Eien no Kino (2022)

Déchirant, mais d'une grande beauté

Eternal Yesterday est un drame magnifique qui mérite une attention unique. Cependant, si vous êtes dans une période émotionnellement fragile ou en vrac (comme c'était mon cas lors de mon premier visionnage à sa sortie), attendez d'aller mieux. Cela faisait un moment que j'avais envie de le revoir, et bien sûr je ne l'ai pas regretté.

Les avis déjà publiés vantent ses mérites et pour être tout à fait honnête, je vais dans la même direction. C'est une romance dramatique avec une pointe de fantastique sans que cette dernière ne soit trop ou ne soit absurde. C'est comme un couple qui se sépare à l'aéroport. Sauf que ce couple a la possibilité de se revoir, à la fin de Eternal Yesterday, l'un reste et l'autre non... C'est déchirant, mais beau. La tristesse est une émotion puissante et capable de livrer des œuvres uniques, c'est le cas ici. Si vous n'aimez pas les fins tristes, ce drame n'est pas pour vous, bien qu'il soit dommage de passer à côté.

Inoue Sora et Komiya Rio ont donné vie à leurs personnages et ont créé ensemble une alchimie unique. Ils ont donné un sens particulier à leur histoire d'amour - tant dans leur amitié que leur relation. Les cœurs battent à l'unisson, mais ils se brisent en même temps, parce qu'on le sait. Peu importe les surprises et rebondissements, la fin est la même pour tous.

C'est une histoire d'amour unique, soumise à l'épreuve du temps. Et c'est cruellement beau.

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it was not a love story

How shall I put it?
Everyone who has ever experienced grief in their life will relate to Mitchan narration. Main characters will take you through all the grief phases again. From the desire to spend a little bit more time together with your loved one who is not here anymore, when even one extra minute would be a the most desirable gift during your grieving journey; to being angry with the person who left, why they did it to you, how could they leave and let you be here all by yourself. But Mitchan got extremely lucky. He had a chance to experience parts of his grief, denial, huge love, hate together with the one who had to leave - Koichi. Does it make you jealous too?

Why we got so involved in such unrealistic story?
We all know - death is a final stop. But all of us secretly hope to be mistaken. And Eternal Yesterday gives us such opportunity to have a hope. Maybe one day it’s all gonna be a lie, and our loved ones will be here with us even though their hearts don’t work anymore. Eventually, it’s a beautiful metaphor - people you love aren’t truly dead until they are alive in your memory.

Name:
Eternal Yesterday - that’s how it feels to be disconnected from the real world after loosing the one you loved the most. Now you live only in the past when they were here with you. The smell of their perfume on the passing by stranger now feels like a knife directly in your heart. Their old t-shirt that you accidentally found in your wardrobe can bring all the memories back, and here you are sitting and reminiscing about old days on the floor in your bedroom again. You are re-living your yesterday, because tomorrow isn’t promising anymore without them.

Actors:
Fantastic fantastic fantastic cast. Both main actors did incredible job! Mitchan character grew and developed so well. And separate kudos for Koichi’s perspective in the end. All his actions and all his “sorry-s” made sense. Actors truly lived Mitchan’s and Koichi’s lifes.

Summary:
It was not a love story, it was one very special story about grief and precious time. Even though grief is inseparable from love.
I will definitely re-watch those series again and again. They are so heartbreaking, but yet so heartwarming. Our life is this special because it has an end, and Eternal Yesterday is our friendly reminder. Kiss, love, hug, express your feelings right now, because your perfect time may never come and unfortunately you won’t be given the same gift as Mitchan got.

And for all in grief - your pain will never go away, nor time will heal it. You will learn to co-exist with it and will learn to smile and love again. It was a beautiful message in the end.

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