http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/11/18/aoi-bungaku-thoughts-on-in-the-forest-under-the-cherry-blossoms-in-full-bloom/ Mainichi Anime Yume Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:16:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/11/18/aoi-bungaku-thoughts-on-in-the-forest-under-the-cherry-blossoms-in-full-bloom/#comment-384689 Sven Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:37:29 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=981#comment-384689 By killing the women he had deeply loved, the bandit is finally brought face to face with his own brutality, and for the first time in his life feels utterly alone. He is also forced to come to terms with the illusory nature of the woman's beauty and desirability, which reveals the baselessness of his love in the first place. The falling white blossoms represent death and the vanity of human wishes. In the end, both man and woman, brute and demon, ultimately vanish under the blossoms. The fear of the silence and coldness of the cherry orchard is essentially the fear of self-knowledge. By killing the women he had deeply loved, the bandit is finally brought face to face with his own brutality, and for the first time in his life feels utterly alone. He is also forced to come to terms with the illusory nature of the woman’s beauty and desirability, which reveals the baselessness of his love in the first place. The falling white blossoms represent death and the vanity of human wishes. In the end, both man and woman, brute and demon, ultimately vanish under the blossoms. The fear of the silence and coldness of the cherry orchard is essentially the fear of self-knowledge.

]]> http://animeyume.com/blog/2009/11/18/aoi-bungaku-thoughts-on-in-the-forest-under-the-cherry-blossoms-in-full-bloom/#comment-212736 Nicholas Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:22:17 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/?p=981#comment-212736 I thought that it wasn't that the demon consumed his soul, but that the demon became him. After he killed Akiko, he disappeared and Akiko's dead body became his dead body. That's at least what i thought. I thought that it wasn’t that the demon consumed his soul, but that the demon became him. After he killed Akiko, he disappeared and Akiko’s dead body became his dead body. That’s at least what i thought.

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