Ayu's face is gorgeous.

Her dress is awful...and the hair...I like it...in concept, but it didn't pan out the best.

I like the interesting group of people she brought in.

I don't care for the direction of the video. I don't care for them all fighting against the wind. I don't think it's needed.

I felt the people just standing there, and then embracing, got the message across well enough. It's quite obvious how many of these people probably struggle for normalcy in their lives. And them embracing and being empowered with the love they have for the person with them...it was more than enough for me. The end was just full of cheese. Like Ayu and the song too.

Even so. Beautiful message. Pleasant song.

I do believe though, when they had that ending with all the people fighting through the wind...it should have been in color. Color any place else would have ruined the effect...but at the end...it would have been perfect, though I guess a little superfluous. But they have such a huge pile of pretentious symbolism already :laugh What's another one visual.

3/5

oh, and koh masaki :lech Damn. Did you guys google, did you see the tumblr dedicated to him? dear god. I totally died...in wondrous ecstasy...like 5 times.

and I just died again with that arama post.

i teared up a little bit, especially when everyone revealed themselves. :D i couldn't help but smile though! the song, PV, and it's symbolism are super beautiful. i love it.

Very interesting PV and I liked how she expanded "how beautiful you are" to not just relationships, but people's appearances as well. One of her better PVs in a long time.

I agree that Ayu felt out of place. I loved her dress, but... I wish she would have appeared in this PV without makeup, dressed in simple clothing.

They probably wanted to emphasize the wind with a longer hairstyle and the flowy dress. If she wore a T-shirt and jeans with her normal short cut, we wouldn't have gotten the same effect.

Her nails were a bit over the top though. Glittery claws, Ayu?

^seriously. :laugh i kind of wish she looked less glamorous. the hair and dress were fine, but the nails were crazy.

boring

beautiful tender and heart warming pv...
wooopss...
i guess i know the gay couple..
is he koh mazaki a gay jav actor..??

RAINBOW makes my heart ache - Endless Sorrow and HEAVEN bought tears to my eyes. I think people "crying" is a bit over-dramatic, because it makes you think of someone sobbing and blowing their nose through a whole tissue box :innocent

I think it's a really touching message, the first two couples made me think back to RAINBOW - they look so similar that it bought me back to the "who I am and who I want to be" message I got from that video.

The other couples show that love comes in many forms, and about being loved isn't limited to sex, age, ability etc...that others can see the beauty in us when even we cannot :)

Ayu's probably the weak point in this PV - her nails look a bit too cruel for this PV - they wouldn't looked rockin' if she used feathers again and I wonder what it would look like if she was transparent, acting like a supportive spirit as the other people move forward?

I kind of wish that the old guy from kanariya and Endless Sorrow came back to her PVs, I miss him and he's got the look for this type of PV...maybe bring the kid from Endless Sorrow back too. Their performances have stuck with me for years, so I'd like to know what happened to them!

It would certainly be amazing if they could find those people again for continuity's sake! She could do an Endless sorrow part II with the singing man and the child living in a world where they can speak or something like that.

I think she was supposed to be a supporting character of this PV, cheering the couples/individuals on as they walked against the wind that represented any barriers they've had to overcome before walking on herself.

^ I just want to know who they are! Even though their parts in the PVs were small compared to Ayu's discography, they're like iconic characters for me, I hope they managed to continue acting! ^^

^^ahhh...good point...
she is the one who lead first...

amazing. this is what it means by "beauty in simplicity" good job Ayu

Of course, it made me cry also. I LOVE this PV. Very touching.

insightful

do you know what art is? maybe you should learn about it. :)



gonna watch the PV again before bed. ^_^

i hope they will include the color version of this video on DVD cuz it looks amazing (though Ayu in a pink wig would be weird in a video like this)

Quoting myself cause I'm lazy.

Also, the people going towards the wind thing at the end looked odd. I'm sure it was supposed to be deep or something, but it just looked funny. Also, it didn't make me emotional at all. And since I don't dislike any of her PVs, this one is probably my least favorite from her, ever.

Except for the kiss part! everything in this pv 's great!

I loved this PV so much!!! too bad the wig is really obvious, but the dress is so gorgeous!

and I loved those 2 gays awwww so sweet

and I think hbya is better than beloved which is quite same