I suggest reading The Little Prince by Saint Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
I never thought a dying character in a movie will be this most vibrant and uplifting. Even if the film revolved around the bucket list and the soon death of Sakura, it successfully made the audience felt at ease. And somehow focused more on the relationship between Sakura and Haruki as well as the growth of Haruki.
Somehow, the constant reminders of Sakura's death etched in my mind that it's a given. She herself have already accepted it, with a smile. It made the audience ready for it to come. While also feeling unease of how Haruki will take it. He did fell in love with her, knowing her time is short.
Odd enough, I don't know what to say. Even the Firefly King enjoyed the film with tears flowing from his eyes and yet a smile reflected otherwise.
Sakura is an extrovert, yet she is dying. Haruki, an extrovert, finds no interests around him, yet he is going to live. It's funny how the two would say goodbye to each other in their silly plans saying: "let's get along until I die," by Sakura. It's a dark humor that successfully makes it bright.
On the end of the film, before the credits. The scene totally reminded me, the whole film is an animation grown up version of The Little Prince. There were two foxes, a rose, the little prince and the pilot.
If the Firefly King were to be asked whether to save any of the character in the story... would he done so? The snake took the prince. And yet, it seems she is happy with that. Should she have been saved? What if she lived, would she even be happier? What if she was cured, would it cure Haruki?
It seems, her death was for the sake of Haruki. She said so herself, in a monologue, her whole short 17 years for her to meet him. It's melancholic to think about it. But it seems Haruki thought so himself as well: His entire life was meant to meet Sakura.
After the film, or rather after Sakura's death, it seems all that she wanted to do happened.
While watching the movie, I felt how heavy it would be for Haruki. He' a stranger to Sakura, yet she's dragging him along. If he does fell in love with her, he will be the one to feel the heaviest of lost. But it seems Sakura knew of this, so she never made it realized. Or rather, she might have held back, she knows.
It was written in her Living with Dying book, was it all made revealed. Even the phone messages she had before she died. It was all there.
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Sorry, it seems this post just won't do justice to how beautiful the movie is... but this is just a short thing I want to share. I want you, to whoever you are reading this, please watch the film.
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