The GUILTY era concepts analysis thread!

[Zeke.]

I am doing an analysis on a form of visual communication for my visual communication class. I am surprised this era doesn't have more analysis input from users - there definitely was a strong message that Ayu was trying to present - it was her 10th anniversary after all!

Anyways, I like the last comment regarding Mirror. I personally feel that Mirrorcle World really represents the culmination of her career during that time. I think the performance of it on AT10 has a lot of hidden messages about her and her career as "HAMASAKI AYUMI." First, I am wondering about the beginning where she boards the ship, she stops and takes on last look backward, as if she knows she can never return to that state (pre-fame, pre-fortune, pre-HAMASAKI AYUMI). She boards the ship, and it's the start of her career. Over time, she acquires an army, her fans. Her ship has the battered "A" symbol (it is torn and tattered but stands), and after all these years she still continues to sail the ship proud, for the fans that have stuck by her side and continue to wave the flag of HAMASAKI AYUMI. Notice at the end the "fans" help her board the ship again, and it doesn't end as the song does - it is extended, foreshadowing that her career WILL continue on from this point forward and she will continue to lead the troupe of fans and uphold the image of HAMASAKI AYUMI with pride.

Does this sounds like a reasonable interpretation, and are others able to expand on this thought? Even the way she chose to end it with "MY ALL" is a message to the fans that she will continue on this journey and sharing in this dream with them. Her 10th anniversary was very much a celebration of the fans that remained, more so than the fame and fortune she had amassed.