This is a very peculiar film by Studio Ghibli, with an unhappy ending and a disastrous setting. It takes place in World War II from the point of view of Seita and Setsuko, two Japanese children. Remember this well: TWO CHILDREN. A very small girl and a young man who must be at most 15 years old.
As far as this studio is concerned, I never thought I would see such a heavy scene at the beginning; that is, a decomposing body. The story goes on and the two young people have no other option but to live at their aunt's house, aunt who has never shown herself to care about the nephews, much less her late sister. She openly called them "plague", did not let them have fun and, as if it were not enough, told Setsuki that her mother had died without any caution. Because of this, they decided to live alone in a shelter.
Many people say that they were proud, and that if they had helped in the house, they could have survived. It turns out there were TWO CHILDREN. They simply wanted to try to find a little corner of joy in the midst of extremely chaotic weather. They were unaware of the consequences this would bring, after all, they recently arrived in the world and did not have the knowledge to make the right decision. Despite that, the boy has always tried to portray a strong older brother in order not to worry his sister, this is venerable.
Having seen that, they had many nice moments at the shelter, but soon it ended with hunger, disease and misery. Seita did his best to survive independently, but unfortunately this is not as simple as it seems. They were two pure and innocent victims of the war suffering from the adults' decision. It really disgusts me... The ending is distressing. To think that it still happens in countries at war makes my heart ache and at the same time it makes me grateful for the life of comfort I have. Thank you universe for being able to eat and sleep peacefully.
About art, it is reasonable (although the animation is great), the soundtrack it's very emotional and the characters are catchy, but not very complex. Worth seeing.
