Follow TV Tropes

Following

Quotes / Grave of the Fireflies

Go To

"Okay, okay, sheesh! I take it all back, Disney! Go ahead and kill all the mommies and daddies you want! Shoot 'em, toss 'em off cliffs, throw 'em to the sharks, let 'em disappear in mysterious and unexplained pre-prologue circumstances! I won't say another word about it! All I ask, and it's a little thing really, no trouble on your part, is to make sure their offspring are plucky and resourceful and survive to live Happily Ever After. Okay? Please?"

"You are forced to watch as everything two small children do to survive WWII-era Japan fails miserably until they both die of starvation.
Holy fuck."
quicksummary sums it up.

"It was the best movie that I never want to see again."

What I'm about to say is a spoiler warning only as a formality, because if surprise is what you're looking for in this movie you're going to be...whatever the opposite of delighted is. Last chance? Okay. This is a movie about watching a 3-year old die. For shitty reasons. Slowly."
Movies With Mikey: Lessons Animations Taught Us

Top