Are we exaggerating our sense of loss?

Shane 2022-01-17 08:03:15

I have embarked on a journey when I fell in love with you,
remembering you in my heart forever, and moving on
along this road-
"Children Chasing the Stars" ending song


Makoto Shinkai has transformed, but in fact it follows his past Complexity and thinking, to be more precise, is a more escalated and more complex mental journey.
Those who are familiar with Xin Haicheng know that he always repeats the same theme, and I doubt whether he himself had a story of his first love that died without a problem.
Regarding distance, remoteness, time, space, all kinds of innocent emotions that cannot be reached.
In this one, Xin Haicheng really upgraded. He told us what to do in the face of what we have lost.
My five-star rating is probably due to the fact that our thoughts and progress are in line with this matter.
Just like a few years ago I would prefer the second speed.
Finally, after repeated sad tunes, he is no longer content to earn the audience's resonance.
"Anyone will have irretrievable loss. Don't be obsessed with the past. Face this world without you, say hello."-Lyrics The


picture is a work of great effort. Tianmen is also very powerful. The previous part of the narrative is really delicate, especially in the detail processing of the lens switching, which is great!
I did see the shadows of various Hayao Miyazaki behind, especially the castle in the sky.
However, Xin Haicheng did not completely mix and imitate (like various negative reviews). Xin Haicheng’s story lacks a powerful setting that is far from reality. Whether it is a worldview setting or a character, it is also handled at the end. There is no finishing touch that the audience expects. It seemed that I wanted to say everything, but I didn't say anything.
I feel that, if you speak it thoroughly, point it out, and get away from reality, it's rigid-anyway, I still like it as it is now.
The mental path itself is complicated, there is no complete love, no one hundred percent persistence, there should be no routines.


Why persist? "Because it's so lonely."
In the process of searching, we found that we exaggerated our sense of loss.


A good work is diversified, and it is reflected in the most impressive part of different people after seeing it, which is different.
In fact, I believe that the memorable parts of Hayao Miyazaki's works are almost overlapped.
This is where Xin Haicheng is different. Tell a story very truthfully and frankly, pure and not artificial, clumsy and unreasonable.


"To continue to survive with loss is a curse and a blessing to mankind."
For me, probably what moved me the most was that after reading a lot of the stories he told about loss, I saw another one about the face. The story of the loss. In reality, after losing something that I cherish, I did have a strong desire to endure everything, and there was also a confused and hesitating self-doubt, between the persistent teacher and the girl who made the unclear decision just because she was not used to parting. , Switch, jump.
Just like the parting that can never be prevented, many decisions are not made by our choice, we have no choice.
Just like the teacher who lost his wife, the mother who lost his father, the heart of his brother, and the Asuna who kept saying goodbye. They and we all face the same issue together.
Short-term excitement, long-term loss, no blood, not a fairy tale.
At the end, Asuna, who smiled and said goodbye to Shun, this shot was so simple and understatement, but it was the best result I could think of.



"Let's go, Asuna, this is a journey to comprehend parting."

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Children Who Chase Lost Voices quotes

  • Shun: Now at this point the fear is almost unbearable, but at the same time there's an equally powerful happiness.