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This is my first review. Reason being, I was too lazy. But this movie was so good that it definitely deserves some acclaim. Without further ado, let's begin.
Synopsis: The story is about a woman named Hana who falls in love with a wolf man(pretty negligible). They grow up and start a family. Unfrotunately thought, the father died, for reasons never mentioned, and Hana was left alone to raise their two children: Yuki and Ame. These children are half wolf and half human. So they can transform into wolves and maintain human form. Afraid of society's reaction, she ... and the others move to farmlands. The family grows up, but the kids ultimately choose opposite paths of life. Yuki chooses to be human while Ane chooses to be wolf. And then we see character development.
The story was incredibly predictable for the first 2/3, strangely though i enjoyed all of it. We see a simple slice of life story that we can just watch and enjoy moments that we all remember somewhat in our childhood. There is then a great change in tone in the later parts. Not that the story became darker, but it at least had a plot. In fact, now that I think about it. There is no plot for the first 2/3 of the movie. However the storytelling was so good that I felt like the characters could really grow o me by focusing heavily on dialogue and character development.
The story deserves a 9.
The characters are absolutely amazing. We grow with the characters. Hell we even learn some farming techniques with Yuki. I found it really intriguing that the Ame was at first scared of being a wolf and developed to, not only accepting, but choosing a wolf life over his mother and the sister is vice versa. But what makes it so interesting is that the trasitions literally took seconds for the borther at least. And it was very understandable for him. The sister got along with her frieds while Ame was bullied. It's really interesting, seeing the two children take on different paths. We usually see this kind of thig about good brother vs bad brother, but this is more about life style choices then about morality unlike cliche movies. Yuki. Oh my god. You cannot even get me started. She deserves a mother of the year award in anime. Although, she is a little over protective, she always places the kids first. Kind of cliche, but seeing her efforts definitely made me want to push her on further. She also is pretty much a good role model for kids to grow up with. Loving, caring, determined. kind of like how you would picture an ideal mother. I also love seeing her tears, as she sees Ame leave. She ont only cannot stand that she is losing one of two the most important figures in her whole life, but also the fact that she couldn't promise to protect him. There's also more reasons, but I said enough
Characters deserve 10
The art/animation is great, where not only every moment is fluid, but there were some incredible visuals with Ame. showing that the world Ame will choose to live is a beautiful forest that teems with life and the beauty of nature. Even the short fight between siblings shows a contrast of colors, where we see a clash of ideology.
The Art/Animation deserves 8
One of the interesting aspects is the lesson. The lesson is predictable, choose to live your life how you want to be. But it is still a lesson that even adults need to be reminded about at times. It is also executed greatly, Ame was leaving for the forest, but the mother doesn't want him to leave. For very good and legitimate reasons. After all, when Ame almost died, she vowed to protect him. So she obviously felt like she has to stop him from going into a dangerous forest. However she comes to learn the lesson as she knows she cannot stop him, and that Ame is similar to his father by appearance and independence.
Enjoyment deserves 9
And an overall score of 9.
well done anime, and a highly recommended anime for those who love family stories