Was she a marketing genius? A deeply troubled young woman? A misunderstood artist ahead of her time? Or simply someone who, as she hinted in her final performance, was "never good at being seen"?
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For new fans discovering J-Pop, the question is often: "Where do I start with Amami Tsubasa?" The frustrating, beautiful answer is: you can't find her. Her music is out of print. Her photobooks are collector's items. Her videos have been scrubbed from official streaming services due to expired contracts. To experience Amami Tsubasa now is to rely on memory, on bootleg fan recordings from 2013, on the fading testimony of those who were there. Was she a marketing genius