A story beyond your story

Estefania 2022-03-21 09:01:46

In "Ponyo on the Cliff" I watched this morning, Sousuke said to Ponyo "I will protect you", and that sentence seemed to be a spell, because it was a lifetime.

I haven't said this to anyone, and if I say it, it's also for my future children. But he/she is still unknown, people can never make promises in the future, because promises are always fragile in the face of time. Did someone tell me that? It's mom and dad. What they said was: "We love you!" They once said that they would build a new building for me and take me on a tour... At that time, I kept waiting and waiting when I was young, and finally when I no longer believed in them At that time, the original promise has been fulfilled. Because of the passage of time, I have never been grateful, is it too late to feel remorse?

Due to work, my parents were always absent when I was a child, and they feel they owe me now. But how is it possible? Those who owe are always children, how can they be parents. Because you have given me too much, I will never be able to pay it back in my life, this debt. Master Miyazaki felt sorry for Goro and probably felt the same way as my parents. Actually, "I will protect you" is what he wanted to say to Goro. I think that must be the case. Everyone has their own way of expressing love. As an animation supervisor, he can draw his own mood and make a beautiful animation for the whole world to see, especially for that person, his son—— Goro.

If you don't see the background, Hayao Miyazaki's film is not outstanding, but if you watch and experience this animation with his heart, the deep fatherly love mixed in it will really move people. There are two fathers in it, one is Sousuke's and the other is Jinyuji's. One of them is busy with his career and is often away from home; the other can be said to dote on his own children. When his daughter goes out, he goes out to look for it, and even plays a role similar to a bad guy in the animation. Is this a reflection of Miyazaki's own two contradictory feelings? Is it a reflection of the emotions arising from the irreconcilability of these two contradictions? Our evaluation of a thing can be very simple, we only need the result, no matter what the process is.

Because of the unsatisfactory reality, he gave the animation a perfect happy ending. Even Bo Ji's father shook hands with Sousuke to make peace, and everything in the past disappeared.

I was wondering if I should say to my parents, "I'll protect you!" and hold their hands tightly with gratitude.

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Ponyo quotes

  • Sosuke: Look at her. Isn't she pretty?

    Kumiko: That's the most boring goldfish I've ever seen in my entire life!

  • Kôichi: You can't be busy - you're five!