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16 March 2008 @ 09:57 pm
Drink It Down PV Storyline  
Soon after the PV came out, I’m sooo excited because this PV has a storyline and somehow connected to the song. The ambiguing ending also stole my attention. Well, since I’m *cough* a director wannabe *cough*, here’s my attempt to ”read” the storyline…

Let me say this first, since English isn’t my mother language, please pardon me if there are grammar’s mistakes here and there XD


Our guys found an abandoned castle. Some mysterious sound *just like the Sirens in mythology* lurked them in. Without knowing what was inside the castle, they stepped in…

As our guys entered the castle, each of them found a mirror.
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They felt an urge to look at the mirror. When they saw their reflection on the mirror, a glimpse of a mysterious yet full of temptation world flashed in their eyes. Girls. Hot girls. Inviting them to join the party that was about to begin.

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A desire to enter that world arose. And our guys touched the mirror that was the entrance.

One by one, started by Hyde, followed by Tetsu, Ken, and Yuki, stepped in. The girls tried to seduce our guys with their charm. Hyde didn’t seem to have any interest in the girls *well yeah, because he already a beautiful wife*. Although the girls did all they can to seduce him, Hyde didn’t react.

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Meanwhile, Tetsu was regretting his decision. His feeling could be read from his face. He looked scared. As if he said, ”Why the hell did I enter? This is scary. These girls are dangerous. I can sense it. Oh God, please save me!”. *or he might think Ayana will kick him if she knows what her husband’s doing*

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Ken enjoyed himself in his little harem. Satisfaction written on his face. Well of course, he didn’t realize what those girls are…

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And Yuki? Straight-face, as always. Nothing could be commented here.

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The girls was enjoying their dishes. To drink it down. Yeah, they were vampires. Every now and then, they waited for victims who fell for their bait. Patiently. Quietly. In the darkness…

But!

Their time was up. The sun has already left its comfortable bed. It shines brightly, bright enough to burn the girls to ashes.

The mirrors (the entrance) broke into pieces.

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And our guys were still trapped inside. Their souls couldn’t escape the mirror. Their physical forms slept eternally in the castle.

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End of story? No! At the final seconds, a new mystery popped up. One of them survived. He managed to get out of the mirror right in time. And he was… the vampire!

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I have two versions for the ending scenes. First, the survivor was bitten by the girls and he becomes vampire. He escaped from the mirror at the critical moment, right before the mirror completely broken. Second, the survivor was one of the vampires. He was the one who lurked the other members to the castle. The girls were his subordinates. They collected the blood for the survivor.

And who is the vampire?

My friends said the vampire was Hyde. They believed so because, yeah, we all know that Hyde likes those kind of things. Darkness, horror, vampires…

But I refused to believe it. There’s someone else who’s also suspicious.

I watched the PV over and over just to figure out some clues:
1. The position. Hyde sat, leaning his back on the wall. Yuki also sat, leaning on the wall. Ken and Tetsu laid down.
2. Brown-yellowish line next to the vampire.
3. The mirrors that L’Arc touched. Each of them touched different mirror. I can’t see clearly the one that Tetsu touched, but I think it’s the same as Ken’s. Hyde, Ken, and Tetsu touched square mirrors, while Yuki touched the round-shaped one.
4. The mirror that first broke. It was Yuki’s. And it was shown twice.
5. The vampire’s teeth shape. He had a small neat teeths.

From these points, my suspicion has narrowed to two members. After watching several live talks with L’Arc, I found the *probably* correct answer. The fifth clue is the main key.

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And details for clue #4, when the mirror was broken. Taken from couple of angles, but certainly the same mirror:

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I watched L’Arc’s interview with Aoki in Music Fighter around November last year. They smiled a lot at the show. I screencapped it and took a very careful look at them.

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And… no doubt, he’s the vampire. I’m 99% sure that the vampire is…

*blocked the text below with the cursor to get the answer*

YUKI. Because it’s his song. He's the only member who didn't get a close up scene with the girls. The mirror he touched was the first mirror that was broken. Besides, he's the only one who has a small neat teeth XD



Well, that's my conclusion. But I'm open for second opinion ^___^
 
 
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( 21 comments — Post a new comment )
melissaluvzhyde: Yuki in USA[info]melissaluvzhyde on March 16th, 2008 05:01 pm (UTC)
Wow, you put alot of thought into it. I also suspected Yuki as I read through your post. His lips are very distinct. I guess I don't know his teeth very well. But his mouth-chin & puckered lips are... different looking.

I kinda thought it couldn't be Hyde. I know hyde's mouth too well. Hyde has kinda a big mouth, even physically. I wonder if he's one of those guys who can stuff a fist into his mouth. And, even after having braces, his teeth are recognizable to me. Maybe because I swoon and obsess over all his body parts more than the rest of the L'Arc boys.
hydemyself[info]hydemyself on March 17th, 2008 02:18 am (UTC)
Well, I'm too excited because they finally made PV that is related to the lyric. I mean the "drink it down" part. That's why I wanted to analyze XD

I agree. Even after having braces, his teeth don't seem to change that much. Four front teeths are in straight line, if we look from the side. So they don't match the vampire's.
月ケイ: hyde - america's next top model[info]tsukikei on March 16th, 2008 05:21 pm (UTC)
Very interesting! I didn't take the thing about the mirror into consideration before, so this changed my view a little. I've thought that the vampire in the end was yuki from the start though. I doesn't look like hyde (or tetsu, or ken) but all the more like yuki. It's totally his jaw, at least on the first screencap. It doesn't seem like his thing to do though... but I guess he was talked into it. :p

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this. 8D
.::.::TiFFu::.::.: Hyde // Drink It Down[info]hamstaball on March 16th, 2008 05:45 pm (UTC)
Dang. You just made the video/song even more appealing to me than it already was. I love it when there's an actual story behind PVs rather than just a band that performs music.

Also, I think it's Yuki too. Not based on the teeth though, but you can see that the lines around the mouth and on the chin match Yuki's as well XD
slvr_phoenix01: dance[info]slvr_phoenix01 on March 16th, 2008 06:16 pm (UTC)
that's very interesting! i had read around that people thought it was hyde - but i was kinda skeptical; didn't think that it looked like him much. XD i love your analysis too! that sneaky, sneaky yuki. ;)
greentea_junkie[info]greentea_junkie on March 16th, 2008 07:59 pm (UTC)
whoa.
you should do more pv analysises :D
they're so interesting
hydemyself[info]hydemyself on March 17th, 2008 02:40 am (UTC)
Thx. I'd love to, if I have more free time XD

And if I do, I'd work on Jiyuu e no Shoutai. It's an interesting PV with a blurry ending. We never know what happen with the chained-girl.
マンダ[info]arceydh on March 17th, 2008 05:56 am (UTC)
Ya ya i would love to hear the storyline of jiyuu e no shotai :D
I always curious what happen to that girl,did the man (or its her bf) finally could save the girl?
i'm really excited xD
natsuko_burning[info]natsuko_burning on March 16th, 2008 08:59 pm (UTC)
That explains why yukki doesn't eat, then.

It's a true story PV! XD
Ayme: hyde[info]a_y_m_e on March 16th, 2008 09:46 pm (UTC)
Thanks a lot for such an interesting story! :)
greentea_junkie is absolutely right: you should do more analyses like this. It makes the whole video thing so clear and so understandable.

You know, at first I also thought it was HYDE, but I can't say that I watched the video very carefully. Later after watching closely I understood it was someone else. And when I saw caps that you made, I had almost no doubt it was Yuki judging by his lips and his thin. Besides, all the arguments you mentioned pointed at him as well. :)

Hana: kra keiyuu to yasuno[info]kyragelfling on March 16th, 2008 10:53 pm (UTC)
Hahaha, that was incredibly entertaining. You should start a comm about explaining pvs. I usually don't care much about pvs' meaning or storyline because either a)they're easy to tell or b)they're not easy to tell. So, yeah! This was fun! Sanku!
Dina[info]wisnu on March 16th, 2008 11:22 pm (UTC)
wow. Really interesting! It never occured to me to think about any of it.
The PV left me somehow puzzled, and your analysis made it make sense. Thanks for this =)
kiminokaeru[info]kiminokaeru on March 17th, 2008 12:13 am (UTC)
LOL. YUKI! <3

Dude, I love your interpretation! It would be interesting to do a series (if you have time). :) I'd read them!
Nanani[info]nanani on March 17th, 2008 12:35 am (UTC)
Interesting conclusion about it being yuki. Though I'd like to point out that hyde has had his teeth fixed recently; they're no longer crooked like they used to be.

Still, good job noticing the mirror details!
hydemyself[info]hydemyself on March 17th, 2008 02:36 am (UTC)
Thx a lot. I'm glad all of you enjoy reading this ^___^

I almost thought that the vampire was Hyde, because my friends said so. That's why I watched it over and over. Before posting this entry, I watched it 5 times XD

If it wasn't for the teeth, I would accept the fact that he was Hyde. The mirror thing also made me think it over.

Another supporting fact for my conclusion was the girls' expression when they sat around Yuki. They didn't seem to seduce him, unlike with the other members. So I thought, he's one of them.

Well, there's another hint, actually. It's Hyde's hairdo. If the vampire is Hyde, then we're supposed to see his curly black hair cover his left cheek. But even after I brighten the vampire scene's screencap with Photoshop, I couldn't see anything but the wall. That means, the vampire doesn't have long hair.

Oh, I think I'm getting too serious about this XD
I hope Tetsu or someone else will kindly explain this to us.
るかみ☆ (@ ̄Д ̄@;): haitsu[info]vampire_chan04 on March 17th, 2008 05:22 am (UTC)
Good job! Thanks! ^^

Now I get it... *watches PV again* I really suck at analyzing things... Even those word problems in math... *shudder*

Hey why the hell did I bring this up here? o.O
マンダ: shy[info]arceydh on March 17th, 2008 05:51 am (UTC)
Mamihhhhh stroyline yg sgt bgs! ak suka ^^
Hemm klo kuperhatiin lg yah,kykna itu bkn yuki deh.Emg siy mirror yuki satu2ny beda n btk itu jg yg pecah.
Cmn ak inget klo dr dulu ak suka merhatiin rahang bwhnya yuki yg lbh tinggi,jd mulutny jg kliatan pouting gt (org nyebutnya chame kl yah).
Nah pas liat caps trakir ituh gk mencerminkan tipe rahang yuki.jd kupikir itu cmn model bule yg jd figuran ^^;;
Yah sekian pendpt dr sayah,maap ya jd merusak bygan yuki sang vampire xDD
Lanjutkan lg obsesi sutradarany ran (heu kyk iklan rokok aj) ^^

Oia pas liat caps yg hyde diklllg ce ituh jd keingetan kata2 nade "keempat cewe nangis di kmr mandi" hahaha
hydemyself[info]hydemyself on March 17th, 2008 06:37 am (UTC)
39! XD

Di screencap pertama, waktu si vampir belum menyeringai, bentuk rahangnya mirip Yuki. Bentuk mulutnya juga. Begitu menyeringai, deretan gigi itu yang mematahkan teori bahwa Hyde vampirnya. Soalnya, empat gigi depan Hyde itu bentuknya sejajar. Besar-besar pula. Sedangkan gigi si vampir cenderung menjorok ke dalam. Gigi Ken besar-besar dan jarang. Kalo Tetsu mah gampang ketahuan, giginya kecil-kecil panjang. Cuma Yuki yang susunan geliginya cocok dengan si vampir. Coba perhatiin deh bentuk gigi Yuki di acara Music Fighter yang aku sertain screencap-nya ^___^ v
マンダ[info]arceydh on March 17th, 2008 07:18 am (UTC)
Hemm mungkin brsan giginy mirip tp btk mulutnya gk tuh.Kupikir rahang yuki lbh kecil n mulutnya jg lbh kecil.Klo vampir yg itu kan mulutny kliatan lbh lebar ran
Coba dibandingin ma pic ini:
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa243/Pimanchii/yukiareuready.jpg
yannen[info]yannen on March 17th, 2008 01:06 pm (UTC)
WOW! You really thought about this!

Yeah, I agree it isn't hyde's teeth on the last shot. I'm utterly surprised that the vampire is yuki! I didn't even put much thought into it. It was full of vampires and that was it for me, but reading this made me want to watch it over and over and over!

and over!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
☆ 『あき』  ☆: Hyde: albums[info]bye_bi_cycle on April 1st, 2008 01:00 am (UTC)
I agree! It's definitely Yuki. Wow! nice work.. ^-^ <3
 
 

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