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Only yesterday!, sweet comforting and nostalgic, the credits make me cry everytime I watch it. The thought of seeing your younger self in awe/curious/dubious about your adult self… as I child i was anxious about the adult I would become as I could not concieve any thoughts about adulthood. I wished as I child I could peek into my adulthood and see, I wanted to know what I events I would remember and wanted to become nostalgic about. Watchind the scene in Only yesterday the childish innocence of her young classmates watching her embark on an emotional journey she thought she would never take makes me cry everytime. the fascination in her younger face, being able to witness something her younger self could not yet emotionally comprehend, yet being intrigued all the more, makes me cry every TIME!!!!!!
Feb 27, 2025
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i have cried every single time i have watched this film, and i think as i get older i'll find new moments and ways to do so!!
it is impeccably made and incredibly tender. immense care was clearly put into capturing the minutiae of life, the weight of gestures, the movement of wind, etc.
this all makes the emotional weight of thing that much more brutal!!
growing up is hard, watching someone grow up is hard, being alive is hard!! but its so beautiful. yet its so painful that is it always both.
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Jan 28, 2025
My favorite work from Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, as well as one of the first anime I watched when I was a kid and didn't even know what anime was (the first was Pokemon lol). The nostalgia is real but I connect with this film so much more in my late twenties.
When I think of Howl's Moving Castle, I think of love and just how life-changing it can be when you meet someone new who ends up being someone important and special. When people are positive influences on each other and they are for the better from having met and maintaining those bonds. Quite frankly, I live for this shit. This is ofc most evident between the two leads Howl and Sophie, but it's not exclusive to them.
I also think of just how goddamn beautiful and magical this movie is to watch, but that's pretty par for the course when it comes to Miyazaki/Ghibli :)
Mar 19, 2024
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first studio ghibli film i watched and i always come back to it every few months, soooo comforting
Sep 16, 2024
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