I read Hayao Miyazaki's favourite book
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- How Do You Live is a YA novel by Japanese author Genzaburo Yoshino, written back in the 1930s. It was Hayao Miyazaki's favourite novel as a child, and is the inspiration for his next Studio Ghibli animated movie.
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Ghibli has spoken on an interview lately that the adaptation will indeed take many creative freedom, such as it being a fantasy adventure now, non human characters and apparently even having a character reading the actual book, representing Miyazaki.
That is very cool to know, thanks for sharing!
That sounds amazing.
I'm currently reading this, about 3/4 done and I have to say this book feels really modern. It could've been written in present day. I can imagine it being very impactful especially back when it was first released.
The quote on the back cover really spoke to me.
I have no idea how Miyazaki is planning to adapt this, but knowing that he always likes to take a lot of creative freedom regardless of the source material I'm sure he will deliver something thought provoking once again.
I agree! I often forgot that this book is almost a century old! It feels incredibly modern in so many ways.
i find your opinion about the uncle to be a bit obtuse, i feel like this book is clearly meant to teach lessons, and that's exactly what the uncle did. Just because Copper made those choices he made that his uncle was proud of him for, doesn't mean Copper did what he did for the right and clear reasons. I never once felt like he was mansplaining anything, just giving his opinion on what Copper experienced. I actually found myself drawn to the uncle in a similar way i found myself drawn to uncle iroh from ATLA.
I got the book last month and didn't even realise there was a Gaiman foreword. Can't wait to get to it, and very much looking Horwood to the Ghibli adaptation. Love your content.
Yeah go check it out; it's a very sweet little foreword, as his always are.
My fiance got this book for my birthday this past Thursday, and I'm so excited to start reading it!!! with the Neil Gaiman forward which I'm excited about. I love Miyazaki, and I was so excited to hear this was the book that inspired him.
I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did! And I hope Miyazaki's film floors us all!
@@WillowTalksBooks Thank you I hope so too, an yes I agree I hope the film floors us all
Read the first chapter in the preview and I gotta say I liked it. I really liked how Copper's thoughts were portrayed, and it made me a little nostalgic, oddly enough-nostalgic of a time back in my own teens (fourteen or fifteen) when I started seeing the world in the way Copper did. I started looking at the cars passing me by on the street and wondering what their lives were like, what struggles they had, what they were thinking or feeling, and wondering if their thoughts might be a little like mine. I even became curious about the way cats see the world!
Of course, as an adult, the idea that there are so many other lives besides our own is, well, common sense. But reading that chapter reminded me of the sheer wonder the world had, the endless amount of things happening beyond ourselves. And it's beautiful.
Sorry I can't join your Patreon, I don't have much money to spare, but I will still support the channel! Would be interesting to be able to write an article for the blog, too-just thinking out loud.
P.S. Your choice of clothing rocks! If only I could make the clothes I wear look as good. Haha.
I totally agree! I can remember my perspective on the world shifting in the same way and at the same age as Copper. There is so much sympathy and empathy in this book.
I'm so grateful for any and all support that you give me, thank you 💜
Im so excited with the movie adaptation, i believe this will be Hayao Miyazaki absolute masterpiece a letter to his grandson that is the peak of everything we learned during both Miyazaki and Takahata movies, it will be the essence of Ghibli and the title of the book and movie is the question we made to Miyazaki and Takahata in our minds and Ghibli is the answer to that and hopefully this wil be the golden key that will put a end on ghibli golden era that will live forever in the world of Cinema, the Final Act and Peak of the absolute amazing studio Ghibli
I certainly hope you're right!
I hope you enjoyed the movie! I still have yet to read the book!
@@FlyWithLove sadly it still is not out in my country and i only plan to see it in cinema
Great video and I’m OBSESSED with your overalls ✨
I don’t understand your comments about “mansplaining”. To me, the uncle’s diary entries simply felt like organic extensions of Copper’s thoughts and feelings. I loved this book. I also got myself an original Japanese edition for language learning purposes.
I can’t wait for the film’s release next week. As for how Miyazaki will adapt this book, now that you mention it, yeah, he’ll probably make a lot of personal additions to enrich the story even further. I remember reading Kiki’s Delivery Service after falling in love with the film last year. I was eagerly awaiting reading that scene where Ursula and Kiki talk about what inspires their creativity after Kiki loses her powers. But that scene never happens in the book. The book itself is fine but I came away from it rather disappointed. For me, Miyazaki turned the story from a 4/10 to a 9/10.
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I'm intrigued .. Thank you for another excellent review!
You're so welcome!
Hello Willow, I love your recommendations. Loved both Dark Matter and almost done with Becky Chamber's The Long Way.. Definitely added to my TBR!
That's wonderful, I'm so happy you're enjoying these great books!
I think the movie will be filled with simple and calming aesthetic and ASMR.
That sounds delightful so here's hoping!
Saw the movie over the weekend…”taking liberties” with the plot is an understatement 😂
lol
I saw this book in the bookstore the other time but didn't get it. Now I can't wait to get it and read it. Thank you for the review!! 😊
You’re very welcome!
maybe its not mansplaining as young people learn by validation of their actions, appreciating the choice and by assimilating their choices and reinforcing their appropriate , kinad and caring choices Mansplaining is a simpleton term that in japanese cultural terms is somewhat demeaning of the way a culture operates ancestrally and contemporially They have a code of values that persists to date
Ok. I must buy it!
You must! And I hope you enjoy it as much as I did :)
I’ve been wanting to read this book for quite some time. Now I’m more convinced to read it. Thanks for the review!
I hope the book (and my enthusiasm) doesn't let you down!
Another splendid review, Willow, and another book you have sold to me. I’m going ‘intense’ book shopping in a couple of weeks time so will definitely be picking this up 😊 I really hope Mr Miyazaki watches this video and gets some ideas for his film 💜
Thank you so much, Lauren 💜 If Miyazaki watched my video I would faint lol
Here’s hoping Miyazaki does…but not because I want to see you faint! 😅
I love Copper's mother too. I think she should be a big character in the film too.
Okay, so reading this when the Boy and the Heron has come out (not locally, please Netflix, come through for me!) and I must say, reading the book while listening to the main theme speaks volumes.
That's a real cool book 📚
Certainly is!
Your dungarees are always soo adorable! 🌻
Thank you, they are honestly my favourite bit of clothing 💜
I didn’t see it so much as mansplaining rather the Uncle is more so reaffirming. I’m a bit mixed on it. On the one hand, I liked the essay format and I like that it’s almost deconstructing the events that played out before hand. But at the same time, my gripe is it sometimes gets a bit repetitive. Especially when the point is already clear in some of the scenes with Copper. But there are moments of the essay structure that I kind of liked. I didn’t get so much mansplaining rather I got that it was more so him reaffirming his nephew’s actions and breaking it down bit by bit.
It’s an interesting book in its formatting and I can see why it influenced Miyazaki as a boy. I think it’s a good read for boys and men a like. It’s a really nice little meditation on life in general and how to live a good life and I really appreciated it
I've just seen the film here in Japan. No spoilers, don't worry. But I'll say this...literally nothing you said comes up in the movie. 😅
Well that’s odd but okay!
How Do You Live? (Japanese: 君たちはどう生きるか, Hepburn: Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) is an upcoming Japanese animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is named after the 1937 novel of the same name by Genzaburo Yoshino, but has an original story that is not connected to the novel. The project has been described as a "big fantastical film". I'm so excited about this movie, I read that Ghibli won't share any trailer or commercial, it will be just release 🤩🤩
Great stuff as usual. Love the new(ish?) pop up with name and pronouns. It’s more often you talk about a book I haven’t heard of than I have. Love that about your channel.
That is quite the compliment! I don't go out of my way to find obscure books but I'm glad my tastes point you to new reads! And I'm glad you like the nametag thing. I was inspired by Thought Slime and did it partly because a handful of people have addressed me as Bao lol
Please let this movie direct young men to this book and away from Jordan Peterson.
The boy and the heron is the adaptation of this yay
I am very interested in the upcoming movie, though I won't read the book beforehand to avoid spoilers
The uncle is talking to the reader. That's my take anywho. Thanks for the review.
You are so adorable in dungarees 🥺😭
Aren't you projecting on to uncle's character rather than taking him as it is so that Copper's character comes through because of that.
Can’t remember
I just loved the opening chapter! Even if the rest of the book had been awful, it would have been worth it for that.
people who have seen the movie are saying the movie is not based on the book and is much darker. probably the darkest movie by Miyazaki and ghibli.
Yup.
It sounds like a book full of parables and a philosophical book about becoming a virtuous individual. Like Taoism or Stoicism (both which are very similar)
Hmm... I haven't read this book yet but given how money is tight for me I'd have to save up in order to get it.
Hi. Thank you for reviewing this lovely book; if you dont mind, I wonder why the original nick name of Jun'hici Honda 'Koperu' was changed in Copper. There is a tranlator note? Sorry, I tend to be peculiar sometimes... thanks and great job!
I think Koperu is just the Japanese romaji version of copper. The Japanese language often borrows words from English, much like English borrows from many languages (often French or Latin).
I think the author just liked the sound of the word.
Hey, could you tell me your thoughts on Jordan Peterson aside from his views on transgenderism? I don't think he's perfect but I feel he has some valuable advice for men.
I'm not sure a UA-cam comments section is the best place to lay down my issues with Peterson's philosophy. To put it really simply, Peterson's views are a recycling of conservative Christian philosophy. He enforces the importance of traditional gender roles, patriarchal hierarchy, is critical of socialism, human rights, and basic kindness.
Also, I don't think it's fair to say "aside from his views on transgenderism". If a person is critical of an aspect of human rights, it's fair to dismiss him on the whole.
And if you don't think it actually IS fair to do that, then you can point to countless points he has made with regards to maintaining social hierarchies (patriarchy), criticising feminism and the human rights of pretty much any non-white-cis-het group.
His advice for young men is nothing new, and it only reinforces upsetting patriarchal standards that serve to socially and politically restrict all of us. It's all so sad.
@@WillowTalksBooks
I agree with you that he reinforces old standards. Unfortunately, as men, we still have to understand them to better live in our current world, since many of these standards are infused into the majority of people's minds.
Jordan Peterson is a figure of the past in a certain sense, and we can use his teachings as a way of looking back at what human culture has been so far. I wouldn't say any of his ideals should be used to construct a new improved future. However, his view on socialism is valuable; I personally judge it to be dangerous and think that, as a system, it should be extensively criticized by any intellectual.
As a socialist I get genuinely sad and disappointed when people say socialism is dangerous. I can only assume it's because people hear the word and think of Stalin and Mao. But they weren't socialists; they were fascists. Socialism just means using taxes to provide free healthcare for all, eradicate homelessness, make food, travel, homes, and power affordable. These are all good things that are easily achievable. Calling free healthcare dangerous is a very upsetting phrase.
But like I said, a a UA-cam comments section is a terrible forum for discussing heavy topics so I'm going to stop. I've said my piece. I won't reply again.
@@WillowTalksBooks Agree with most of what you say here. However socialism is not about taxes. Taxes exist under capitalism to adjust for inequalities and exploitation inherent within capitalism. Rather socialism is the stage of social organization that follows the overthrow of capitalism, based on the principles of distribution whereby each lives according to their ability and to according to their work. I know that we sometimes refer to some Scandinavian countries as socialist, but they are at best mixed economies that make no real commitment to anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism and communism (the next stage to socialism). Stalin and Mao are certainly socialists. You could say that they are undesirable socialists (if you so prefer); and it's okay to dislike some socialists and still be a socialist. I dislike Trotsky for example and am a socialist. Socialists often disagree with each other and many socialists throughout history have been quite uncompromisingly violent people. No revolution is bloodless and any transition out of capitalism will be a bloody and violent one. You might feel that you want to simply distance yourself from the legacies of Stalin and Mao (and dismiss them as fascists), but this seems to me a bit of a cop out. There's a great difference between socialism in theory and socialism in the real world, in which one is confronted with unforeseen realities ranging from war to famine to sabotage to the difficulties of organizing a revolutionary society. It never really goes perfectly. For me, the present-day socialist has to decide whether they are what Michael Parenti refers to as a "pure socialist" (the kind who lives only in ideals) or whether they are a committed anti-capitalist who supports countries that actively engage in the struggle, no matter how imperfectly. Does the present-day socialist praise the mixed economies of Canada and Western Europe (which enrich themselves on colonialism and exploitation), or do they embrace the struggle of countries like Cuba, Nicaragua, Vietnam and, let's face it, China? This to me is the key question. I'm in the latter category, because I know which of these are the closest in commitment to anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism. Piecemeal welfare has never been and will never be socialism; rather this is the domain on the social democrat, the kind that lionizes Bernie Sanders, FDR and the New Deal. Their view of the world is based on reinforcing a capitalism with a human face, which always comes up short because the people who are truly in charge don't believe in this stuff. Love him or hate him, Stalin did believe, in his own way. And although he was a terrible bastard, he left his country in pretty decent shape after a bloody war that killed millions and still had much less blood on his hands than Gorbachev (one of the West's favourite socialist no doubt, which truly says it all I think).
@@JD-jc8gp This guy is just yet another self righteous wokie who thinks he’s got the world pegged. Troons gonna troon.
I think it could be more accurately described in this situation as "adultsplaining"...
What's "it"?
@@WillowTalksBooks From so far ago, I am not entirely sure. Will rewatch your video to see if it enlightens me.
0:57 "does the book hold up today" if the book tells us to be higher beings, that human are precious because we have higher thinking, we have morals, we are spiritual, we are more than mere beasts and animals, well, then as of right now, March 2022, the world is telling us "the weapon is supreme", and "the weapon is the highest form". Even before March 2022 when Ukraine became a battlefield, in the US, everywhere is saying, we are "empowered" this, and that. The world is teaching us to be beasts. Like if the book teaches us to be as calm and nice as a rabbit, as pristine as a deer, as pure as a sheep, the world is telling us, beasts win. The fox, the tiger, the lion, are going to eat the rabbit, the deer, the sheep. So beasts win, and that's the end of story. There was a story about somebody seeing the mountain and it was a mountain, seeing the ocean and it was the ocean. Maybe that's like Peter picking up the candy you dropped, unwrapped it, and put the candy into his mouth, and said, "the candy is mine". You knew that when you were six. And then this book and other places teach you to be a better person, that you are a higher being, and that you see all the unfair things in the world. The corporations screwing people. The people use the law and lawyer and power and money to bully people. And then, that's when you see the mountain and it is not a mountain any more. You see the ocean and it is not an ocean any more. And then, after struggling for some years, you lose hope in society. You think the world is crude and brutal, and now, you see the mountain as mountain, and see the ocean as ocean once again. And that's particularly true in the US. They say, "nice guys finish last" in the US, but in some other parts of the world, women choose nice guys, decent guys, a guy with a moral. Why? Some say, that's the way it is, but I think it is because we are on a pirate ship, like the Pirates of Silicon Valley, the Wolves of Wall Street, and the Gangs of New York. You see, on a pirate ship, the nice guys will be pushed and bullied so badly by the pirates. The crappier the pirate, the more powerful they are. So the brutal pirates bully the pirates who have a semi-good heart. The nice guys will walk the plank and drown and like they say, "It is HIS problem". So women sense that. They need to be with someone that will survive and can sustain her life and the future baby's life, so that's why she chooses the badass, the bad guys, the pirates, over nice guys any time. So there, teaching us to be a better person, to be a precious human being? The beasts will eat us alive, just remember that.
I'm not reading all of that
@@WillowTalksBooks you don't understand part of it, or you are not going to read all of that. doesn't sound that good either case
@@WillowTalksBooks OK, I got it. You are "not going to read all of it". Please don't. It seems to me you are just out here to monetize the world
I love your review, however I don't share your thoughts about Jordan Peterson. The "INSTEAD" comment is definitely an opinion. The more people know and layer in different perspectives, the better people become. I will be reading this book, and I know Jordan Peterson has many amazing things to share from experience to the world.
It is definitely important to read the words of traditionalist conservative white men. They've been so underrepresented and they come at things with a fresh new angle that can really change the way you see the world.
I've been looking forward to this books english translation. Also Id have to disagree with you, there isn't anything wrong with reading or listening to Jordan Peterson as hes helped many young men.
💝 He has saved many young people. I stand behind integrity 💯
@@mkndmny yes
The things Jordan Peterson teaches sound reasonable and logical, but they will harm young men and the people they love.
@@NoiseDay makes no sense
Dang kopers uncle sounds like my dad 🤣
This youtube video has a lot of Mansplaining ,
How so?
An uncle 'mansplaining' (urgh. Sorry, bit of sick came up then) to his 15-year-old nephew? Right :/
idk what that means
Manspaining? Patronizing?... I think Imma head out.
Fantastic news
4:46
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@@WillowTalksBooks i put that so I can pick up where I left off
I genuinely liked your review until you started bashing Jordan Peterson and talking about mansplaining
Oh no! I’m so sorry I offended your sensibilities and the man who wears a suit made of angry tweets and a tie made of Elon Musk faces. Will you please forgive me?
It might be best for us both if you don’t check out the rest of my channel, lest you find out how much of a feminist I am 😬
Are you a girl a boy or a non binary?
I am a trans-fem non-binary person :)
@@WillowTalksBooks and your pronouns are?
They/she
@@WillowTalksBooks .... Which ones is it?
@@vandalsavage6743 I think it is meant as she for second person pronouns and they for third person pronouns
Este tipo se parece de rostro a dross
how do you look like a girl but sound so manly with clear resonance
It’s really easy actually: I’m a trans woman
Why drag Jordan Peterson? No one is perfect including him but I've learned a lot of very valuable lessons from him. I respect Jordan Peterson a lot, you not so much.
Oh no, what did I do wrong? Please respect me, Rick :( Whatever will I do without your respect!
Please daddy, please respect me UwU
I’ll do anything for your respect. A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G.
Mansplaining? Really?
It’s a thing that misogynists do. Does that bother you?
Great review
Just in September i finished Pocket guide written by Hayao Miyazaki , have you read that book . Do you love reading fantasy novels like Harry Potter .
I don't know what that is but I'll look it up! And yes I'm a huge fantasy fan. I don't touch Harry Potter these days, for obvious reasons, but I read a lot of fantasy books.