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Omoide Poro Poro
Taeko Okajima is a typical "office lady" in a big company in a big city. When she takes a sabbatical to the countryside in Yamagata Prefecture, the hometown of her brother-in-law, the journey recalled her memory of her 5th grade year. During her stay in Yamagata, she works hard and happily as a farmer and is surrounded by friendly relatives and villagers, bringing up more memories. Their hospitality makes her to reconsider her choice of life. (Source: Anime News Network)
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There are two people with us at any given moment… There’s the person we currently are, who’s in charge of every decision we have to make as it comes to us, and there’s the person we remember being. This can be the person we were back in school, where we wistfully wish we’d applied ourselves harder;…
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Read full review on AniList →For the longest time I was the contrarian who hailed Only Yesterday as Ghibli's best work over all the other technically more impressive films, but as my memories began to fade, I grew afraid to rewatch it. I was afraid that my contrarian position would be shattered if it didn't live up to my memori…
Read full review on AniList →# In a Shellnut Taeko, 27, takes a moment away from her job in the city to go out and experience the Japanese countryside and help harvest Safflower fields. Along the way, memories of her childhood follow her, flashing before her eyes as they they were only yesterday. She meets Toshio, who shows her…
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Read full review on AniList →No pensaba escribir una reseña de esta película porque sentía que quedaría muy corta en comparación con otras. Pero la verdad, me da igual; quiero escribir algo sobre ella. ___ En mi plan de ver todas las películas de directores famosos, hoy tocó Recuerdos del Ayer (Omoide Poro Poro), y se ha conv…
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Read full review on AniList →"Memories Falling Like Tears" - this is a more literal translation of the title of Studio Ghibli's classic anime "Omoide Poro Poro", better known as "Only Yesterday" in English. Having finally got around to watching it, I was left with a couple of burning questions: "why the heck did I take so long…
Read full review on AniList →# **Setting expectations**: - This review is being written under a subjective lens and mainly enjoyment. - The amount of spoilers will be as minimal as possible to none. I don’t talk more about the plot points except in spoiler text. - If you come to expect opinions from a very critical sense,…
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