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NEVERLAND, PSYCHE & THE BUTTERFLY THEMES (JIN) // INU, PROLOGUE & RUN

As explained in the main theory ("INU, Prologue & Run:Retakes on Innocence Lost & The hardships of Growing up(in previous chapter)) , the HYYH Trilogy tells the story of the boys' struggle with transitioning from childhood to adulthood, from being caterpillars to being butterflies (chrysalis stage).

Jin on the other hand has already transitioned to adulthood, to his butterfly form (he's the eldest, so that makes sense he would go to this next stage first). On the inside though, he is still struggling with the idea so he holds onto memories of his carefree youth with the rest of the boys, but he watches it all as an outsider (which explains why he's often singled out throughout the whole concept).

Those are actually made-up memories, allegorical dreams rising from Jin's subconscious. The boys should actually be interpreted here as personifications of Jin's ambivalent feelings towards adulthood, as the various and sometimes conflicted emotions he feels towards the idea of growing up and becoming a man. And as long as Butterfly-Jin will feel conflicted inside, he will not be able to properly move on to the adult world and end the cycle of hardships.

 And as long as Butterfly-Jin will feel conflicted inside, he will not be able to properly move on to the adult world and end the cycle of hardships

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  Forever Young photoshoot concept & Run Japanase ver. (Buttefly & water motif) 

 (Buttefly & water motif) 

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