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** To tell you how strong were the bias against lepers in the Japanese society: it wasn't until 19'''96'' (or ''one year before the relase of the movie'') the mandatory institutionalisation for leprosy [[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/like-entering-a-prison-japans-leprosy-sufferers-sue-government-for-decades-of-pain ceased]]. In other terms, while the movie was produced, lepers were still legally segregated and submitted to forced sterilizations and abortions, along with forced labour.

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** To tell you how strong were the bias against lepers in the Japanese society: it wasn't until 19'''96'' 19'''96''' (or ''one year before the relase of the movie'') the mandatory institutionalisation for leprosy [[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/like-entering-a-prison-japans-leprosy-sufferers-sue-government-for-decades-of-pain ceased]]. In other terms, while the movie was produced, lepers were still legally segregated and submitted to forced sterilizations and abortions, along with forced labour.

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** To tell you how strong were the bias against lepers in the Japanese society: it wasn't until 19'''96'' (or ''one year before the relase of the movie'') the mandatory institutionalisation for leprosy [[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/like-entering-a-prison-japans-leprosy-sufferers-sue-government-for-decades-of-pain ceased]]. In other terms, while the movie was produced, lepers were still legally segregated and submitted to forced sterilizations and abortions, along with forced labour.



* "Live. ... You're beautiful."

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* "Live. ... You're beautiful."" For the first time, San met a human who had positive thoughts about her.


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** While doing so, she spend the last remnants of her lifeforce she originally pledged to kill Lady Eboshi. While Moro would have her revenge after death, it's still sweet Moro was so loving of her daughter she was ready to let her sworn enemy live.


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* San and Ashitaka agreeing to keep meeting, even though theyr differing outlooks means they will not be able to live together.
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* Despite her open hatered toward humans and being angry at Ashitaka for stopping her from killing Lady Eboshi, San still brings him to the Forest Spirit and then takes care for him once he's healed from his gunshot wound. She could've just let him die. Or killed him. Or let her brothers crunch his skull in their jaws. Yet she didn't. She decided to help [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe the first human who treated her with any respect.]]

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* Despite her open hatered hatred toward humans and being angry at Ashitaka for stopping her from killing Lady Eboshi, San still brings him to the Forest Spirit and then takes care for him once he's healed from his gunshot wound. She could've just let him die. Or killed him. Or let her brothers crunch his skull in their jaws. Yet she didn't. She decided to help [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe the first human who treated her with any respect.]]
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** Immediately afterwards:
--->'''Moro:''' "Ashitaka... Can you save the girl you love...?"
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** She also genuinely apologizes for how her actions caused the curse on Ashitaka and feels she would be a more deserving target of Nago's wrath. [[IgnoredEpiphany It doesn't stop her campaign against the forest]] but she's much more understanding of Ashitaka's position than she could have been.
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* The single Kodama appearing in the final shot. There is no going back to the way things were, but there ''is'' still magic in the world.

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* [[HopeSpringsEternal The single Kodama appearing in the final shot.shot]]. There is no going back to the way things were, but there ''is'' still magic in the world.
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* After Ashitaka is knocks out Eboshi and San to stop their fighting he goes to carry San out of the village, when confronted by some of the guards they plead with him to stop and not force them to try to take him by force. They are grateful for bringing back the survivors of the earlier wolf attack and honestly don't want to hurt him.

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* After Ashitaka is knocks out Eboshi and San to stop their fighting fighting, he goes to carry San out of the village, when town. When confronted by some of the guards they plead with him to stop and not force make them to try to take him by force. They are grateful for bringing back the survivors of the earlier wolf attack and honestly don't want to hurt him. Or hurt himself, as he's gushing blood from his wound while opening the gate.
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* After Ashitaka is knocks out Eboshi and San to stop their fighting he goes to carry San out of the village, when confronted by some of the guards they plead with him to stop and not force them to try to take him by force. They are grateful for bringing back the survivors of the earlier wolf attack and honestly don't want to hurt him.
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* After watching humans fighting against humans, humans against animals, and even animals against each other, seeing [[MessianicArchetype Ashitaka]] overcoming these barriers and befriending and making peace on all sides was both a Crowning Moment of [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Awesome]] ''and'' [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Heartwarming]].

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* After watching humans fighting against humans, humans against animals, and even animals against each other, seeing [[MessianicArchetype Ashitaka]] overcoming these barriers and befriending and making peace on all sides was both a Crowning Moment of [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Awesome]] SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome ''and'' [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Heartwarming]].SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}}.
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* When Ashitaka sees a man in his squatting position next to a mass of dead bodies, clearly having a psychological trauma, he comes over to comfort him, only to be interrupted by a monk guard. Later, when the stressed man talks and begins crying, Ashitaka finally comforts him by putting his hand on the man's shoulder.
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* When one of the ape spirits makes a disparaging comment on how San isn't a wolf, her elder brother, Ichi, is so incensed on her behalf that he promises to break the chimp's neck for insulting his sister so.
* Despite her open hatered toward humans and being angry at Ashitaka for stopping her from killing lady Eboshi, San still brings him to the Forest Spirit and then takes care for him once he's healed from his gunshot wound. She could've just let him die. Or killed him. Or let her brothers crunch his skull in their jaws.

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* When one of the ape spirits makes a disparaging comment on how San isn't a wolf, her elder brother, Ichi, is so incensed ''incensed'' on her behalf that he promises to break the chimp's neck for insulting his sister so.
* Despite her open hatered toward humans and being angry at Ashitaka for stopping her from killing lady Lady Eboshi, San still brings him to the Forest Spirit and then takes care for him once he's healed from his gunshot wound. She could've just let him die. Or killed him. Or let her brothers crunch his skull in their jaws. Yet she didn't. She decided to help [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe the first human who treated her with any respect.]]



* The Iron Town men, after being used as pawns by Jigo's monks to help dwindle the attacking boar offences, come to Ashitaka's aid in rescuing one of the wolves trapped under a dead boar. They even beat the [[{{Jerkass}} amoral assholes]] over the head when they move to menace the young man from the east, before they all pitch in to move the massive boar carcass.
* Nii has just gotten free from being trapped underneath all the bodies of the boars and pretty much all the humans backed off after seeing him get loose, (though they don't attack, either). We finally see that Ashitaka isn't the only human who knows how to reach out to others.

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* The Iron Town men, after being used as pawns by Jigo's monks to help dwindle the attacking boar offences, come to Ashitaka's aid in rescuing one of the wolves trapped under a dead boar. They even beat the [[{{Jerkass}} amoral assholes]] asshole monks]] over the head when they move to menace the young man from the east, before they all pitch in to move the massive boar carcass.
* Nii has just gotten free from being trapped underneath all the bodies of the boars boars' carcasses, and pretty much all the humans backed off after seeing him get loose, (though loose...though they don't attack, either).either. We finally see that Ashitaka isn't the only human who knows how to reach out to others.



-->'''Moro:''' "[[MamaWolf Give me back my daughter]], ''[[EldritchAbomination demon!]]''"

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-->'''Moro:''' "[[MamaWolf Give me back my daughter]], ''[[EldritchAbomination demon!]]''"'''''[[EldritchAbomination demon!]]'''''"
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* Despite her open hatered toward humans and being angry at Ashitaka for stopping her from killing lady Eboshi, San still brings him to the Forest Spirit and then takes care for him once he's healed from his gunshot wound. She could just let him die. Or kill him. Or let her brothers crunch him.

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* Despite her open hatered toward humans and being angry at Ashitaka for stopping her from killing lady Eboshi, San still brings him to the Forest Spirit and then takes care for him once he's healed from his gunshot wound. She could could've just let him die. Or kill killed him. Or let her brothers crunch him.his skull in their jaws.
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* Despite her open hatered toward humans and being angry at Ashitaka for stopping her from killing lady Eboshi, San still brings him to the Forest Spirit and then takes care for him once he's healed from his gunshot wound. She could just let him die. Or kill him. Or let her brothers crunch him.
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* The women of Iron Town fawn over Ashitaka and are delighted when he says he wants to visit where they work. He keeps his promise and works the iron forges for a bit, his massive strength giving the women who work the press a fun ride for a second. He's quick to admit though it's hard work and he couldn't keep that pace up for the regular schedules they work. In such a dark movie, it's nice to see mutual respect passed around a bit.
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* San taking off Yakul's reins and proclaiming him to be free is sweet [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint in a misunderstood way]]; she just can't imagine any animal being in bondage and that only ''family'' would allow one another to be borne as a rider. Which of course means that Yakul must consider his master as family.

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* San taking off Yakul's reins and proclaiming him to be free is sweet [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint in a misunderstood way]]; she just can't imagine any animal being in bondage and that only ''family'' would allow one another to be borne as a rider. Which of course means that Yakul must consider his master as family.such.



* San revealing that Yakul has told her of Ashitaka's home village and his people's respect for nature; all while scratching his chin, to which the antelope looks like he's enjoying greatly.

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* San revealing that Yakul has told her of Ashitaka's home village and his people's respect for nature; all while scratching his chin, to which the antelope looks like he's enjoying greatly.



* The Iron Town men, after being used as pawns by Jigo's monks to help dwindle the attacking boar offenses, come to Ashitaka's aid in rescuing one of the wolves trapped under a dead boar. They even beat the [[{{Jerkass}} amoral assholes]] over the head when they move to menace the young man from the east, before they all pitch in to move the massive boar carcass.

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* The Iron Town men, after being used as pawns by Jigo's monks to help dwindle the attacking boar offenses, offences, come to Ashitaka's aid in rescuing one of the wolves trapped under a dead boar. They even beat the [[{{Jerkass}} amoral assholes]] over the head when they move to menace the young man from the east, before they all pitch in to move the massive boar carcass.
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-->'''Moro:''' "[[MamaWolf Give me back my daughter]], ''[[EldritchAbomination demon]]''!"

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-->'''Moro:''' "[[MamaWolf Give me back my daughter]], ''[[EldritchAbomination demon]]''!"demon!]]''"
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* Whenever San's brothers, [[FanNickname Ichi]] and [[FanNickname Nii]] share a quiet moment with her, nuzzling into her hands so they can be petted both as a goodbye before her SuicideMission and after when they are glad to see her return alive.

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* Whenever San's brothers, [[FanNickname Ichi]] and [[FanNickname Nii]] share a quiet moment with her, nuzzling into her hands so they can be petted petted, both as a goodbye before her SuicideMission SuicideMission, and after when they are glad to see her return alive.



* The friendship between Ashitaka and Yakul. No matter what, whether it was being shot down or treading on sacred ground or even threatened with being eaten by wolves, Yakul always stuck by his master. He even tries to limp after him with an arrow through his thigh, and has to be ''ordered'' not to follow.
* San taking off Yakul's reins and proclaiming him to be free is sweet in a misunderstood way; she just can't imagine any animal being in bondage and that only ''family'' would allow one another to be borne as a rider. Which of course, Yakul must consider his master to be so.

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* The friendship between Ashitaka and Yakul. No matter what, whether it was being shot down or treading on sacred ground or even threatened with being eaten by wolves, Yakul always stuck by his master. He even tries to limp after him with an arrow through his thigh, and has to be ''ordered'' disregards Ashitaka's ''orders'' not to follow.
* San taking off Yakul's reins and proclaiming him to be free is sweet [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint in a misunderstood way; way]]; she just can't imagine any animal being in bondage and that only ''family'' would allow one another to be borne as a rider. Which of course, course means that Yakul must consider his master to be so. as family.



* San revealing that Yakul has told her of Ashitaka's home village and his people's respect for nature; all while scratching his chin, to which the antelope looks like he's enjoying the female attention greatly.

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* San revealing that Yakul has told her of Ashitaka's home village and his people's respect for nature; all while scratching his chin, to which the antelope looks like he's enjoying the female attention greatly.



* When Moro describes San as her poor, hairless, lovely daughter. To Moro, humans are ugly precisely because of those reasons, but she looks at San with a mother's eyes. She may be without fur, fangs or tail, but she's her ''daughter'', and that makes her beautiful. ''Also'' a massive TearJerker.

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* When Moro describes San as her poor, hairless, lovely hairless daughter. To Moro, humans are ugly precisely because of those reasons, but she looks at San with a mother's eyes. She may be without fur, fangs or tail, but she's her ''daughter'', and that makes her beautiful. ''Also'' a massive TearJerker.



* "That boy wanted to share his life with you..."
* The Iron Town men, after being used as pawns by Jigo's monks to help dwindle the attacking boar offences, come to Ashitaka's aid in rescuing one of the wolves trapped under a dead boar. They even beat the amoral ass-holes over the head when they move to menace the young man from the east; then all pitch in to move the massive boar carcass.
* Nii has just gotten free from being trapped underneath all the bodies of the boars and pretty much all the humans backed off after seeing him get loose, (though they don't attack either). We finally see that Ashitaka isn't the only human who knows how to reach out to others.
** His faithful steed Yakul, despite being injured, hobbles over to the young wolf and they briefly and gently touch noses with each other, almost like saying "it's going to be all right".
* Moro, despite having lost the use of her back legs, rips an unconscious San from the oozing mess that was Okkoto and gives her to Ashitaka, as if she knows that her daughter will be in good hands. The beautiful soundtrack only adds to the emotion.

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* "That ** "You know, that boy wanted to share his life with you..."
* The Iron Town men, after being used as pawns by Jigo's monks to help dwindle the attacking boar offences, offenses, come to Ashitaka's aid in rescuing one of the wolves trapped under a dead boar. They even beat the [[{{Jerkass}} amoral ass-holes assholes]] over the head when they move to menace the young man from the east; then east, before they all pitch in to move the massive boar carcass.
* Nii has just gotten free from being trapped underneath all the bodies of the boars and pretty much all the humans backed off after seeing him get loose, (though they don't attack attack, either). We finally see that Ashitaka isn't the only human who knows how to reach out to others.
** His faithful steed Yakul, despite being injured, hobbles over to the young wolf and they briefly and gently touch noses with each other, almost like saying "it's saying, "It's going to be all right".
* Moro, [[MamaWolf Moro]], despite having lost the use of her back legs, rips an unconscious San from the oozing mess that was once Okkoto and gives her to Ashitaka, as if she knows that her daughter will be in good hands. The beautiful soundtrack only adds to the emotion.



* San and Ashitaka's CooldownHug after Moro dies.

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* San and Ashitaka's CooldownHug after Moro dies.dies and the forest starts falling apart around them.



* The single Kodama appearing in the final shot. There is no going back to the way things were but there is still magic in the world.
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* The single Kodama appearing in the final shot. There is no going back to the way things were were, but there is ''is'' still magic in the world.
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