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I agree with the rest that the PV had great potential but it was ruined. I found the part where Midoring dancing with Ayu particularly unacceptable. The plot does not quantify that part, and it looked awkward at best. I guess the director was kinda trying to allude to "The Butterfly Lovers" which is a chinese story about two women who fell in love, but sadly, I don't think it showed itself. The Ayu walking through the street was quite elaborate though I think. There was really a lot of people, and Ayu managed to shun them all, keeping focus on the camera. I thought that was good.
Very Mirrorcle World. Which I enjoyed a lot more though I must say. The director seems to like to do scenes but have little use for them in the eventual PV. Say for example the scene with Ayu in lingerie in Mirrorcle World. And for the GREEN PV, the part where Ayu poses with the bird cages (I mean it could be developed further) and the part when they're backstage. I mean those could really be put to better develop the plot, but didn't come off in the PV.
I don't understand why the director could not do a shot from the audience up to the stage. It feels as though the audience is disjunct from the stage. Moreover, Shanghai clubs in the 1930s had elaborate designs. So I would have thought it would be better to showcase these in the PV as well. But no, he chose instead to do separate stage shots and audience shots (which had little elements in it), failing to fully bring out the elaborateness of that era.
Stunning cinematics and angles (since he's a photographer), but a poorly developed appreciation for the difference between stills and moving motion. Still, nice, refreshing PV but I really hope Ayu ditches the director. I mean so much effort for certain scenes and they end up with like only a few seconds on the PV? C'mon.
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