The Garden of Words and Leaves

"The God of Thunder is hidden, and the clouds cover the sky. Whenever there is wind and rain, I hope you will be safe." Their story begins with this short song.

In this rainy season, Takao, a high school student with a teenage heart, and Yukino, a teacher who has encountered a career slump, escape from the concrete and steel urban forest and meet unexpectedly in the rainy courtyard.

Then, when they met again and again, their gentle words touched each other's hearts, and they were attracted to each other unknowingly.

Every rainy day shrouded in gauze is an opportunity for them to meet. However, the rainy season will eventually pass. The long summer, the clear and dry sky, and the change of seasons make him lose the excuse to go to that garden and meet her again.

On days when it doesn’t rain, Xiaoxiong lives an ordinary campus life like every ordinary high school student. But he didn't expect that at the beginning of the new semester, all the unknowns he had about Xueye would be revealed that day, and his dreams were shattered to pieces.

Xueye is a teacher in their school, so what he showed in front of Xueye is nothing more than a joke in the eyes of a teacher. The inner troubles brought him to the familiar courtyard again, where he found her. There was no conflict as they imagined, they were still talking and laughing as before. But both of them knew that everything was different.

As a thunderstorm approaches, the young man makes up his mind to overcome his cowardice and inferiority complex and truly express his feelings and thoughts. In the end, they cried in the thunderstorm, hugged in the crying, and gained mutual relief and understanding in the hug. Two lonely and sensitive hearts were comforted at that moment.

The film ends with an open ending. Although the two people are not together, they both grew up in this short period of time. The originally sentimental female teacher became determined and regained her desire for life. And the boy who kept his dream of making shoes deep in his heart also worked harder because of this experience.

"I think, when that time comes, I can go see him." The separation is for a better reunion. When they become strong enough and brave enough, they will feel better in their hearts. See each other's courage.

The Japanese healing style of the movie is the highlight. The transformation and combination of light and shadow, the full and bright tones, and the beautiful pictures presented by the perfect integration of imagery, artistic conception, and plot bring beauty to every movie viewer. Experience the warmth and healing of your soul.

The short 45-minute film has no procrastinating plot and no thrilling plot. There are more delicate, dense, hazy and distant emotional descriptions. All the feelings between 15-year-old Takao and 27-year-old Yukino seem to be covered with a thin veil, looming.

Only at the end of the film, when Xueye breaks through the shackles of secularity and reason and pounces on Qiuyue, is the emotional tension of the entire film erupting. Although this kind of plot is unremarkable in the eyes of most people, this is exactly what makes it valuable.

They in the movie are just like every ordinary you and me in the world, timid and cowardly. Reality suppresses all our emotions. Only when we make considerable efforts can our sensitive and fragile hearts become Only by being strong can you be qualified enough to get what you want.

At the same time, it also reminds us that love has nothing to do with age and status. Even if there is a difference in age or status, what reality cannot wash away is the tacit love. This kind of emotional roar is an important reason why we, who are trapped by reality in the secular world, can't stop watching this movie.

"Thunder God is hidden in the sky, even if it is a clear sky. I will also treat you, if you are willing to agree." Although the two of them are far apart, they always have each other in their hearts.