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Short analysis: “The Way I Am”
The lyrics of each and every solo song in the series “The Way I Am” are written by the members of Anthos themselves, so we can say that these songs were made to show us new aspects to the boys that we (1/?)
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The lyrics of each and every solo song in the series “The Way I Am” are written by the members of Anthos themselves, so we can say that these songs were made to show us new aspects to the boys that we (1/?)
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Are yet to learned. The themes of each and every song were actually revealed long before the solos were even announced, which were in some... promo tweets, I think? that had little messages that came with strings of numbers which we can tell are codes (2/?)
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The themes are:
Lihito - Love
Kaoru - Memory
Ryoga - Friend
Chise - Myself
Haruta - Home
Mahiro - Family
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Lihito - Love
Kaoru - Memory
Ryoga - Friend
Chise - Myself
Haruta - Home
Mahiro - Family
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From this point onwards will be my own analysis as well as perspective on each member’s solo
We’ll start off with Lihito, the cool, intelligent, sharp-tongue vocalist of Anthos*. When he was first introduced, he seemed just like any megane archetype character
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We’ll start off with Lihito, the cool, intelligent, sharp-tongue vocalist of Anthos*. When he was first introduced, he seemed just like any megane archetype character
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Lihito looked like the one that won’t be interesting in something like love, as it might be inconvenient and sometimes pose a threat to his career (as a model, as an idol). But through “Pain In My Heart”, we learned of
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A new side to Lihito - a Lihito that also longed for love. He was never properly “loved” so he didn’t really know how to connect with others. Lihito was spittin’ facts at everyone’s face because that was what he could see, and he basically was just
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Speaking his mind. Speaking of which, Lihito was a man who tries to find logic and gives meaning to everything he observed. Ryoga said that he was observing everyone closely and really looked out for them (hence that meme I made the other day) so...
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That was just the only way of “loving” and “caring” that he knew. It sounds weird, but he uses logic to love everyone in Anthos. In the end, my point is, Lihito’s solo “Pain In My Heart” shows us the unexpected “wants to be loved” side of Lihito. Next: Kaoru
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Kaoru is the “Prince” of Anthos*, who had a weak constitution as a child. This gives him the image of a “frail prince”, but “Breathe” completely breaks that impression. His powerful vocals, combined with the lyrics “I’ll keep on moving on my own, my own way”
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“To save my little world”
Breathe shows us an unexpected side of a strong-willed and determined Kisaragi Kaoru - the one that was portrayed as the polite, somewhat timid and soft-spoken Minus Ion of Anthos* (10/?)
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Breathe shows us an unexpected side of a strong-willed and determined Kisaragi Kaoru - the one that was portrayed as the polite, somewhat timid and soft-spoken Minus Ion of Anthos* (10/?)
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Next up, Ryoga.
Ryoga with his solo “The Days” is an interesting case. Ryoga was first portrayed as the muscular macho man reliable older brother of Anthos*. But gradually, we came to learn that Ryo is mysterious, the biggest mystery of Anthos to be exact. (11/?)
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Ryoga with his solo “The Days” is an interesting case. Ryoga was first portrayed as the muscular macho man reliable older brother of Anthos*. But gradually, we came to learn that Ryo is mysterious, the biggest mystery of Anthos to be exact. (11/?)
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Ryoga KNEW Chihiro. He KNEW every single password in the Amagiri headquarters (tower? idk) as he can get through the place with ease. Presumably, he’s also the only one who knew what’s behind every activities given to the members of Anthos* (12/?)
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He’s literally one of the deepest characters of this series, with so many sides to him that were hidden within the lores of HanaDoll. In short, Ryoga sus (jk). But in his solo “The Days”
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We were shown a whole new side to him. A Ryoga who’s longing for a friend, who’s so melancholic, who doesn’t want to live in a life of lies and treasures a friend very much. A Ryoga who, just like anyone else, is very human. (14/?)
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He hides the “melancholic Ryoga” from the members so well that... they could only rely on him. Ryo told everyone that they should tell others about their feelings, but the irony is that no one actually knows what Ryoga is like, deep down. (15/?)
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Except for that one friend. “You’re the one who understands me”. The only one who was so close to understand him like that was very likely to be Chihiro.
I will add more to this thread when the rest of the solos are released! So this makes it (16/?) of the thread.
I will add more to this thread when the rest of the solos are released! So this makes it (16/?) of the thread.
