|| Tonari
no Totoro || Spirited Away || Kaze no Tani
no Nausicaa || Kiki's Delivery Service ||
Finally I made the page for my first Ghibli's project, Mononoke Hime. This anime was the one which had made me so much in love with Studio Ghibli for the first time. Sou ja, I won't waste your time longer, let's begin the journey of the brave young warrior, Ashitaka. Iku zee!!!
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Post Note from Inumako ]
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Somewhere in the time of classic Japan, lies an isolated village where
lives an abandoned tribe, Emishi. There lived a young prince named
Ashitaka (totemo kakoi otoko no ko da yo!),
together with his pet, a pretty elk named Yaku, he
looked after his village from any dangers came from the outside. One
of those days, came a giant wild boar from the forest, it wasn't an
usual one because it was filled with evil spirits. Then Ashitaka with
risking his life tried to save the village. Although he finally killed
the demonic boar, he got himself injured by the evil spirit on his
right hand.
The
wise lady in his village said that the wound on his right hand soon
will grow larger and cover his body then finally kill him. He was
then ordered to leave the village as an outcast. Ashitaka decided
to search for what caused the boar filled with evil spirits, so off
he goes with Yaku to start his journey. On his journey he met with
a monk who then told him about the Forest Spirit
who could heal his wound. After he heard the he decided to go to the
forbidden forest where the Forest Spirit lived. On his way he saw
2 men's body floating on the river, so he pulled them to the shore.
But then he heard something's coming, so he hid behind a log on the
river. There he saw a young girl at his age, riding on a giant wolf.
The girl came to another giant wolf which lies wounded on the shore,
then she sucked out the blood from the wound. Ashitaka encouraged
himself to come out and introduce himself. He asked whether he was
in the forbidden forest or not, but the girl was only watching him
with vengeful eyes and told him to go away, then she's gone with the
wolves. Ashitaka was wondering who's the girl he'd just seen, but
later on he knew she was the Mononoke Hime.
When
he came back to the men he saved, he saw the tree spirit, Kodama.
Then he asked them politely to show the way out of the forest. Ashitaka
carried one of the men who's badly wounded on his back and let the
other one rode on Yaku. Inside the forest he saw traces left by Mononoke
Hime and her wolves. But then he saw another trace he'd never seen
before but he knew that trace was made recently. When he looked around
he saw a strange deer on a distance place, and when the deer is looking
at him the wound on his hand is struggling out.
Ashitaka,
by the guide of Kodama, finally came out of the forest and found a
village known as Iron Village where those 2 guys he saved lived on.
Although he had saved them, Tatara tribe didn't welcome him because
he was a stranger. But then came a woman named Lady Eboshi
who thanked him from saving his men, and told him to take a rest in
the village. After talking with her, Ashitaka finally discovered that
Lady Eboshi was the one who shot the wild boar who attacked his village
and made the boar was filled with vengeance so that evil spirits possessed
him.
Ashitaka
was so mad at her but he knew that he couldn't change Lady Eboshi's
mind so he decided to leave the village soon to find Mononoke Hime.
But he didn't need to look for her because Mononoke Hime came to the
village to kill Lady Eboshi. Then happened a duel between Mononoke
Hime and Lady Eboshi, but Ashitaka with the evil spirit on his hand
stopped them. He took away Mononoke Hime, but he was shot by one of
the female villagers. However, with his remain strength he carried
out Mononoke Hime. Poor Ashitaka, he finally fell down, dying on the
ground.
Mononoke
Hime was indeed about to slay him until Ashitaka told her how beautiful
she was (Kyaa!! @_@). Then Mononoke Hime knew that Ashitaka was actually
not as bad as she thought. Mononoke Hime then called the Forest Spirit
to come and spare Ashitaka's life. When he finally conscious, he found
himself lying on the pastures and his gun-shot wound has gone, but
still he lost so much power that he even couldn't eat by himself,
so Mononoke Hime had to feed him mouth-to-mouth (Alert: Boys and Girls,
Please don't try this at home. It's very.. stimulating ^v^).
To
restore his power, San (the real name of Mononoke
Hime) took him to her place. Ashitaka was awaken on his sleep and
found San was lying asleep by his side. He came out and talked with
one of the Wolf God, he argued that San is a human,
but the Wolf God said "San is not a wolf, nor a human, and what
can you do to save her?!". Ashitaka was confused but he convinced
that human and animals should live together in peace (AGREE!). On
the next morning he couldn't find San again, so he left without saying
good bye. But before he gone he gave a crystal dagger which used to
belonged to his lil sister, Kaya, to the Wolf God
and told him to give it to San as his thank.
When
he was on his journey leaving San and everything else with burdened
heart, he saw the Iron Village was ambushed by a huge number of samurai.
So he headed back to help the people at Iron Village. He was told
that Lady Eboshi and the men has gone to the Forbidden Forest to get
the head of Forest Spirit. Ashitaka suddenly remembered to San, so
he hurried back to the forest. But he was hold up by a group of samurai.
Although he wasn't desire to fight to he has to defeat them at once.
It was a very cool battle, especially when Ashitaka catched up a shooting
arrow, Sugoi!!!
When
he finally found San, she has already been possessed by evil spirits
inside a giant old boar named Okoto. By the help
of Wolf God, Ashitaka could save San before she became a demon. But
Lady Eboshi came and beheaded the Forest Spirit. Then the Forest Spirit
turned into a headless Nightwalker and search everywhere
to find his missing head which was carried by the monks who worked
for Lady Eboshi. The Nightwalker destroyed everything he touched,
the forest, Kodama, except the water. So Ashitaka told everyone to
get into the water and saved Lady Eboshi.
When
Ashitaka return to see San, she was outraged and call him betrayer
because he'd saved Lady Eboshi. Ashitaka tried to convinced her but
she was too mad so that she stabbed Ashitaka with the crystal dagger.
However, Ashitaka didn't heed it, he hold San on his arms and San
finally calmed down (Ah.. how sweet $_$). Then they together ride
on the Wolf Gods to stop the monks who carried the Nightwalker's head
and return it to its owner. But it wasn't that easy since the monks
were so stubborn, they believed that the Nightwalker will gone as
the sun rose up.
After
a hard try, Ashitaka and San got the head of Nightwalker back. Ashitaka
and San rose it up above their head and called the Nightwalker to
take his head back. The Nightwalker heard them and slowly reached
for his head. Then a blazing light burst out and the Nightwalker was
slowly fell to the ground. As his body hit the ground, a huge wind
blown and destroyed everything left behind. When it's over, slowly
the grass is growing on pastures, and the tree is blooming. As Ashitaka
and San got conscious they saw everything has turned into green pastures
and trees.
So
then, no one won, not human nor the animals, but it was the mother
nature who healed everything we have destroyed. San knew she had to
live in the forest so she have to depart. But Ashitaka said that he
will lived in the Iron Village and recover it, he also promised that
he will go with Yaku to the forest to see San. They smiled to each
other realizing that it wasn't the end of everything ^_^. Here we
can learn how we have to treat the mother nature, we may use it but
not exploiting it for our own sake. Remember, it was the mother nature
who looks after us day by day.