[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

at the start of every month everyone reblogs some insane poetry that’s like “august has arrived and again I swallow my bones in the burning sun” and every time I’m like damn that makes no sense. but kind of true.

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

omg guys happy bone swallowing august

[tuquiltrofavorito]

I watched Suzume and like, everything was worth sobbing over BUT the cat is what broke my heart, I want to hold Daijin and love him forever

[aroacenezhaanddainsleif]

finally watched Suzume and my only criticism is that Daijin didn't get a happy ending. I KNOW that the whole point of the movie is about sacrifice and love and grief but. DAIJIN JUST WANTED TO BE LOVED. YEAH HE WAS BAD AT COMMUNICATING (partly because Souta chased him everywhere) BUT HE WAS A KITTY. HE WANTED LOVE. HE WANTED TO BE FREE.

don't want to subject anyone else to being a keystone but I also want Daijin (and Sadaijin) to be happy

[ooogaboogabeepbop]

Daijin is the worst boy.

[cindychooi-art]

ダイジン

[markeyiszra-blog]

Suzume First half part be like....

[kotwkawie]

this stupid lovely cat made me go through every single emotion in less than 2 hours.

[grenzlinie17]

『 宗像草太 』

Munakata Souta

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[bace-jeleren]

Me, going into Suzume last night knowing nothing about it outside of, like, 15 second YouTube ads: haha, I hear there's a talking cat in this one

Me, during the diary scene:

[xi0w]

made a fanart of daijin from the movie suzume no tojimari < 3

[luckycheesefoodie321]

OH SNAP THE FACT THAT SADAIJIN IS SO MUCH BIGGER AND STRONGER AND THAN DAIJIN

Sadaijin because his gate is in the heart of Tokyo where life is rich and bustling and while the gate is still in a place forgotten, the people still live to nurture the land on which it sits. And also highly likely that since his gate protects against the head of the worm, he will move with it and so remains it’s keeper this whole time.

Meanwhile Daijin’s post moves around often and has been broken before. And you find it in the middle of a forgotten town where no people go near. He doesn’t hesitate to discard his position as keystone to fill that loneliness. Which suggests the western keystone does it much more often than the eastern one. That’s why Daijin is weak and smalland emaciated and desperate for love from someone who has offered him kindness.

Which the whole film is about. Community kindness. Strangers helping those in need. First Suzume helping Souta close the door. Then feeding Daijin when he comes by. Both are moved by her kindness and try to repay her along the way. And this kindness continues to get paid forward as numerous people help her out along her journey. And she doesn’t hesitate to try and return the favour. She helps clean at Chika’s house when they let her stay over. She helps the Mama with her bar and babysits her kids.

Tl;dr: Sadaijin is big boy and stronk bc not lonely. Daijin is small boi and weak bc lonely. Suzume helped him not feel lonely anymore. But he still returned to his post because he loved her.

[fablecore]

so this feral little cat god was inadvertently freed by suzume... was physically transformed by the care suzume showed it... cursed the guy who wanted to keep it as a keystone for the rest of eternity... led suzume around japan to all the gates while acting like a petty asshole to souta (DESERVED because again he was trying to keep it sealed for FOREVER)... frolicked around in the sunlight enjoying life... was so happy when souta became the new keystone so suzume and it could finally be together... and then the heartbreaking "you don't love me anymore?" shriveling up into the saddest wrinkled little prune... followed suzume back to her hometown... helped fight the worm for her sake... sacrificed itself for suzume and transformed back into a keystone, where it will remain unmoving for the rest of time... and no one even cared..... this tiny manic trickster cat was the tragic hero of an unrequited love story......

[northeywawa]

lets be honest this little brat had us in the first half

[that-crazy-five-foot-two-chick]

They made Souta a chair for 97% of the movie because they knew we'd all pass away from his beauty if they didn't

[enno-shita]

suzume is just. you are the places you leave haunted. you are a stranger’s mercy. you hold your own hand. you are everybody’s tragedy and everybody’s love

[homuras]

— Every so often when I wake up in the morning, I find myself crying. I'm always searching. For something, or someone.

Reunion: Kimi no Na wa (2016) Tenki no Ko (2019) Suzume no Tojimari (2022)

[buttercat404]

Daijin’s dooms day Breaking Dance.