dare i say this is one of studio ghibli's best movie ever. i can't say much about the art style because it's definitely a masterpiece, it's hayao miyazaki's anyway. but the storyline? absolute peak! ⭐ i watched this with my dad and neither of us expect the intro to be SOOO brutal. i thought it's just a simple story about a princess in some japanese kingdom because i didn't read the premise before i decided to watch. i just jumped into it and it's really really really unexpected x_____x among ghibli movies, i think this has the darkest conflict (let's pretend "grave of the fireflies" doesn't exist because, babe, i'll cry) as it tells about the clash between humanity vs nature 🌲. i do agree that neither san nor lady eboshi were pure villain, but it only applies to this movie because if we relate it into real life situations, we should probably just burn those powerful ppl who exploits the nature because they're just SOOO greedy. i'll pull eren back to life & let him stomp those ppl if possible (HEHE) some ppl said that the ending was disappointing because san & ashitaka decided to live separately. but i think, even though ashitaka serves as the mediator for both parties, he still needs to stay with the people because you know... even after what nature shows to them as the possible consequences for their greed, humans are still humans :/ i believe they're still friends & would meet once in a while after that. well, i do hope they'll date tho because i really LOVE their dynamic. but san might need more time to understand human's feelings so... the ending is already so perfekt 👌🏻