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For those who are confused...

posted 16 years ago by PNKLoLLiPoPGiRL
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Let me just say that I really enjoyed viewing this film and I truely bawled like a baby in my chair, watching this movie. It is sad and also very touching and I enjoyed it very much. The following information that I am about to reveal from here on may contain spoilers for people who have not watched the movie.

From what I read on the IMDb boards on this movie, I realized that there are a few parts about this movie that some people are confused about. And I think one of the confusion was that some people believe that Mio will live the same life, over and over again and never dies. I personally do not think this is true.

The Mio that returns a year after the 28-year-old Mio's death is not a Mio that had died and came back as a 29-year-old Mio with an amnesia, but a 20-year-old Mio that had lost consciousness and jumped forward in time after her car accident. In other words, the body (of Mio) that returned a year after Mio's death is 20 years old. Of course, with no memory.

So what I'm saying is, it is not:
20-year-old Mio(20) -> 28-year-old Mio(28) -> Rainy Season Mio(29) -> Mio, that returns to the past after her realization of her existence(29? 20?)

If it is like above, it would mean that she would live the same life, over and over again. It's quite sad, if you think about it that way. Mio would probably think, "Oh, if I die right now, I'll be born again a year after."

What I believe happened is:
Rainy Season Mio(20) -> Mio, that returns to the past after her realization of her existence(20) -> 20-year-old Mio(20) -> 28-year-old Mio(28)

If it is like I have listed, it would mean there is no Mio after the 28-year-old Mio because Mio dies at the age of 28. So if Mio's spirit was able to see the real world after her death, the 28-year-old Mio's spirit would be able to witness her own 20-year-old presence coming a year after her death to Takumi and Yuuji.

After Mio comes out of the hospital, she comes to a decision from the 6 weeks she spent with her husband and her son (from the time jump), the love she developed again for Takumi, and the desire to give birth and bring her one and only son Yuuji out to the world; therefore, she puts the phrase in her diary: "Right now, I am coming to see you," meaning, she's ready to live the life she already knows what's going to happen (including her early death), just to be with the two people that she loves.

I really hope this was helpful to at least a few people and if there are any other confusion that anyone has, post it here and I'll try my best to answer it. :]

[–] reico 16 years ago

I thought that this was a well thought out explanation and I thank you for posting. I was a little confused earlier, so this helped a lot. Especially with the title part.

[–] PNKLoLLiPoPGiRL 16 years ago

Ah, I'm glad I was a help to you. Thank you for your reply. :]

[–] srmcnamara 16 years ago

I think you're mistaken on one point -- she will live the same life over and over again.

If there's not a 20 year old Mio then there's no Mio to return after her death. The fact that she had experienced it once and wrote about it in her diary, and then later the actual event (the focus of the movie) was experienced by Yuuji and Takumi suggests that it's recurring.

[–] Ninerism 15 years ago

What later events experienced by Yuji and Takumi suggest its recurring? There are none.

20 year old mio goes 9 years into the future then back to her own time to live her life normally until she dies at 28.

She experienced it once and only once, and wrote about it in her diary, which they read after it was all over.

People are getting confused because her younger self came back AFTER her older self had already died... but all the future events for the guys had happened to Mio when she was younger. Its NOT recurring.

[–] MinhHieuVN 15 years ago

The accident scene is the turning point of this movie. At this time, Mio is 20 years old, she got accident and was unconscious for 6 weeks of rainy season in hospital (notice that when she gets out of hospital is the summer). She spent these 6 weeks (6 Yuji's dolls) on jumping into future at the time of rainy season after her 28 years old death. Then she gets back to present and says to her future husband: " Ima, ai ni yukimasu" which is "Now, I'm going to stay with you".

It's not repeat. She only has the jumping-6-weeks once.

:)

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[–] dancrowther 12 years ago

This movie made my brain hurt and the father's character made me want to kill myself. Overly sentimental.

[–] errol246 9 years ago

How does this explain how Yuji and his father discover the diary? In the so-called "dream" the diary is locked away in a safe, which Yuji says he hid with his mother before she died. Does she just flat out give it to him in the actual reality, or does Yuji find it himself when his mother dies?

The whole dreamlike seeing-into-the-future scenario really pulled away the carpet under my feet. I thought the purpose of her return was to help Takumi realise that Mio did love him, and that Yuri was not the cause of her death. Remember when Takumi said, "I'm sorry that I couldn't make you happy" and she replies "you silly, you are my happiness!" ?

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