The story tells that the childhood sweethearts Kiyuki and Naoko fall in love with each other, but Naoko is thrown into the shadows by Kiyuki's suicide. Kiyuki's friend Watanabe went to Tokyo to study and met Naoko. On the night of Naoko's twentieth birthday, Watanabe broke Naoko's place. Naoko couldn't accept it, so he moved to a sanatorium deep in the mountains. Watanabe felt guilty, and after learning of Naoko's whereabouts, he went to accompany Naoko for a while. During this period, there was a girl named Midori who liked Watanabe and kept chasing Watanabe. Since Watanabe couldn't let Naoko go, he didn't accept Midori. When Watanabe proposed to Naoko to move out and live with him, Naoko, who was severely autistic-depressed, eventually broke down and chose to commit suicide. Watanabe is still strong in the end or, ready to start a relationship with Midori.
Many people looked at this movie with disdain, because it was because Kiyuki and Naoko failed to make such a series of tragedies. But I don't think so. Maybe I have mild autism and depression myself, so I have a unique feel for this story.
"The one who loves does not love himself, this continuum of one-way love, and the tragedy that arises from it, is the story told in "Andromack". "This line just reflects Watanabe's love for Naoko, also It reflects Hatsumi's love for Nagasawa, and it also alludes to Midori's love for Watanabe. It is this one-way love that has caused tragedies one by one. Naoko committed suicide, Hatsumi also cut her wrists, and Midori was still strong and survived.
"A person's age should be fixed between eighteen and nineteen. After eighteen, it is nineteen, and after nineteen, it returns to eighteen. In that case, in that case, many things can be relaxed. Some." What a beautiful fantasy. Eighteen to nineteen years old is the most energetic time in one's life. However, fantasy is fantasy after all, just to escape the pain of reality.
"What is the so-called love, I can't figure it out." Really, who can really and clearly understand what is going on with love?
"It must be beautiful to be able to love someone so confidently." Watanabe's quizzical remarks showed that he was still immature at the time. Such a certain one-way love is not a good thing, but a fundamental factor that leads to tragedy.
"Why can't I open myself up?" Naoko's questioning to herself showed her helplessness. It's not that she doesn't want to open herself up, she doesn't deliberately close herself, she works hard, she pays, but it still doesn't work. Perhaps there are many factors restricting her, preventing her from opening her heart. "It's just a mental effect. It will be fine after a long time. You don't have to worry about it." Hehe, this is just Watanabe's willingness. Naoko also hopes that over time, he can open himself up. But everyone knows that as time goes by, Naoko will only be more closed to herself, more refusal to contact the outside world, without the guidance of the environment, without the communication of people, what awaits her can only be thinking about the abyss and heading for the bottomless pit. Eventually, Naoko had a mental breakdown and embarked on a road to suicide.
"Don't sympathize with yourself, sympathize with yourself is something that a despicable coward does. "Coward, I seem to be a coward too.
"I only know that there is a kind of responsibility as a human being, which cannot be easily given up, even if she doesn't love me." I don't know how Watanabe persevered. However, I really admire his courage and perseverance in the face of life. First, he lost his good friend Kiyuki, then Naoko, the man he loved, and two important people in his life. Watanabe chose to live tenaciously. This is the responsibility of being a human being that cannot be easily given up.
"The grief of losing a loved one is incurable. No matter what philosophy, no matter how toughness or tenderness, I can only grieve completely in grief, and what I can comprehend will not come into play when the next grief comes. "Human emotion is a very complex thing. No matter what science you use to explain it, it cannot be explained. I know that love hurts, but I will persevere. Knowing that there is no result, but must wait hard. She knew she didn't love me, but she wouldn't take the initiative to let go. I am reminded of Karen Mok's "He Doesn't Love Me". Yes, he doesn't love me. Although I'm willing to give everything, I still can't get your love back. Two people who clearly love each other, but can't be recognized by you. He obviously cares about each other, but he has to pretend that he doesn't care. I feel helpless. It's not that I haven't tried, I just tried and it didn't work. I'm not trying to escape, I'm just looking for a moment of silence. I tidied up my clothes, forced a smile, and announced to myself the end of the relationship. I said to myself, I'm going to start a new relationship, and I'm going to pull myself together. As everyone knows, before the next relationship begins, I have already lost. Because what I've come to realize won't work the next time grief comes. The only possibility is to increase my pain.
"I hope you can always remember me, I once existed, sitting next to you like this, I hope you will never forget, can you promise me?" Such a pale and feeble word just means the end of a relationship. Can I? What we once was, I can't pretend it didn't happen. Hopefully we can all bury that memory in the depths and never touch it.
"Where are you now?" "Where am I now?" When Midori asked Watanabe, Watanabe was also very confused. Yes, where is it? Watanabe didn't know where he was. After so much, he has lost his way. And me? Where am I? I found that I was somewhat similar to Watanabe. Really, where am I? And you, where are you?
Everyone is walking on their own path, and the trajectories of two people intersect, which is the beginning of a love. When these two tracks diverge, it means the relationship is over. We will intersect with different trajectories and diverge again and again, so intricate and complicated, we will lose our way, leaving only trivial memories. How can my trajectory get out of this Norwegian forest?
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