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• Member: sarinthesky
• Title: Memories Past
• Premiered: 2005-05-17
• Categories:
  • Drama
  • Character Profile
  • Serious
• Song:
  • Enya Boadicea
• Anime:
  • Prince of Tennis, The (TV)
• Comments: I wanted to do a music video that reflected the conflicting emotions between the three characters. The music is a choice because it’s overall mood is slightly melancholy, despite being very beautiful, and almost dreamlike, which sort of reflects the tone of the match – make no mistake, despite winning the match, and the amazing way he plays, Fuji isn’t in any victorious mood, he’s doing to prove a point, and that isn’t necessarily a happy one – he’s doing it to humiliate Mizuki, because of how he has treated Yuuta. And there's also the sadness of the strained relationship between the two brothers, with Yuuta angry at always being 'The prodigy's brother' to everyone. The music also sort of reflects the winds that blow throughout this, through the trees at moments of realisation or change.
  
  The video follows Fuji as he faces Mizuki. Fuji knows that Mizuki has been using his brother Yuuta without regard for himself or his wellbeing – up to getting him to use techniques he knows will injure him simply to win a match; Yuuta having left Seigaku and started with St Rudolph because he always felt in the shadow of his genius older brother. They start the match, and Mizuki starts winning, with Yuuta looking on. Yuuta then thinks back to when they were young, and how Fuji was always protecting him.
  
  As they change court, Fuji confronts Mizuki directly in hearing of Yuuta, and as Mizuki fully admits to using him, Yuuta finally realises what is going on, and thinks back on how Fuji always used to take care of him.
  
  Fuji then shows his real self, and destroys Mizuki without losing another point, and finishes the match, and with Mizuki beaten and on the ground, goes up to him and says “Thankyou for taking care of my Brother.” It’s that sort of bittersweet irony that I wanted to reflect in this.