The Ayu PV interpretation thread!

[tehxiinae]

Originally Posted by Aisha_Angel

WALKING PROUD

Oh wow, walking proud is just life in general.

The little boy represents the pure innocence of a child. He doesn't know/sense the danger of talking to the strange figure in the cloak and does what normal children do> he approaches him with a question: "do you want candy?" The candy is kind of like, "do you want me around?" basically, a lets be friends statement.
The cloaked figure could be interpreted as evil but, he never did anything to the child so perhaps he was partially good or maybe even dead. To me, this hooded-figure is kind of like a self-sacrificial person to me, kind of like Jesus. From what I can remember, (i didn't look back @ the PV like I did ladies night) he hung from the tree in the shape of a cross (I THINK...). So yeah, he represents every person who's ever tried to give up their life for other peoples benefits.

This however doesn't always end in death. As shown with the indian-looking man & the elderly man. They both have metal plates on their bodies. This represents change of the physical/emotional state. Apparently, they conformed to the world and have forgotten themselves completely. The only difference between the too of them is that the old man realizes his mistake and lives with regret; where as the younger man has become so adjusted to the world that he's become a robot. He has no emotions and not thoughts; all of his movements are controlled by someone other than himself.

Then comes Ayu...innocent and kind-hearted. She's stepping into the world this way. When the old man sees her, he has a chance to tell her of all the things he knows and to share with her his wisdom. But instead he looks down in shame and lets her find out for herself.

That little hole in the ground represents a time warp to the future. The ayu lying on the table is a "naked and free" woman. This is who Ayu could be if she knew she didn't have to settle for lifes troubles and started to walk with pride in herself.

At the end of the video you see Ayu walk up to this sheet and removes it with curiousity. If you pause your video at the right moment, you will see what kind of life Ayu chose. She chose CONFORMITY over FREEDOM.

Basically, the message in this video is to remain yourself through all of life's troubles and people's critisims. Never settle & remain free. But also, never be too innocent because that's what evil people want to see.

ummmm...walking proud was supposedly about racism and prejudices. i think that was somewhat officially released too...

[aikochan86]

Originally Posted by kyuutii_hanii

Or like "what?? I didn't mean that (;;x__x)" Kidding. Awesome thread, I don't usually think the meanings of PVs too deeply so these interpretations give really some new shine to Ayu's PVs.

Hahaha, true!

[ALPHY]

Can someone explain Free & Easy, please? I just don't get it. O.o

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by ALPHABEAT

Can someone explain Free & Easy, please? I just don't get it. O.o

That one was inspired in Joan of Arc's story. You can notice the beginning of the song has a sampling of the movie: The Messenger: The story of Joan of Arc. The sampling is track 5 - No amen, from that movie soundtrack: http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/messenger You can also notice the cover is inspired in the movie: ayu holding a sword ready to battle.

First ayu is in prison, considered an heretic witch and is going to be executed. She's very depressed. Later she's taken trough the halls, to go to the sentence place. She's going to be burnt by flames. It isn't very explicit, but you can see the part where she's singing with energy, she's supposed to be at a stake, and there are some orange/red paper ribbons or whatever that are supposed to represent the flames engulfing her. After that, she dies and they show some guys carrying her coffin.

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

^ I never understood why a burnt corpe needs a coffin.

[zoomzoom]

^ Then what? Unless she's cremated, she needs a coffin. It's not like she turns into dust from being burned on a bon fire.

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by Nippon

^ I never understood why a burnt corpe needs a coffin.

Well, Joan of Arc story dates back to a little after, or during, the medieval era, I think (I'm bad with history I admit), so there wasn't such a thing as cremation back then. Her body was burnt in flames, not to ashes, like zoomzoom mentioned, so the bones and joints are still there along with carbonated skin and viscera, thus needing a coffin. She transformed into a huge barbecue.

[aqua_crystal]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

RAINBOW
In the video I believe Ayumi is depressed and starts imagining all these past visions of herself and how she despreatly wants to grab on to a piece of her past when she was happy. For example when Ayu is crossing the road I believe that is what the Ayu who's looking at her is imagining from her past and she's starting to think that the happy Ayu is real and not part of her past. When Ayu walks through herself when she's wearing orange I think the Ayu who actually bumps into the other Ayu is her once happy self but they sort of switch places and create a sort of rainbow. Now that the past Ayu is scared/sad and runs off because of insecurity I guess. The now happy real Ayu chases after her to confront her past. I think Ayu is saying that being happy is about accepting the past. When they meet in the cafe I think the kiss represents Ayu accepting her past & present and looking forward to the future. Now that everything is alright the other Ayu becomes part of her past (the scene when they are sitting down and the camera pans out and the other Ayu is gone.

That probably made no sense but I tried. eh.

First of all I apologize for replying after so long but I just joined this forum.
Your interpretation is half-right. Well, if that's what you saw in the video then I guess it IS right.. in a way... but anyways:

Rainbow is all about accepting yourself. You must have noticed that when something bad happens you feel "torn apart" and "not like yourself". When the "sad" Ayu is torn apart from the body, she runs after the other Ayu... trying to convince her to accept the part of her. Then the other Ayu runs. This is because she is confused.... one part of her has been taken away.

When the meet at the cafe they finally learn to accept one another. Ayu keeps saying "no rain, can't get the rainbow". This means that if something sad and unhappy (rain) does not happen in your life how will you learn from it? In order to see the happy times (rainbow), you have to go through it all.

Yes, they do wear different coat colours throughout the video to represent a rainbow.

[ALPHY]

Ah, I get it now! Thank you, ImpactBreaker!

[music_*]

I was just wondering, if anyone has done an interpretation of alterna?

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

i get most of them
i didnt use to get no way to say

but i do now lol

^^

[pommy48]

oh cool! never knew such a thread existed! my brain can't see the deeper meaning in things..or i do see and look way too TOO deep, so i'll just stick to reading everyone's

and i know Free & Easy is supposed to be Joan #$ Arc

[NintendoHTF1242]

I love this topic, and would like to see more interpretations.

So what does "is this LOVE?" PV mean?

I always thought the house represented her heart and the objects breaking around her symbolized her heart breaking.

[Seiko Yua]

^i always thought the is this LOVE? pv meant that her whole world is crumbling down from her heartbreak. maybe she feels that everything she touches or looks at she destroys--such as a relationship--and that's why everything explodes or breaks after she walks away. but in the end when she crushes the car to save the little boy, she learns that she can turn her pain into something good...

don't take my word for it XD lol

i know the Days pv is self-explanatory, but i really don't understand if ayu dreamt the first encounter or if it really happened... if everything really happened then why is she wearing the exact same clothes the second time around? is it 8 p.m. the next day or later that same day?