Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki
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| What a lovely movie. I enjoyed it from start to finish. Really touching and sweet :3. I would have liked to see if Yuki ended up with him, but I assume she did in the end since he admitted he knew her secret and would never tell anyone :3. It was sad to see Ame leave without even a goodbye to his mother or Yuki but it was well done and a good ending for him overall, The one thing I don't understand is Ookami's death. It said he was hunting? Why did he need to hunt when they had money for food? How did he die? drowning? But well I guess that wasn't too important to the story overall. |
"When everyone else is about to give up, the fighter who becomes the role model, is the true Leader."  |
| Damn I expected this to be a little sad, instead I had some tears roll down my face. They got me at the end. |
| Life's hard enough when you're a single mother so imagine being the mother of crazy werewolf kids. |
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| It was a wonderful movie . Kind of reminded me of Clannad After Story . Impressive story. 9/10 |
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| really beautiful (I cried.. too much, probably =.=), I'd like to watch it with my mum someday :) |
| Great Movie, the art work was amazing Poor Hana though putting up with all the slack |
| I LOVED this movie so much. It's so symbolic and detail-oriented. I loved the characters, development and the sounds complemented all the scenes. Not a second of film was wasted. I was completely engrossed, especially in Ame on how he found his calling. Absolutely outstanding. |
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| The only thing more I could have hoped for was a older retrospective or all 3 of them sitting together at the end but something in me made me feel like Yuki was doing that because her mom had died. Then I read about the Director/Creators mother and all that and totally felt like that's what happened. Touching Movie, 10/10 for originality and moving scenes. (could've had some better parts but everything can be better) |
| Definitely bittersweet ending.. The ending song was beautiful, the title of it is "Okaa-san no Uta" meaning "Mother's Song" too~ |
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| This was fucking amazing. I appreciate my own parents so much more. |
| THE FUCKING FEELS MAN. THE FEELS. Loved this movie, didn't expect it to be that great of a watch considering its story, but damn. 10/10. Excellent characters. |
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| Ame howls to let his mom know he is doing okay. 10/10 |
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| Wow. This movie absolutely blew me away. So many freaking emotions. This could be literally called an emotional roller-coaster. There is no way you can't feel sorry for Hana and all her troubles raising 2 wolf/human children. Even as a 20+ male I could clearly feel all the pain she was feeling throughout this movie. That is an awesome job and I have to applaud the effort. The children in their small child state were absolutely adorable and the voice acting from the kids was amazing. This movie would have easily been a 10... But then it happened. Those fucking last minutes of this masterpiece. Ame leaving his family behind to become a "master of the forest" made me rage so hard, when he left in that storm, I just wanted to reach out through my screen and strangle that fucking brat. Just leaving behind the mother who worked SO HARD to raise those children just to become some successor to the fox? What the fuck? Who decided that he should become the Stalin of the forest? I do not care about the crap that a 10 year old wolf is easily an adult. His attitude in the human form to Yuki with all the "You're a wolf" crap proved that he still was a little kid. Well how should the ending had been then? Well the leaving and protecting the forest is all fine and dandy. Just it could have happened much much later. Not when he was fucking 10 years old. And what was with the "Leaving without telling anything"? Just idiotic. I have not in a long time felt such distaste to a character. Too bad that the ending kinda ruined everything, but still not giving this amazing movie a high score would be ridiculous. 8/10 |
Sir_Lexa said: I do not care about the crap that a 10 year old wolf is easily an adult. Right,ignore the obvious explanation that makes perfect sense. Sometimes I just don't get people. |
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totoum said: Sir_Lexa said: I do not care about the crap that a 10 year old wolf is easily an adult. Right,ignore the obvious explanation that makes perfect sense. Sometimes I just don't get people. Hmm did you read my post at all? I said right after it that the problem was that he still behaved like a little boy. Sometimes I just don't get people. |
Sir_LexaMar 11, 2013 7:05 AM
Sir_Lexa said: totoum said: Sir_Lexa said: I do not care about the crap that a 10 year old wolf is easily an adult. Right,ignore the obvious explanation that makes perfect sense. Sometimes I just don't get people. Hmm did you read my post at all? I said right after it that the problem was that he still behaved like a little boy. Sometimes I just don't get people. Getting in a fight with a relative happens to everyone on the planet,including adults. This wasn't some sort of decision Ame made on a whim, he knows what his mother did for him and he's very grateful for it, but what exactly would he gain by staying? He's not going to go to school and he's already able to take care of himself in the forest. |
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totoum said: This wasn't some sort of decision Ame made on a whim, he knows what his mother did for him and he's very grateful for it, but what exactly would he gain by staying? He's not going to go to school and he's already able to take care of himself in the forest. So grateful that he decided to leave without saying anything and after his mother pretty much begged him not to go up to the mountain anymore. Oh the respect. I kinda see your point of view, but that won't change my opinion of the ending. SO I'll just drop out of this discussion since I have already stated my points. |
Sir_LexaMar 11, 2013 7:44 AM
| the story is good, the artwork is amazing, the morals are unique.. i like it... feels like some great anime movies... though the ending is a little sad for the mother |
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| It was great, I really liked it! If I had to complain about one thing it would be the actual relationship between Ame and Yuki (probably because I'm just really close with my siblings myself so these are just personal feelings). It feels like the just grew apart and they didn't even have a proper goodbye. I wish they had relied on each other more since they should understand each other the most out of anyone. |
Sir_Lexa said: I kinda see your point of view, but that won't change my opinion of the ending. SO I'll just drop out of this discussion since I have already stated my points. I wont change your opinion but seems you don't understand at all what Ame and Yuki really are. They are both wolf/human, BUT while Yuki adapt to live among humans with their rules, Abe don't, he choose to live as a wolf in the wood. Same skin but different character. The mom at the end understand that Abe can't like as an human anymore so he leave him alone. 8/10 |
| I was kinda hesitant to watch this because of the characters being half wolves. However, it's a good thing I eventually did. It was a great movie! My expectation of it being boring vanished with in the first 5 minutes of the movie. Kudos to the mother though- it's difficult being a single parent of 2 children, let alone half human/half wolf children. I gave this a 9/10 because like what the other comments stated, I didn't enjoy Ame's abrupt disappearance without saying a proper goodbye to his mother who had difficulties raising them in such a young age; also to his sister, when in fact they had a strong bond when they were still little children. No sense of gratitude!! Tsk!!Aside from that, everything else was a masterpiece! I enjoyed the OST as well. In entirety, this movie was very enjoyable and relaxing! |
You can just be yourself. Do things your own way, one step at a time. You'll get there. Just be yourself, you'll be fine." ~Fruit Basket |
| This was such a fantastic movie. I had tears streaming down my face through almost the entire film. Seeing the dad just get tossed inside the garbage truck like that was incredibly heart-wrenching. ;__; It also made me laugh; the kids, when they were little particularly, were quite cute and charming. The scene when they were playing in the snow was just amazing. Yeah, great movie. |
 What "Adolescence" do you have? Do you remember "Childhood"? The irreplaceable one existed there. |
lonely_kumo said: Waited for over a year for this and it was well worth it. Everything was so beautiful and i don't know why, but I was really captivated by their hair... it looked soo fluffy. :3 Just random thoughts: Assuming is it similar to dog years, 70 years give or take. |
| I liked how Yuki went from embracing her wolf form more when she was a child then to human when she grew older. And how Ame didn't want to be a wolf in the beginning, but in the end took the path of the wolf. To see those changes throughout their years was probably my favourite part of the story. However, like most people, the random death of her husband and Ame's "the mountain calls me" at the end felt kinda bleh :/ |
| Oh my gosh, i have not seen such a fantastic movie in a while. This-THIS MOVIE. I loved the characters and everything up until the end (like majority of people). I get he decided to choose the path of the wolf, but couldn't he come back like once a year or something rather than just leave his family as if his mother never went through so much for him? The least he could do was come back once in a while to visit.... It's a shame too because in the beginning i liked Ame more than Yuki, but by the end i preferred Yuki. In a sense i liked that Ame left to his own path, but the fact that he was ten years old, wolf or not, and being kind of a douche towards the end drew me out of his side. In the end, i suppose it had to be done to contract his sister's relatively easy living as a human. The little side-story of the kid who got his ear scarred was rather random though. And i would have liked some continuation of that because by the end i have no clue what that was supposed to lead to. Yuki revealed she was a wolf to someone, but that seems like it was it. She just skips to saying she left her mother that year for school, but she never mentions what happened to her friend. Ugh, i feel for Hana. She only got to have her kids for 12 years before they went their separate ways. I'm sure Yuki came back eventually, but having to adjust to Ame not being there must have been hard. He looked so much like his dad, too.... Anyway, this movie was great. I hope it gets licensed so i can buy it one day. 9/10 for me. P.S: That sex scene at the beginning made me laugh. They did it while he was a wolf, lol. |
VyudaliMar 18, 2013 6:24 PM
| this was such a sad yet happy story.... i loved it!!! |
| Stunning animation, well paced story, superb characters and much more, but Hana is the main reason for this movie's epicness 9/10 if only Ame shown much more gratitude to his mom, I would gladly gives 10/10, damn you brat |
| Definite 9/10. I'd say 9.5 but not quite a 10 because it didn't end well enough for me. Pretty epic. Love the heartwarming moments. Love Hana. Love the romance between Hana/Wolf-kun, and also Yuki/Souhei because they're freaking cute too! Love the kids. Love the village. Did I mention? I love Hana. Such a great character. Ame leaving his family behind to become a "master of the forest" made me rage so hard, when he left in that storm, I just wanted to reach out through my screen and strangle that fucking brat. Just leaving behind the mother who worked SO HARD to raise those children just to become some successor to the fox? What the fuck? Who decided that he should become the Stalin of the forest? I do not care about the crap that a 10 year old wolf is easily an adult. His attitude in the human form to Yuki with all the "You're a wolf" crap proved that he still was a little kid. Well how should the ending had been then? Well the leaving and protecting the forest is all fine and dandy. Just it could have happened much much later. Not when he was fucking 10 years old. And what was with the "Leaving without telling anything"? Just idiotic. I have not in a long time felt such distaste to a character. Same! I understand that he's a wolf and all but like...That was pretty irresponsible without telling your mom about it and making her search for you. :S ...And another issue I had was a tiny one but...Um... She seriously had sex with him IN WOLF FORM? I find that kind of awkward. |
| 9.5/10 Loved it, was able to look past some things that were slightly annoying |
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| I don't understand all this rage on Ame. He's always been the quiet and distant type. And Hana out of all people should have known better what his decision was going to be. She just couldn't accept it. Ame found his world out in the wild and I was so proud of both Ame and Yuki to have found their path. As saddening as it was for Ame to leave, he is a grown adult as a wolf and can take care of himself. If he had stayed any longer in the family he would've eventually never been able to leave and be a full-fledged wolf. He may have not taken the best of actions, as he is in his human form a child, but I'm sure he knows what's best for him. I didn't really find him growing distance either. It's the usual process of self-discovery. As his mother says, "Live your life!" Other than that. I was sitting here bawling. Yay! This movie really reflected the harsh path of life and self-discovery as well as the beauty in it. |
kapanihanMar 24, 2013 5:25 PM
| ...I like shows about wolves But seriously, this is why mothers are amazing. All my respect goes to Hana 9/10 |
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| Hana was such a good mother the whole time, I really liked her. Yuki turned out to be pretty cool too, she used to be the 'brat' while Ame was the quiet one, in the end both found their way. I got sad coz Ame should have stayed close to his mom even with his forest duties =/ The movie is beautiful! 9/10! |
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| the first ive been thinking that yuki will go to the path of being wolf and ame as human but it turns different.. such a great show and hana such a great mother.. very love the slice of life 8/10.. |
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| Beautiful! This makes me appreciate my parents more think i understood both Ame and Yuki's choices in the end and the mother letting them go was declaration of her coming to terms with their choices....i liked Yuki's transformation the most, that "Smell" thing which made her subconscious of her Human form was a very subtle and realistic way of her coming to terms with it |
| Loved it. I really wonder what happened to soehei ? |
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| The story had many moments where tales were told without words, such beautiful art. The mother had some crazy resilience. No wonder people around were inspired to help her. I enjoyed that it was a story which followed her journey more than anything else. From finding love and coming into her own and being able to let her children live as they would want. As for Ame's tale, I would have liked more information on what exactly he had to do to take over for the fox. But aside from that I actually didn't mind the way he left. It was pretty clear from this lingering glances and all that he loved his mother and she was just about the only thing holding him to his human life. I feel like he ran off like that because if he turned back he wouldn't have the resolve to go despite all the times it felt like he would just wander off. His attachment to the wild made sense to me as well. Since his father, who only had the information his parents told him before they pasted on, even had his wild instincts to hunt still. |
fiore777Mar 27, 2013 6:25 PM
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| the scenery ++++++ |
| Such a sweet movie. Cried a bit in the end TT.TT |
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| Ah that was beautiful Kinda wish the ending was a bit different, or maybe showed Yuki more years down the line |
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