The LOVE again era concepts analysis thread!

[Andrenekoi]

So... This is a highly unpopular release, I wouldn't say it's even among my favorites, but I do think there's some interesting stuff on here:

- The "wake up" thing that was repeated on several ways during the era; it was in the same of the CDL, the name of the track that opened both the CDL, the album and the "again" EP. Also, in the booklet, Ayu is seemed rolling around the bed on photos with a pinkish, dreamy filter, with expressions like she was having the most sweet of the thoughts, until you get to the page with Gloria, on the next page with Ayu, the filter isn't pinkish and dreamy anymore and she left her bed. On the obi, you see her empty messed up bed. So, you have the "wake up" theme repeated again on the booklet and album art.

- A lot of people noticed this, but the album starts and ends with up-beat tracks with eletronic elements making reference to summer or at least, summerish elements. The 1st song of the album is about dealing with a heartbreak people pointed to you ahead that was going to happen, while the final track is about falling in love fast. This gives the album a "full circle" feeling, as it ends right before the point it started before... In other words, love again.

- Considering the tracks progression, the album can be seen as a representation of the process of falling in love, healing up and falling in love again.

- People also hated the triology, saying Ayu was exploring domestic violence to make money, I disagree with this. IMO the triology wasn't about a violence abuse, but about a relationship that already started in a bad way, Ayu was the unhappy girlfriend of Maro's friend and cheated him with Maro; had an intense development, most of You & Me video; until it ended on constant fighting. The reason why I don't see domestic violence on it is a)it's not constant, once they started fighting, the relationship ended and b) there wasn't unbalance of power, Ayu was fighting Maro as much as he fighted her.

- Snowy kiss seen to reference some elements from appears... Maybe this is how the relationship of the couple seemed from affar went