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i call "sexy ayu" porn ayu...cuz she has crazy porn hair. i like this pv, better than a lot of her recent ones imo. <333

I love the black Ayu... I also like the part where each Ayu says a number and the fourth (green) Ayu is holding up 4 fingers...

I'm loving this the more I see it.

This PV was wayyyyy cute!!! Im not disappointed at all but Im still not so hot about the song itself

I really liked this PV. I think the direction was shot well and the symbolism was really cool. (Symbolism can be on a personal basis - it doesn't have to be what the director wanted. The point of art is to inspire ideas and thought.) It certainly made up for what the song lacked, in my opinion. The only thing I noticed about the PV that I didn't really like was that her lip-synching to the music for the video was a tad off in some places, specifically with the English words.

All in all, I give this PV a thumbs up. It was much more than what I expected. ^_^

I love it! I do NOT think it was cliche, or boring. The outfit changes were interesting, and so was the PV! Bravo! :clapclap

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Originally Posted by AyuMayu

I also like the part where each Ayu says a number

..hm..wheres that..o_o?..i keep watchign it but i doint see iot..heh

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Originally Posted by tl1029530921

..hm..wheres that..o_o?..i keep watchign it but i doint see iot..heh

It's when they show the Ayu's in the cage thingy and they go around oposite direction of the way they showed up. (meaning, they start with Red Ayu.. and end on Green Ayu) Red Ayu says 1, White Ayu says 2, Black Ayu says 3, and Green Ayu says 4 while holding up 4 fingers near her face.

They aren't really "saying" it in Ayu's voice.. it's a synthetic voice that goes along in the music that if you don't pay close attention it is easily missed. (I missed it while watching the Minna no Terebi live the first two times I watched it. ^_^; )

its a totally awesome pv, 4 different ayu, i like the black ayu and the green ayu, i totally love it

It does look like something from Myst or Riven!

I wonder if it could be about someone (Ayu) falling in love. The green represents her as happy and almost carefree. The black could be an attempt to be indifferent to any new feelings by being confident and cool. The color black could represent hiding feelings (the color black absorbs all light). The white is represents finally giving in to love and the shy, happy feelings one may feel at the beginning of a romance. I think the white not only represents purity, but also the releasing of those hidden feelings (as white reflects all light). Red is the consumation of that love (I think Love Appears put it really well). I think the color red represents passion.

Maybe the "tin man" looking at the spinny-thing (for lack of a better word) is symbolic of her significant other reflecting on the different sides he has seen of her, while the Ayu lying in the rain is the not only a combination of the four Ayus, but the end result of a path in which all four sides were shown; and she is completely comfortable and happy with herself now. Each of the four colors of the four Ayus is present in some form or another in her outfit at the end, even white and black. If you were painting a picture of Ayu in the rain, you would need to mix white with green and white with red to get the color of her shirt and shoes respectively, and black and green would get the color of her pants.

Okay, bedtime now

its nice n kewl... :D

I think the tin top hat guy is making an Ayumi. xD He's combining four Ayumi's in that machine thingy and creating a perfect Ayumi. (:

Overall I love the PV and I love the song way more now since the first time I heard it. =D

i love the PV!!!

very entertaining~!! not boring at all!!! wasnt disappointed~!

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Originally Posted by Love Appears

More speculation:

The tin-clad man is, her boyfriend.

The first Ayu he sees is the part of her that makes the first impression, because that's how he first saw her when he looked in at her, without turning any dials.

After while, he "wanted" to see more, thus allowing a darker, more somber side of her to come through. It's not quite clear what the black symbolises here. Perhaps a darker side of the relationship, or possibly obstacles/arguments/sadness. Or it just could be her serious side.

At this point he knows of the Ayu he first saw, and her dark side. But soon discovers, upon turning her switch, that there's even more to her. The white could symbolise innocence, or just a sweet- angelic like quality. Perhaps the childlike side of her.

I believe the fourth Ayu is last revealed because it reflects a more personal side of her - her sexuality. That's just how I interpret it, anyway. She has apparently opened up to him at this point and is truly comfortable and happy with this aspect - note the look on her face.

And again, as mentioned, the scene in which she lies on the numbers in the rain is symbolic of the "complete" Ayumi Hamasaki, after she has revealed all her sides.

So basically, I think it's a personal/relationship thing.

I totally agree, this sums it up!
People who said this PV was boring or had no symbolism need to take another look & open their minds some more.

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Originally Posted by Surreal

I just realised the man at one point of the PV spins in the cage thing himself. All 4 sides are him.

http://img189.echo.cx/img189/1894/stepu4jn.jpg

I never realized that. That adds another awesome twist!

Finally. A Pv which is worth seeing. I loved it. I loved the setting. It's a good pv ^^

This must be that he's combining four traits to make himself, showing what he's like...wow ya'll analyze a lot...Now I'm ready for a ballad story...and seeing my name's women pv

4 ayu represent ayu's different chatacteristics
& show us what she is

did anybody also feel that the 4th red sexy ayu seems to be kinda like peco?? her hair especially?? it looks like peco to me. haha..

I'm more interested in the fashion aspect of this pv than the other symbolic ones. I wonder which accessory/element will Japanese girls imitate the most. I wonder if they still follow what Ayu wears?

One of the BEST!!!!

I think this is my fave ayu pv. I love the way it goes 1.2.3.4 and it changes from different styles =DD It's a very cool pv. I don't see why anyone would dislike this pv at all.