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So I read the extended novel by #Shinkai and #Kanoh on '5 cms per second', and I think there are a bunch of things I truly disagree on.

In the second part, Cosmonaut, Takaki mentions how they didn't want to add the feelings they felt under the cherry blossom to their letters, since, I quote, 'It was a moment of absolute purity. ... It was a moment that could never be put to words.'
Yet he also says that doing so would preserve it, which is why neither of them did it, since forcing a description on it would ruin and tarnish the beauty. Yet he acknowledges that words were all he could send her, despite language being a flawed tool. Maybe he was right about language being a flawed tool.

It drove them to hopelessness how the letter had no mention, no remnant of that experience. And that's the reason why they evem stopped trying to describe their feelings and the letters became sparser and sparser, and also devoid of their depth, only containing everyday affairs.

BUT LANGUAGE WAS ALL THEY HAD. THE SHARED EXPERIENCE MIGHT BE PERFECT, BUT THEY HAD EMAIL! PHONES! LETTERS! THEY HAD TO COMMUNICATE! TELL EACH OTHER HOW WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED WAS PERFECT. EVEN THAT ALONE COULD'VE BEEN ENOUGH! THEY TRIED TO PRESERVE THE PERFECTION AND LOST WHATEVER THEY HAD!

I find this entire section to be a cheap and easy excuse and a way out of responsibility. Yes, love is a responsibility. It takes effort. A lot of it. But I can't really blame kids for not having maturity in life I guess.

I do wonder, what would've happened if they were honest with each other? If they wrote their feelings, no matter how imperfect. Maybe things would've been different.

I truly think Shinkai and Kanoh fumbled here. But maybe that was the message. Feelings alone don't preserve a relationship. It requires a constant effort and even more constant and clear communication.

See also: this and this

Literary rant over

#anime #animemovie #novel #manga #makotoshinkai #aratakanoh #5centimeterspersecond #fanfiction #shinkai

Makoto Shinkai rompe il silenzio: il nuovo film è davvero in arrivo.

https://www.mangaforever.net/makoto-shinkai-rompe-il-silenzio-il-nuovo-film-e-davvero-in-arrivo/

#Shinkai #MakotoShinkai #Cinema #Anime #CartoniAnimati

Day 10. I have 2 pages of notes on the area, so this is going to be a long walk home. I've also be using my Number One Favorite pen to make writing pleasant.

#Julytober2024 #ShinKai #TSWBI

For a film not by makoto shinkai, The Tunnel To Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes, was one of the most shinkai films I've seen(*):
camera angles, silly supernatural bullshit, it's really just a love story which fundamentally doesn't really make sense, arguably some foot fetish stuff, teen cringe, and of course the shinkai run...
and by that I mean three shinkai runs

(*) this is both an insult and a compliment
#shinkai #anime #田口智久 #夏へのトンネルさよならの出口

Step one, putting order to chaos. #lego #shinkai #21100

SUZUME - Japanese master of animation @ShinkaiMakoto (Your Name) returns with enchanting and indeed very funny new fantasy picture inspired by the wave of earthquakes in his native country 9/10 #cinema #film #anime #animation #review #MakotoShinkai #Shinkai #Suzume

Heute abend seit längerem mal wieder im #Kino und den #Anime #Suzume angeschaut - den neuesten Film von #MakotoShinkai, der leider nur einige Vorführungen in Deutschland hat.
Der Film war wie man ihn von #Shinkai erwartet: Bildgewaltig, mitreißende große Gefühle und eine Liebe, die die größten Hindernisse überwindet und dabei die Welt (bzw hier nur Japan) rettet - die vorher eigentlich erst durch sie in Gefahr gebracht wurde. Jedoch auch mit ein paar Story-Lücken, wohl durch sein Schema bedingt.