chasing the inner voice

Geovanny 2022-04-21 09:02:53

I always feel that Hayao Miyazaki's animations are not like cartoons. He animates for the sake of stories, and animates to portray beautiful things. Because the kindness, innocence, and beauty of the characters in his animation will never appear in the real world.
Werewolves have always been a fierce, cruel and terrifying species in people's hearts, but this time, under Miyazaki's brush, they have shown a warm side, and it can even be said that there is only a warm side.
The werewolf fell in love with the real girl and gave birth to two children, one named Snow and one named Rain. I thought that a fairy tale story would continue like this, but the werewolf died when happiness had just arrived. A weak mother, two werewolf babies, when faced with all this, the mother vowed to raise the two children with tears.
The second scene of the story is carried out in a mountain village. A city girl brought her two children to a remote mountain village alone. Everything is so unfamiliar, and everything has to start anew, learning how to farm and repair the room. . Maybe it's too cruel for a young mother, but this is the characteristic of Hayao Miyazaki's animation. Every character will always have a miracle when they still move forward in the face of difficulties. The kind-hearted mountain people gave her the greatest help.
The children grow up gradually, maybe this is the hope of the mother. However, for a werewolf, he may be a man or a wolf. The eldest daughter has a lively nature, while the younger son is isolated. But both found their dreams as they grew up.
Xiaoxue kept telling herself that she was human, and she believed the spell her mother told her: three gifts, three octopuses. However, when receiving suspicion from others, the nature of the wolf is still exposed. The more you want to avoid it, the more likely it will happen to him. But fortunately, the person who discovered this secret was a Xiaocao who had the same fate as Xiaoxue, and he was also a child with a lively appearance and a secret inside. When they shared secrets with each other, in fact, everyone already knew each other's secrets. At this time, Xiaoxue realized that she could actually be a human being, because besides her mother, there is another human being who loves her in this world.
Xiaoyu has a withdrawn personality. He is timid, shy, and unwilling to contact others, but by chance. He saw a real wolf, or maybe not a real wolf - a wolf living in a zoo. Maybe it was that encounter, he understood that his heart does not belong to human beings, the rhythm of his heart beat is the rhythm of wolf, he wants to be a real wolf, not a werewolf living in human society. When he met the teacher, a real wolf, the little flame in his heart was really aroused. He knew where he belonged. After the teacher died, he felt even more that he should return to his own world. At the last moment of Xiaoyu's departure, the mother faced the distant son and told him to take good care of himself. At this time, it was a new beginning for each other.
At the end of the story, Xiaoxue entered the boarding junior high school, Xiaoyu returned to the forest he needed to guard, and his mother still lived in the mountains. Whenever he heard the wolf howl, she knew that it was her son who was greeting him. , at this time she will always smile gratified. . .

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Wolf Children quotes

  • [after Revealing to Hana that he is a Werewolf]

    Wolf Man: Were you surprised?

    [She nods]

    Wolf Man: Do you want to break up?

    [Hana shakes her head]

    Wolf Man: But you're trembling, are you scared?

    Hana: No.

    [pause]

    Hana: Because you're you.

  • [to The Wolf Man]

    Hana: I'll welcome you back home.