the feeling of home

Amelia 2022-03-22 09:03:01

"My Neighbor Yamada-kun" tells the story of the Yamada family. This traditional Japanese family has an ordinary life: a father who is an office worker, a mother who is a housewife, and a grandmother who is an elder. The children are two brothers and sisters. It is just like this, thousands of ordinary families, living ordinary lives, constitute the whole society. But if you dig carefully, you can also find countless warmth, joy, sadness and pain. Experience the true meaning of life from a small story.

The theme of the story: the safety and happiness of members is the wish of every family in the world.

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My Neighbors the Yamadas quotes

  • [Takashi takes a picture of his family without them noticing]

    Haiku reader: A lone figure / back turned / receding into the mist.

  • [the Yamada family meets Takashi on his way home and they return together]

    Haiku reader: A spring shower / dressed for rain / talking as they go.