![]() However, Seita, despite supposedly caring for his sister, can't take this horrible verbal insult to his pride. This wasn't considered either tragic or unusual it was simply the way life was back then for the countries at total war. And you know what? She's absolutely correct!Ī 14 year old in the 1940's was considered a mature adult, especially during in Japan, doubly so during wartime, and more than capable of working for a living.Īt that age, my great-grandparents and grandparents (who were born around the same time as the fictional Seita, except in the USSR, where far more people starved to death and died during the war than in Japan) were either in the military or working to support their family. with his sister and eats her food, instead of going to school or working. Well, because occasionally she makes insensitive comments about how Seita plays all day ![]() Far from being grateful and thankful for this lucky turn of events, though, Seita is angry and resentful. ![]() They have a loving aunt who is more than willing to give them a place to stay, help cook for, and take care of them. ![]() A well-renowned Studio Ghibli classic about 14 year-old Seita and his little sister struggling to survive after their home is destroyed by carpet bombing, their mother killed, and their father is away fighting with the Navy.Įxcept they don't really struggle. ![]()
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