The difference is that "The Daughter of the Sea" swims out of the bottom of the sea and rises to the surface, already a 15-year-old girl. And Ponyo was just a little goldfish, with a little curiosity, pillowed on the jellyfish, came to the coast unintentionally, and was accidentally rescued by Sousuke. The five-year-old boy saw the little goldfish trapped in the glass bottle, he just hoped that she was still alive, when Ponyo licked his injured wound in a daze, his joy was beyond words, and he cheered. Facing the little goldfish swimming in the plastic bucket, he said, "I want to protect you."
This is like a promise, and like an oath. But from the mouth of a child. Perhaps it is precisely because of this pure and innocent love that the little goldfish wants to become a human, to stay in the world, to stay by Sousuke's side.
Of course Ponyo's father, the magician of the sea, would not allow it. In Hayao Miyazaki's works, the adult world always looks so ferocious, dirty and unbearable. The same is true in "Spirited Away", adults become pigs due to greed, and in "City in the Sky", people compete again and again to win the flying stone with mysterious power. This film also So, for the human world that Ponyo is about to go to, the magician once again warned her that the human world is filthy.
Fortunately, there are still children in this world. A child's innocence will be the best source of energy to drive out all evil forces in the world. Ponyo likes Sousuke. In order to become a human, she has grown human-like hands and feet. With the help of her sister, she escaped from the bottom of the sea, and at this moment, she also opened the water of life with magic, setting off a wave of magic. tsunami. But the child can't care about this, she only wants to see Sousuke, in that gloomy weather, running forward, running, red-haired Ponyo, wearing a red The dress, the snow-white feet are treading on the waves, and in the environment of howling wind and violent sea water, it has become a firm persistence.
Stick to that simple belief, stick to your own simplicity. When she saw Sousuke, she threw herself into his arms fiercely and forcefully, and let out such a nice laugh. how wonderful.
The laughter of the two children was so touching.
"Lang rides a bamboo horse and goes around the bed to get green plums." Sousuke and Ponyo's clear and transparent love made the magician father at the bottom of the sea bow his head sadly. Like is like, no matter what she looks like, whether she is a small goldfish, a half-merman, or a human, as long as she is Ponyo, it is simple, pure, direct, simple, and clear. Our kids speak up. Are we complicated? Miyazaki's work highly praises the heart of gold possessed by children. In "My Neighbor Totoro", the innocent and lovely sister was the one who first met Chinchilla. In "The Witch's Home Delivery", the magical Kiki finally sent warmth to the lonely old grandmother. Puth, the little boy in "City of the Sky", helped Xida solve the problem. Even the most well-known "Spirited Away" finally rescued his parents with the power of Chihiro --
it seems ordinary, it seems to need protection Children are actually stronger and braver than adults. They don't gradually become cowardly in the world of the city, they don't calculate gains and losses in intrigue, they don't care about the vanity of fame and fortune, they simply stick to their immediate preferences and focus only on present love.
In the long road, Sousuke: My love takes you home. Ponyo.
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