-The number 5 is repeated through the album elements... It's named "Five", the "V" on five is highlightned, there's a "5" on Ayu's back on the CD/DVD back cover, there are five tracks and it was released 5 months after the Fukushima disaster. The number five
seens to be important as a symbol in some Japanse cultural aspects, but I couldn't really get it.
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The number 5 (Pinyin: wu) was within Daoism associated with the five elements (water, wood, fire, earth and metal) and a very important number within Chinese symbolism. It occurs widely within both architecture and all kinds of decorative arts.
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- The booklet shows Ayu messed up and then fixing herself up, she was probably representing the same things that Japan was going through at the time.
- The PoM concert started very simple and melancholic, and as dates went by, it got bigger, more extravagant and more positive. I think I remember reading Ayu saying the idea was following Japan's feelings after the disaster through that time span.
- The back of her outfit CD only cover has a
Kirin:
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The qilin or kirin (Chinese: 麒麟; pinyin: qílín) is a mythical hooved chimerical creature known throughout various East Asian cultures, said to appear with the imminent arrival or passing of a sage or illustrious ruler.[1] It is a good omen thought to occasion prosperity or serenity (Chinese: 瑞, p ruì).[citation needed] It is often depicted with what looks like fire all over its body. It is sometimes called the "Chinese unicorn" when compared with the Western unicorn.
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