Lunn wa Kaze no Naka
Lunn Flies into the Wind
るんは風の中
This is the third episode in the Lion Books Series, in which a boy who has fallen in love with a girl on a poster on the wall starts to look for her. This story depicts the heartache of adolescent first love in a low-key manner.
Synopsis
This is the third episode in the Lion Books Series, in which a boy who has fallen in love with a girl on a poster on the wall starts to look for her. This story depicts the heartache of adolescent first love in a low-key manner.
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Reviews(2)
ooReiko
February 11, 2022
This film features and explores multiple complex themes including bullying, obsession, escapism and depression. The story is about a boy. The boy seems to have difficulties at discerning the reality around him due to his psychological issues. The boy is walking home from school when he finds an attractive young girl and that is where the story starts. The story is portrayed from a warped perspective as the perspective features the MCs own perspective combined with the reality surrounding him. This creates a conflict between the boys point of interest and the visual representation of that interest. This conflict is explored in a brilliant way throughout thisfilm. Portrayal of this interest and conflict throughout the story can be observed through the interactions that the MC has with other characters that are present in the perceived reality compared to the MCs own perspective. The multilayered perspective of the storytelling is featured in the art as well the reality around the MC is obscured visually in bits and his own perspective in highlighted throughout the film. The design also enhances the conflict between the interest of the MC and the perceived reality. Overall the visual atmosphere and presence of the film in think is representative of the message and story of the film and reinforces the multilayered setting that is present. It also enables us to be able to experience the duality that can be found in the philosophy of the MC. Sound design is another part of the series that flows well with the duality and multilayered setting of the film, the perceived effects and characters sound is amplified compared to the more muffled design of the surrounding effects and sound design. This creates a sort of fever dream like atmosphere that is present throughout the series and is supported by the visual department of the film as well. Overall the experience whrn it comes to audio is representing the character really well. Now probably the most interesting part of the film, the characters. The film focuses on one character, the boy who is the MC of the film, and his philosophy compared to the perceived reality surrounding him and his character. That alone would provide a interesting character but the way his philosophy is portrayed throughout the film and how its portrayal and his struggle relates to the perceived reality is the part that I'm most impressed with. His struggle consists of depression and escaping the perceived reality through his obsession. Through this predicament he creates another "false" setting for himself where he draws himself in a more ideal setting. Choosing to live in that setting instead of the perceived reality surrounding him. His interactions and denial of the perceived reality are presented in superb manner through his interactions with the characters residing in the perceived reality. His struggle coming to accept his delusion and confronting the perceived reality with the safety net of his own setting is portrayed in a interesting way. Another interesting factor is the relationship that he has with his dad. The visual representation of his dad is always obscured in the film which suggests that he doesn't accept his dad as a part of his setting. His dad belongs to the perceived reality. He knows this and puts on a facade to deceive himself creating an interesting internal conflict within himself. You can see his struggle with this conflict and how it eats away him. Overall the film portrays the psychological mental issues with heavy themes in a brilliant manner so I'd recommend it if you're interested in good internal struggle and exploration of themes such as obsession, bullying, escapism and depression. It is rare to come across a such in depth exploration of these themes combined with a visual atmosphere and multilayered setting such as this one.
