What is the prologue to The Garden of Words is a fresh Lonely Love Story ?

Raindrops, crowds, and weeping willows swaying gently beside the Japanese-style garden. The sound of rain and the chirping of cicadas, this symphony that only belongs to summer outlines a paradise in the middle of noisy. Just like the aesthetic style of Makoto Shinkai.

Takao, a high school student who aspires to become a shoemaker, meets the mysterious woman Moka-ri in the courtyard in the early morning of the rainy season, which opens the prelude to "The Garden of Leaves", a "lonely and sad love story" that belongs to the warm and humid and fresh morning of the rainy season. <>

The Japanese word "Yanye" means "language", and "the garden of the word" is also "the garden of language". Perhaps in order to conform to the title, or perhaps because Makoto Shinkai has a soft spot for "Manyoshu", "Thor Tank" has become another clue that runs through the whole play outside the rain scene. Under the wisteria, next to the greenery, the tanka dialogue in the courtyard not only implicitly expresses the inner changes of the lonely and sad two, but also makes the whole series more ancient.

In the summer rain, in the ancient pavilion, "faint thunder, hazy sky, but I hope that the wind and rain will come, and you can stay here." The first sentence of the tanka sings about the mystery, elegance, confusion and feminine weakness of the hype, as well as the anticipation of meeting Takao on a rainy day. At this time, Takao is like the sun quietly emerging from the dark clouds, shining on this Baixiang, who is drinking beer and eating chocolate, and has taken on the responsibilities of an adult, but his heart is hidden in the fragile and unable to move forward.

And Takao didn't know anything about Baixiangli, until he met Baixiangli in the school corridor, and he didn't know what Baixiangli was confused about: Baixiangli was originally an ancient literature teacher in the high school where he studied, and was slandered by a third-grade girl for having an improper relationship with a boy from another school, so Baixiangli couldn't go back to school. Takao found the answer to the "Tanka" in the ancient Chinese textbook, "Faint thunder, hazy sky, even if there is no rain, I will stay here" and answered this sentence in front of the herb, which is intended to express the inner thought of "No matter what happens, I will always be here".

Love and courage are timeless and talked about topics. <>

In Japanese society after the big **, the word 'bond' is often mentioned, but there are still many people who don't even reach the level of 'bond'. 'Lonely sorrow' is exactly what the Japanese coined about it 700 years ago – lonely and sad. Makoto Shinkai said in an interview with **.

This time, what he wanted to describe was the story of the people who arrived before he reached the "bond". The filial piety depicted in Makoto Shinkai's pen has a "simplicity and persistence" unique to this age: after learning that the woman in front of him is a teacher of ancient literature, he still plucks up the courage to express that love, regardless of the eyes of others; Even if his immature craftsmanship wasted many high-end leathers that he had bought with the money he earned from his hard work, he still made leather shoes under the lamp night after night, honed his skills, and did not care about possible failure.

When Baixiangli, who "dressed up and prepared to go to school every morning, but couldn't take this step no matter what", after meeting such a filial piety in the courtyard, Xiaoxiong used this simplicity and perseverance to take the twenty-seven-year-old Baixiangli out of the predicament and start her new journey. At the end of the film, Xiaoxiong customized Baixiangli not only a pair of shoes, but also the courage for Baixiangli to face his true emotions again, take a step, and continue his life journey.