"Forest of Fireflies" - Untouchable Love and Eternal Memories

Antonetta 2022-12-05 20:39:49

The reason why I watch this anime is all because of the recommendation of my best friend - she said she cried while watching it. My best friend is more sensitive than I am, so I thought it without any hesitation... But because I was curious, I read it. As a result - I also burst into tears.
The heroine "Firefly" (Takegawa Firefly) has returned to her grandfather's house in the countryside every summer vacation since she was a child. Once lost in the forest, he met Ah Yin, who was abandoned by humans since childhood. Ah Yin was casted by the mountain god to survive, but at the same time, as long as he was touched by humans, he would be wiped out.
Ying and Ah Yin kept their distance and spent a happy summer in the forest. One year...two years...three years...every summer is what Yingying looks forward to the most, and it is also when Ah Yin is lonely. Waiting in the forest...
Ying likes Ah Yin and hopes to touch him; Ah Yin also likes Ying and hopes to hug her...
If liking is presumptuous, then love is restraint. In order to stay by each other's side for a longer time, Ying and Ah Yin have always maintained a proper distance - I don't dare to expect to touch you, I just hope that you can be by my side.
Until firefly this year in high school.
At this year's Youkai Summer Festival, Ah Yin helped a child who couldn't stand upright while running. But who knows, this child is human. By the time I realized this, it was too late. Ah Yin gradually turned into nothingness. At the moment when he was about to disappear, Ah Yin opened his arms to Yingying, and Yingying also embraced him boldly...
There will always be someone in everyone's youth, who cannot belong to you, but stays in your memory inside. As Hotaru said: "I must not be able to look forward to the arrival of summer for the time being.... But the temperature left in my hands, and the memories of those summers, will accompany me to go down..."

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To the Forest of Firefly Lights quotes

  • Takegawa Hotaru: Time might separate us some day. But, even still, until then, let's stay together.