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I have a concept of the PVs in LOVE again and how they are linked together as a whole story.

1) The Trilogy
a) Wake me up

We start the story in the early summer days where Ayu goes on a road trip with her Caucasian bf (whom I think represents Mannie) and Maro, and she ends up falling for Maro and betraying Mannie behind his back in the end

b) You & Me

With a new found love, Ayu & Maro embarks on a wonderful and dreamy summer love adventure in an island; at the beginning with her facing the ocean, Maro comes over to pick her up (very very important symbolism imo), but not all is well as toward the end we find that as exciting and happy as they appear to be, they don't seem to get along with fighting and it's only a foretelling to...

c) snowy kiss

In winter, Ayu finds that she can no longer sustain a love that derived from lust with Maro. Flashbacks of them fighting and the constant arguments along with an image of her back in the summer facing the ocean, but without anyone to pick her up. I think she realized by then that she left somebody to be with another person, yet at the end she's still alone.

2) Sweet Scar

I believe this PV comes right after the trilogy as the outfit she's wearing here is identical to the one in snowy kiss (white button-down shirt and jeans). Over here she's alone like how the story has developed so far but she begins to feel the passing of time (hence the different seasons backdrops); her doe-eyed look to the camera also shows emptiness and a really solemn sadness.

3) Missing

After realizing how alone she is in her home, she begins to lament. Notice how in the corn field, there are two floating men - I believe they represent Mannie and Maro; her lost lovers she can never get back and all she can do is to cry alone.

4) Song 4 U

As time passes, her wounds heal and now she has one last battle to fight - the one against herself. This explains the chess game and the "good vs evil" theme going on in the game. At the end, neither side wins because she has to embrace both her good and bad side and live life as it is. I think the end where the White and Black queen face each other is a sign of her resolution to be strong and embrace everything.

5) Melody

The story ends with a view to her inner self - the calm and peaceful song and video further symbolizes her finding peace with herself. After all the drama and unhappiness from her relationships, she has learned that she has to love herself before loving anyone else, and that inner balance/peace is a key to a happy mind.

An unlikely comparison/theory is the similar kaleidoscope effect to the TO BE PV, where the theme for TO BE is "if you weren't there, this is nothing", to symbolize that without Mannie and Maro, there wouldn't be this story to tell.

In the end, she has to literally "love again". Not with another man, but with herself.

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I didn't like this album much and I thought the PVs were okay at best but after a year and watching the PVs in this order I felt some sense and concept was present, so at least she hasn't lost her spark completely. She, however, still has really shit execution lol.