Vita (ヴィータ) Theory
This is a theory post for Vita (ヴィータ) Music Video from Hiiragi Kirai (柊キライ) ft v_flower. This is the 7th MV of the Color Series. This will be a long explanation, so if you want to skip the detailed explanation you can read the summary section.
Character
This is the character sheet for Ruka, from the illustrator WOOMA’s twitter
Ruka (月薫) is the main character of this MV. Hiiragi-san desribe her as “a person with a lot of desire”. She is the 5th character from the Color Series (not including the demons).
Analysis
Ethymology
Ru ( 月) stands for moon. Her design is based on this (Dress, Earring, Ring, etc), I will explain this in design section . Ka (薫) stands for fragrance of flowers. This name taken from Blue Flower. It stands for desire, love, and the metaphysical striving for the infinite and unreachable.
Design
This is the moon cycle. You can read the symbolism here. I don’t write it here because it’s too long :). This tells the phases of Ruka’s behaviour throughout the MV. In this design, there are no the second new moon so after surrendering Ruka doesn’t have a new beginning.
These rhombus represent the octahedron in the MV. I will explain the octahedron later
This is a pulse. At the end the pulse stop moving, It symbolise Ruka’s desire to die.
This braided hair symbolize strenght of mind or oneness of mind. This is Ruka’s attempt to protect her from the demons. The five circles around her head are her spell to protect her mind from the demons.
The crescent moon earrings symbolize protection against negativity. This is one of Ruka’s attempt to protect her from the demons.
Ruka’s left hand in christian hand gesture means speaker/I’m speaking. I don’t know the meaning of the fingerless glove, and the dress design.
Ruka’s right hand in christian hand gesture means listen. For the ring, there are many interpretation: 1. rings worn on middle finger symbolise power, balance and stability 2. In Egypt Myth, the symbol of Goddess of Truth is lapis lazuli. So lapis lazuli is called 'The Stone of Truth' 3. From antiquity, lapis lazuli has been worn in the belief that it will ward off evil 4. One famous legend stated that King Solomon was given a ring made of Lapis Lazuli by an angel. The ring gave him the power to control a group of demons to build his temple. Symbol of Ring of Solomon is Star of David (I will explain this later). This is one of Ruka’s attempt to protect her from the demons. Only the middle finger of Ruka that the color is black (I don’t know the meaning of this).
Ruka’s eyes symbolize the myth of Horus (Egyptian God). In the myth, Horus lost his right eye that symbolize sun and left with his left eye that symbolize moon. Below her left eye is a elder futhark rune for year, It can be a reference to the end of the lyrics (I only wish to switch places with that time).
Demon design
From the design, I interpret the demon is a bat. The bat can be seen as a symbol of rebirth but may also simply represent Ruka looking through the darkness, as bats have excellent vision. (Source: Pistolero2314)
Her Devil is a Bat who also resembles a clock about to point at the omega symbol [Ω], which represents a "great end". (Source: Pistolero2314)
The roman numerals III and VI can be see on either side as well. If taken together, the number 36 has multiple interpretations such as "dark and evil" in the standard bible interpretation and "two lives" in the Judaism perspective with two 18's representing "life". (Source: Pistolero2314)
Lyrics Connection
Now I will analyse the lyrics of Vita MV and connect it with Bocca Della Verita because it is very related to Vita. I will use Ms. K lyrics version for the analysis because Ms. K is already experienced translating the color series. And I will use Tackmyn Y for another songs lyrics because of the same reason.
Hiiragi Kirai – Vita (English)
Translation: Ms.K & mikk
An outrageous existence is what they see me as
The proof of demonic manipulation
Hiding my trace of living
Turns my sprit into a bone-dry animal
Feelings like these pointless sorrow (Purple)
Just can’t be stopped from the overflow (Green)
Your pain and misery (Purple)
You’re carrying them along with you and I can see (Purple)
I’m trying the best to live (Green)
I’m trying my best while I’m dying (Green)
This is my Vita, I’m living my life
That’s why I won’t let it get tainted (Green) by the demons
Dear My Diablo
With an extreme extreme extreme
Diminuendo or some sorts
I wish to stop my breathe
So that there’s no pain, so that I can rest in peace [1]
Please Please Please Please Please Please
All I feel is getting sick of everything (Green) [2]
My life has been living in deception (Green)
So please
Following the dark, dark ending line of my life
I drive along it and search at the same time [3]
On a lightless road at night, (Green) I search as I always have [3]
An outrageous existence is what they see me as (Purple)
The proof of demonic manipulation
Breathing and living in lies (Purple)
I wish you can stop doing that (Purple)
Please just go back
Embrace that wish into (Purple) your scream [4]
With an extreme extreme extreme Diminuendo, please end it all
I’m trying the best to live
I’m trying my best while I’m dying
I’m trying the best to live
I’m doing my best (Grey) …Aren’t we all like that? [5]
When you burn out, (Yellow) [2] keep searching, keep searching [3]
I don’t want to drop dead at all
This is my Vita, I’m living my life (Purple)
That’s why I won’t let it get tainted by the demons
Dear My Diablo
With an extreme diminuendo
With a wetly tightened and plain end
With an extreme extreme extreme
Diminuendo or some sorts
I wish to stop my breathe
So there is no pain, so I can rest in peace [1]
Please Please Please Please Please Please
All I feel is getting sick of everything (Green) [2]
Please Please Please Please Please Please
I only wish to switch places with that time
And I don’t know what could happen next (Purple) But please
[1] “Your existence gives me pain, pain!” This is one of the reason that Ruka want to die.
[2] "You’re frivolous, full of fatigue." Misaki describe Ruka as a frivolous person despite she always get tired.
[3] “Top secret, I can't let it be revealed.” Ruka is searching Misaki’s secret
[4] This is Ruka’s advice to Misaki to not be deceived by possibly Rinen. Misaki’s response is this "The veracity of the solution passes up through my throat."
[5] This lyrics can be connected to this lyrics from Bocca Della Verita “My dear, why, why don't you know? That is absolutely out of the question. If something is truly meaningful, then without using words, You instead have to demonstrate it through attitude, Or else everything remains unintelligible." From this lyrics, we know that Misaki gives advice to Rika that she have to do it with attitude rather than with just a mere words.
Music Video
The beginning of the MV open by an octahedron. 2D Octahedron is shaped like this:
It become hexagram inside of hexagon. This two thing are related to Ruka.
The hexagon is the shape that appear in the beggining of the MV. Hexagon symbolize harmony and balance. While the hexagram is a reference to her ring (Ring of Solomon) and possibly the hexagram in Bocca Della Verita at 2:00.
In the beggining of the MV Ruka expression is angry and annoyed.
You can see the ら from 止まらないことね is crumbling.This translate to “can’t be stopped” and the color of the lyrics is green. Possibly Rinen is the one responsible of Misaki’s pain and suffering.
The ring light to cast her spell. The spell is the light that makes a circle. This is the picture:
Ruka close her eyes and the screen went dark. This is the demon (darkness) attempt to attack Ruka’s mind
Ruka’s emotion now is sad and there is a tear on her cheak. The demon (darkness) is succeded to attack Ruka’s mind. But not fully control Ruka’s mind
Ruka cast her spell again to protect her.
So we see the octahedron again and some seals around it.
The first inner seals are II II V II II II V III or 22522253. when added it will become 23.
There are 2 meanings that I found:
1. Psalm 23 or the shepherd psalm. In the 4 verse, it mention the darkest valley. This is a reference to the darkness that Ruka fight
2. 23 Enigma. The 23 enigma is regarded as a corollary of the Law of Fives because 2 + 3 = 5. It explain why the number written like that from the amount of 2 and explain the amount of the outer seals 2 front and 3 back.
The second inner seal translate to: God didn't save me
The third inner seal translate to: Until this curse breakers
The fourth inner seal translate to: Never wake up
So the inner seal is: God didn’t save me until this curse breakers never wake up
for the 2 front outer seals translate to: Darkness is warping power
and the 3 back outer seals translate to: Atone for people's sins
These are the purpose of Ruka in this whole MV, She wants the “curse breakers” to die. The curse breakers are probably the other MC because they release Sinfan from “Hell” and brought it to the world.
For the front outer seals, the darkness/demon is probably Rinen. Rinen is the one responsible for Misaki’s dead. So Ruka confront him to kill him, but he warp her spell so it doesn’t kill him.
For the back outer circle, Ruka wants to atone for people’s sins by killing the curse breakers and the darkness.
The demon (darkness) attack again. Now the demon succeded to control Ruka’s mind
The 5 circles around her head now are gone. So, the demon is corrupting her mind. The expression is convinced that she is in the fault.
Now Ruka cast her spell to herself.
Now she is already corrupted and the ring is black. The ring is black because the eye of horus is corrupted. The destruction of the Eye of Horus is therefore equated with the darkening of the moon in the course of its cycle of phases, or during eclipses.
She begged to the demon now possibly to heal her eye of horus
Now the eye of horus is already healed so the ring turns back to normal but the remains of the corruption still intact.
From this image, we know that the one who healed Ruka is Sinfan. Because in the myth the one who healed Horus’s eye is Thoth the Egypt God of Moon, and Sinfan is based from Sin The Sumerian God of Moon.
References
Autophagy
This lyrics translate to “O seeds of evil, which will soon burst open!“. So Ruka is the one who open the ‘Hell’ gate
Eva
This lyrics translate to “Mediocre”. Zaika calls Ruka mediocre
This lyrics translate to “and half rotten”/”rotting away”. Maybe she calls Ruka like that because she always get fatigued
Bocca Della Verita
Three squares leading to a hexagram scenes. One of the circles is on top of the right eye of the demon, maybe a reference to Ruka missing her right eye?
8 squares merging into a decagram. Maybe this is Ruka’s demon?
The squares are rotating, maybe something Ruka did to protect Misaki?
Note: Ignore the notification :)
Mobius
Prior to this, at 2:05 on the upper screen you can see blue color. This and that are the spell that Ruka used to fight Rinen.
You can see the X on the middle, maybe it can be interpreted that Ruka wins the fight?
Bottom
This is the opening of the ‘Hell’ gate
Ruka fighting Baphomet
Baphomet lose and sent back to ‘Hell’
The opening of ‘Hell’ again. This is the evidence:
There are many kinds of disfigured animal in this scene
Summary
Ruka regretted her action to open the ‘Hell’ gate. The others MC blame her because of what happen to them. Ruka also regretted that she cannot save her friend, Misaki from being murdered by Rinen. So she contains Misaki’s soul in the octahedron (posibbly to bring her back to life) and confront Rinen. When she confronted Rinen, She found out about Misaki and Rinen secret. Then, She fights Rinen and searched for the truth of the secret. The closer to the truth, she became more corrupted. In the end, she lost the fight. But Ruka begged Sinfan to heals her. And the music video ends.
I interpreted Rinen as the darkness/demon because the only demon that can talk is Baphomet, and he used human version of him to talk (Leopard), And Rinen has crescent moon and his symbol is cross (X). Sinfan is based on Sin, Sumerian God of Moon. Sin name can be spelled XXX and his symbol is crescent moon.
Author Note
Wow, this is a long one. I need one month to actually make the symbols connect with each other (I missed some symbols sadly :( ). Maybe I will analyse Galleria next because it is the most easy one. I have added the sources and decoration. And sorry for broken english I’m not a native :(. So until next time.
Remember this is just a theory, a vocaloid theory :). So if I’m wrong please correct me