Themes of Juuni Kokki
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 1:19 am
I just discovered this show 8 days ago. In that time I have downloaded and watched all 29 episodes to date. (Poor me, I want more!)
One (of the many things) that impressed me about this show was how it develops themes which run through the story arc. I believe the theme of the first arc was "know who you are" and the theme of the third arc is "bear your own burden." I'm undecided about the them of the second arc.
In A Thousand Miles of Wind, The Sky of Dawn the theme is reflected in all three characters. Primarily of course it is Yoko's theme as she is learning to bear the burden of rulership. At first she wasn't shouldering her responsibilities, trying to please everyone by letting them run the country the way she wanted to, but now she is trying to learn what matters for herself, so that she will eventually fulfill her responsiblities and hopefully become a meikun.
The two secondary characters reflect the theme through their own difficulties. Sonshu refuses to acknowlege that she had any responsiblities. She was just a princess locked withing the palace walls and unaware of what happened. The problem is that she refuses to acknowlege that she had the responsiblity to have known what her father was doing. She was over 40 after all, she should have known something or else she bears the responsiblity for her own ignorance. Until she faces up to her own faults she is never going to be able to fit into this world.
Suzu similarly won't acknowlege her faults. She is so focused on how terrible things have happened to her that she cannot recognize the feelings of others. She could have tried to learn to speak with others, at least she could have become somewhat a part of society. When she became that b*ch's servant it took her 100 years before she was willing to face life on her own merits. 100 years!! Finally she was willing to run away and face potential hardships. Things worked out extremely well for her, but she still refused to acknowlege that she was responsible for her own life. Finally she is beginning to see the sufferings of others and hopefully through that knowlege she will realize that she is no more at the mercy of fate than others.
Will Sonshu and Suzu take responsiblity for their own lives as Yoko is doing? I wonder. I've gone on and on a bit, but Juuni Kokki is the sort of show that inspires me to think about it. These past 8 days have been rather intense.
Does anyone else have thoughts about the theme of this part or the previous two? Does anyone see a theme uniting all three parts and perhaps the whole show? (I'm not the only one who thinks about things like this, am I?)
One (of the many things) that impressed me about this show was how it develops themes which run through the story arc. I believe the theme of the first arc was "know who you are" and the theme of the third arc is "bear your own burden." I'm undecided about the them of the second arc.
In A Thousand Miles of Wind, The Sky of Dawn the theme is reflected in all three characters. Primarily of course it is Yoko's theme as she is learning to bear the burden of rulership. At first she wasn't shouldering her responsibilities, trying to please everyone by letting them run the country the way she wanted to, but now she is trying to learn what matters for herself, so that she will eventually fulfill her responsiblities and hopefully become a meikun.
The two secondary characters reflect the theme through their own difficulties. Sonshu refuses to acknowlege that she had any responsiblities. She was just a princess locked withing the palace walls and unaware of what happened. The problem is that she refuses to acknowlege that she had the responsiblity to have known what her father was doing. She was over 40 after all, she should have known something or else she bears the responsiblity for her own ignorance. Until she faces up to her own faults she is never going to be able to fit into this world.
Suzu similarly won't acknowlege her faults. She is so focused on how terrible things have happened to her that she cannot recognize the feelings of others. She could have tried to learn to speak with others, at least she could have become somewhat a part of society. When she became that b*ch's servant it took her 100 years before she was willing to face life on her own merits. 100 years!! Finally she was willing to run away and face potential hardships. Things worked out extremely well for her, but she still refused to acknowlege that she was responsible for her own life. Finally she is beginning to see the sufferings of others and hopefully through that knowlege she will realize that she is no more at the mercy of fate than others.
Will Sonshu and Suzu take responsiblity for their own lives as Yoko is doing? I wonder. I've gone on and on a bit, but Juuni Kokki is the sort of show that inspires me to think about it. These past 8 days have been rather intense.
Does anyone else have thoughts about the theme of this part or the previous two? Does anyone see a theme uniting all three parts and perhaps the whole show? (I'm not the only one who thinks about things like this, am I?)