the camera and her finger
in the mouth, its like sending a message: 'C'MON LETS PLAY' in a naughty way.

[GRACE]

^What's wrong with that really? You do have to take off your shorts so you can go swimming you know. Unless you're just stupid :l

Ayu's always used nudity very tastefully to represent purity. RAINBOW always reminded me of the womb, and symbolically a "rebirth." LOVEppears, appears, and MW were all done very tastefully, and had no sexual connotation, like, at all. LOVEppears was like bearing her soul symbolically, and MW reminded me of a similar "rebirth" that RAINBOW had.

This is just sexualizing her image to sell. There's no soul behind it, it's just "look at me, I'm a woman, I have boobs! Buy my CDs!"

[Midori-chan]

Originally Posted by GRACE

^What's wrong with that really? You do have to take off your shorts so you can go swimming you know. Unless you're just stupid :l

Ayu's always used nudity very tastefully to represent purity. RAINBOW always reminded me of the womb, and symbolically a "rebirth." LOVEppears, appears, and MW were all done very tastefully, and had no sexual connotation, like, at all. LOVEppears was like bearing her soul symbolically, and MW reminded me of a similar "rebirth" that RAINBOW had.

This is just sexualizing her image to sell. There's no soul behind it, it's just "look at me, I'm a woman, I have boobs! Buy my CDs!"

And once again I ask you: HOW can "having boobs" make her sales go up? She had boobs before this shooting and she is going have them after it...I don't see how this has any connection to her sales!


BUT maybe we should end this discussion (I know, it will not happen!), because everbody is allowed to have their own opinion in the end!

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by Midori-chan

And once again I ask you: HOW can "having boobs" make her sales go up? She had boobs before this shooting and she is going have them after it...I don't see how this has any connection to her sales!

It's what boosted Koda Kumi to popularity :l Sex sells. How is it possible you DON'T know that most basic of lessons? She appears in ViVi nude when she's got two singles coming up? Of course it's connected :l

[Midori-chan]

Originally Posted by GRACE

It's what boosted Koda Kumi to popularity :l

Koda Kumi is Koda Kumi.

Hamasaki Ayumi is Hamasaki Ayumi.

Ayu is a talented, hard-working and strong woman. She doesn't need to use her body to be successful!

[Midori-chan]

Originally Posted by GRACE

It's what boosted Koda Kumi to popularity :l Sex sells. How is it possible you DON'T know that most basic of lessons? She appears in ViVi nude when she's got two singles coming up? Of course it's connected :l

But then Ayu is reli late, isn't she?!
She should have pulled this strategy out much earlier, because her latest stuff didn't sale too well, right?!

Damn, Ayu...but don't worry...NOW everybody will buy your stuff, because you're showing what you have!


I'm being sarcastic here, for everbody, who doesn't understand!


@Polyrhythm: I'm enjoying myself quite a bit too! ^.~