our war game

Alan 2022-03-20 09:03:00

Rarely have a free morning, I chose to watch "Summer Wars" again. I love watching this kind of summery work in the middle of summer. The dazzling sunshine, the pure blue sky, the large clouds with distinct shapes piled together, and the lingering noise of cicadas lingering in my ears. And when I revisited the work of "Summer Wars", I still couldn't help crying tears. Because this work is really amazing. Whether it is the fetters of family affection, or the belief that everyone fights together, the works reveal a sense of "family" cohesion. It's as if every character has a rope, and the great-grandmother character twists all the ropes together. Everyone's personality is very distinctive, everyone is insisting on doing what they can do, and exerting their own unique strength in their own way. In the end, everyone gathered this twisted force on the two young girls, Xia Xi and Kenji. Through everyone's concerted efforts to save the world, it feels both chaotic and happy to think about it. .

And isn't this chaotic and happy feeling the characteristic of summer? In the hot noon, the rainstorm suddenly poured down, the thunder roared and the raindrops randomly hit the ground, the clouds covered the sky and lit the street lamps, and pedestrians hid under the eaves of the roadside of the shopping mall. I always feel that the story of "Summer Wars" seems to be the most suitable only for the summer, and the scenes in the animation also perfectly convey the atmosphere and feeling of summer. And the melody of the ending song "Summer Dream of Servant" is more and more endearing. Close your eyes and enjoy it slowly. It is like a serenade on a summer night. The chirping of crickets has not stopped, and the wind blows in through the screen Bringing a touch of coolness to the house, the wind chimes rang from time to time, and the table lamp shone on the book, making you feel sleepy. You lay on the desk and recalled the dream of that summer. Whether it is from the plot of the story or the atmosphere of summer, I think "Summer Wars" is a very good work. I would like to thank Mr. Hosoda Mamoru for bringing me such a wonderful work, and I am still deeply moved when I watch it again today, ten years later. And I also hope that through this tenth anniversary tour, I can try my best to express my indescribable love for this work.

[Holy Land Tour] Written for the 10th Anniversary of "Summer Wars"

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Summer Wars quotes

  • Sakae Jinnouchi: [a letter in an envelope reading: To the family - read when the time comes, from passed away granny Sakae Jinnouchi, read in her voice] To my family. // First, take yourselves a deep breath. Crying and carrying on doesn't help anything. Make my funeral arrangement a simple affair, just our close friends, and then go back to your day-to-day lives. I don't have anything to leave you in a way of an inheritance. That said, I'm sure my old acquaintances will keep an eye on Jin'nôchi family. No need to worry, my dears. You've always been hard workers, and I know you'll keep it up. And grant me this. If Wabisuke should ever make his way back home... He's been gone ten years and counting now, so who's to say if that day will ever come... But if he does, I'm sure he'll be hungry. He never took proper care of himself and probably weren't even eating right. So, let him have as many vegetables from the fields as he wants. And the grapes and peaches, too, he always loved those the best. I remember the day we first met. Even now it's clear as a bell, his little ears look just like my husband's. Definitely, his father's son. We walked through the field of morning glories and I told him he would be our child from that day forward. He didn't say a single word, but his hand wrapped all the tighter around my finger. I was so happy to be giving him the family he needed. I like to think he could feel the happiness radiating off of me. Never turn your back on family, even when they hurt you. Never let life get the better of you. And if you remember nothing else, remember to find time to eat together as a family, even when times are rough; especially when times are rough. There's no lack of painful things in this world, but hunger and loneliness must surely be two of the worst. Thanks to you, my precious family, I didn't know a moment of either of those the last ninety years. // Love you all. Good bye.

  • Ri'ichi Jin'nôchi: ...You have to protect others in order to protect yourself.

    Tasuke Jin'nôchi: At the Self-Defence Force motto?

    Ri'ichi Jin'nôchi: Not exactly. I just lifted it from Seven Samurai.

    [highly appreciated Japanese film from 1954 by Akira Kurosawa]