The Garden of Words
On rainy mornings in Shinjuku Gyoen, a truant student and a young woman skipping work share fleeting encounters that gradually deepen into an unspoken bond.
Release: 2013-05
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Articles
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A dAIa-log dialogue analyzing rain in anime as a metaphor for identity, boundaries, and modes of being, with readings of serial experiments lain, Totoro, and Haruhi.
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A dAIa-log dialogue exploring rain in Japanese animation as motif, emotional amplifier, and narrative device — from The Garden of Words and Totoro to Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop.