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Influence of Others: Resonance in the Heart
Asa joined the light music club in high school and wrote lyrics, and “echo” is the key word of the lyrics. The key word in the lyrics is “echo,” which means “reverberation.” This motif beautifully illustrates that interaction with the people around us gradually affects our inner selves, and that we and others are in fact beings that resonate with each other without boundaries.
Asa didn’t shed tears immediately after losing both parents. Perhaps it was because the sudden and abrupt separation didn’t feel real. Gradually, she began to feel the loss of the person who had loved her the most, but this wasn’t so much when thinking about her mother, Misato, but rather born out of a sense of loneliness that there was no one like Makio or her close friend Emiri (Rina Komiyama) who valued her the most.
Makio also says, “I don’t want to change the feeling of hating my sister,” as if talking to herself at the end of the film. Makio, who had been indulging in creative writing since she was a girl, had felt a certain hatred toward her older sister who interfered in her life, telling her to “look at reality” and “no one will love you if you do that.
However, the film does not force him to end his hatred for Jitsuri. The film does not force Makio to end his dislike for Misato, because the feeling of hatred for someone can sometimes become a pillar of identity and a reason for making that person who he is.
