The Shape of Love - Narrative of "Princess Mononoke"

Shannon 2022-04-22 07:01:03

Has anyone seen the shape of love.
Princess Mononoke said, I have seen it.

I have nothing. I was abandoned by humans. This is the first memory the world left me. I live in the beast world. The white dog raised me. There was maternal tenderness in her eyes. I call her mother. I have a spear in my hand, I ride on my mother, I charge at the humans, I swear to fight the humans.

Don't even think about it, my enemies are humans. Humanity's name is hatred. Hatred is the village that abandoned me on the edge of the forest. Hatred is the magic girl of this village. Hatred is the malicious gunpowder that erupted from this village to the beast world. I hate this village, it has deserted me. I hate Huan Ji, she keeps leading the villagers to invent gunpowder. I hate gunpowder, it hurts the forest, it hurts the orcs, it hurts my benefactor.

I can't stand it. I must rush to the human race, with the sharpness of the spear and the ferocity of my heart.
I can't stand it. I am destined to survive in the fierce battle of gunpowder. This is my destiny.
I can't stand it. I can't take it anymore.
I can't stand it...

I can't stand it. I even saw that beautiful young man. He stood on a rock by the water, his cloak lifted in the wind, and he waved his arms and spoke to me human words: the words of a mother's warmth that I had never felt from a human being, at least not malicious. But the actions of the human beings that make me despair have made me distrust it. I lick my mother's new wound, I know my mother's pain, I know my miserable life, and I know the cruelty of human beings. I hate humans.

I hate.

The beautiful teenager who just appeared is just an illusion. Humans have long forgotten beauty. I've known it since the day I was abandoned.

However, later...

I will always remember this beautiful young man in my life. Because he made me stop hating.
Although I'm not with him. He lives in his village and I go back to my forest.
Although... but always remember.

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Princess Mononoke quotes

  • Lady Eboshi: Now watch closely, everyone. I'm going to show you how to kill a god. A god of life and death. The trick is not to fear him.

  • Lady Eboshi: What exactly are you here for?

    Prince Ashitaka: To see with eyes unclouded by hate.