No one can tell what she's like unless they know her personally. You only know how she presents herself. Every single person has different facets of their personality, nobody is two-dimensional. All of us have that psycho element somewhere, maybe hidden really deep but it's there. That might have been a phase she's been going through in her life, but it's clearly gone. She grows as a person as a lot of people do, which is why she doesn't wear a nurse uniform smashing glass panes anymore. But again, this is just how she presents herself, and through her writing of course.
The mention of Maboroshi and TOKIO respecting her... well she's an artist, she writes her own stuff, produces her albums, she's the real deal. As far as I know TOKIO is just a boy band, so I suppose they just sing what they're given (I don't listen to them so I don't know). Shiina's an original, she's not a product unlike a big part of Japanese music scene, so she's rightly respected.
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