Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki
| Although I do not really understand him, I see him as analogous to people who do find comfort in solitude and in nature, and overall people who live in a nonconformative and untraditional way. Ame and Yuki could be seen as two ends of a spectrum encompassing how different people in terms of their personality and nature. Yuki is more outgoing and friendly while Ame is more introspective and solitary. Within the framework of neurodiversity, neither he or Yuki is wrong; they should be free to make decisions regarding their own future, and any mother worth her salt ought to accept if not want this for their children, and this is film is functionally more of Hana's journey as a single mother than it is about Ame or Yuki's character arcs. One went to Tokyo, the other went to live off the grid. Now realistically, do I think Ame would be a bit perfunctory to say "fuck society" and go live in the woods at 14 or 16? Well yes, because anyone who thinks they can literally talk to animals like he does with his sensei are more or less delusional in no small part due to their age (Animals are animal, especially wild animals), but this is a fantasy world where children can transform into wolves and where animals like the fox are sentient and have human-like intelligence with an inhuman understanding of the natural world. The rules we have do not extend to this scenario. I can understand the dislike though, because Ame is reminiscent of children the real world who are irritatingly cynical and pessimistic, but who largely have to accept that whatever life they lead, that unless they can live a life off the grid, it would be in their best interest to grow up and live in a society and get along with people. I don't think the author intended this. |
| Auroraloose's Aurorasimp “Like poking a strange horny animal with a stick” -Fleurbleue the incredibly beautiful and sadistic Québécois |
Reply to luksthefool
@PeripheralVision "Within the framework of neurodiversity"
>I don't think using excuses related to psychological individuality is valid, you're still ungrateful even If you were born a little different
"neither he or Yuki is wrong"
>He is.
"they should be free to make decisions regarding their own future"
>Mothers who oppose children having bad influences or drug use are actually right, that's what the fox was.
" and any mother worth her salt ought to accept if not want this for their children"
>I disagree
"One went to Tokyo, the other went to live off the grid."
one decided to live like an animal for the sake of animals and trees he never saw without thanking his mother or apologizing to his sister, the other went in search of being successful as a member of society and still remembering the importance of her mother*
>I don't think using excuses related to psychological individuality is valid, you're still ungrateful even If you were born a little different
"neither he or Yuki is wrong"
>He is.
"they should be free to make decisions regarding their own future"
>Mothers who oppose children having bad influences or drug use are actually right, that's what the fox was.
" and any mother worth her salt ought to accept if not want this for their children"
>I disagree
"One went to Tokyo, the other went to live off the grid."
one decided to live like an animal for the sake of animals and trees he never saw without thanking his mother or apologizing to his sister, the other went in search of being successful as a member of society and still remembering the importance of her mother*
| @luksthefool It has been quite some time since I watched the film, though I do agree with the idea that "A goodbye and thanks for everything is the MINIMUM", and I do agree he should have made up with his sister. Rather, such should have been included in the film. At the same time, you are disapproving of Ame's rights to his own lifestyle by suggesting that he abandoned his mother, which really does make any sense considering that Yuki moved even farther away than Ame ever did, and it is outright stated he still communicates with his mother at the end of the film. Why aren't you extending this criticism the right thing would be for him to stay by his mother's side who dedicated ten years of her life to them To Yuki? As I see it, he did not "choose" the animals and the trees over his mother anymore than Yuki chose Tokyo over her. Quite frankly, mothers and fathers should want children to live their own lives outside of their parents. Hana is ultimately the main character, and it is to be seen that she has raised both of her children successfully. Living your own life will almost always require some degree of separation from our parents. This is perfectly normal, regardless of whatever we choose to do. This is a point I want to address though. one decided to live like an animal for the sake of animals and trees he never saw without thanking his mother or apologizing to his sister, the other went in search of being successful as a member of society and still remembering the importance of her mother Maybe it is just me, but I don't think Ame's life path is any less "legitimate" than Yuki's precisely because of the supernatural and fantasy elements of the story. He literally is able to become a wolf. He is (literally) an animal if he so chooses to. Foxes and forests are apparently sentient in this world. The point of him and Yuki fighting and then going their separate ways is a recognition that neither was wrong for what they wanted in life or identified as. Which brings me to the next point. You can recognize a story's intended message as being good while saying how it has written and communicate that message as being flawed. As I mentioned before, Hana is the main character to a far greater extent than Yuki or Ame. This is not so much a coming of age story so much as it is a story of parenting from the perspective of the parent. Because of this, less emphasis is placed on the realistic practicalities of either Ame or Yuki's decision, and the story becomes a "what does being a good parent look like in terms of their children's lives". Not everyone is made for a life in the city, and I recognize some people are just that level of asocial. Is Ame kind of an ass for how he does things at the end? I can agree with that, but is he selfish to want to pursue his own life anymore than Yuki's? No, I don't think the film intended that, and to pretend otherwise is disingenuous criticism. The story obviously portrays Hana as having been fulfilled and succeeded at the onerous task laid before her at the start of the film. Do you think this film intended to portray Hana as a failure of a mother? I understand being annoyed with Ame, but at the same time, this is a criticism of how the film delivers it message more than the message itself. |
PeripheralVisionMar 19, 2024 5:59 AM
| Auroraloose's Aurorasimp “Like poking a strange horny animal with a stick” -Fleurbleue the incredibly beautiful and sadistic Québécois |
| Such a compelling argument. Well, at least he didn't kill his sister of starvation like Seita. |
| Oh no, someone decided to go their own way instead of staying with their family out of obligation, what a truly terrible being. |
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