My favorite Ghibli Film ever. I love other Ghibli movies but none of them are like this. The story line and the way it all connects is so beautiful and sad. I do recommend if you enjoy something heartwarming and deeply saddening. SPOILERS AHEAD---- OKAY here's my full description of my favorite things in the movie and I have to start with the saddest. when Naoko dies and Jiro has another "dream" about flying and her dress is blowing in the wind it absolutely destroys me. I love their love with all my heart and the fact it all started with him catching her hat is so simple and yet it makes complete sense, of course Naoko falls in love with him, immediately he shows his care for everything around him and his peaceful demeanor even in the middle of a war must have been so soothing to her from the beginning so of course when she gets sick she knows there would be no one who would or could care for her more but she's afraid it'll take him away from his dream of flying but he knows how to balance everything for her so when he finds out she has tuberculosis HE WORKS AT HER BEDSIDE!!! their wedding was beautiful, it was small but so unbelievably gorgeous, Naoko looked gorgeous and i cant get over how they constantly use wind in this film every time she's with him, if I'm not mistaken the only times wind is used is when Jiro and Naoko are together because she makes him FEEL LIKE HES FLYING LIKE HES ALWAYS WANTED. I'm in shambles over them. I also love how this film connects back to Miyazakis father who build fighter planes in WW2 so I'm sure he lightly based Jiro off his own father which is beautiful.