I decided to watch this after seeing it's poster ad which showed two girls standing back to back close to one another, and, yes, the first thought that came across my dirty train of thoughts was, "This must be shoujo-ai." That honestly what triggered me to watch it. Because, honestly, the sort of posters that come out under Studio Ghibli's works never (if I'm correct) features two girls hand in hand like the one depicted in Since Marnie Was There.
But boy was I ever wrong for trusting my trashy sixth (or is it seventh??) instincts :-p The story is poignant at its best. It made me cry my eyes out almost all throughout the story, only because, I can relate to the characters' pain expressed and shared in the story very well, and I'm sure those who've experienced the kind of pain Anna and Marnie experienced in their lives.
This is also the kind of story that makes you stuck in watching the show if only just to enjoy watching the beautiful scenic art and animations it could offer the audiences. I fell in love immediately after Anna arrived in the countryside. Gosh, the word 'beautiful' just won't do justice to how mesmerizing the art that depicts all those breath-taking scenery in this movie.
And just listening to the ending song, made me bawl out ever the more, I had contain myself from making much snotty nose noises in my room, haha.
In all seriousness, I want to applaud Studio Ghibli, for once, in their whole studio, for creating a story that doesn't center on LOVE between a girl and a boy, but instead, on grasping the essence meaning of the word LOVE itself, which is so much for than just a love story between a guy and girl. Love yourself, love and appreciate others, kindness, is important as well.
But boy was I ever wrong for trusting my trashy sixth (or is it seventh??) instincts :-p The story is poignant at its best. It made me cry my eyes out almost all throughout the story, only because, I can relate to the characters' pain expressed and shared in the story very well, and I'm sure those who've experienced the kind of pain Anna and Marnie experienced in their lives.
This is also the kind of story that makes you stuck in watching the show if only just to enjoy watching the beautiful scenic art and animations it could offer the audiences. I fell in love immediately after Anna arrived in the countryside. Gosh, the word 'beautiful' just won't do justice to how mesmerizing the art that depicts all those breath-taking scenery in this movie.
And just listening to the ending song, made me bawl out ever the more, I had contain myself from making much snotty nose noises in my room, haha.
In all seriousness, I want to applaud Studio Ghibli, for once, in their whole studio, for creating a story that doesn't center on LOVE between a girl and a boy, but instead, on grasping the essence meaning of the word LOVE itself, which is so much for than just a love story between a guy and girl. Love yourself, love and appreciate others, kindness, is important as well.