After all, "The Man Who Knows the Blue sky" is the first cadre animation film in which Okada Ryori (hereinafter referred to as Oka Ma) participated in the screenwriting, and it is also the third work of the ultra-peaceful busters, of course, it is still the familiar taste and the familiar "medicine". The delicate emotional depiction of youth and love that makes the audience feel heart-wrenching and stomachache again and again is jokingly called "Gang Medicine" by fans, which is also the promotional selling point of the ultra-peaceful busters on the work planning, but in this work, the excessive amount of medicine can be said to be somewhat dragging down the rhythm of the movie. It is a pity that the role of Ah Si, who is a little precocious but very reliable, can be said to have ended abruptly in the second half.
The stage is still Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, OkaMa's hometown, and if you put aside the almost traditional "Okanagi" element, the story of this time revolves around "small hometown and big city". Compared with the previous campus stage, the audience may be larger than the previous campus stage, which is for the younger generation who are about to graduate or have graduated and want to chase their dreams in the big city, and people who have entered middle age but still have a passion for their dreams like Gang Ma.
Dreams and cities
Recently, the popular b station mv "Into the Sea" shows that people who are about to enter the society always think that the future has unlimited possibilities, have hopes and hopes for the future, and want to jump into the sea of people and want to open up their own wind and rain. Just like Shinyuki, just like Gang Mama, just like us.
"City" is the "outside world" relative to "hometown", the unknown place, the place full of infinite possibilities, and the utopia called "Gandhara" that everyone aspires to can realize any dream. Many times in our hometown we cannot find a ladder to the dream or its height, and the more highly detailed the profession, the more so. This is true of the musicians that cautiously desire, the chefs who specialize in niche special diets, and the same is true of the service industry with a narrow consumer group such as board game stores and movie theaters. Similarly, under the constraints of population size and density, it is difficult to find friends with similar interests in niche hobbies and lifestyles that match them, and the joy of achieving achievements in hobbies is not shared. So Shinyuki left his hometown for Tokyo, so Oka Ma "hid' in the outside world", so groups of us young people were willing to squeeze into the city, willing to endure the beginning of a very low but still visible ladder. Even if the ladder is not very high, young people always have dreams.
Reality and hometown
"Travel is always the happiest before it starts, the dog is always the most terrifying when it barks wildly, and the woman is always the most beautiful in the shadow of the back", and hope is the most brilliant before the chase. Young people who have just graduated full of ideals and vitality jump into the sea of people to be busy for their dreams, and the young Fanghua of more than ten years in a hurry is fleeting, but they find that after several ups and downs, they are often unable to climb to the height of their dreams, and experiencing this cruel reality is the norm for people in modern society. This is the epitome of Shinnosuke's feelings, the epitome of Oka's own autobiographical documentary "I Can't Go to School To Write [Unheard Flower Name] [Heart is Screaming]", and the psychological journey of many people who have not yet grasped their dreams and have not had many "youth" leftovers.
Not only is the city ruthless to those who pin their dreams on it, but the homeland that has given birth to a generation occasionally produces a strong gravitational force that wants to bind them here. Or lovers who have chosen a different path; or loved ones who need to be taken care of; or the gossip of neighbors in the society of acquaintances. Breaking free from the shackles and gathering the courage to squeeze into the city but failing to grasp the dream, it is difficult to find the place that originally belonged to him in his hometown, so that the environment that should be familiar and reassuring will become boring and disgusting. In the end, the dream he cherished was corrupted into a restless anger, and he became the person he was most reluctant to be, just like Shinnosuke, arrogant to the heights that he still climbed, and aggressive to the newcomers who were on the same path.
"A small hometown and a big city"
Oka mama grew up in Chichibu, a city located in a basin surrounded by valleys.
"The basin thing, to put it bluntly, is the high wall that encloses us, we are all locked up in a huge cage, anyway, I want to get out of here." The hometown in the eyes of her sister Aoi is nothing more than a cage that binds herself. For the gang mother who was a student who had developed inferiority and social barriers due to bullying, so it was difficult to find a place in her hometown, the same was true in her hometown. Originally, the hometown was a place to escape.
Thirteen years of time is like a white colt passing through the gap, fleeting. Thirteen years is enough to turn a young figure into a tired back, enough to make Shinnosuke into a Shinnosuke. In the midst of the surging sea of people, Shenzhi tried to figure out when he began to drift away from his dreams, and tried to find out why he, who had once been full of courage to chase his dreams, could no longer squeeze out a trace of courage to return to his hometown. In the midst of this sea of people who have not slowed down, they have not yet found the answer but have found themselves becoming Shinnosuke. Gradually, the hometown became an unfamiliar place name.
After graduation, Akane gave up the opportunity to enter the city to realize her dreams and chose to stop in her hometown. Aoi, who is about to graduate, believes that she is trapping her sister in a cage, so she must not choose to stay in her hometown, so she must go to Tokyo. "The frog at the bottom of the well will not know the vastness of the sea, but he will know how blue the sky is." "If you know how blue the sky is, how can tuna mayonnaise compare to kelp?" Akane is not confused or regretful about her choice to stay in her hometown, Aoi is not her bondage, that is her pride - "raising the most cherished and caring sister to adulthood healthily" This is Akane's greatest wish since the unfortunate death of her parents, it is a dream that does not need to be placed in a distant city, rooted in her hometown. This is something that the right path of pursuing Akane has not been able to understand. Therefore, Akane can say without any complaints or regrets, "So far in life, I have also made my own choices and made my own decisions." After all, for a basin surrounded by mountains, tuna is something that can only be found in the "outside world".
When Shinnosuke makes it clear that he will not give up pursuing himself, Akane's first thought is Aoi: "Three people, is it so, Aoi is already the same age as I was at that time... Next time, try making rice balls for tuna mayonnaise. Three people, which means that Aoi treats Shinnosuke and Shinnosuke as two completely independent individuals, then the emotions behind this are self-evident - at this similar age, Aoi has also made decisions similar to the choices she has made. Aoi is no longer the child she always thought she needed to take good care of every moment, she has grown up to be straightforward and kind. Now that you find that your wish has been fulfilled, it is time to start the next dream in your life.
For Aoi, after perceiving Sister Qian's intentions and the growth of the choices she faced, she who loved Sister Qian and was also loved by Sister Qian realized that the future without thinking was a failure to Sister Xi, so she reconsidered her willingness to go to school and finally chose to go to school. After all, the hometown is no longer a place to escape.
For Shinnosuke, after recalling the original intention of his dream, after relieving the "failure" of the exhausted but still failed to fulfill the original dream and promise, and after realizing that his hometown still has his own place to live, even if the "youth" is running out, he does not want to give up, he is willing to use it to gamble on a future again, he once again went to the big city, just like most dream-chasing backs will experience. Unlike the beginning, this time, the hometown will become an oasis in the heart.
Hometown will become an oasis in the heart. This is the conclusion of the psychological journey of Gang Ma, who has been bullied since childhood and has inferiority and social obstacles, after escaping from her hometown and jumping into the sea of people, she can't see the target clearly and can't remember her destination, and when she wants to abandon herself at the lowest point, she returns to her hometown by chance and therefore starts again. It is a blessing to those who are similar to those who have lost their way and returned after squeezing into the city and jumping into the sea of people.
By the way, I would like to attach the lyrics of the ending song "Aoi"
"The future we imagine must be
It's as round as a stone I found when I was a kid
No strange scars
As the word "peace" describes
Precious and ordinary people chased their dreams and left the island
With a dream in my heart, I ran to the vast sea
Crying inexplicably, his eyes cloudy
Saying goodbye, saying goodbye next time, threw the stone into the sky
Defeated by great force
That loneliness, that poison, awakens this unique world
Magic exists
Goodbye, the figure of a teenager once upon a time
We'll see you again, we'll meet again
I'll keep a place where I can say that
Reflect the blue sky into the palette of your eyes
Deeply collected, tightly wrapped
Even the tears turned into partners
The future we create must be
A fairy tale with glass shoes and a dancing witch like a picture book
There is no particular reason but I have always believed it deeply
Hey how come you're laughing so ridiculously
Grow up in sweat
It's like a flower sprout blooming in a field of happiness that is unconsciously overwhelmed
Please let the flowers bloom until they wither
Let that mighty light shine on everything
Goodbye, the dream in the heart of the teenager that day
Goodbye and reunion
Can you still say that calmly?
Turn the blue sky into an oasis in your heart
Swim towards it and dive deep into it
Will be back again
So let's say goodbye now, young figure
A palette that reflects the blue sky into your eyes
Even tears turn into partners."