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This is inspired by Ponti, who's come up with a lot of stories for Kalafina PVs, given the fact that they don't really have storylines of their own. Thanks to her, I've been watching some of the PVs myself and coming up with my own stories for them
Fairytale:
Hikari no Senritsu:
Kagayaku:
Magia coming soon! And I hope to hear some of Ponti's stories too
Fairytale:
Kalafina is three young women living in the forest. Wakana's future husband left her the day of their wedding, saying that he would be back within minutes, but he never returned; Hikaru was left alone at the altar by her fiance; like Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, they still wear their wedding dresses. Keiko's husband was killed tragically far away, and so she wears black in mourning for him, as Queen Victoria once did.
These three don't bother to wind their clock or keep back the encroaching forest from their home - they are alone, and they would never want to change that. Their fairytales were destroyed long ago, and they continue to mourn the destructions.
Wakana sings of how her fiance vanished into the darkness. Keiko sings bitterly about how she cannot reach her love now. Hikaru is the quietest, unwilling to tell her story. They wander through the old and veil-draped house they inhabit, mourning their losses, as the clock never ticks and time never passes.
Eventually they fade away into memories of sadness and fleeting joy, leaving their home and their forest; the chair, the stairs, the old tree; and the silent clock.
These three don't bother to wind their clock or keep back the encroaching forest from their home - they are alone, and they would never want to change that. Their fairytales were destroyed long ago, and they continue to mourn the destructions.
Wakana sings of how her fiance vanished into the darkness. Keiko sings bitterly about how she cannot reach her love now. Hikaru is the quietest, unwilling to tell her story. They wander through the old and veil-draped house they inhabit, mourning their losses, as the clock never ticks and time never passes.
Eventually they fade away into memories of sadness and fleeting joy, leaving their home and their forest; the chair, the stairs, the old tree; and the silent clock.
Hikari no Senritsu:
Here, the girls are some sort of magicians, newly arrived in the area. They stand in a place near what once was a thriving town, now long decimated by some old battle or plague. Sensing the sadness inherent in the place, they begin to cast spells to heal it.
Hikaru is a magician of the sky, and so she lifts her arms to it as she casts her spell; Wakana is a magician of the trees, and so she spreads out her arms to the surrounding forests; Keiko is a magician of the earth, so she keeps her eyes downcast to it as she sings. As they sing, they remember their time in a happy town, and use those memories to supplement their spells.
Their spells eventually require music, so they play their instruments. Hikaru plays the tambourine, like the crackling of lightning across the sky; Wakana plays the accordion, like the gentle crunch of leaves; Keiko plays the ukelele, like the murmuring of blades of grass. Soon the place begins to become happy again.
Entering the ruined town, they wander through it. First they find the old theater and stand on its balcony; then they dance down the streets playing their instruments. The lights come on as they sing, and the town begins to come to life again. They continue using memories of happy places as inspiration.
Throughout the flute solo, the shots of happiness and dancing are intercut with motionless shots because they know they are nearly overtaxing their powers. The town has been through a lot in its time, and it will take perhaps more than they can give to revive it. The tower remains bare, the branches of the bushes dry and dead. But they continue to sing and play, both inside and outside the town.
Despite the daunting size of their task, the lights are still on in the town, so they take a short rest and look at their handiwork. Then, still tired, they resume their singing, leaning against the walls of the town or standing outside it. This is their final push to restore the town to thriving happiness again - if they can't, all is lost.
As the final chorus ends, they succeed, and dance in the streets once again as the lights still shine.
Hikaru is a magician of the sky, and so she lifts her arms to it as she casts her spell; Wakana is a magician of the trees, and so she spreads out her arms to the surrounding forests; Keiko is a magician of the earth, so she keeps her eyes downcast to it as she sings. As they sing, they remember their time in a happy town, and use those memories to supplement their spells.
Their spells eventually require music, so they play their instruments. Hikaru plays the tambourine, like the crackling of lightning across the sky; Wakana plays the accordion, like the gentle crunch of leaves; Keiko plays the ukelele, like the murmuring of blades of grass. Soon the place begins to become happy again.
Entering the ruined town, they wander through it. First they find the old theater and stand on its balcony; then they dance down the streets playing their instruments. The lights come on as they sing, and the town begins to come to life again. They continue using memories of happy places as inspiration.
Throughout the flute solo, the shots of happiness and dancing are intercut with motionless shots because they know they are nearly overtaxing their powers. The town has been through a lot in its time, and it will take perhaps more than they can give to revive it. The tower remains bare, the branches of the bushes dry and dead. But they continue to sing and play, both inside and outside the town.
Despite the daunting size of their task, the lights are still on in the town, so they take a short rest and look at their handiwork. Then, still tired, they resume their singing, leaning against the walls of the town or standing outside it. This is their final push to restore the town to thriving happiness again - if they can't, all is lost.
As the final chorus ends, they succeed, and dance in the streets once again as the lights still shine.
Kagayaku:
Wakana, Keiko and Hikaru represent three different kinds of love in this PV: Wakana is Romantic Love, Keiko is Brotherly Love, and Hikaru is Compassionate Love (the love people have for the entire planet and everything on it). They come to the candle room - the deepest part of someone's heart - to sing for the return and strengthening of Hope, which is represented by the sky in the wall, in that person.
Hikaru arrives last, because she is the most determined to bring Hope back to this person's heart. But as she arrives, she sees that the sky has clouds in it - Hope is being diluted by the world.
In response to terrible things in the world, the person weeps - represented by the falling rain. The three of them join in a chorus for Hope, but the candles go out - Hope is dying.
Hikaru, Compassionate Love, sings alone with the forest - the beauty of the world - behind her. But Wakana, Romantic Love, is left alone in a ruined room, looking for the light. The three of them join together again in the forest, trying to show this person that the world is still beautiful and that Hope still has a place in their heart.
But the clouded sky still burns, the demise of Hope. As Hikaru stays in the room, still holding out for Hope, Wakana and Keiko leave her. Romantic Love and Brotherly Love have been lost to this person, but Compassionate Love remains. And most of the candles still burn.
Hikaru arrives last, because she is the most determined to bring Hope back to this person's heart. But as she arrives, she sees that the sky has clouds in it - Hope is being diluted by the world.
In response to terrible things in the world, the person weeps - represented by the falling rain. The three of them join in a chorus for Hope, but the candles go out - Hope is dying.
Hikaru, Compassionate Love, sings alone with the forest - the beauty of the world - behind her. But Wakana, Romantic Love, is left alone in a ruined room, looking for the light. The three of them join together again in the forest, trying to show this person that the world is still beautiful and that Hope still has a place in their heart.
But the clouded sky still burns, the demise of Hope. As Hikaru stays in the room, still holding out for Hope, Wakana and Keiko leave her. Romantic Love and Brotherly Love have been lost to this person, but Compassionate Love remains. And most of the candles still burn.
Magia coming soon! And I hope to hear some of Ponti's stories too