Depressive Screenwriter

A work like The Garden of Words will only take two minutes for those who dislike it to find the plot slow and choose to give up.

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But those who like it will quickly become emotionally invested in the atmosphere created by the movie.

Makoto Shinkai's films are never complex in plot. The Garden of Words is about a teacher-student romance, 5 Centimeters Per Second is about a long-distance relationship, Your Name is about a time-travel romance, and Weathering with You is about the encounter and love between an ordinary boy and a girl with superpowers.

What is most attractive about his films is that they immerse the audience in a unique and immersive atmosphere through a large number of inner monologues and artistic styles.

The plot of The Garden of Words so far is just the story of a boy skipping class and encountering a woman skipping work, but seeing this, the audience can feel the throbbing in the male protagonist's heart, the budding of love.

This time, after the woman meets the male protagonist again, she takes the initiative to praise his shoe design drawings.

The plot begins to vaguely mention the female protagonist's interpersonal relationships.

She just broke up with her boyfriend and seems to be traumatized by it. Due to mental reasons, she has symptoms of taste loss.

And she is preparing to resign to adjust her mood.

Then resign quickly!

This damn job is not worth it!

If you meet a渣男, then start the next relationship.

Xia Wenhao was full of expectations when he saw this.

The plot has now turned into a mode where a boy skipping class encounters a lovelorn woman on a rainy day.

July

The relationship between the two meeting in the pavilion on rainy days has lasted for a month.

Because of the difficulties in making shoes, the male protagonist Akizuki asks the female protagonist to help him.

And the request made is...

He hopes that the woman can agree to let him measure the size of her feet, and then use this as a benchmark data to start making shoes.

You...

You are really good at it!

How could I not think of this reason?

Xia Wenhao's eyes widened.

There was some low discussion in the quiet theater at this moment.

And the movie screen showed the woman really taking off her shoes, revealing her fair and crystal-clear legs, and then the male protagonist Takao Akizuki began to concentrate on measuring the size with measuring tools...

A young man working attentively, and a woman looking at the young man.

That kind of charming and ambiguous atmosphere reached its peak.

Xia Wenhao looked at this scene with envy.

Mom, I want to be a shoemaker too!

It turns out that there is such a profession in the world that can justifiably have this kind of contact with girls!

Why did I study IT in the first place?

I'm in my twenties, and it's okay if I don't have a girlfriend, but half of my hair has fallen out.

The reason why this work was called the Garden of Foot Fetishes in Su Yan's previous life is because of this.

[I can't walk smoothly anymore!]

The woman stood on the stool in the pavilion, stepped on the boy's drawing board, and said while the boy helped her draw the lines.

[Is it about work?]

[Yes and no!] The woman's voice was a little lonely.

Is this depression?

Xia Wenhao's mouth opened wide, as if he understood something.

Escaping from work, and then hiding in this pavilion on rainy days, talking and communicating with an unknown boy, saying some inexplicable short songs.

She can no longer confide her worries to familiar people.

She can only confide in people like the male protagonist, who don't know each other's roots.

Xia Wenhao had some resonance.

He also works overtime every day, and it's extremely uncomfortable!

Every day when he wakes up and thinks about going to work, he is unwilling and extremely resistant in his heart.

Alas...

The next perspective switches to the woman's side.

She stays in this pavilion whether it rains or not.

But when it doesn't rain, she is the only one, and when it rains, that boy will also come here...

The male protagonist obtained the female protagonist's foot data and also developed a determination.

Since he wants to be a shoemaker, then the first pair of shoes should be made and given to this woman whose name he doesn't know.

Then, time enters August

The rainy season is over, and the boy has not met the woman for a long time because the sky is not raining.

But he puts all his energy into making shoes.

Xia Wenhao's expression was a little helpless when he saw this.

This is the kid in puberty.

What is this about skipping class only on rainy days? Skipping class is an unprincipled behavior, and you have to be very principled to skip only when it rains?

Isn't this funny?

She is alone in the pavilion every day, just waiting for you, this friend, to go and say a few words to her, but you are focusing on going to school and then making shoes at night. You've narrowed your path!

But the plot continues to advance...

The woman is determined to resign. On this day, she finally did not go to that pavilion.

Instead, she came to a school.

Xia Wenhao's heart trembled when he saw this.

The low whispers in the theater sounded densely at this moment.

"No way?"

"Really?"

"Could she be?"

"This is too much!"

"Akizuki is wearing his school uniform every time! If that's the case, doesn't that mean she always knew the relationship between Akizuki and her?"

Sure enough, the next plot.

The woman is a teacher at this school. The reason why the male protagonist said that he seemed to have met her is, of course! How big is a school? Even if she doesn't directly teach the male protagonist, it's normal to have an impression of meeting him in the corridor.

Teacher-student romance?

Damn!

Exciting!

But the most exciting thing is that the woman, Yukino Yukari, actually met the male protagonist Takao Akizuki face-to-face during the process of going through resignation procedures.

Xia Wenhao felt that the plot was starting to develop in an unpredictable direction.

Then the reason why Yukino wants to resign is also announced through the mouths of her classmates.

Yukino's student's boyfriend outside the school entangled her as a teacher, causing this incident to spread in the school.

Why is the mental stress so great that she is a little depressed?

Why doesn't she want to go to work?

This kind of news that a teacher is snatching a boyfriend from a student spreads in the school. How would she be willing to come to school to work?

Although it has nothing to do with the female protagonist, once rumors like this spread, who can explain it clearly?

In Su Yan's previous life's animation, the male protagonist, who knew about this, was preparing to find the third-year girl who spread the rumors about Yukino to ask her to clarify the matter and not slander Yukino.

After all, the male protagonist at this time had already fallen in love with Yukino, and it was understandable to do this kind of thing.

But because of this, he had a dispute with that person and was beaten up by the third-year girl's companions.

But in the Xia Country version, Su Yan designed Akizuki Takao to win this fight.

The reason is very simple. Su Yan's fans would not think that the character played by Su Yan would be a weakling.

Furthermore, it is immature enough to argue with others for the person you like, knowing that there are a bunch of people around the other party and still going up to argue with them. If you lose the fight, then you are unwise and lacking courage, which is really inconsistent with the male protagonist's positioning!

Xia Wenhao's mood was a little complicated at this time.

He felt that the male protagonist was immature, but he also missed his immaturity.

This is the youth that everyone has.

Yukino is the same, the first love that everyone has had!

At an immature age, anything is possible for the first love you like.

At this time, Xia Wenhao had a deep resonance with the male protagonist of this movie.

However

If Yukino resigns, then it's not a teacher-student romance.

What is a mere twelve-year age difference?

Su Yan, you old thief, let Takao confess next!

The story plot is still implicitly suppressing the emotions of both the male and female protagonists.

Including the audience, they are also starting to accumulate their inner emotions.

The movie, as well as the audience, need a point of catharsis after the previous plot foreshadowing.

And next, this point appeared.

For the first time, Takao Akizuki did not come to that pavilion on a rainy day.

Sure enough, Yukino Yukari was still in the pavilion here.

It seemed that she was waiting for someone.

[Faint thunder rumbles, cloudy skies, even if it doesn't rain, I will stay here!] The male protagonist walked to the opposite side of the female protagonist and said this sentence.

This ancient short song is divided into two sentences.

[That's right, you answered correctly!]

These two short songs clearly expressed the encounters between the two in the past few months at this moment.

Thunder rumbled

The sky, which had not rained for a month, began to rain continuously.

Xia Wenhao seemed to foresee something.

The biggest rain, the wildest wind, wet the clothes of the two people, and the heavens were helping the two.

In order to prevent catching a cold, Yukino took Akizuki to her house, and Akizuki started cooking with the ingredients in her house.

And Yukino helped Akizuki dry his shirt

This atmosphere, Xia Wenhao only felt ambiguous.

But many couples in the theater were already holding hands.

[Now...]

[This moment!]

[Perhaps is the happiest!]

[Perhaps is the happiest!]

The dialogue that sounded in the hearts of the male and female protagonists at the same time made Xia Wenhao show an aunt-like smile on his face.

Su Yan, you old thief, you deserve it!

He was already satisfied with the plot of this movie!

To measure whether a romance movie is good or not, Xia Wenhao only looks at one indicator.

Whether it can touch his heart.

No matter how good the setting, no matter how interesting the character design is, it is fake. If the character does not resonate with the audience, then it is meaningless.

And from beginning to end, Xia Wenhao was reluctant to blink his eyes while watching The Garden of Words.

[Miss Yukino...]

Takao Akizuki looked at the woman washing dishes, holding coffee, and suddenly said softly.

[I think, I have fallen in love with you!]

Bang!

Xia Wenhao felt his heartbeat accelerating.

Yukino in the movie turned her head in surprise, and after a while, she smiled and said.

[Not Miss Yukino, but Teacher Yukino!] Yukino said this.

Xia Wenhao's heart suddenly cooled.

That familiar feeling was born.

Su Yan

Are you sick?

What Teacher Yukino, she has already resigned, and still a teacher?

Don't you know what we want to see after watching it in the cinema until now?

Even if you didn't let Yukino agree directly, you wouldn't use the teacher's identity to directly refuse, right?

Xia Wenhao had already foreseen something bad.

Moreover, the emotions that this movie had accumulated from the first shot suddenly could not find a direction to vent.

Yukino continued to say that she would move out of this city after resigning.

Thank you for accompanying her in her confusion and talking to her during this time.

After Akizuki finished listening to everything, he got up and said goodbye to Yukino in the calmest tone.

Xia Wenhao knew that both Yukino in the movie knew

He was angry.

Rejection is okay, but saying something about the teacher's identity

That won't work.

Yukino in the room was holding a teacup, and her expression became a little sad.

Akizuki, who walked down the stairs all the way, the wind and rain blowing from the spiral staircase wet his clothes again.

Suddenly at a certain moment, a loud, beautiful, and resonant BGM sounded.

The moment the prelude to the song Rain sounded, Xia Wenhao and the other audiences in the cinema seemed to have their accumulated emotions ready to move.

[Faint thunder rumbles, cloudy skies, even if it doesn't rain, I will stay here!]

In my mind, Akizuki's short poem response sounded.

In just a moment, Yukino chased out...

The boiling kettle in the room made a sharp sound.

Yukino's barefoot figure running on the stairs and the slippery corridor became a classic at this moment.

Xia Wenhao had only one thought in his mind!

Charge!

The classic Japanese drama run, which is commonplace in Su Yan's previous life, made people's emotions high in Xia Country with this shot.

Emotions finally had a channel to vent.

Yukino chased after her as quickly as possible.

Because she understood that if she didn't explain it clearly here, she would never have a chance.

If she deceived Akizuki like she deceived others, she would definitely regret it

But at the corner of the stairs, the boy stood on the platform, looking at the heavy rain outside.

Yukino stood on a step on the stairs, looking at the boy up and down.

The boy's anger.

The woman's anxiety...

In the theater, many girls' hands began to clench.

Everyone seemed to have a premonition!

The most classic dialogue in the whole work appeared.

It can be said that the plot foreshadowing of The Garden of Words for so long was only for this passage, only for the resonance generated by the background BGM, Rain, combined with this passage at this moment.

[Miss Yukino, forget what I just said, I actually don't like you! Drinking beer in the morning and fooling people with inexplicable short songs, not mentioning your own things at all, but constantly trying to get other people's thoughts out, you already knew that we were a teacher-student relationship, right?] Akizuki said with a choked voice.

[If I had known this, I wouldn't have told you all my thoughts and dreams. Do you think it's okay to perfunctorily deal with a child's dreams?]

[No matter who I yearn for, who I admire, it's just wishful thinking and can't be conveyed. Then you should have said it from the beginning, that children should go to school obediently, and that you hate me. You... you're always like this, not mentioning important things, and then putting on a nonchalant look, and spending your life alone!]

The boy's choked roar and the woman's face gradually shedding tears became the only, and explosive, climax of the plot in this work.

The background music of Rain continued to play.

The tears in Yukino's eyes could no longer be stopped.

She rushed down the steps and hugged Akizuki. The sunlight pierced through the dark clouds, and the rain and sunlight sprinkled on the spiral staircase where the two were facing each other.

[Every day... I get dressed up every day and want to go to school. But I'm always too scared to take a step.]

[There, it was you who gave me the power to move forward.]

Yukino said in tears.

She didn't say anything clearly, and even her words were a bit incomprehensible, but her response to the boy's feelings

It was all poured out.

It was all revealed from her tightly hugging the boy's arm, the heavy rain, the sunlight, and the songs.

After she said those words, the scene of her embracing the boy and crying in the rain was etched in Xia Wenhao's mind.

The heavy rain, the sunlight piercing through the clouds, the two embracing and weeping.

Xia Wenhao's eyes suddenly turned red.

The emotional release in this scene was too powerful.

The Garden of Words, a movie that had been calm for its entirety, constantly suppressing the emotions of the protagonist and the audience, released all of its emotions in this short twenty-second scene.

It was like 5 Centimeters Per Second from Su Yan's previous life; the entire movie, an hour long, was all for that final ten-second scene of the protagonist smiling and turning away.

The early Makoto Shinkai had a very similar style in his stories.

The lyrics of "Rain" began to play.

This was both the theme song and the ending song of the movie.

The movie's plot ended abruptly here.

But neither Yukino nor Akizuki's future was explicitly stated.

Listening to this song, Xia Wenhao felt a surge of emotion welling up in his heart.

He felt a sense of regret.

Until the very end, Akizuki's words, contrary to his true feelings, were still so immature.

But it was precisely this immaturity that deeply touched his heart.

His feelings for Yukino, Yukino's fear of life, her reliance on him, were all revealed in their final conversation.

The entire theater was silent at this moment.

Everyone was immersed in the atmosphere brought about by that final scene.