(May contain spoilers)

For her first year of high school, family circumstances force Fuu Sawatari to move to Takehara, a scenic old town near Hiroshima on the Inland Sea and live with her relatives. Her father, who has passed away, grew up in Takehara and always spoke fondly of his childhood while living there. Sawatari learns to love taking photographs with his old film camera, a Rollei 35S while making friends and learning about the town.

Tamayura is another one of those "Hidden Gem" anime or better saying a work in which it deserved a little more recognition, even more with the story having beautiful and exciting messages.

Tamayura is a great Slice of Life anime and with a very good narrative , and not to mention that the anime has Junichi Satou (Director of Aria) who manages to transmit incredible things to the viewer. Photography has always been something I admired and how I find it sensational in how photography itself can convey incredible things to those who are watching it and create a spiritual connection between people and this is what happens between Fuu and his father's photography together with several dandelions.

(The dandelion represents each phase of Fuu's father's life.)

The dandelion is also related to the idea of ​​detachment and travel. The seeds of this plant seem to represent perfectly as phases, the life cycles that each one of us has to fulfill. Initially, the seeds attached to the delicate appendix, do not seem willing to stand out. But, slowly, they are blown away with “receiving” at first, but increasingly determined to embark on a new journey and experience new adventures. Having overcome their fear or initial reception, they let themselves be carried away by the flow of life, curious about new discoveries, and ready to create a new life.

This path is a perfect metaphor for the life of each of us: in order to fly and take advantage of all the opportunities in life, it is necessary to let go of one's own origin, face the new and the unknown.

Yet another meaning is the representation of the dandelion as a symbol of childhood and innocence. And it is especially the children, in fact, who delight in blowing and dispersing like seeds of the dried fruit of this plant. An image that represents childhood in its dream of a better future for everyone. Typical of childish joy, innocent and carefree, that we need to recover and rediscover in adulthood.