Such a promise, when that person walked over, It has become a lingering concern for a lifetime, live for it, expect it, and pray for it. Through the windows, people are silent, with a toad light like snow on their faces.
This kind of agreement, when the person Xun Xun Mi was not showing up in the dim light, became a commitment to himself, reading alone, waiting alone, a stubborn adherence. Moved the silver candle, snuggled up and cried, choked up.
In the third year of junior high school, Haoji and Takuya studied together, played together, served as the backbone of the club together, and ran away in the wind with a messy flight under the admiration of the school girls. They like two things in common, one is the girl of the same grade, Sawatatsu Sayuri, and the other is the huge tower across the Tsugaru Strait.
They dream of building a plane to cross the border and go to the place that should belong to On an island that was forcibly occupied by your own country, go and see the towering tower built by the Soviets. Takuya always felt that there must be someone waiting under the White Pagoda, and he must take a look.
So, that summer, they went to work at the arsenal closest to the tower, while getting materials from the factory, Nagaoka, to build their aircraft. Sayuri was also excited to run to be with them, to witness the construction of that plane, and look forward to a leapfrog flight. Sayuri's grandfather is a famous physicist. Because of the division between the north and the south, she is on the other side of the shore. She is eager to see her relatives, and she is happy because she can walk with Hiroshi and Takuya. And that white pagoda was designed and built by Sayuri's grandfather.
So, in that blue sky, blue sea, green grass and floating clouds, the three children have the most worry-free, happiest and most unforgettable happiness in their lives. The dream of flying into the distance, the friendship without barriers, and the love that grows latent, all the beauty of life's longing are presented one by one. In the afternoon in the sunshine and smiling together, the little black cat that stretched out and relaxed, the ladybug that flew away gently from the back of Sayuri's hand, everything was so harmonious, no disputes, no fears , only the harmony between man and nature.
That night, the three teenagers sitting by the water made an agreement that belonged to them: to fly across the border together and fly to the White Pagoda. At that time, they felt that this moment would last forever, and that agreement became the most important thing, it bound them together, and they were not afraid of it. The vision that belongs to them will never disappear in their lifetime. Except for the smell of the train and the trust in friends, and the smell of Sayuri, everything else is no longer important, this is all the world is simple and beautiful.
When our longing gradually recedes and finally shrinks to a corner of our heart, the original appearance of the world gradually emerges. When innocence encounters the mundane, when simplicity encounters strategy, all the so-called serious beliefs will strip away the original beauty and true meaning. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the war is approaching, and the disaster for the fight for the islands is imminent. After Takuya entered high school, he went to the secret laboratory to monitor the White Tower, which threatened the safety of the island; Hiroki drifted to Tokyo after the summer vacation when Sayuri disappeared; Sayuri has an influence on the White Tower because of the dream connected to the White Tower. The ability to exert power was used as a valuable research control object by the laboratory in the middle.
The three of them are in their own world, unable to struggle. The unfinished aircraft built for the engagement was also set aside.
We are like a replica of the three children. Takuya, who didn't know what he was looking for at one time, found what he should do in the laboratory, controlling the White Tower and protecting the country. But do we really find what we really want in those moments, and is that all we should be doing in the end? Controlling the White Tower means controlling Sayuri's sleep, imprisoning her in a small hospital bed, and cutting off the way for her to realize her dreams. In that repeated dream, Sayuri was hidden by a deserted, lonely, and collapsed city. She couldn't see the Hiroshi she wanted to see, and she couldn't get to the white pagoda. All that was left was her endless thoughts and desires for Hiroshi. Hugh's sadness. Seriousness and meaning are often just gorgeous lies woven by politicians. Sacrifice, bloodshed, slaughter, all done grandly in the name of meaning. Is there any politician who really cares about ordinary life, if everything is at the expense of ordinary life's loss of freedom and right to subsistence, what is the meaning and meaning? Therefore, when we work hard for meaningless meanings, what we don’t know is the respect and affirmation we deserve for ordinary life. Pursuing a top-notch ending, or a huge audience, just shows how scared we are in this world of being left out. Once we lose our audience, our lives seem to lose their value. We are lonely, and in loneliness we yearn to get rid of loneliness, but in the end we lose the most ordinary, humble and true truth.
Takuya, the boy who chose to wander in Tokyo, the boy who was connected to Sayuri's dream, sealed himself in the longing memories. After that summer when Sayuri was gone, he cut off all contact with the past, no longer flew in the wind with Takuya, and did not reply to the letters from the factory manager Ooka, he only felt it in his dreams. With Sayuri's loneliness, he is looking for the trace of Sayuri in reality. The children who are persistently alive, what have we gained. We stick to the original innocence, stubbornly wait, live the truth, and stay away from lies and deception more sober than anyone else. However, it was accompanied by a longer night and a deeper loneliness, as well as the departure from the once confidant and the call to walk out of hopeless longing. A little shake, and we'll be caught up in endless wavering and self-questioning. The thought of the past has passed away, and it is difficult to think of it now, so I am caught in a crisis of meaning and illusoryness.
And Sayuri, a pure poetic and kind girl, completely lived in her own dreamland. When the worry-free days of the three disintegrated, she fell into a deep sleep and did not wake up for a long time, living in the gloomy and cold place where she was alone. in the dark world. The only thing she has is the longing for Haoji, the nostalgia for the days of the three people in the past, and
the other side of the cloud that has not been reached, the promised place, mysterious and erratic, when will we see you.
How to distinguish the boundary between reality and dream. How will Hiroshi, who is connected to Sayuri's dreamland, reach a promise.
When we each fall asleep, can the person we miss, the person promised in the previous life, sense our dreams? If possible, will the thoughts conveyed by the dream become so profoundly the agreed ending? When Hiroshi ran to Sayuri's former ward and faced the empty room, he felt that Sayuri was right in front of him. The moment the fingers touched, a flash of dazzling light flashed, and they returned to the original paradise together. Sayuri in the dream saw the plane flying towards the White Tower, and tears flashed.
It turned out that Sayuri fell asleep in the original agreement. It turned out that the way to wake her up was to fly to the White Pagoda. It turned out that restoring the original ordinary life is the real happiness, which will make the threat of the White Pagoda disappear and let everyone live. under the sun of peace.
Takuya left the laboratory, brought out the sleeping Sayuri, and returned to the original arsenal with Hiroshi to continue to complete their aircraft and fulfill their unfulfilled dreams.
In the end, the pure white plane finally circled around the White Pagoda. Sayuri opened his eyes, and along with the sky-high fire, they blew up the White Pagoda that threatened the island country, and wiped out all unnecessary The hypocrisy and meaning are
over, and Hiroshi finally understands the meaning of what Sayuri said to him that summer. Sayuri once expressed a concern, "I always feel that I will lose something." What is it, exactly.
When Sayuri woke up again, she hugged Haoji tightly and burst into tears, but she could no longer remember the deep thoughts she wanted to express to Haoji in her dream. The moment the promise was fulfilled, she If something is lost. What was lost was the promised land, the beautiful thoughts that were once deeply embedded in my heart, the other side that I had to reach no matter what.
If we rub shoulders and say goodbye forever, it may be the biggest regret in this life, but that miss will always be remembered in our hearts, time flies and cannot be erased. What can't be taken away is the young heart, what can't be faded is a faint and sad thought.
If we finally meet and know each other and stay together for a lifetime, will the initial excitement change with the years, and it will become a song in the end? It was plain and peaceful, and I finally got used to being with me, and I couldn't even remember the bits and pieces at that time.
No matter what kind, Makoto Shinkai wrote, the world that has lost the promised land, even so, from now on, we have to start a new life. Therefore, no matter whether we are apart, stay together, realize or regret, whichever one is the most beautiful life, we in this world must live with that gratitude and strength.
Just like the new life that Hiroshi and Sayuri will have, just like Takuya loves Sayuri but quietly guards it, and finally retreats to the happy life of Sayuri and Hiroshi, and walks his own way. Takuya chose to hide his secret forever and never let Sayuri know. Just like who said, if your absence can bring happiness to others, choose not to exist. Sometimes, your existence will only bring trouble to others. In this world where everyone is striving to be a dancer, it is so comprehensible and valuable that they do not deliberately prove their existence.
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