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BAH I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

I MUST BLOG ABOUT CANVAS ALREADY.

All this not blogging about Hirai Ken is just... PAINFUL. RAWR.

Anyways, the PV for Canvas came out a few days ago and after watching it, I found it to be so clever, to be able to capture what the song tries to say.

And then, the comments on the forums and wherever else came. No one understood the PV. Which puzzled me. So here I am to contribute my two cents on what I think the PV is trying to say, and what I think about it in general.



As many people know, the song is about not being able to let go. The PV starts off with this girl stuck in a horrible job (or so it seems) which involves a lot of boxes and a bald guy as a boss. It seems that no matter what she does, her boss ain't happy. She's sad.

There's also a guy stuck in a horrible job, which involves a lot of paperwork and late hours. It seems no matter how much work he does, he'll still be one of the lower, more unimportant people in his company. He's sad.

Both of them aren't happy. Ken sings.



The guy heads back to his alma mater, old school or whatever you'd like to call it and goes visit his Archery club, where he shows off a few moves. He's good here, he's admired here, and he is much more of a person here than he is back in the office.


The girl heads back to her school too, which happens to be the same school as the guy, and goes visit the table tennis club. She gives them new table tennis paddles, which makes the club happy. She makes people happy here, which is much better than back in the office.




Both of them meet while buying drinks, and realize that they both noticed each other. There is a flashback (hence the grayscale photos), and both of them were in the exact same scene years ago when they were still in school. Both of them used to notice each other in class as well. Love is in the air.

The story should be nice and clear by now isn't it? A girl graduates from school and is not able to let go of her past in her club activities and hence visits them with gifts to make them happy, and to reminisce. The guy is not able to let go of his past and visits his club to show off. Both of them meet each other and realize they cannot let og of the past and each other as well. I mean, what's so difficult to understand?


Now, remember me saying this PV was clever? It doesn't seem so clever now does it? Well, the PV as I have mentioned a few posts ago, was shot in Ken's alma mater, bringing us back one full circle. Even Ken can't let go of his past and visits his school to do the freaking PV about not being able to let go of one's past.

From a fan's point of view, this PV is generally low on the eyecandy and is not really satisfying. The Hachimitsu fans won't give a damn anyways, unless Ikuta Toma, Hiroki Narimiya and Osamu Mukai are involved. However, just because of the sheer smartness of the concept of the PV, this is still a PV worth the watch. But that's of course my opinion, which all of you know by now, is pretty biased.

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