I guess 2channel being crazy isn't news, but I've never seen anything like this: of the top 60 most recently active threads in the 2channel seiyuus forum, 30 are about Hirano Aya. Normally, each seiyuu has only one discussion thread.And here I thought the madness was dying down. What makes it even stranger is that many of the threads seem to be pro-Aya.This doesn't mean she's the 2channelers' favorite -- or least favorite -- seiyuu, just that a lot of people are fascinated by her.Some thread names with (thread count) and post count:Hirano Aya antis = disgusting otaku lolicon virgins (1) 46Is Hirano Aya really the best seiyuu for Haruhi? (1) 97Hirano Aya has no boyfriend -- for sure (1) 102Stop posting Hirano Aya threads in the baseball forum, Aya maniacs (1) 28Is it true that Hirano Aya lies in her blog? (1) 161Because there are too many anti-Hirano people, I have become her fan (1) 61Strange ways of extending anti-Hirano threads (1) 27Watching the Olympics with Hirano Aya-chan (1) 22Tyranno-Aya (1) 154Hirano antis are shitty pigs, for real, lol (1) 26Aaya Onee-san (1) 16I think Hirano Aya's live event was great (1) 96Hirano Aya (20) has such small breasts that she shouldn't wear a bikini (1) 279Thread for Hirano Aya fans and undecideds (antis and Aya maniacs not allowed) (1) 97If Hirano Aya works at it, she could have sex (1) 112Hirano Aya>>>>>>>Tamura Yukari>>>Mizuki Nana (1) 225Anti- anti-Hirano Aya thread (1) 68NHK recognizes Hirano Aya as tops in the seiyuu world (1) 183There would be nothing better than Hirano Aya playing a madwoman (1) 110Is Hirano Aya actually the most popular seiyuu? (1) 170The number of people who just can't stop themselves from loving Hirano Aya is... (1) 20Hirano Aya (145) 163 (the main thread, which is usually the only one)Hirano Aya is a latter-day Matsuda Seiko (1) 71Hirano Aya antis = virgin lolicon disgusting otaku idiots (1) 173The deterioration of Hirano Aya (1) 89Hirano Aya antis are just jealous (1) 179Hirano Aya isn't a virgin (1) 201Hirano Aya-san in a ren-ai game! (1) 93Mizuki Nana completely loses to Hirano Aya (1) 613Hirano Aya (125) 281 (an old orphaned thread that someone started using)I think "Tyranno-Aya" is the most amusing thread title. I haven't sampled all these threads, but the ones you would expect to be stupid seem to be...stupid. If you can picture pro- and anti-Hirano forces posting mutual insults and unsupported claims, you get the picture.Speaking of pictures, here are some recent ones of Aya (click to enlarge):1. at Animelo, waiting for the lift to take her up to the stage. The lift failed during rehearsal...but succeeded when it counted. She did two songs: Love Gun and Unnamed World. 2. At Animelo, after her set, with her band, "having worked so hard I look like an idiot," and with May'N (who sings Sheryl's songs in Macross Frontier): 3. Snacking when there's no time for a meal (on a mugwort ohagi, if you must know), with a gift from the mangaka of Zettai Karen Children, and on her way to the supermarket late at night: 4. The entire contents of her bag, including the contents of her purse, and her scripts: With Zettai Karen Children, Nijuumensou no Musume, and Macross Frontier ending soon, Aya will be in three new shows starting in October. She is one of the four stars of the absurd comedy Hyakko (with Orikasa Fumiko, Neya Michiko, and Ochiai Yurika). She is a secondary character in the star-studded mecha show Linebarrels of Iron. And she and Kugimiya Rie star in the school romance Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka.
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