Only Yesterday

It made me think about this movie, I ended up crying. This film is really beautiful, I felt being in the field, I felt its connection with nature, I also felt that I need a change like her.

this is a master piece. i have never felt like this before
it made me nostalgic about my childhood and hopeful about the future

Why am I crying? it is a great movie!! Although it has that simple way, God!! Old way in anime is amazing, it has so much meaning!! and of course, the story is so deep and has a great meaning!! I love it, totally love it.

Movie which can heal your mood? I advise this one.

Takahata made something more lightweight as his follow-up to _Grave of the Fireflies_. However, this one is still mostly aimed at adults. It’s a very mature, subtle film that operates in the same way as _Aftersun_, there are similar themes of memory and womanhood here that are unlikely to click with children. Like, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to argue that this is an arthouse film, it’s a character study first and foremost. I feel like a broken record at this point, but it has to be mentioned that the animation and worldbuilding are once again outstanding, at this point Takahata’s visuals carried slightly more punch than Miyazaki’s. The characters are interesting, the voice acting is great (though its use of narration can occasionally be lazy) and there’s really good attention to detail when it comes to the storytelling. Again, it’s not as emotionally powerful as _Grave of the Fireflies_, but it compensates for that by being more conceptual.

8.5/10

This is a beautiful, simple movie. The animation is superb, the characters feel very real and relatable, and the script and voice acting is natural.
Only sensitive people will understand and appreciate this movie's simplicity and beauty. It reminds me of both Boyhood and My Neighbor Totoro, where not much happens, there is no drama or issue to be resolved. It's just an experience. And a beautiful one at that.

I think it's well on its way for me at this point that I prefer Isao Takahata to Hayao Miyazaki. Maybe that will change, I'll have to go over all my ratings when I've finished watching all the Studio Ghibli movies. His films are more sentimental than action, which I prefer at this point in my life. His art is always unique and a break from the "normal". Also COUGHCOUGH he doesn't have to make every movie about airplanes COUGHCOUGH.

Only Yesterday is about a woman going for an 8 day vacation to work on a farm in the countryside as she's always felt more at home there than in the city. Because she remembers as a child all her friends got to take summer vacations in the countryside and she was left alone wishing she could too. Now because of her older sister's parents inviting her, she finally has that chance. This sparks memories of that entire era for her As she plans and takes the train out and works there she is constantly thinking about her 10 year old self in 1966 and various memories of that year. The beginning of puberty and boys and hating math and, well other things I won't spoil. Which then leads to her wondering if she stayed true to her childhood desires. Also, she meets a sweet young farmer during her time there and two end up having a lot in common.

It's a very simple, pensive movie. What I really loved in this movie was the half drawn and/or erased presentation of all the memory sequences. We get neat little sequences such as explaining the history, uses, and farming of Saffron flower. But really it's a movie once again about people accepting themselves and being accepted for who they are despite the pressures of society and the world and god damn that speaks to me.

EDIT: Oh and I learned what an Aiaikasa is and I like it. It's very sweet. So there.

At my 27 years, the movie let me thinking if I am really living the life I want. The story is very slow and simple, and the way the ending is delivered, it's just... beautiful.

Why marriage though? Could she just stay and work on the farm without doing that?
I guess I'm too aroace to get it.