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Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk
Mao's personality was different and more extroverted, while Ayu had to play a more innocent "role". Also when she looked at Jun, usually she was in pain because the problems [or people] in between. Usually the situation is very serious and they are about to break up or something. So she's almost crying and stuff.
I think the wide open eyes are designed to show her innocence and cuteness. glitter is about believing in love, wanting to remain young and cutesy stuff. So obviously they have to display a less serious approach. She is probably experiencing love for the first time and so she is innocent to the concept of love. I think she expressed it pretty well - how unsure she was on how to act around someone who is supposed to be a bodyguard and how she feels around him - probably confused and yet yearning at the same time.
glitter was the start of a love story while HYD was love triangles and dilemmas so a comparison can't exactly be done.
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Okay, I see your point. However, Mao was never extroverted when she was with Hanazawa Rui (Oguri Shun's character)---before she even considered a relationship with Domyouji and she was falling for Rui, she behaved much like Ayu. Scared, shy and innocent. However, even in those cases, Mao's wide-eyed looks don't look quite as unnatural as Ayu's does. Mao, when around Rui, is JUST LIKE Ayu in this glitter video--hopeful of a new love and optimistic for an "escape" from an otherwise rough world she feels she has to run away from. Shawn Yue rescues Ayu from the paps; Rui rescues Mao from Eitoku. And love for the first time? Dead on. Makino later says that Hanazawa Rui was her first love. She was totally confused and yet he was a learning experience for her too.
A comparison is only faulty if you look at the entire Domyouji/Makino/Rui relationship. If you zoom in on an individual couple, that is, Rui/Makino, it really makes perfect sense. First love, innocent confusion...it fits. However, it's just in my opinion that Ayu didn't pull it off very convincingly. At least, not to me. I mean, there's a reason her B-movies didn't get off the ground, right?
There's just my two cents. ^_^ I respect your opinion though; that's just how I feel~