Yesterday I watched a movie for the second
time. Just to be clear, that never happens. In this case, though, maybe I gave
it another shot because I needed something a little bittersweet and
short. And at 45 minutes, it's short as one can be. It’s too short, really.
The movie is called Hotarubi no Mori e.
The story is about a six year old girl who meets a
young man called Gin when she gets lost in a forest. The forest is next to her grandfather’s (a house that she has come to visit for the summer). And although she should be scared of him the
moment she see’s a mask on his face, as well as spooky spirits that tell her they’ll eat her
If she touches him, instead, she becomes more intrigued by him. They
quickly hit up a friendship. It’s innocent and sweet. There are some funny moments too. For example: often in
excitement she will run to him and be stopped in her tracks by a club in the
head (it’s funny in the anime though) but still she does it over and over again until she learns to be close to him without ever really being too close. What
she then learns is that, due to a curse, if any human touches Gin he will disappear forever.
Every summer she visits her grandfather, but her
real visits are for Gin. Even when she is far away at home her thoughts are preoccupied
by Gin. Is he ok; is he lonely, does he miss her too? As the years go by,
Hotaru comes closer and closer to his age and his height. This transition is
tough for the both of them because you can see the two of them catching
feelings for one another but how does that even work when they can’t touch each other? Like I said, it’s short and sweet but I like how it still manages to
fit a lot in. And I’m not even going to lie. There might have been a tear or
two (poor old softy that I am). I’m not
going to say that it will blow your socks off or say that it’s amazing. It’s a
beautiful, subtle movie that deals with helplessness, growing into a woman,
finding yourself, and its main focus: love.
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Just to let you know, I am working on that thing
called reading :) I am currently reading Wanderlove. Well, sort of. I read
like two pages today and then stopped again. The books not bad. But
like I said, I’m working on it. One of
my current gripes is that it tends to get a bit dramatic at times, and I just
have a hard time with not rolling my eyes. Please don’t hate me Wanderlove
lovers! Eeeek.
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