Modest Heroes

[Haak]

An anthology of three original shorts by Studio Ponoc. "Kanini & Kanino" ("Kanini to Kanino") by Hiromasa Yonebayashi is a fantasy adventure story of two crab siblings. "Life Ain't Gonna Lose" ("Samurai Egg") by Yoshiyuki Momose is a "human drama" showing the love between a mother and her boy who is allergic to eggs. "Invisible" ("Tōmei Ningen") by Akihiko Yamashita is an "action spectacle" that centres on the lonely struggle of one invisible man. Studio Ponoc describes the shorts as "tales of modest heroes of our times."

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[Haak]

Couldn't find the thread for this so i just made one. XP

I watched these three the other day and thought they were all quite pleasant. I wasn't blown away by the storytelling but I did find each one of them nice and interesting in their own ways. I particularly liked the second and third shorts.

The second short about the mother and her child was particularly interesting to see its perspective on how people live with chronic health conditions. I suppose I'm kinda biased to towards this what with me being a healthcare professional but I thought it did a really good job in its portrayal. Admittedly though I did feel at time it was a little overwrought and I can't imagine why the child wouldn't have been taught how to use his Epipen(?)