Director Makoto Shinkai, whose mission is to describe the daily love of young girls, has also revealed his concept of love from time to time from the beginning of creation. From the initial test of the profound theme "Stars" the response was flat, Shinkai Makoto firmly established the theme of "love" created by himself, single-mindedly, which gave birth to "Five Centimeters per Second", which broke the intestines of countless young boys and girls, and also created the "Garden of Words and Leaves" about confusion and progress in the city.
However, if you ask Makoto Shinkai's most popular work, it is most likely "Your Name", which has achieved accidental success in Japan, and the impression of being marketed by the media in The domestic public is also invincible. However, if you ask The favorite Makoto masterpieces of Makoto Shinkai fans, "Your Name" is really not necessarily the first to bear the brunt, and "The Garden of Words and Leaves" is often mentioned. So, where is the success of "The Garden of Words and Leaves"?
<h1 id="5ajct" > the length of the animation was successful, only 45 minutes</h1>
Going to the cinema with a drink and eating popcorn, going to a movie for an hour and a half to two hours, Meowth believes that it is not a problem for most friends, and even some friends are happy to do so. But what if a person is at home at the computer? Without the atmosphere of the cinema, the huge screen and the blessing of light, the nearly two-hour film is really difficult to survive, and it is inevitable that the itch is unbearable to jump the frame. From this point of view, setting the animation duration at 45 minutes is the first wise move made by director Makoto Shinkai!
At this point, some friends may be hesitant to reduce the time by nearly half: Will this not affect the quality of the film and the audience's feelings? In fact, "The Garden of Words and Leaves" is to tell the audience in practice: It will not! As a commercial director, most of Makoto Shinkai's works do not need to be narrated in grandiose chapters due to the theme focusing on the small daily life of love, but if the time is too short, such as "She and Her Cat", "Crossroads" (only 2 minutes), it will inevitably feel like a trailer, and it is still unfinished...
Therefore, these 45 minutes can be said to be no more, no less, just right, not only can make people patiently watch every frame and every second and every detail, but also can be full and not procrastinating to bring a good viewing experience. So, why not enjoy 45 minutes?
< h1 id="j8fem" > artistic mood was successfully created, and it rained all over the film</h1>
On the day of the plum in June, "The Garden of Words and Leaves" is always drizzling. It's just that this non-stop rain also brings the karma of two strangers. When a student who skips class meets a female teacher who happens to skip class, what will it be like in reality? Maybe it's as nervous and fun as a cat catching a mouse? However, this meeting in the court of words and leaves was unexpectedly quiet.
When the male and female protagonists meet for the first time, they do not see each other as in romance novels, "I seem to have seen this sister"? Don't make a fuss, Yukino simply gave Takao a seat, and the two strangers were still looking at each other! However, the fall of an eraser caused trouble, and the male protagonist finally fell into the trap of the world and asked: Have we seen it? Under the background of the rain, the atmosphere of the Garden of Words and Leaves gradually fell into place, and this question did not become a conversation in the eyes of Yukino, because this boy who suddenly broke into his quiet little world was really his own student, but he just didn't teach his lessons!
Just as Yukino felt intimate when he saw his students, Takao became curious about this special woman with chocolate and beer, and began to inexplicably expect it to rain. The rainy season satisfies Xiaoxiong's expectations, and every unexpected meeting also makes the two gradually develop from strangers to bits and pieces of friendship, and their feelings are becoming more and more intimate. Two people who are essentially similar also have different emotional fruits in this wet rainy season. Can't you fall in love with a difference of 12 years? People with similar traits will attract each other.
<h1 id="7o98s" > perspective is successfully transformed and full of details</h1>
Every time Shinkai Makoto's most popular "Five Centimeters per Second" is most popular with young boys and girls, Meowth always feels that he only relies on the perspective of the male protagonist Takaki, and there is really a kind of hardship that makes this still young long-distance love more difficult to blossom. We know the difficulty of your tree, but what about Akari? And this time, in "The Garden of Words and Leaves", Makoto Shinkai avoided the defect of the change in the perspective of the plot very well, allowing us to experience the true touch of love from the different angles of Takao and Yukino.
For this relationship that is gradually moving closer to love, we see Takao's bravery and initiative, and also see the implicit shyness of describing Takao as an "old woman" when Yukino mentions to her ex-boyfriend that he will bring a bento in the park, and later in the face of Takao's direct expression of his chest, Yukino's "disguise" finally collapses.
In the final and completely happy ending, the feelings of the male and female protagonists have been expressed happily, and the change of perspective has also made the protagonist image more three-dimensional. So, what else is there to argue about? No wonder most of the old fans love "The Garden of Words and Leaves", and even friends with glass hearts can safely and boldly watch it!