Miko Mako

⚠️LITERALLY SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE FILM! I’M JUST ADDING 5 STARS TO GIVE PEOPLE THE RIGHT IMPRESSION⚠️ Overall it was such a beautiful film. From the art, to the animation, to the messages, to the character depth, and the overall story just made me ball my eyes out at the end. It caused a build up in me which made me realize something. At the beginning, I thought that it was simple and boring. The only thing that kept me watching it was the beautiful water colored-style art and smooth animation. I started to stay more for the story when it got to her becoming a princess. She was very happy about her new life until she wasn’t. She realized how much she missed her home and how this new place was all fake. She didn’t want to get married off to some older prince that only cares about her status and looks. One thing I noticed about her was how she loved and cared so much about nature. She was also very mature and respectful, yet also childish and silly. Those things remind me of myself. She then mentioned something about suicide, but I was next to my parents so I held in my tears. I’m suicidal myself and I know passive suicidal ideation when I hear it. When Princess Kaguya mentioned the moon, I realized how much I related to her. I couldn’t hold in my tears any longer. She said how she wanted to stay there, but she also wanted her pain to end and to go back to her normal life when she wasn’t a princess. She knew she definitely did not want to go back to the moon. That made me think of myself wanting to die, but also wanting to stay. I feel like I’m from another world outside of this one. I don’t feel like I belong here. I don’t believe in heaven, but I do believe in the afterlife. I want all of my pain to end, not to go there, just like how she didn’t want to go to the moon. I related a lot of her experiences to mind and it made me think about just what would happen to the people around me if I killed myself. This movie might actually fricking save me. I know it was about enjoying the simple things in life, but I interpreted it differently and I love movies where you can do that. It was such a beautiful film. 10/10, would watch a million times again.