Long ass post about Hikari (I'm just warning you because this also took a lot of time for me.)
Sooo... After taking a few screenshots for... Artistic purposes of the Hikari MV, I'm going to analyze everything (from the lyrics to the music video) and then give my personal take on the Niigo disbanding thing because I really didn't write about it here.
Ena7 is about Ena and Mizuki realizing Mafuyu's and Kanade's situation and thinking of a plan to relax, but deep down, for Ena (and for Mizuki too) it's also a way to make memories, because maybe in the future they won't be able to continue helping n25 to make music (which is completely natural).
So the whole trip, Ena does various sketches about the places they visit and tries to capture the atmosphere on that moment to serve as a memory, because as she greatly said, looking at a drawing you did in the past you can definitely grasp how you were feeling or in what mood you were in that exact moment:
(Honestly, that's one of the things that has the time! With drawing someone can also notice by looking for old work how their artstyle changed.)
This desire to make memories comes from Ena's realization that their future paths will probably be very different and there will be a moment where n25 won't be as active as it was.
And Hikari also follows this theme of the memories, about how time eventually makes everything one...
But memories stick with us, so those nice moments are never gone.
I've seen lots of japanese comments on the video itself that say that the "night" here refers to Niigo, but I'd like to think it refers to Niigo as the "music group". You know. Niigo was created mainly as a source to heal each of their members, connected by their struggles in life. But everyone is starting to move on and look at the future (except Kanade ticking bomb Yoisaki) so Niigo, as "music group" is beginning to be no longer needed.
Also I guess this was the "night" Mizuno Atsu was talking about in the producer's comment for this song.
I personally interpret this line is about what I just wrote, that Niigo as their music and as a group already have done it's job.
And this is probably what Ena, Mizuki, Mafuyu and Kanade will loose in the future. They'll naturally take different paths so making music as Niigo won't probably be the main priority in their lives.
But that doesn't mean Niigo, as "friends" have to become less active and quit seeing each other. In fact, we are talking about the group in which two girls ran KILOMETERS and one of them because she wanted her friend to be with her and the others. Music connected them and made them meet each other, but their struggles are the ones who really makes them empathize and be with each other and support everyone.
I mean, bruh, "We are just one", "Just being with you is my happiness". You girls might stop uploading music in the future, you might have liked it and everything, but your asses aren't able to not see each other in the future again.
So the memories here are just about their activities as Niigo, their songs, their after-parties... And that along the process they went through to heal and be where they are now, able to move forward.
And those are happy memories, honestly.
Meanings aside I love this commision, it has like an elegant vibe with the violin and the piano in the instrumental and the way all of them sang makes me tear up lol, so much powerful.
And this line is my absolute favourite:
Oookay but moving on to the MV... I love how they played with what Ena did in the story of encapsulating memories as sketches.
You're just vibing in the grass??
BOOM! Time really flies, it's already a memory.
Also someone already pointed out this but I too fear Kanamafu not being together means something bad and we all know what it is:
This scene was so cute, seeing everyone drawing things associated with them:
If I wrote here all the theories I have about this MV this probably was going to be endless but that's all that I found like... Worth mentioning of the MV. I find this artstyle so cute for some reason?? They look like very complete but simple at the same time? Lmao I don't know.
And now here we go for my take but I believe you all already know what I think about it from what I said here lol.
In the story, to begin with, I think there is no record of any of n25's members mentioning the posibility of disbanding, but correct me if I'm wrong in Mizu7's case. They just say that their future careers will follow different paths, so they won't be able to work in n25 as they did before.
So... Do I think n25 is going to disband?
Even if they won't be able to work as before, Mafuyu mentioned that making music with n25 made her feel a lot much better, so much to actually deny her mother's orders to keep herself away from them. And even in the dream of the wl2 she ended up wanting to do music with them. So I guess this means Mafuyu isn't codependent on Kanade, she only feels lonely without n25 and their usual activities? Idk, I just think that Niigo as "music group" of course will be a less active thing in the future, but I don't think it'll dissapear. And Niigo as "friendship" isn't in danger of dissapearing. And I believe when Mafuyu talks always about Niigo's music she only is thinking about the present day, not refering to the rest of their lifes lol.
What happens with Niigo now it's natural, especially if it's something you start that early in life. (I feel so wrong saying this lol I actually have ZERO experience)
And that's actually what I find like... Interesting? And special about Nightcord. They depicted their situation and group so well, so realistic, because their roles and passions (koishiteru, aishiteru~) do not necessarily follow the music path and yet they formed a group because of everyone's talents (Except Mafuyu, in this case, but I would pry to see what she writes, honestly).
Lol I know I extended this a lot but I can't explain myself correctly and I'm very biased towards polyniigo and their friendship in general so of course I wasn't able to be objective.
Source for the lyrics is this video of Youtube:
