The Garden of Words
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Writer: Makoto Shinkai
Genre: Romance & Drama
Awards won: 2
Trailer
The animation is the what really made me want to watch this anime. The stairs scene has caught my attention towards it. This is definitely the most amazing animation in every anime I have ever seen. The artwork is pretty much overwhelming for me it is absolutely stunning. To be honest I don’t have any words to describe about the animation in the trailer. It’s 11 years old but it does not feel like it through the animation I felt it was released few days ago.
Summaries
The protagonist Takao is a dreamer he wants to become a shoemaker. Most of the times he skips school to sketch shoes in a garden which is settled in the middle of Tokyo. One day, he meets a woman her name is Yukino she looked older than him and very mysterious. Then without telling each other the times to meet they started to meet each repeatedly, but it was only on rainy days. They both would appear when it’s raining. They both discovers their feelings which blossoms in the Garden of Words.
Story
The story beings with a boy called Takao who is 15 years old and his biggest dream is to be a shoemaker. On the other side there is a woman her name is Yukari Yukino. She is a mysterious woman who is 27 years old. Takao keeps meeting this woman at the garden on rainy mornings. Because He is skipping his classes to design shoes as he is very aspiring towards his dreams. Yukari is also coming here everyday to avoid work because of some problems in her professional life. Both of them would appear only on rainy days. At first Yukari did not tell Takao anything about herself she even did not tell her name. While Takao is like a open book and opens up to her.
He started to share his passion for shoes and also offers Yukari to make a pair of shoes for her. When Takao slowly learns about the woman’s identity then their emotions reaches their head as both of them learned that all of this time they were teaching each other "how to walk". There is a huge age difference between them. Still both of them were developing some feelings between them.
When the end of the rainy season arrives he decided to stop visiting the park and wanted to keep his focus on his work. During the summer break, Takao has returned to his school and then he saw Yukari again and he discovers that she is a teacher and she always got targeted of bullying and gossip. To avoid these problems Yukari decided to avoid her work and goes to the park. At that time she was hoping to learn to overcome her fears. However, it did not work so she quits her job and left the school. After that in the afternoon, at the park Takao meets Yukari and greets her by reciting a poem. Then thunderstorm appears they both got soaked and they headed to Yukari's apartment and both of them spend their time together in the afternoon.
When Takao decides to confess his love he does it and Yukari got moved by this confession and also reminds him that she is a teacher. She also adds that she is gonna move back to her hometown. Then Takao began to leave by the stairs and then Yukari could realise her mistake as she feared of losing she runs after him.
Then Takao takes his words back for her and and complains about Yukari for being secretive because she is never sharing anything with him. After that Yukari hugs him and both of them started to cry. She started to explain that the time they has spend together in the garden have saved her.
In the end you can see Takao barely passed his final exams and he is still working towards his dreams, on the other hand Yukari moves back to her hometown and resumes her job of being a teacher and continues with this career. One day, Takao decided to visit the park again and reads a letter received from Yukari and then he places the shoes he made for her on the bench then he takes a vow to find Yukari after he makes a progress with his career.
Review
The beautiful animation does not need to be mentioned. I have dropped my works to watch this movie and I am not disappointed at all. Well, if you have interests in stories like forbidden love then you will like this movie very much because this anime involves a young man struggling to fulfil his goals in life. In all of these he falls for an older woman who is a teacher and they somehow began to help each other find their way. It's absolutely worth watching so I would highly recommend it to you all.
I think everyone should watch it because the storyline is pretty realistic and the rainy season vibes. I cried when she was running after him and they embraced each other. This movie has a very deep concept about real life as like if you want something then you have to stand up and raise your voice for it. Also, I learned that you gotta get out of your comfort zone to choose what you need in life.
Overall
I would say it’s a great movie to watch. It’s very simple and realistic. It might be a little bit controversial because of the age gape but still it is good as a movie.
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