Symbolism in Ayu's Career

[Chibi-Chan]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

Japan is also known for being kind of copy and paste. Meaning they use ideas and images from the U.S., for example, because they're popular and/or seen in media a lot.

So the meanings behind the images are lost.

This. Furthermore, all of the symptomes people mention for MK Ultra are simply symptomes everyone with depression and/or other mental health issues will show. Since every second person has episodes of depression during their life, it's not surprising popstars also have depressions and burn out symptomes.

[EndOfTheWorld]

When Ayu uses butterflies, it seems that she uses them for dreams and reality. Like in Why..., Ayu's eyes are covered in butterflies and is sent to another world or a dream world. Then the butterflies become part of her, making up her entire clothing. I thought the most interesting thing was at the end where the dead tree is shown. Then the swarm of butterflies come over to fill it's branches, making it look colorful and alive but there are not enough of them to cover it. Kind of like no matter how much you dream or pretend that things are well and okay, it is never enough to make that true. In the end the tree was still dead underneath the illusion.
The butterflies first appeared in Depend on you I believe, then as a ring in the appears video, then inside the artwork in Loveppears. But it felt more like they were used to make things pretty than as something meaningful.