I got into her around the time Shouso strip just came out. I remember being terrified of Tsumi to batsu and hopelessly in love with Gips. These days I love both equally.
I'd say when I first got into her my 'music education' was fairly nascent and I had to learn to like a lot of things.
That said, my very first listen to MM was magic, especially when she starts the verses of Tadashii machi. My Japanese knowledge then was probably like, 5 months old, but everything sounded like catchy poetry. And then I would go on to learn about what she was actually singing about, and started to love her more.
Many people consider KSK as the "holy grail" album but for me, it's always MM for what she accomplished with so little. It's philosophically almost like what she did with Jihen - less complex production, but stellar songwriting + performance.
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