Hi no Youjin

The story follows a girl named Owaka and how she was set to marry someone she did not love, she loved her childhood friend Matsukichi. In her room out of sadness, she throws a fan across the room and it lands inside a lamp, starting a fire. The fire starts spreading across the room and eventually the building and the surrounding neighboorhood. Matsukichi is part of the firefighters that come to stop the fire. Mastukichi spots Owaka and warns her not to head towards the tower on the roof, but she does and is swallowed by the fire.

I liked the story of this even ... though it was so short. Watching this just felt so fast too, I wish it was a little longer. I really liked the artwork and animation in this, the music and sounds were also really good. The single shot at the end was pretty cool too.
Was directed by Kashuhiro Otomo, who made Akira. and I LOVE AKIRA RAAA so extra points

Love story in Edo period. This is the second short story from the movie Short peace. Art style is very interesting for this short, as it will remind of Japanese art style. At first, I thought it won't be interesting with that kind of classic art style in animation, but it gave me a surprise how it fit well with the animation and the story. It also shows ancient japanese methods of how to control fire from turning into a havoc. A good short it is.

It starts with Owaka a daughter of Merchant fall in love with her childhood friend Matsukichi. They had been very ... close since their childhood days, eventually they fall in love with each other. Just because Matsukichi promised her to marry her, when they will grow up, Owaka still stays in that hope. But Matsukichi has his own ambition of becoming a fire brigade, but his family is strict about it and don't let him join. So, he plots a plan to get disowned by his family by carving tattoo in his body, which is considered as bad manner and disrespectful at that time. He succeed in his plan and join the brigade, while Owaka's parent arrange her marriage with a complete stranger, which let her to break down. She ended up setting fire in her house in hope of meeting Matsukichi. That little little fire turn into a havoc destroying the whole city. This is enough to presume, love can make someone do nonsense thing, which may lead to own destruction.

Audio japanese
english subtitles

rate average

I am neither pleased not disgusted from this. There was nothing of unique value to this. All it was taking advantage of a situation for one's own benefit. Not sure if i should feel sorry or not for the main character. Granted she was in a situation she did not want to be in but did her solution have to be so detrimental? On top of that the ending was not clear.

sincerely your reviewer,
snapler

... p.s.
remember this is a 5 part series/mini movies. This is part 3 of 5. Part 2 was tsukumo and part 1 short peace opening.