Declaration of War from Midsummer

Makayla 2022-03-20 09:03:00

The story mainly tells about Kenji Koiso, a high school student who is an honest and introverted math genius. One day during the summer vacation, he was invited to work in the hometown of Natsuki Jinnai, a beautiful senior. It turned out that the content of the part-time job was actually pretending to be Xia Xi's boyfriend. The ancestors of the Jinai family used to be a samurai family, but after the initial restraint, Kenji gradually integrated into this lively big family.

In the world at that time, an online virtual platform called "OZ" was popular all over the world, and 1.6 billion people were fascinated by it. (Somewhat similar to Sword Art Online but not in VR mode) "OZ" basically masters the database of important national authorities, and it has the most secure defense system in the world.

But one day a mysterious hacker invaded OZ, causing the virtual network and the real world to plunge into chaos. At a critical moment, the Jinnai family regained the responsibility and honor of the samurai family, and launched an intense summer battle with the destroyer AI...

The plot content shown in the whole anime is very compact, and the rhythm is controlled very well. When the rhythm is slow, it seems to make people feel like they are in a cool and leisurely summer. When the plot reaches the tense and exciting part, it seems to make people sink into the scorching hot summer. Through the "game", the plot trend of the entire animation movie is drawn.

The characteristics of each character in it are very distinct, not only limited to the hero and heroine, but ignore the image shaping of other characters. The vivid characters seem to be like the people we know well in our lives, making people feel close. In the psychological description of the characters, many details are also expressed.

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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]