Revisiting "Summer Wars" during the new crown virus epidemic, everyone will do the little things within their ability, and finally win!

Spencer 2022-03-20 09:03:00

Revisiting the Japanese anime "Summer Wars" that I watched 10 years ago, I only saw the cool battle in the virtual world shown in the two-dimensional world before, and this time I really paid attention to the real problems reflected in the movie.

During the summer vacation, two high school students returned to the Shangwu family living in the countryside, preparing to celebrate their grandmother's birthday, due to the malicious behavior of the destroyer AI in the virtual world OZ system, causing chaos in the real world, the water conservancy system / The power system/transportation system all collapsed, and this incident also indirectly led to the death of grandma. At this time, AI was constantly evolving.

In the throbbing pain, two high school students began to use martial arts and card games to fight back against AI in virtual reality. Their tenacity led to the concerted action of the whole family, genius-like math talent/superb game skills/super-powerful computer The support of the engine/the Bushido spirit of the whole family, and the contribution of personal accounts from people all over the world have built a strong backing for the heroine, and finally overcome the disaster and save the world.

There is the prosperity of technology / the beautiful countryside of Hayao Miyazaki / the warm atmosphere of a big family, there is crying / laughter / parting / tolerance, there is the helplessness of people who have been away from home for ten years / blood is thicker than water Tears of family affection, young people who are in the beginning of love / adults who stick to traditions but share weal and woe, and have the positive energy of the sun.

As long as everyone does the little things in their power, disasters can be overcome.

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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]