The plot of the story that I value the most is blurred in this work, and I don't understand what the animation intends to express at all. The only thing I can understand that Otomo Katsuyo wants to say is: As long as the desire for war does not disappear in this world one day, science will inevitably be used by war. However, such a theme is also badly expressed in the animation. A large number of useless and childish plots fill the whole story, making it difficult to grasp the main content. So we saw a lot of trouble chasing a child with a heavy locomotive. Lei was chased by people and at the same time chose to go on the rails to chase the train. Seeing the inexplicable eldest lady, seeing the two of them don’t know what to do. It is possible to enter the Crystal Palace (at the same time expressing an extremely awkward feeling of obscurity there), to see that a consortium has the ability to spontaneously initiate a small war (directly in the capital, not bad) at the expense of the relationship between the two countries, and to see the war in progress The eldest lady went out for a walk (...), and saw that there was a powerful flying device (the one that was made by Thunder), but she also produced some suicidal flying devices that appeared before (just to provide some parts for Lei) ( Regarding this aircraft, let alone the one used by the last Thunder to escape, there is such a light and portable that it is not produced, and it is biased to produce other garbage. What is the reason)... There are too many sensational plots, which makes people doubt whether this script is aimed at young people. Made for children, although the theme mentioned above is not suitable for children to accept, because it is a dark reality.
To be honest, I didn't fully understand the ending of the story, it seemed more like saying that everything had just begun, and then Lei's father turned into a huge black shadow and laughed wildly. The background description of the ending subtitles is like this, wars continue, and weapons are upgraded with technology. In our uncivilized human world, the progress of science is sometimes a tragedy.
At the end of the story, the three generations of grandfathers and grandchildren worked together to move Steam City to the Thames River (whether this is necessary or not needs to be discussed, because the power of the explosion cannot be reduced in the river, and the damaged buildings on the way to the river are estimated to be no better than the original explosion. I think it will make up for the unhappiness caused by the cruel righteous extermination. Who knows that when the matter is over, the father and son will go their separate ways, and then the end will be the end.
In fact, the best ending was when Lei's grandfather "killed" his son, told Lei to leave, vowed to live and die with the city, and turned to enter the steam. It felt best at that time. However, Otomo Keyang is not addicted, so he has to come up with a comedic turning picture, and then drag the story into boredom.
Maybe it's because Uncle Dayou wants to realize a wish to turn Steam City into Howl's mobile city.
View more about Steamboy reviews
