FIRST TIME WATCHING Grave Of The Fireflies Movie Reaction | IT WAS BRUTAL!!!

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[@wtfgoogle3884]

I'm 56 years old. Ex military. Trained BJJ for years. This movie just about killed me, I cried like a baby. It still affects me to this day, which I guess is why I searched out reaction videos to this movie, to see how it affected others. Glad to see I'm not alone.

[@thehouseofk4707]

Honestly this movie is way too brutal... eish! I don't know how you watch this and not have it hit you in the feels... I personally don't see myself watching it again any time soon 😂 I can't handle it....

[@wtfgoogle3884]

@@thehouseofk4707 I always say it's the greatest movie that I'll never watch again. I do believe everybody should see it once though, especially soldiers and politicians.

[@thehouseofk4707]

@wtfgoogle haha I have to agree with you on that. I have said this on other comments as well, but I really want to watch this with my siblings, and at the same time I am dreading going through those feelings again.

[@gofanman8455]

Watch Hachi, a dog's tale. You'l get same reaction

[@godwrote01]

you not alone

[@user-xu6it6eh6e]

この映画を見て、泣いてくれる人が増えるほど、世界は平和に近づくでしょう。争いの無い世界にしましょう。

[@user-ln9fz7tx8q]

Unfortunately, I think we should not forget that this kind of story is still happening somewhere in the world.

[@johnnyjustice3617]

The innocence of the child made me cry and the fact that this is actually happening IRL makes it even more sad, I think every single soldier needs to see this, we don`t want war.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Yes well it’s politicians who choose war. And a lot of them are psychopaths.

[@DigitalDNA]

It's not the soldiers that need to see this. It's the psychopathic politicians.

[@user-qo6os7te2q]

見てくれて、ありがとう。 あなたの優しい心が嬉しいです。

[@thehouseofk4707]

私はそれを感謝し、私の反応ビデオを見てくれてありがとう😊

[@neeto.toneto1293]

はじめましてこんにちは。私日本に住んでます。夏になると毎年、火垂るの墓、ジブリがテレビで放送されてましたが時月が流れ放送されなくなってしまいました。海外の方なのに、この映画を見て泣いてくださり、心から感謝です。ジブリは楽しい物語もあるので、そちらもぜひ！

[@TMN7Nemuro]

At the beginning of the movie, B-29 of the American army dropped a incendiary bomb called "M69" on the city of Kobe. The M69 was designed to efficiently burn down Japanese cities, which have many wooden buildings, by burning napalm using TNT explosives as a detonator. The M69 is a small cluster bomb with 38 bombs stored in a parent bomb called the E46, and after dropping, the M 69 stored at an altitude of 700 m is spread and burnt out over a wide area. When the M69 fell, it seemed like it was rain of flames because the explosives used to separate the M69 from the E46 ignited a long blue cloth called a streamer attached to the tail of the M 69, making it look like it was falling. When the M69 penetrated the roof of a house and collided with the floor or the ground, it was ignited by a time fuse 3 to 5 seconds later. The maximum height of the fire pillar was 100 ft, and the surrounding buildings were immediately burnt away. Since the napalm burning agent of M69 was a gelatinous and sticky liquid with a high clay content, it could not be removed by flushing with water if it adhered to the human body, and many people could not escape from the napalm burning agent, which they could never remove while alive, and they were burned to death. Normally, a B -29 carries 40 E46 cluster bombs and an E46 contains 38 M69 bombs, so 1520 M69 bombs per B -29 were dropped on Japanese cities. In the Kobe air raid described in the movie on June 5, 1945, 474 B-29 bombers dropped a total of 720000 ~ 1140000 bombs, which weighed about 3079 tons of M69, and about 21% of Kobe City was lost and 530,000 people lost their homes and families, and about 10,000 people died. Tokyo suffered the most from the M69, with 1 million people losing their homes and 100,000 dying overnight in an air raid on March 10, 1945. In Japan as a whole, 560,000 people have died and 15 million have lost their homes. However, due to the nature of the incendiary bombs, the victims were burned to the point of being burned to the extent that they became charcoal alive, so it is not possible to identify them, but the bodies of the victims were destroyed by the wind and rain, and there are many people whose bodies have not been identified and are still missing, so the exact number of victims has not been determined yet. Even if they escaped into air-raid shelters to prevent the blast, many people were suffocated to death by being deprived of oxygen in the fire of incendiary bombs or died of being steamed by high temperatures. After the air raids, the dust and dust of houses burned to the ground and turned into charcoal were blown up into the sky by the warm updraft generated by a large-scale fire, so the moisture in the sky was often stuck to the dust and black rain fell. The Japanese army developed new fighter aircraft and new antiaircraft artillery, and succeeded in shooting down about 400 B-29, but because B-29 and P-51 fighters of escort were high performance (The B-29 was an incredibly powerful World War II bomber, carrying a 20,000 lbs bomb and flying at 400mph at 30,000ft.)and were used in too many air raids(During World War II, a total of about 2500 B-29 s were used in air raids against Japan, escorted by 10,000 P-51s.), the air raids on Japan which started in June 1944 did not stop until August 15, 1945, when World War II was gathering. The air raids on the Japanese mainland, along with the Dresden air raid on Germany by the allied forces, were the most efficient military operations in human history that succeeded in burning down a large number of civilians in a short period of time. And this movie is a work that adds a little fiction to the real experience of the author of the original novel, and the author actually lost his sister to starvation by war. The author survived but killed himself in the story out of guilt for not protecting his sister. In the final scene, the souls of Seita and Setsuko are looking at the present city, with the message that such tragedies are not fiction, but a reality that is still happening somewhere in the world. I pray that such a tragedy will never happen again.

[@jeanmichelforfaiture1179]

Hell

[@klaatubaradanikuto7195]

The author, Akiyuki Nosaka, actually lost his younger sister to starvation during the war. 　Not all are the same, but this story is based on that.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Imagine having to live your life with that guilt. Poor man

[@HN-wd1bn]

日本語でごめんなさい。 1を見て全てわかってしまう方なんですね。そして感情がとても豊かです。

[@vivida7160]

Those "bombs" at the beginning that start fires are incendiary weapons. They are designed specifically to burn things down. They don't explode but ignite when they hit the ground. Hence, the lag between when the shells fell and when the houses started to burn. The movie only shows the shells hitting the houses and ground, but in actuality, they often hit the fleeing civilians directly and killed them instantly. Also, when the ghosts of the children look out of the train, you can see the incendiary shells falling and they are already glowing. That's not because they were ignited in the air, but because the streamers attached to the shells caught fire upon release or the streamers were reflecting the fires already started below.

[@mattosso7676]

Best anti-war movie ever. What makes it so tragic was that this is based off true events. Akiyuki Nosaka, the real "Seita", wrote a short story as a way to help cope with his feelings over the situation that he and his sister went through because he had a lot of guilt and blamed himself over the situation.

[@SolidMike84]

Have seen this movie 4-5 times, with years of space in between. It guts me everytime as a big brother, and also now as a uncle with nephews of her age. Everytime.

[@user-nl4gv2bm9l]

あらぁ、このトラウマ級のアニメを観てしまいましたか。 幼い兄妹の悲しい物語ですが、今現実に世界のどこかで起こってます。 私は世界の国の代表者に、この 「火垂るの墓」 を観せてやりたい気持ちです。 この映画の物語を、自分の子供や孫に例えて、考えて欲しい。 そう強く願います。

[@LucidDream]

Definitely a film to see at least once, hard to watch it more than once. I cried a lot when I saw it. I really wanted to protect Setsuko. She was just so innocent. Loved seeing her happy but seeing her suffer just broke me. I feel the worst for children and the elderly when it comes to people being affected by war.

[@user-ju6wh6nf4m]

Stop war Now...

[@seekittycat]

After the war Japan went through an extremely brutal famine. Neither Japan nor America can ration the food properly which is why you never saw Seita receive rations during this movie. After losing the war all the high ranking officers were stripped of rank as well. Seeing people dead on the street was common especially children. Even when rationing was more worked out it wasn't enough calories to keep people alive. I think it was something like 700 calories a day or something.

[@RetroRanter]

One of my favourites Ghibli movies it's a stark difference to the rest of their movies, it's hard to find on streaming services and deserves more love, this movie still breaks me every time I see it, loved your reaction to this.

[@thehouseofk4707]

Ghibli movies just hit different IMO, the first actual anime movie I watched was spirited away and that has to be my favorite, but this has to be a close 2nd. I feel like re-watching this with my siblings but dang I don't know if I want to go through that heartbreak again lol. Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@RetroRanter]

@@thehouseofk4707 spirited away was my second Ghibli movie and I truly fell in love with it, princess Monoke was the first, they really do hit different. Haha I feel the same but I always think "do I want to put them through this? Do I want to put myself through this again?" 😅😭 Keep up the great work.

[@channelsandy]

Hey man, when I saw this in 1999, on a laser disk, I have checked out from San Francisco’s Japan town library, I thought I was going to get another happy studio Ghibli film like Totoro or Kiki’s delivery service. No lie dude, I could not see color again for a week, it’s one movie I have never re-watched

[@pie1o1morris46]

You're the first reactor I've seen mention the double meaning for the "fireflies" in the title. I actually didn't learn about it until earlier today that the "fireflies" on the cover art are actually incendiaries

[@wolfsong4720]

I adore this movie with all my heart, but i can never bear to watch it again myself 😭 I swear i cry just thinking about it

[@Moonlight_night345]

Bro what a great reaction 😊 I cried again watching this movie with you 😭 my favorite of all time 💕

[@thehouseofk4707]

Glad you enjoyed the reaction itself and man this movie was amazing 😍... Definitely one of the must recommend movies for me

[@mjkim9048]

6:39 To my knowledge, during World War II Japan was a house made of wood. The USA used arson as a strategy.

[@ShintyShinto]

59:07 The book that the movie is based on explains this: "What happened to the rationing? along with rice [Seita] had been able to obtain matches, rock salt, but the goods for rationing he occasionally saw announced in the newspapers were, he not being in the neighborhood association, completely cut off from him"

[@jessikaeguia1946]

This is a good movie but I never watched it again. It broke me for a long time. Good reaction. I got even sadder when I learned it's based on the author's real life, except his sister was younger and he did survive. He said that Seita dying in the movie is his way of saying it was not fair because he always felt guilty for surviving while his sister didn't make it. Good reaction.

[@orykahz3431]

hey, its kinda nice seeing you being so beaten inside by watching this movie, coz I was the same, only I was a little child when I watched this movie. you know the samkuma drops that Setsuko loved still exists and you can buy it at any super markets in Japan. everytime I see the product, and the price, which is only like 2 bucks makes me so sad thinking only if I could get this to Setsuko then... I hope you come visit Hiroshima too :)

[@thehouseofk4707]

Hey, hope you are doing great. I kinda of feel for people who watched this as kids coz that should have been brutal. Wow!!! I would love to get those, that would hit hard. I can just imagine the feeling you get when you see them 😞. You know me and my feiend were planning on doing that right before pandemic hit, and everything just got disrupted. I do hope to get to visit some day though ❤

[@movieclown5952]

THIS MOVIE MADE ME CRY SO BAD😭😭😭

[@schlamuffenimperator9460]

You're a trooper. This movie could turn the devil himself into a sobbing mess.

[@zorazogratis8794]

we all cried im sure and you know too how war can affect us😢 so i hope everyone must be you know😢

[@user-vz4bq5dm3l]

This is such a famous movie but everyone just barely to watch it again 😭

[@cannabismybsf]

I love this movie so much, I’ve watched it about 5+ times

[@tomoeabce]

Grave of the Fireflies is not an anti-war movie. It is a "double suicide or The Love Suicides(shinju mono)" movie. Sugimoto Bunraku Sonezaki Shinju: The Love Suicides at Sonezaki( shinju mono)" written by Monzaemon Chikamatsu in the Genroku period (1688-1704) was the original "Shinju Mono" and caused a huge boom at the movie. Akiyuki Nosaka, the author of "Grave of the Fireflies," himself said in an interview with Takahata that 'this work is a "shinju mono" story.' Nosaka: On the one hand, it is a tragedy, and on the other hand, it is a very happy situation. As for Seita, he is trying to build a heaven for the two of them alone in the world. Takahata:I assume that the main characters will die, and I follow the path leading to their deaths. But I think you are right when you said "heaven." I want to portray that properly in the movie. Isao Takahata reiterated that the movie "is not an anti-war animation at all, and does not contain any such message" ("It is not just an anti-war movie, nor a sob story about a poor victim of war, but a tragic story about an ordinary child living in a time of war. ), he said that it was unavoidable that the movie was perceived as an anti-war animation. Takahata himself describes the movie as a heart-wrenching story, stating, "If I want to show the tragedy of war, I have to do it more intensely." Takahata himself described the movie as a (shinju mono). Takahata explains that although the siblings succeed in establishing a closed family life, their refusal to live in harmony with those around them and their failure to make it in society is something that can be seen in the lives of people today. Takahata:, "Those were very oppressive times, when 'totalitarianism,' the worst kind of social life, was considered to be righteous. Seita tries to resist such totalitarianism and build a 'pure family' with Setsuko alone, but is such a thing possible or not? But can we criticize it? The reason we modern people can easily sympathize with Seita emotionally is because the times have reversed. If the times are reversed again, I have a horrible feeling that there will come a time when there will be more opinions denouncing Seita than his relative's aunt."　 (from wikipedia) When I was in the third or fourth grade, I saw Grave of the Fireflies in the school's audio-visual room, and I did not see any children crying a lot. I don't know what the kids in the same grade felt and how they understood it. The teacher did not ask us to write a movie report, nor did he ask us to discuss our impressions of the movie with everyone else. As was the case when we saw Princess Mononoke, I guess we were free to our individual interpretations. We also watched Home Alone 3 together. I watched "Grave of the Fireflies" over and over again until I got tired of watching the recorded video. I felt the closed world of just the two of them quite a lot... It was also my favorite of Takahata's works.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

My understanding is they were not receiving rations because Seita removed himself from society. He didn’t know when and where to get rations. He thought he could survive without help from anyone else.

[@jetbz5439]

Yep. And his principle to move in his own was developed during their stay with their aunt. Its still happening nowadays... We cant blame why some people dont reach out with their relatives. IRL, whatever you do, they still have always something to say about you.

[@suhardyabdullatiff801]

That last 20 minutes destroyed me

[@ahilesahilesov2112]

Crying with u )

[@user-my8cb8no9w]

In 1945 when Americans failed in bombing Japanese industry they decided to burn cities with napalm-bombs. By the way, it brings more casualties then nuclear bombing. And yeah. Americans used napalm before Vietnam.

[@movieclown5952]

SAY NO TO NUCLEAR

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

This isn’t about nuclear war but ok.

[@movieclown5952]

@@chesterdonnelly1212 after pearl Harbor attack

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@movieclown5952 Pearl Harbour attack wasn’t nuclear

[@wonderfulnoodles]

The first reaction to this movie i watched and it was amazing ❤️

[@imaniscott8535]

hey i have some depressing facts about this film. the man who wrote the story was his experience. that means this film is based on a true story. he had blamed himself everyday until his death in 2015. he had survival's guilt and that's why Seita dies in the film. another depressing fact, regardless of the reason why a war started, US is creating more stories like this. Other countries that are in conflict create more stories like this. I think everyone should see this film and the others like it. war has a cost, a human one, and innocent lives always pay the price.

[@Happy_Potato0]

And To think this is ture and is still happening to children in War ridden countries its just unexceptable.. 😭

[@barricadebbb]

I first saw the movie when I was around 5 or 6, cried the shit out of myself. Have to say it is a must see, but will definitely leave some kind of trama too. Didn't watch the whole film this time, but I remember thier father died on the sea, the brother herd the news through radio. Thier aunt start treating them badly soon after that, and from my opinion, made the sister die from malnutrition. There is a saying that this is actually a real story from the author's life, he made it through but his family didn't

[@thehouseofk4707]

Oh wow 5-6 is very young for this movie, that would have definitely traumatized me. Yes to most of that, bit the brother heard the news that the war was over when he went to withdraw all their parents savings, then he heard that their whole navy was sunk from some random dude. 😱 daaaang, that's so messed up. Just makes the story even more sad knowing that the person who wrote it kinda went through all that.

[@SaintPhoenixx]

A quick summary of this film: Press '0' on your keyboard. Now press '7'.

[@malcolmdrake6137]

I hate when people spoil the movie by telling people how "sad" they're going to be watching it or Any aspect of the film...I can't even watch the reaction once I find that out.

[@smoggy6849]

The events in Gaza brought me back to this movie. All the people justifying that genocide was so disgusting I had to look for normal human reactions for something so tragic.

[@black-vegeta_89]

I am the 1k liker

[@wrxsti22b]

The last part, they became ghost? Is that what it means?

[@user-di4ok8po9b]

They are ghost from first part

[@reynaldomagada2593]

that is why i dont watch that.. it always make me cry

[@nophiwepangwa3875]

I like when you cry

[@thelordoftheweebs9501]

I was a mess after my first watch. So much so I watched it 2 more times, not soon after the first... If this hurts try maquia. That broke me.