One Stormy Night
a review by Huguin
a review by Huguin
I discovered this anime because of the "April Fool's joke" on MyAnimeList, where my profile picture had been changed to one of the characters from this anime. As a joke, I added it to my PTW (Plan to Watch) list, and there it stayed for over a year.
Then, I finally decided to watch something different and found it on my list. I decided to give it a chance (especially since I found the complete movie on YouTube, which definitely helped).
The movie begins with the tragic death of the protagonist's mother, Mei, a goat. We are introduced to the film's world, a simple world of animals and their food chain. There are many films with the same setting/theme, so it's not hard to be familiar with it.
As the title of the movie suggests, the main event, and where everything changes, is when the two protagonists, Gabu (a wolf) and Mei, are caught off guard by a storm and end up hiding in a barn, unaware of each other's identities. Because of this, they become friends and agree to meet the next day. And so begins the story of an interspecies friendship, a "forbidden" friendship, as the norm is for the wolf to eat the goat.
Here, I'll start discussing parts later in the movie, so there will be spoilers.
When the inevitable encounter between the wolves and the goats happens, Gabu saves Mei, but a question remains, a nagging doubt: will this friendship work this way? With Gabu saving only his friend and the other goats potentially dying? Is Mei okay with that?
Nothing is certain, and that's why it's so good. Following this forbidden friendship is very intriguing. And that's another point to be praised. The friendship between the two is very cute, very beautiful, and very heartwarming. I feel light watching the two together; it's lovely. I was rooting for these two while questioning how it would end.
As I mentioned earlier, their friendship is one of the highest points of the anime, and it brings a lot of emotion to the viewer. I can summarize the anime in a few words, and they would be: interesting, cute, and beautiful.
Despite a simple story, its journey is the complex part, and although the ending wasn't that great (to my personal taste), it has a nice conclusion.
I recommend this movie to anyone with nothing to do on a lazy afternoon, and especially to sensitive people like me!
Watch and enjoy!
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