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Calling all pluviophiles! (Or people in a drought like California heh)
Ah, this anime was really pretty. I've seen it floating around the Internet, images of raindrops, images of the two main characters standing on the stairway. All of it was visually stunning. Although in terms of art it's incredible, I have a few problems with the plot. Not that the plot itself is bad it's just a bit...controversial. The only reason I think this is because Takao thinks that his mom is a lush that doesn't work hard and drinks all the time. And when he meets Yukino in the park she's drinking beer in the morning and her only other food is chocolate. I don't know about you, but it seems like she's an adult drinking beer in the park...seems kind of like his mom dontcha think? Don't get me wrong, I see that they're different. She actually pays attention to him and didn't ridicule his dreams. In fact, she's the only one he ever told about his dream to design shoes. Their whole relationship is one full of longing and based solely upon one another's companionship. They build their whole relationship upon the fact that they're both there in the moment. They don't have to talk about much, but in a way that's the beauty of it. They just accept one another and find a kindred soul in a stranger. Things obviously can't stay like that. The whole movie couldn't be about their rainy day encounters because although that would be calming...it would also be too mundane for most people. The real plot twist comes when it's revealed that she's a teacher at his high school that was caught in a misunderstanding. This led to him regretting their whole companionship and made him lose trust in her. However, out of that came the cutest scene. It was the two of them at her house in such a sweet, domestic scene. You could palpably feel the calm comfort in that room. Until he just had to confess there! Which both shattered the mood, but created a very interesting series of events. It led to that beautiful picturesque scene on the stairwell...but it also led us to a very bittersweet ending. It ends off with both of them moving on. There was no real explanation why, but it could be inferred that it was because of his inexperience with life. When he left the shoes where the two of them used to meet every rainy day, with the sun peeking out from behind the clouds it was like a final farewell. It was goodbye to rainy days and running away from responsibilities. In a way, although it ended in a bittersweet way, it was more sweet than bitter because the two of them ultimately positively impacted each other's life. And that in and of itself is a beautiful thing.
All in all I think this is a great movie to watch if you've got a spare 45 minutes or so. It's a relatively short movie and I would watch more for the atmosphere and the visual aspect than anything. But it does have an aspect to it where you can start connecting dots yourself to kind of reach conclusions before they're unveiled. So it's a little bit mysterious; hey, if you like mystery maybe watch this one to unveil the secrets before they're explicitly stated!
I think this is the most iconic image of the movie
I might be a little too obsessed with the rain and sunshine (motifs perhaps?)
Aren't these just stunning?
Absolutely beautiful. Just breath-taking.
Sigh, I have conflicting feelings about this.
Sources: http://i.imgur.com/ruxxIAp.gif, https://media0.giphy.com/media/49GpAgeHyrV72/200_s.gif, https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1d/26/a1/1d26a13e19a8c91b9fdb8af269008979.gif, https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/66/6c/15/666c1553007a18c91c0b0d095bd776a3.gif, https://media.giphy.com/media/117tuXPBYe2Cuk/giphy.gif, https://66.media.tumblr.com/73e7741ab8b545dcdf216c51c48d8dc2/tumblr_mp11cclsmR1qbvovho1_500.gif
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