How hard is it to get the courage to keep going

Ruth 2022-03-26 09:01:10

I took time to watch this film at home during the three days of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. It is still the style of Makoto Shinkai. The picture is more refined than the previous few steps, the story is more mature than the previous films, and the theme is clear. Although Makoto Shinkai's narrative ability has always been relatively weak, and there is no obvious sign of improvement in this film, but fortunately, it is his style that is reassuring and won't change too much, so there won't be much disappointment .

Most of the previous stories are flat and straightforward, and in the end, with the confession of Yukino Baixiangli and the sound of music, people have a lot of resonance, and people have the urge to cry. In fact, most people feel sad when they see the small freshness of this film, or the love between teachers and students, or even more of a foot fetish. It's as if the friendship between two men is now considered a basic relationship, which makes people feel a little unhappy.

However, if you have to stand up and say this is not good, I am afraid it will also attract dissatisfaction. However, for me, this film still moved me. Yukino Baixiangli is a portrayal of most people, although we go to work every day, get off work every day, go home for dinner, rest on weekends to clean the house, occasionally go out to play, or go shopping, but our hearts are getting more and more empty. Time is still life, and it is hollowed out intermittently. Maybe most people don't think about it, it's mediocre, but it doesn't matter. The remaining part of the people compromised in life again, and did not remember yesterday's dream until the day they were hollowed out to death.

The so-called "love" here is not actually love, but a kind of affection. For a 15-year-old ignorant boy, even if he meets a girl on the way to school, he will have the urge to understand. Not to mention a girl who has the same mood and habits as herself. Qiuyue Takao didn't know she was a teacher at first, but just regarded her as a mysterious girl who "all the fans all over the world concentrated on her", and regarded her as a warm haven, a person who could rely on and speak. After all, the family is not warm, most of the things have to be done by myself, and I have to work part-time throughout the vacation. It is rare to be able to relax with one person and share without any grudges. It cannot be said to be unhappy.

As for Yukino Yukari, meeting such a person, even a high school student, can somewhat understand his feelings. This kind of courage to go on, the courage to face choices, the courage to face difficulties and even make things difficult, I don't know one day like a deflated ball, lifeless. So either choose a numb life or choose to escape, but either choice is not mature in the adult world, but ridiculed. 27-year-old Yukino Yukori, and 15-year-old her, seem to have not changed. And looking at myself, in fact, not much has changed. Even if I pretend to be as strong as ice and iron, I often feel nostalgic for the good old days. At this point, I am not much better than Yukino Baixiangli. I even feel that I still have a lot of things I don’t want to do but have to do. I have always used the rules of adults to tell myself that this is life, there is no escape, even if it is numb, It is also part of life.

I don't know how many years have passed, and I no longer know how to cry, how to be soft, how to yield and compromise, and I feel this change in my body more or less. What it brings me is rational, objective, and impersonal. Unfortunately, life is not only black and white, but also gray. The world still needs a person who can accompany you, listen to you, and share with you without reservation. If you accept you, you can also tell her about your difficulties and weaknesses without any precautions and without restrictions, saying that you actually have many things that you can’t do well and want to escape. Even if this can't change anything in your life, when you encounter difficulties, setbacks and grievances, you just want to find her, talk to her, and throw yourself into her arms, that's all.

So when I saw Yukino Baixiangli crying with Qiuyue Takao in his arms at the end, my nose was also sore, thinking about this, I was really happy, I removed my disguise, and I removed the feeling that if I didn't care about others, I wouldn't be hurt. You can be brave to love and share, tell others that you really can't do it, you have tried but you still can't do it, how happy it is, and how hard it is to do all this, to get something that can give you energy and courage at any time. This feeling is more difficult than anything, and more precious than anything.

I think that 15-year-old Akizuki Takao and 27-year-old Yukino Baikari may not have many intersections in their lives in the future, just like the language teacher I liked who sent portraits to me, and I still don’t know where she is today. . And I also understand that the feeling of liking at that time is not love, it is a kind of dependence, everyone needs to rely on, right? But I also think of Mikako and Xiaosheng in "The Voice of the Stars". It's been 8 years and there is still love, because love can travel through time and space.

"One day we must meet again!"

Probably that's what they thought.

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The Garden of Words quotes

  • Takao Akizuki: I realize now, I was learning how to walk as well. I haven't mastered the steps, I fall too. But I'm on my path, MY path, and one day that path, will take me to her.

  • Takao Akizuki: To me she represents nothing less than the very secrets of the world.