Hanabi analysis
Oct. 26th, 2014 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rincchiOK, let's take a look at those lyrics. BTW, the blog poster believes 'I' is Kyousuke, and 'you' is Rin.
That day, you took me by the hand and said,
"Let's aim for a life beyond the wall"
You embraced my weak and delicate shoulders
And we walked throughout the deep darkness
It would seem more like "you" is Kyousuke here, with 'you' taking 'I' by the hand and 'I' having weak shoulders. On the other hand, if we consider this to be pre Rin's trauma, Rin might just have been a bit more outgoing, and maybe Kyousuke wasn't always so tough and happy go lucky.
I think Rin wanted to escape their reality (go beyond the wall) and Kyousuke willingly took her out of there.
The dream we aimed for is far away
The dream we lost is also far away
The summer we spent together, just the two of us, began
Walking on the tatami mat barefoot was painful
The fireworks you bought for me
Still made me feel depressed, so it was no good
They spent a summer alone together. I think maybe they ran away together and hid somewhere, and Riki and Rin's escape in Rin 2 ended up reflecting that past event. They basically did the same thing Rin and Kyousuke did as children. Did the Natsume siblings run away to their grandfather's? Could be connected to Kyousuke's dislike of their grandfather (Though the dislike could just be because his grandfather was always crushing his ego)
Kyousuke being depressed does seem unusual, but like I said, maybe he wasn't always so cheerful back then.
The dream we aimed for is far away
The dream we lost is also far away
You always loved nothing but boring things
The increasing number of cats you gathered was worrisome
You had always smiled next to me
Rin gathered a lot of cats, which happens in Rin 2, and does indeed worry Riki. Perhaps she did that in the past as well. Before her trauma, it might be possible she was a cheerful child who loved "nothing but boring things".
We heard a bell chime as we strolled back home
It was so nostalgic it made tears stream down my face
You shook off my hand and took off running
The sky was dark like it is now, and closed in around us
A bell chiming... I'm not sure what the bell was, and why it was so nostalgic. The darkness closing in around them, does that refer to the trauma?
The dream we aimed for is far away
The dream we lost is also far away
The cold rain fell; you were alone,
Watching the stones tumble under your feet
I held a cat covered in wounds
We, still being protected, were there
It would have been better if I hadn't remembered what that meant
Does this refer to some kind of accident happening? I'm not entirely certain. Anyway, something happened, that much is clear.
Not after long, we were brought back
The leftover fireworks were still left untouched
I held them and visited your room
And before I realized it, you had stopped smiling
Brought back probably means they were brought back to the other side of the "wall". Kyousuke brings the fireworks to Rin and finds that she's stopped smiling because of her traumatic experience.
You always loved nothing but boring things
The increasing number of cats you gathered was worrisome
This time, it's my turn to smile for you
This time, it's my turn to take you to that summer
And now we have the last two lines here. Since Rin was traumatised and no longer smiling, Kyousuke was smiling for her, being strong and taking her by the hand, showing her fun things.
The blog poster has this theory that Kyousuke used to be the one who was depressed so Rin would be cheering him up, until she became traumatised and Kyousuke returned the favour. Something like that. I don't know, it's just a theory after all.
What I think is, Kyousuke and Rin maybe ran away from home? They probably didn't have a good relationship with their parents. Maybe not necessarily parents but guardians. They ran away to their grandfather's but something happened that left Rin traumatized, and it was heavily echoed in Rin 2, leading to her being mentally broken. Perhaps it was the police finding them, just as in Rin 2.
As for why Kyousuke dislikes his grandfather, perhaps he blames him for what happened to Rin, and resents him for failing to protect her.
However Rin was before the traumatic event that befell her, I do believe she was always shy and introverted. The trauma just made it even worse.
That day, you took me by the hand and said,
"Let's aim for a life beyond the wall"
You embraced my weak and delicate shoulders
And we walked throughout the deep darkness
It would seem more like "you" is Kyousuke here, with 'you' taking 'I' by the hand and 'I' having weak shoulders. On the other hand, if we consider this to be pre Rin's trauma, Rin might just have been a bit more outgoing, and maybe Kyousuke wasn't always so tough and happy go lucky.
I think Rin wanted to escape their reality (go beyond the wall) and Kyousuke willingly took her out of there.
The dream we aimed for is far away
The dream we lost is also far away
The summer we spent together, just the two of us, began
Walking on the tatami mat barefoot was painful
The fireworks you bought for me
Still made me feel depressed, so it was no good
They spent a summer alone together. I think maybe they ran away together and hid somewhere, and Riki and Rin's escape in Rin 2 ended up reflecting that past event. They basically did the same thing Rin and Kyousuke did as children. Did the Natsume siblings run away to their grandfather's? Could be connected to Kyousuke's dislike of their grandfather (Though the dislike could just be because his grandfather was always crushing his ego)
Kyousuke being depressed does seem unusual, but like I said, maybe he wasn't always so cheerful back then.
The dream we aimed for is far away
The dream we lost is also far away
You always loved nothing but boring things
The increasing number of cats you gathered was worrisome
You had always smiled next to me
Rin gathered a lot of cats, which happens in Rin 2, and does indeed worry Riki. Perhaps she did that in the past as well. Before her trauma, it might be possible she was a cheerful child who loved "nothing but boring things".
We heard a bell chime as we strolled back home
It was so nostalgic it made tears stream down my face
You shook off my hand and took off running
The sky was dark like it is now, and closed in around us
A bell chiming... I'm not sure what the bell was, and why it was so nostalgic. The darkness closing in around them, does that refer to the trauma?
The dream we aimed for is far away
The dream we lost is also far away
The cold rain fell; you were alone,
Watching the stones tumble under your feet
I held a cat covered in wounds
We, still being protected, were there
It would have been better if I hadn't remembered what that meant
Does this refer to some kind of accident happening? I'm not entirely certain. Anyway, something happened, that much is clear.
Not after long, we were brought back
The leftover fireworks were still left untouched
I held them and visited your room
And before I realized it, you had stopped smiling
Brought back probably means they were brought back to the other side of the "wall". Kyousuke brings the fireworks to Rin and finds that she's stopped smiling because of her traumatic experience.
You always loved nothing but boring things
The increasing number of cats you gathered was worrisome
This time, it's my turn to smile for you
This time, it's my turn to take you to that summer
And now we have the last two lines here. Since Rin was traumatised and no longer smiling, Kyousuke was smiling for her, being strong and taking her by the hand, showing her fun things.
The blog poster has this theory that Kyousuke used to be the one who was depressed so Rin would be cheering him up, until she became traumatised and Kyousuke returned the favour. Something like that. I don't know, it's just a theory after all.
What I think is, Kyousuke and Rin maybe ran away from home? They probably didn't have a good relationship with their parents. Maybe not necessarily parents but guardians. They ran away to their grandfather's but something happened that left Rin traumatized, and it was heavily echoed in Rin 2, leading to her being mentally broken. Perhaps it was the police finding them, just as in Rin 2.
As for why Kyousuke dislikes his grandfather, perhaps he blames him for what happened to Rin, and resents him for failing to protect her.
However Rin was before the traumatic event that befell her, I do believe she was always shy and introverted. The trauma just made it even worse.
