be a happy civet cat

Raul 2022-03-22 09:02:30


I was lying in the concrete house of the community built by human beings in the forest that was demolished, looking at those chubby civet cats, it was very sad. Enjoying everything the civet cats sacrificed in exchange, weeping for them. What can I do after grief? It's not that we still enjoy the happiness and helplessness brought by every gorgeous city.

I know they won't win. But I don't know where I will be moved.
It turned out to be until they gave up the fight in despair and tried their best to recall the past.
There were only dozens of civet cats standing on the excavator, roaring and making trees burst out of the ground, cracking concrete houses, falling peach blossoms, and letting small streams flow through the countryside.
They see what was once, green. Family. See yourself happy.
So he lost his magic and rushed out to find the happiness at that time.
But I saw a barren loess.

It's a lost war.
All the hard work, illusions and sacrifices didn't work.
Human beings are shameless and strive for merit.
Humans are cruel and violent.
Humans are stupid and superstitious.
However, humans are very powerful.
Even if there is such a reverence for nature, it can be explained by self-deception driven by interests, calling on everyone to turn a blind eye.

The chubby cute tanuki either bleeds to death or gives up the tanuki's happiness and turns into a man, or breathes in the nasty cracks.

There is no way to change the law of the jungle. No matter how careful human beings are, it is impossible to give up their own interests. The so-called seeking the balance between man and nature is nothing but leaving a few faint green lights in the concrete forest.
The spring flowers of the civet cats are like people's feasting. People are also unwilling to give up.
So, what to do?

Fortunately, civet cats are always optimistic. Standing in a desperate place, you have to sing and dance to have a party.
We, who are sad for the civet cats, live our lives honestly, waiting for an asteroid to hit the earth to reintegrate.
Next time, maybe the civet cat is really in charge.

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  • Wendy 2022-01-11 08:03:05

    This is actually one of my favorites in Grandpa Gong’s movies. It is actually a very sad and humorous one. The civet cats face that world and there is no way to change. In addition, I also like the two songs in it. Although I sang very joyously, the sequelae of watching that movie is that I want to cry every time I hear it.

  • Angie 2022-03-29 09:01:07

    There are plots, details, laughter and tears, and the ending is very helpless but also very loving! "As the TV Center said, both foxes and tanukis will gradually disappear as development progresses. Can't this be stopped? If both foxes and tanukis disappear, what will happen to rabbits and ferrets? Will it gradually disappear?" "It wouldn't be a civet cat without a playful spirit!"

Pom Poko quotes

  • Gonta: What good did it do? You idiots. You think that will stop the developers? Don't just frighten them. We need to hurt them. Inflict some serious pain!

    [He makes an emphatic gesture with his arm. He stops and winces, then doubles over in pain]

  • Tanuki: [singing and carrying Gonta] Moon, moon, moon shine bright, moon shine bright, so bright and long/ Shine, shine, shine on Gonta, pom poko pom pom, pom pom pom/

    OshoOroku: [singing] You showed the world what we can do, now

    Front crowd of Tanuki: [chanting] We have the greatness of Oroku, too!

    Tanuki: [singing] All our friends are cheering for you/ That's the truth, we adore you/ Hail to Gonta, he's our god!/ Pom poko, pom pom, pom pom pom!

    Newsreader: [as the Tanuki chant Gonta's name in the background] ... Nevertheless, a government spokesman stressed that the people of Tokyo are in such desperate need of living accomodations, that the new Tama development project will not be delayed, despite today's tragic accidents.

    [the tanuki stop celebrating and drop Gonta in surprise. They rush towards the TV, trampling Gonta in the process]

    Newsreader: I repeat...

    Narrator: It was, needless to say, an unfortunate accident. Gonta, the mastermind behind the dangerous attacks against the humans, now suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries, that would take nearly a year to heal.