ANALYZING THE SAKAMAKIS FLOWERS

Ok, so after translating the cards for the Sakamakis perfume merch drop, I started researching what each of flowers that the Sakamkis were given meant.

𝙰𝚈𝙰𝚃𝙾

" 𝙰𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛. 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚝𝚘, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎. "

So Ayatos flower is a Lotus, Lotus flowers are often represented as strength, resilience and rebirth since they bloom out from murky waters without stains. Lotus flowers also are known to represent purity.

Ayato is known as being the most human or friendly of the Sakamakis, even his character profile will say this. Despite Ayatos harsh and abusive childhood he remains strongwilled and resilant to become number 1, although he struggles with his own capablities and the feeling that we can't be enough. This part if character is better explored through his Lost Eden Route and Dark Fate. While all the DL boys have issues Ayato learns to change himself for the better and is one of the few boys that really attempts to change himself and look at his own flaws and apologize for his actions, even trying to break away from habits from his mother. Many of his routes will show this. Ayato has also been deemed as " pure " by characters, specifically Laito, who always states how he's envious of Ayatos Purity to remain true to himself and what he wants despite they're upbringing. This is also proven with his character by Karlheinz in Ayatos Dark Fate Ecstasy Epilouge ( we also won't talk about how Lotus Flowers are aquatic and what Ayatos history with water is 👀)

KarlHeinz: Aah…Such sentimental words. Exactly…Perfect…Value life, and mourn for it…Lament misfortune, experiencing great suffering…Then rebel! That is what makes one Adam!

𝙺𝙰𝙽𝙰𝚃𝙾

" 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘. 𝙰 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘."

Kanato's flower is Witch Hazel, Witch Hazel is a flower that got it's name from from the pratice " Water Witching " where you take a forked branch and used it to find underground water. Witch Hazel is associated with Protection and Healing, with folk tales saying that Witch hazel can cure broken hearts.

First off the whole idea that Witch Hazel is used to find underground water is ironic, and I'm not sure it's entirely intentional. But we know that the triplets were punished by Cordelia by throwing them into the Underground sewers and leaving them there ( Kanto vs Subaru CD goes into more depth on this ) out of the three Kanato seems to be the most affected by these punishments ( although they all are ) Kantoo uses his " Teddy" as a type of coping mechanism almost to have some piece of his mother with him as he keeps her ashes in the bear and it's the only way he can sleep and be comforted. This is some form of healing himself and his feelings from the death and abuse of his mother that he can't let go even after her death and it may be come way of protecting himself from any more emotional pain or acknowledgment of it.

𝙻𝙰𝙸𝚃𝙾

" 𝙰𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚣𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚠𝚗. 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝙻𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎. "

Laitos given flower are Tulips. Tulips represent Love, Rebirth and New beginning, however each color of Tulip represent something different.

OH MY GOD This one was the whole reason I wanted to do this in the first place because there is so much to unpack here. First of all we're using this chart to decifer the flowers

So from what I can see Laito is holding 3 yellow tulips,2 pink, 1 orange, 2 Variegated and 1 purple and 1 green.

The majority color in his bouquet is yellow. Yellow usualy symbolzies joy or haplines but historically yellow tulips symbolize hopeless love and no chance of reconciliation, jealousy or unrequited love. Laito is known to hold grudges against people especially if he's been burned by them and we see that besides was Laito kay say himself he is a very jealous person, we can see this through his flashbacks of killing his mothers suitors out of jealousy. He can not understand the concept of love as it's intangible to him if it is something he can not pshycially feel or see because of his trauma from his mother's words. And yellow also symbolizes " there is sunshine in my smile " Laito plays the airhead pervert part to a tea and really drills the happy smile face for everyone despite his real feeling. Having yellow be the majority color is a good representation of how Lairo trys to portray himself although there are other emotions and other flowers in the bouquet.

His other 2 flower combinations of Orange and Variegated are flowers with very shallow meanings such as " i am fascinated by you" and " you have beautiful eyes ". These flowers are the second most prominent in his bouquet once again feeling into the shallow pervert facade, a happy smile with some empty compliments and pretty colors to make the person feel good. We also have pink Tulips which mean " My perfect lover " or in general affection and love. Pink Tulips are affectionate menaing flowers however combined with this bouquet of empty compliments and the hopeless love the pink also falls into the category of false words of love and adirmation for Laito.

Now Laito only have 1 purple flower " Eternal Love " however it also represents elegance and mystery, the single purple flower of Laitos revealing his sneaky and cunning nature, hiding between the pink and yellow bright colors of false words and shallow compliments, Laito is a very mysterious character for the fact that he strategically only shares what he wants somone to know and perfectly plays his facade for everyone without letting anyone get the upper hand on him or his emotions. There is also 1 green Tulip peeking out from the bottom. Green Tulips represent rebirth and new life. Laito repeatedly chooses to not confront any of his trauma or emotions as he doesn't want to deal with them, so to combat that he simply chooses to create a new life, a new facade to hide and push away any of his trauam. This coping mechanism is repeated in games like Chaos Lineage, Lost Eden. Or in Drama CDs such as his Daylight CD. Where Laito will completely try to erase or forget something to start new, and have a new beginning even if it's not real.

If you look closely you can see a small, not yet bloomed tulip under the purple flower. Which looks like a unblocked white Tulip which represents purity, sincierty and forgiveness. Laito hates and envies anything he seems " pure " such as Ayato or Yui because he can never be that way because of his mother. The Versus CD of Ayato and Laito goes into this topic of Laito deeming himself not " pure " because he is unable to be honest or sincere with himself and others and that he can't be changed. The white Tulips is hidden and unbloomed but still hiding in the bouquet somewhere. You'll also notice that Laito misses one color from his arrangement. Red, symbolizing undying love and trust.

𝚂𝚑𝚞𝚞

" 𝚃𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚓𝚊𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚂𝚑𝚞'𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. "

So, for some reason Shuus is the only one that doesn't name a specific flower, which doesn't help me at all 😒 but honestly he looks like he's holding Cherry Blossoms so we'll roll with that. However one thing to mention is that Shuu and Reiji both contain Jasmine which Jamsine represents love and sensuality, although Shuus seems to combine the sweet fragrance of Jasmine with a musky wood while Reiji adds on to the sweetness with Vanilla which I found to be a interesting connection that Reiji and Shuu and simiar and also contrast ecah other at the same time. ( My Sun and Moon duo! )

Cherry Blossoms are flowers that only bloom for a couple of weeks before falling, so they represent the fleeting nature of life, cherry blossoms also come with the arrival of spring, so they are a symbol of new beginnings and renewel.

Many of Shuus interactions with the MC leave him reflecting the nature of human life and how fleeting it is, and because of the death of Edgar Shuu avoid any relationships because of the fear that it won't last or will be taken away. Shuu resents being a vampire and blames himself for ruining anything good that happens to him. However though he tries to avoid any meaningful connections it's something that he has always craved for and wished for a new beginning away from his life through music or eventually through the people in his life.

( Shuu MB Maservant ending ) Reiji: Shuu, there has always been an unsighty desire lurking inside of you. Love…is nothing something a person like yourself is worthy of.

( Shuu MB Maniac Prolouge) Shuu: "Are you an idiot? …Vampires don’t catch colds.…Don’t group us together with humans.We’re different, everything about us……Truly, everything…"

Shuu: "Hah? Something bad? That’s right. The fact that I’m living in this world. That by itself pisses me off. Why not leave this city…and go somewhere far away? I won’t protect you. My pride as a Vampire of this household…Vanished a long time ago after all."

𝚁𝙴𝙸𝙹𝙸

"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚓𝚊𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚁𝚎𝚒𝚓𝚒."

Reiji has blue Daises which represent loyalty, long term commitments, peace / tranquility , and uniqueness.

The comment of long term commitments and loyalty reminds me of Reijis connections to his father. Reiji is the only Sakamaki brother with any respect for his father, this may come from more of a obsession with gaining his father's acknowledgement and approval since that is what Reiji ultimately always craves for however Reiji has shown that he is extremely committed to his pride as a vampire and a Sakamaki as well as pleasing his father as well as holding incredibly high standards for himself and others. Beyond that Reiji is known for being unusual even by vampire standards as he chooses to not indulge in his own desires and allow himself to not be in control of something, as unique as a blue daisy. Not sure about how much peace and tranquility Reiji is getting in the Sakamaki household however his hobbies definitely are in the efforts of comfort and simplie peace.

𝚂𝚄𝙱𝙰𝚁𝚄

" 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚔, 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝙲𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚜𝚢 𝚂𝚞𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜-𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜."

Subaru has Lupine which represents strength, the potential for transformation and growth and renewal. Meaning can also vary by what color a Lupin is.

Subaru has many analogy when it comes to flowers often with his association with white roses and the Queen of the Night flower. Subaru has yellow lupine which symbolize warmth and optism and general happiness, they are also suee as a way to celebrate a milestone or to be a token of appreciation. I definitely see flower messages to be a way that Subaru conveys his feelings as he ( and pretty much all the Sakamakis ) are bad at communicating their feelings. In fact this is Canon his Subarus HDB endings and his Paraselem CD. Subaru is kind, we know this from his mother telling him to remain a kind boy so he has obviously had this to him since he was a child. He also even gets compared to Yui by Shuu by the way they act. Subaru is also known as the " Tsundere " of the group that although Subaru is in fact kind it's hard to tell through his words, so seeing Yellow Lupins be displayed in his bouquet is a good way to express those soft feelings.

( Subaru HDB Dark 10) Reiji: Hooh, this is new. For Subaru to take on this kind of attitude…

Shuu: …They’re surprisingly similar.

( Subaru DF Manservant ending )

Karlheinz: Aah…What a tragedy.You, who failed to become Adam. That kind heart of yours, is only a sign of your naivity.

( Subaru MB Maniac epilouge)

Butler: With all due respect, Master. But Subaru-sama used to be a very kind soul…

Karlheinz: No need to cover up for him…I am aware.

This theme of very sentimental feeling in Subarus bouquet is reocurring, Subaru also has red Lupins which mean love, courage, strength or admiration. This is also followed up with the purple lupines he has which also symbolize admiration and respect along with purple being used to symbolize royalty. Obviously Subaru is a strong character as he's normally the one to get into fights however his reliance can also be applied with him still remaining a " kind boy " even through his rough exterior and harsh childhood. As well as even though Subaru is the youngest in the family he actually tends to make more wiser decisions than some of his brother * COUGH * The Triplets * COUGH * And through his bark and yells he always ends up helping out in some way. A gift like flowers with meanings is a perfect way for somone as awkward and easily emabrssrd as Subaru to convey his emotions.

And that's all!! This is my first analysis so sorry if it's not the most in depth or accurate 😅I just wanted to make this because flower meanings are so interesting to me and this was definitely one of my favorite merchandise lines that Rejet has released. Feel free to share your own opinions on the boys flowers and meanings I love hearing people thoughts byee~

fangsforiris

OMG IM OBSSESED!!!! AHHH I love flowers and grew up gardening all the time and absolutely love flower language so you got this all down to a T!! I would like to add that Shuu’s flowers are actually orchids!!