The author of "Fireworks Forest" Midorikawa Yuki, and "Natsume's Friend's Account" are the same author, and their painting style is relatively healing, giving people a sense of tranquility and warmth.
"Forest of Fire" and "Spirited Away" are equally fantastical, but they do not have the imagination of "Spirited Away". Everyone's preferences are different, I prefer the setting of "Forest of Fire", the summer sun and the sound of cicadas, let people feel the summer heat, but not hot.
The animation uses flashbacks, and the heroine goes to her grandfather's house at the beginning and begins to reminisce while waiting for the bus. Then unfold the story. The story tells the encounter, rendezvous and parting of Firefly and Jin, there is no mountain alliance and sea oath and oath to die, plain but also moving.
The story takes time to the clues, recording the growth of the fireflies and the agreement between them. At the same time, the animation also gives a special setting, gold can not be touched by humans, once touched will disappear. Such a seemingly strange setting runs through the entire story, and at the same time makes the plot fresh and pure love. Hotaru and Jin like each other, whether it's friendship or love, they both want to hug, hold hands and feel each other's warmth like normal people.
I didn't know how to describe the style of "Forest of Fire" until I saw a comment: the ethereal shock formed by Midorikawa's pale and thin painting style, and the passage of time and space, the faint expressionless sadness is indescribable by words.
Yes, the feeling that Midorikawa Yuki brought to me was that ethereal shock, a shock that words and words could not describe.
The details of Hotaru and Kim getting along are really beautiful, the two people walking with sticks, feeling that only they are left in the world, and nothing is more important than each other. I have fantasized countless times in my mind about walking like this with someone I like, but I can't catch that feeling.
Many people think that the ending of Hotaru and Kim is too sad, but this is not a perfect ending. If Jin hadn't disappeared, would they have only been able to meet in the summer, they could only look at each other, but they couldn't touch each other, and finally Hotaru gradually had her own life, forgetting the agreement she had made, while Jin was alone in the summer of the forest, looking at the sky and thinking about the past.
Although Kim disappeared, the two people embraced each other in the most beautiful summer, and Hotaru lived well with love for Kim, isn't it good?