why? cuz of a japanese cartoon by studio ghibli called "Tombstone of Fireflies" which had a very very sad ending!! *sobz* seriously, it was so sad even my mummy cried! :'(
well, studio ghibli is like umm lucas films or whatever. these pple create cartoons ler like anybody remember that show 'Spirited Away'? yeah, same creators. i love studio ghibli cartoon movies, they're juz so good! itz the animation and the story line which really makes us put our mind into it ya know. so i was feeling kinda bored this morning and wanted to watch a show or smth when i saw "Howl's Moving Castle" amongst the dvd's daddy bought. i watched it before but thought mayb i should watch it again. turns out there were no subtitles for the show eventhough i already know the story so instead i decided to watch the vcd's that i din watch yet in the studio ghibli set that monica lent me back in january when parents went to US haha (i'll return it to her as soon as i finish all of them keke)
today i watched tombstone of fireflies and itz juz so touching and sad! the story line would probably be a common one but.. i dunno, it juz made me cry!! ok so the story is about this boy named Nii-CHan. it was during a war (i wouldn't say it'd be world war 2 but it might be, cuz it din really say). japan was being bombed n all and it was a very tough time living at that period. then the area the boy was living got bombed, he n sis were fine but the mummy was very very very badly and severely burnt. talk about being burnt from the waist up! they hadta bandage the whole body and not only was it bleeding but it was rotting as well! so they hadta send the mum to a hospital sumwhere else but eventually she died, not only of the burnings but she had a bad heart as well. the dad wasn't around cuz he was in the marines fighting in the war. so Nii-Chan hadta stay with the aunt together wiv the sis. the aunt was nice to them at first, den she started being a bitch by selling off his mum's clothes to buy rice AND use that rice to cook for HER family instead as she sed those who serve in the war deserve to eat more than those who dun do anything but lay about at home (Nii-Chan and the sis in this case). then she started nagging and insulting and scolding them till they moved out.
they stayed in this shelter thingy ler at a small hill, they bought utensils and stuff like that and the sis started to have rashes (unknown cause). so the bro took care of the lil sis and alwiz went into town to buy food for her. when they kuden find any place who sold food , he ven stole vege juz for the lil sis. n the lil sis was getting sicker by the day as she started to have more rashes and more diarrhoea. the story goes on n on about their lives until the bombings stopped, japan surrendered and Nii-Chan found out that his dad died as all the cruisers were sunk. if that wasn't sad enuff, the sis became even more ill and even the doctor din bother bout her. after bringing back food specially for the sis, she was too weak and eventually she died (this is the part where i couldn't take it anymore!). so yeah. she got cremated and all the flashbacks bout the lil sis came on. *sobz*
well, i'm not really good in describing or summarizing story lines but thatz how the story goes. actually u peepz shud watch it ler though mayb the cartoons arent really that dope compared to other cartoons. i'd say itz smth like anime but i prefer this to other typical anime anytime!