Monday, July 4, 2016

J-drama SP: Anohana Live Action (2015)

Plot: One summer day, Jintan had an extraordinary experience when he heard a voice of a girl talking to him. The voice is from Jinta's childhood friend Meiko, but it is a strange moment because Meiko died years ago. She appeared in front of him to whom he first ignored wearing the same white dress when she died, but she’s grown older. She tells Jinta that she has a wish and that's why she came back as a ghost, but Meiko can't remember what her wish was. Therefore, Jinta along with their other friends, Atsumu, Naruko, Chiriko, Tetsudo and Meiko gather together for the first time in 7 years to grant Meiko’s wish. However, Jinta is the only one who is able to see Menma.

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In this kind of film, I feel that there is so much hope in this world that may only be attained when we realize the compassion from the people around us. It has a light story about friendship despite the unfortunate event that happened one summer day. I was so pleased to watch the series because I have encountered a lot of emotions and they didn’t get mixed up in a bad way but it showed the two sides of living life: one is living in the past and the other one is living in the moment while remembering the past and moving forward at the same time. The characters were very remarkable and they have contributed so much in bringing the right emotion in the context of losing a friend at such a young age. Also, this is not a depressing movie despite demanding the viewers to get carried away by so much crying that happened. It is not sad but rather heart-warming because it truly showed how they value the friendship that they have made in the past as young kids and how much that event had made an impact in their lives. Nonetheless, they still participated in helping Menma find that peace that she deserved.



The OST is quite sad but not in a gloomy point of view which has that effect of a bittersweet music that truly fits the live action. There was an anime film in which it was also used beforehand and this truly feels nostalgic and at the same time, longing for someone that you have missed for a long time.

I would recommend this film to those who wants to see the world in another perspective wherein sad things happen to bring indispensable lessons in our lives that we need to carry. Every passing moment is a testimony that you are alive and whatever regret that we have may serve us to be better version of ourselves. Like in the friendship in the story, their lives have stopped the day that a friend has passed away. The influence that it has given to the lives of these individuals of today has remained and will always haunt them if they were not able to get over blaming themselves on what they believe has caused a friend to die. The story had a very creative way of presenting a perspective wherein they can correct themselves from the past that they want to forget but they have not forgotten. So, Manma’s return brought a huge opportunity for them to start over with their lives.

Overall, it is a very endearing film and the actors were very convincing in their roles. So I’m giving it a high recommendation for everyone to check out.

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