[DAYS]PV Discussion

[maikaru]

I am so surprised...
This is a really really good song.
And a really really good pv....
And Shuya looks better without makeup!!!!!!!

It looks like Days is the main song in this one.
The covers to the single look like her in Days too~~

I feel this is like the old Ayumi... **)
But why is she singing in a lower key??? o_O

[apple-pi]

It's really cute and Ayu looks great
and I hadn't noticed the plot twist until I read this thread! that makes it even better~

Originally Posted by lfebaggins

At first I thought he was a player but what kept bothering me was the clock. It said 6:01 in which Ayu meets with Shuya, then later it says 8:01 in which the same scene repeats except with non-friends and a sadder outcome. I figured the rendezvous was a dream but I can't tell if the rest up till the 8:01 rendezvous is a dream or reality.

My interpretation is the ring scene was a flashback. Ayu+Shuya are friends. As they walk to the dance studio, they run into a merchant on the street selling rings. Ayu was pointing out that the ring was nice, and put it on her finger to show how it would look. She possibly was hinting him to buy it for her, but nothing is intended since they are just friends. The merchant asked if it was for her and Shuya said "oh shes not my girlfriend".

I think the scene was real because Ayu cries later when seeing the ring on another girl. Shuya meant a lot to her, but the ring did also. She had to have seen it somewhere IN PERSON. Only problem is during the 8:01 rendezvous, Shuya kinda gives a half-smile as if he barely knows her, which Shuya was friendly in the 6:01 rendezvous and the ring scene. So did she really see that ring before or was it part of the dream too?

This PV surprisingly makes you think! And its not like that homoerotic crap from GREEN PV! Takahide Ishii, great job on another ballad pv! Part of me, Days, I await your 3rd masterpiece.

I have to agree with you! I don't think the ring part was part of the dream. It's there to further prove that Shuya and Ayu weren't in a relationship, that he would buy someone else the ring but not her (if he was a player two-timing them both, he probably wouldn't be serious about any of them and buy the ring for neither - or for both, using money to charm them or something LOL).

As for the way he smiles at her, I think it even made things clearer. If he were a stranger, he would've ignored her (IMO he looked like he recognized her and then smiled at her because she was his friend), and if he were two-timing them he'd be nervous about how to explain things cuz he'd have been busted.
I think that, if it looked like a half-smile, it was just to show that he was "busy" at the moment ("hey there! see ya later, ok~?")

Anyway, I enjoyed this a looot more than the GREEN PV. And the song... I only listened to the first ringtone leak, and back then I reaaally disliked it. The arrangement had seemed really boring and it was like a ballad version of MY ALL to me, which I would've LOATHED.
The full version turned to be a lot better. I like the winter-y sound it has, and I REALLY enjoyed Ayu's vocals here. There's just something odd about the composition in the chorus... the melody sound weird, especially at the end of it. It turns me off the song a bit. But I still like it a lot, and it'll probably grow on me even more when we get a proper CD-rip.

[ayumiyee]

i see...the beginging of the song is dream...

[Isthan]

I really like Days PV and song! This was actually the first time listened to the song, I didn't want to ruin it with previews, it was worth it~

Hmm... So is Shuya a player or was it a dream? After rewatching, I think the beginning was a dream, the clocks are different too in the bike-scenes. She dreamt of being his girlfriend but in reality Shuya's already dating another girl. But is the ring-scene a dream too? Why wouldn't Shuya buy her a ring if she was dreaming, I mean that's what she'd wanted, right? And why it's on the other girl's finger then? Maybe it was just "a dream", when you can't control what happens. It's sad anyway, poor Ayu... But it's happy then after all when her friends come to cheer her up~

So the song is really nice and wintery and Ayu looks soooo beautiful and her clothes are very cute! The PV's great, simple but with a twist. So I think I'll like this more than GREEN, although GREEN as a song is good too.

Great December single for Ayu!

[Tony G]

Perfect song and a perfect PV. It's been a while since Ayu had made a PV this perfect. Totally blows GREEN out of the water. Such a great winter PV.

[rikku411]

I love the PV. It fits so well with the song, which is so good too! I think the Pv blows GREEN out of the water, but as songs, I think they're both awesome

Great single!

[~angel*ayumi~]

Didn´t know if it has said before, but this PV looks so similar to Real Life, now thet we have news that Tomoya will marry another girl next year o.o

[Surreal]

I love her entire pink outfit T_T i want it now!! And she's sooo cute with her cute eyes and pouty look while looking if Shuya will buy the ring for her. This is the first time I've seen her look good in a centre-parting-bangs look.

[Kazeyomi]

I CRY.

Lol srsly I cry at the end of the PV, I feel the same as her ;_; poor Ayu
is a really sad PV.
It was unexpected!

The pv looks simple but looks great *_* the part when she 'hit' the people for running at her 'boyfriend' was really nice XD and her facial expressions?! OMG she's soo cute (especially when Shuya won't buy her the ring ;_; )

The song is really sweet, but too generic I still prefer GREEN.

I like it more than GREEN PV.

[thesilentspeaker]

wow, Days is WAY MUCH BETTER than GREEN.. Although the storyline is kinda cliche.. I really wonder where the money went to in GREEN!!
The editing for Days is definitely much better than GREEN too, considering it was given a smaller budget.. the money shd have been invested into Days instead.. It'll be EVEN better.

I like the transitions and some of its artistic elements..
One eg would be: the POV of Shuya and dancers dancing, zooming out to Close up of the eye, with the image of the crew in the eye..

Ive watched it lyk 3 times so far, and I have to say, it'll be repeat on my mp3 player for the next few days

[alternarist]

i totally LOVE it!!! who says a good PV has to be grand and expensive??

the PV is simple. yet sad. yet touching at the end. although i dont like the fact that her dancers appear in the PV (again!!).. but i still like it how they treat ayu like one of them and cheering her up after ayu is sad.. OMG! so simple yet so touching!

congratulations everybody's impression on Shuya went down by a lot..

[ayu_fantasy]

well, a very sweet pv... ayu looked really cute here...

I like the part when shuya took off her pink furry cap... she's looks at him so cutely.. haha.

And the part when shuya wouldn't buy her the ring.... Her expression is so priceless and cute.... and he actually taps on her shoulder to comfort her.?? haha. so cute..

[Melrose]

So what's the trick ayu said will make us cry?

From Shuya's expressions etc. he was never in love with Ayu to begin with, but she thought he was.

I don't get the thing with the clock and her crying, running to the rehearsal room. @_@

[FuNsTyLe]

So Shuya was a player?

I misunderstood it, lol. I thought the first time she met him, she was only dreaming... And then the second time, she actually was awake, and dared to meet him... Only to find out he had someone else.

[Mari-chan]

I totally love the song.. and the PV. (^.^)
I think.. it is her best PV since Together when.
And the song is really greate. I prefer it than GREEN.

[Catzi]

I don't think it was a dream, because the times are different. If it were a dream, the times should be the same, IMO.

It was a great video! A wonderful winter feeling. =D I think because of Ayu, I'll forever associate winter time with sad ballads.

[kirei_ayumi]

I love the pv and the song.
I keep playing it over and over, pretty addictive

[Raiu-Ayu]

The way I see it is ayu is dreaming that she is Shuya's girlfriend but when she wakes up she tries to live the dream but can't cuz he has a girlfriend

Meh.
I actually cried.
I thought it was a really nice video.

;__;

[kirei_ayumi]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

The way I see it is ayu is dreaming that she is Shuya's girlfriend but when she wakes up she tries to live the dream but can't cuz he has a girlfriend

that's the way I saw it too...