This is to write out my feelings, no need to pay attention to it
Another japanese story. Namely Hachiroutarou, a story about a boy and his two friends working in the mountain. There's a rule that nobody gets left behind and share everything you get with the others evenly, very good rule. One day the boy stays behind while the others work in the mountain and by the waterfall he spots three fat fishes. he decides he's going to get them and cook them for him and his friends. then the fishes tells him not to, they were going to lay eggs up the river and if he killed them then their kind would be lost. They tell him that if he lets them lay their eggs they would come back and he could do whatever he wanted then.
He decides to let them go and show a good heart and that's how the story ends.
NO IT DOESNT!!!
HE THINKS "Mmmm. if i got them i would be able to feed on fish and eggs" and kills them!! later we see him cook them as he waits for his two friends but they take so long he starts to eat his own meal, but then they still havent arrived by nightfall and he eats theirs too. he gets scared and tries to find more fish in the river but doesnt find any Jee, i wonder why? and then as he's standing in the water he becomes so thirsty you wouldnt believe. and he begins to drink the water and as he do he starts to transform into a monster. his friends come back and they wonder where he went and then they spot a giant dragon by the house "What is that?!" "Did it eat Hachiroutarou?" "I am Hachiroutarou"
"You're hachiroutarou!?" "Forgive me Santa, Kisuke. I broke the rules of the mountain and this is my punishment" Like heck, in one story a woman travels to a mountain alone and the rule was never to go alone. The Tengu makes her walk around the mountain as punishment. I say this is because of your cold heart that killed innocent fishes, heck unborn ones as well!! "Broke the rules? What did you do?" "I caught three fish and ate them all" "That doesnt matter!" Normally i'd guess no. but hey, Unborn ones too. "We forgive you! We forgive you so come with us!" Well, atleast there seems that some does "I broke the rules of the mountain and ate the last fish in the river" What do you know, seems he isnt all that idiotic.. oh wait.. HE KNOWS THEY WERE THE LAST FISH!! THAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE!! Anyway, it ends that he jumps back into the water because now he cant survive without it and since he's a monster, (both outside and inside if you ask me) he cant return to the village. his friends tells him 'dont say that!' well.. they're right.. Sing it like you were at a festival~
In the end they say Hachiroutarou watches over his home village as he lives in peace.
well didnt that sound fitting? kill innocent fishes and their unborn children and then live the rest of your life peacefully as a dragon. not to me. he doesnt deserve to live peacefully. i hate it when people kill pregnant animals and their children. heck that's another unforgivable sin in my eyes just like the one before about Unspeaking okiku.
Folktales from japan is a very good show and brings up very good stories such as 'the fox gives birth' or 'The sumowrestlers little sister' but sometimes they can bring up stories with such tragedy and darkness that youd only wish for pain on some characters.
But that's also something very good, you've made something right if you can make the viewer express emotions. In some tragedys they not only make you feel sorry for the characters but also they teach valuable morals. And that doesnt just happen in the tragic ones, the joyful ones also has very good morals like the 'The fox gives birth' in which a cold doctor learns to be nicer and better for his patients.