Minky Momo in Tabidachi no Eki
Minky Momo: The Station of Your Memories
MINKY MOMO in 旅立ちの駅
It is said that train stations are not only an end and a beginning for many, but also are a place for lost and forgotten objects—and for those who are forgotten. On a rain-soaked day, Minky Momo rides the train toward her final destination and ends up conversing with an old man who is trying to reunite with someone very important to him. After discovering he left his passport on the train, Momo embarks to try to find him and consequently runs into both her parallel self, and a young girl who is in need of both of their help. She has ties to the station, and yearns to find a resolution to her troubles... (Source: Anime-Planet)
Synopsis
It is said that train stations are not only an end and a beginning for many, but also are a place for lost and forgotten objects—and for those who are forgotten. On a rain-soaked day, Minky Momo rides the train toward her final destination and ends up conversing with an old man who is trying to reunite with someone very important to him. After discovering he left his passport on the train, Momo embarks to try to find him and consequently runs into both her parallel self, and a young girl who is in need of both of their help. She has ties to the station, and yearns to find a resolution to her troubles... (Source: Anime-Planet)
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Reviews(1)
azizsahar
July 30, 2022
I cannot believe there are no reviews here... Minky Momo OVAs from the 90s were something else, it's almost on par (if not surpassing) Sailor Moon as a representative classic of the genre, I have yet to watch the full TV version to finally judge, but it's just such fine storyweaving, these are stories one wants to fall into and dream about, it's really magical. I'm assuming it's been given the rightful status it deserves in Japan, but it seems to be quite underrated and unheard of apart from there, we should appreciate it more. The structure here is about a magical station that captures the soulsand memories of those who pass it and keeps them in limbo. Minky Momo and her cousin surrogate cross each other in a symmetrically playful way, the station is in the center of the town and seems to have a metaphysical connection somewhere else. It's interesting and one of the handful incidents for me personally in anime where in synchronicity I encounter something I experienced recently somewhere else. In this case, today I was reading on the Venus eight-year harmonic and the shape it makes in space (just like the shape of the colorful glass dome of the station above the "lion" statue, ha!), sacred geometry is everywhere indeed. Please watch this and think of your dearest dreams.
