[DAYS]PV Discussion

[kiseki]

I actually liked the PV and I loved Hamasaki's appearance in there.
The song was good and she didn't over exaggerate with her acting this time

[prussian blue]

i think i'm crying after watching it *<-lie*

anyway, the PV is really sad, but its kinda good, that she still has her friends after the breaking the melody flows through the PV, but i just dont like ayu's hair in one of the scene (the pic that she shared in TA message before)

[no_way_to_say]

Wow, this is her best PV in a while!!
The storyline wasn't so great, but the great acting makes up for it!!
For once there isn't some hidden meaning! This PV is easy to understand!!
Even Ayu's dog is in it!! (ring selling place) Cute!!

[DA1SUK1DAY01691]

I actually think this single is pretty strong. Days is actually a good song, which I thought it wasn't gonna be from the previews. It seemed dull and lacking, but from the whole song, it all feels together and actually something nice. Above and beyond my expectations, really. As a whole, I like GREEN better, but the overall emotion Days ends up having trumps it. I can see people not knowing which one to like more in this single, which is a WAY good thing.

As for the PV, she looks SEXY. I especially LOVE her casual (dance practice) hair. That is just AMAZING looking. And it's actually nice seeing a bittersweet ending, as it brings us back to her MY STORY kind of days.

[lilchan]

I dont know why, but she looked..SO CUTE.
SHE EVEN LOOKED CUTE WHEN CRYING.how is that possible..
I felt a bit lilke crying..but I didnt.I dont cry for Pvs..also because the crying scene..she looked too good to be crying.
I LOVE HER HAIR.its so..puffy<3I love the scene where she patted her hair.

but her image in the scenes where she is singing along looked fit for more of a upbeat rock pv...

the ring is ugly.

[kiseki]

Am I the only who didn't think Shuya was a player? My take on it was that she's in love with him, and was dreaming that she's in the other girl's spot, when in reality he already had a girlfriend. Unrequited love

I didn't think that it was a dream but I was wondering, why did the same scene repeat but without her friends? I knew that there was something but I couldn't figure it out. Oh, this is sad

[emi♡]

This PV actually saddens me atm...so it's hard to make a general assessment.

um...well I thought it was really nice...I actually like the song better now too.

Some of the things the director did was corny...but it didn't hurt the PV at all.

I like it, I think it was good.

I like the dream interpretation too, I have to watch it again...but going off memory...it makes more sense. lol

[Ayu_desu]

Niceee, the song was actually quite refreshing. I love the bells in the beginning and all Christmasy feeling I get from the song. I think this is the Ayu song and PV I've been waiting since.... 5 years ago?!
The PV was a breath of fresh air. I really like this look from Ayu and the atmosphere in the PV. It would be even more amazing if it was filmed in an actual neighborhood, instead of a set.
I hope her future releases will follow this trend, back to her old self.

[freedreamer]

OMG.....
OMG.....
O.O

I LOVED THE PV!!! the shuya part wasnt the biggest twist yet in the PV!! she was dreaming!...yea i agree with milky_way and Ayumiko now...she was dreaming about her love all the while! Her acting was great! She was so excited to see Shuya at the end then broke down very quickly...
IT WAS SOOOO SAD SERIOUSLY...goosh...I was thinking, it was not gonna be so heart-breaking after seeing the spoiler from before but I still felt so much...
and I was just smiling at the screen for the first half of it...

the song was fantastic! It's very x-mas-y and light..not very heavy like her other ballads...yet it has this bittersweet emotion to it...
wonderful wonderful piece
Though, I was expecting the Bridge at the end to have a slightly different tune..for more variation..but im ok...

I can see this song being quite a hit with listeners...its a nice humble tune with a PV which people can relate to....unlike GREEN which was very experimental and the PV had this diva thing going on (i still love it~)

Overall: YES! 10/10 from me...Ishii is a genius at ballad PVs. They are sad and done nicely...The meaning of the PV was great. Friends >>> Lover

[mikecavs11]

i agree this is the PV ive been waiting for....it just gives me a refreshing ayu feeling, one that i have not felt since 2006, i love it

[freedreamer]

I think the fact that the ring was on the FOURTH finger of the mystery woman (showing that they are married) was more painful for Ayu...as she dreamt only being his girlfriend..(3rd finger)

and i think...

the PV repeats the scene because one shows the dream and the other shows reality...

the closing eye at the start shows the fantasy...and then opening again with NO ONE in sight (even the guy disappearing)...kinda shows that, in reality, you are really alone..and people around you are strangers...
and THEN,
her friends give her a surprise at the end...
seeming to say,
HOWEVER, despite everything, You have your friends to fall back on

[SunshineSlayer]

I think someones previous analysis may have been correct: that Shuya isn't really a player, but that most of the video is a dream. The clock is the key.

The start of the video shows Ayu laying down and the clock at 6pm. Everything from then on is a dream until the next shot of the clock striking 8:01. She wakes up to the sound of Shuyas motorcycle just like in the dream - she rushes out to meet him but is then confronted with the reality of his girlfriend.

Only thing I can't figure exactly is the ring - if it were Ayu's dream, he would buy it for her right?

Ok, I really need to go to sleep now!

[kiseki]

Only thing I can't figure exactly is the ring - if it were Ayu's dream, he would buy it for her right?

Even though Ayu chose it and wished for Shuya to buy it for her but he didn't. That's was part of the dream. You can see how disappointed Ayu was

[kiseki]

Only thing I can't figure exactly is the ring - if it were Ayu's dream, he would buy it for her right?

Even though Ayu chose it and wished for Shuya to buy it for her but he didn't. That's was part of the dream. You can see how disappointed Ayu was

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by kiseki

Even though Ayu chose it and wished for Shuya to buy it for her but he didn't. That's was part of the dream. You can see how disappointed Ayu was

Most of the girls would be disappointed if their secret crushes didn't buy some special for her...

But I'm still kinda confused about that dream part... Why would she dream about the day scene, and the dance scene...?

[Ayumiko]

Originally Posted by kiseki

Even though Ayu chose it and wished for Shuya to buy it for her but he didn't. That's was part of the dream. You can see how disappointed Ayu was

its ok...in real life ayu has a big dior one from mika john

[bluegie]

Sometimes I think simple pv may knock down an experimental pv. To me, Days' plot is pretty simple to understand (except the debate of whether she's dreaming or not in the first half...). What I really love is how they include scenes of ayu's "eyes". The part when the dancers are dancing, her "eyes" only focused on shuya. That's a extremely great part. It tells the way a person would do when he or she is really in love with someone. Like you never shift your focus, and you really wanna imprint your love in your memory. And I really like the end when her "eyes" were there again but nothing being focused.

I kinda wonder if that's really dream tho. I think it should be a dream. But then I can't explain the day scene (when they are looking at the jeweleries). Or are those part of the memories within a dream? I dunno..

Originally Posted by lilchan

the ring is ugly.

I agree it's not beautiful. Somehow... when you were young (or when I was young duh lol), you would probly consider that as a cute thing... Like you dun think it's pretty, somehow it attracts you.

[freedreamer]

^haha ok yea true...that's a mystery...
maybe for PV's sake, it was just a foreshadow...
OR maybe Shuya wanted to buy for her next time? haha...to surprise her...proposal? (though thats a bad choice)..
in the end, the mystery woman DID have the ring on her fourth finger..

but probably for some youth/street punks...money is of concern HAHA

(actually the PV seems so harsh on Ayu...2 hoours before, she was just dreaming about being in love with him..and then 2 hours later, she faces this truth..)

[herumesu]

All the things happened before 8pm was actually a dream of ayu...

she dreamed that she was the girl who rode on shuya's bike and hanged out with him..

but in reality she is not, Shuya has already fell in love with another girl

[majrakun]

Probably even her dream is telling her, "Dream on, Ayu. No ring for you here, too."