Monster
it’s my nth time watching this film, and i just want to share my favorite lines from it
“why don’t you tell mr. hori? he’s kind.he’ll just say i’m not acting like a man.”
oh, the little careless words that are so simple to say, yet have such a profound effect on us. the real monster in this world is the misunderstanding that forms from the words we utter.
“so we’re going to be reborn?that’s right. shall we get ready?”“so we’re reborn? no, we’re the same.”
i just hate—hate—how society shapes literal 10-year-olds into thinking they’re not normal, and that they should change based on what society wants them to be. it’s heartbreaking to think that real kids out there are scared of overstepping the boundaries of what’s deemed “normal.” but i think the most beautiful and poetic thing a person can do is to step out of that boundary and say fuck all of those norms.
“when you’re attacked, you let go of all your strength and give up. you stop feeling.am i hoshikawa yori?”
oh minato and yori, you are too precious for this world.
“if only some people can have it, it’s not happiness.”
i honestly believe this is the best line in the entire film. we’ve been programmed to think happiness is one universal feeling, something we all agree should bring us joy. but i believe happiness can take any form we choose to see it in. i can cry and still be happy. i can let go and be happy. i can die and still be happy.