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The first film by award-winning filmmaker Mari Okada (Anohana: The Flower We Saw Today) is a thoughtful and heartbreaking exploration of motherhood and the cruelty of time in a magnificent animation. His music, his framing, his cuts between scenes, and his soft art style that contrasts so well with some brutal violence and cold moments all serve to advance these themes, and to spare some hiccups, Maquia: When the Promised Flowers flourish wonderfully well

The Iorphs are a mythical genre of a people who have lived for hundreds of years but who look like children forever. They live isolated and spend their days weaving beautiful tissues called Hibiol. At first, their beautiful closed world seemed a little cold and oppressive, especially with the obvious loneliness of Maquia, a 15-year-old protagonist, but it's still a strong community with interesting customs. Their lives are disrupted when troops and dragons from a neighboring kingdom invade to kidnap seemingly immortal women for one to be married to the prince of the kingdom. Maquia is separated from the disaster when she is swept away by one of the dragons and left alone in the desert. This brings Maquia to discover an orphaned baby that she chooses to raise alone

From there, Maquia: When the Promised Flowers bloom so fast in the youth of Maquia that Sometimes it takes time to realize when there has been a jump in time, especially since these shots often start with an un-aged maquia. Although they initially caught me by surprise, the sudden jumps of time and the fast pace of the film are a clever reflection of Maquia's life. The world and the people around it are changing rapidly, and although its character and understanding of the world is increasing over time, part of it is still distant because it does not age like everything else. the world.

The appearance and age of Maquia to a meaningful exploration of what it means to be a young mother and difficulties that accompany her unfairly. Strangers tell her about having a child when she is still young, she turns away from her job, and other kids tease her adopted son, Ariel. Their abuse is painful, and a scene that shows how much society's expectations weigh on her little family is causing heartbreaking woes in the rest of the film.

The difference between Ariel child and young adult surprises me surprisingly. first days in the film. Even though Maquia: When the promoted flower blooms move so fast, there are a lot of great scenes at the beginning of both of them learning how to take care of each other and be a family. The unique challenges they face as he grows up and she does not make her days more stressful.

As Maquia and Ariel develop their relationship, a secondary plot along their journey takes on a broader meaning. Watch the relationship of the Iorph to the world through the friends of Maquia, Leilia and Krim. These two stories have a much more depressing story, and while it's pretty good, there's a crucial part that feels too hasty for the gravity of the scene. Another flaw in Maquia: when the Promised Flowers bloom, it's as if some climax events were too coincidental to buckle certain themes. There is one in particular that, although intended to be soft, is a bit embittered because of its ease of use.

But no matter what happens in history, Maquia: When the Promised Flowers are always beautiful. P.A. Animation Studio The works took a softer and brighter style that works well for the fantastic setting. Beautiful scenes of peace are a good contrast for overcrowded cities and the calamities that ensue. The voice is also wonderful with Maquia's Manaka Iwami and Leilia's Ai Kayano as outsiders