Wow I REALLY didn't expect such a good PV from that director! I always wanted Ayu to have a japanese themed PV. :3 Pity she has blonde hair. D:

I also like how they showed she was on a stage.. makes it seem like a kabuki performance. :3

on the insects and snake part,all i can think is:

ayu was the butterfly and the praying mantis ate it so she died~and the snake(the guy who ayu loves) wanted to take revenge and ate back the praying mantis~

i really like that idea if it's true~

And dead bodies make better coats than cow poo.

About the sound effects:

I actually didn't mind the sound affects, I liked the wings of the birds...but I HATE HATE HATE the stupid snake sound when it attacks the grasshopper. The snake is not a bullet train.

Horrible shade of blonde hair + red lipstick+ kimono = wtf? o.o That was just really creepy.

PV's great considering the other stuff he directed. The snake was really cool even though it was CG. :D I wonder what was written on the dancers' arms though~

Song's pretty good.


[OT] And why is it that almost all his PVs have to have Ayu's dancers in them? >.<

:laugh So true!!

The best thing she's done in two years.

it is, isn't it? :rubeyes i was surprised.

As far as PV's go, yeah I'd have to agree. Sad.

Better ballad than the recent winter efforts. I like it. The PV's gorgeous. Really enhances the song.

Nope, I like it. :)

They don't rub me the wrong way so I guess you could count me in on that too.

Wow, two good Takahide Ishii PVs in a row.

Yeah, I thought red when I first heard WILL.

I want to figure out the lyrics before I analyze the PV, so I'll be back later

I love Ayu in red lipstick, I always have.

meh...ill keep my thoughts of the vid to myself...

the song is nice though!

I've showed the pv to my friends at school(non of them are asian)
they loved it even though who ayu is and what the song is about
all of them said the same thing "cinemography"(sp?) just like the movies
Hero/Crouching Tiger Hiden Dragon etc

personaly I loved the whole red theme of the pv...nice attempt
and the geisha ayu ...I've been wishing something like that for ayu for the longest time ever since ayu-mi-x 4 released
red does suit ayu best

This PV clearly symoblise the belief of AFTER LIFE and rebirth (RENAISSANCE) in Buddhism~~ We can see ayu committed suicide and her hair grows continuously after her death. At the end, she turns into a TREE and new CHU-LIPS (XD) and blossoms grow from it meaning no matter how ayu changes, we as fans will support and accompany her eternally (we are the blossoms)

i just hear the song and see the pics not download the video because its too big..from what i see so far i really love part of Me...i have heard this song for about 25 times...and its really grow on me...the melody stuck in my head...its really good...
and looks like ayu get the idea for her PV from shinobi the lyrics of the song match shinobi very much too...
for the song i dont feel ayu have something like this in the past, its really fresh for me..i really love interlude part...so beautiful

I definitly love the PV Ayu looks gorgerous so beatiful, and the red really suits her like most said, even though she looked a bit old I don't mind it, she still looked beatiful

Lol, this is weird... It came out on Ash Wednesday, the day that Catholics realise that we have came from the earth, and will return to the earth. That's what happened to Ayu as well.... Weird. I loved the PV! Amazing work