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Assalamualaikum and Hi! I'm back again and I'm really in a mood to update my blog, hence this entry :) 

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Two years after the tragedy from the first movie, Ustaz Adam returned back to be a preacher and continued his responsibility to help the people affected by black magic. However, Adam is still haunted by Maria's death and often visited by "someone" who often questioned his faith. At the same time, across the village lived a woman named Sakinah and her daughter, Aina.

Sakinah lived with her father who had a mysterious illness. The situation that they had put her on pressure and she and her daughter have been disturbed several times by the demon, believed Abu Jar's doing. Abu Jar was the one responsible for all his false teachings to the villagers.

Abu Jar uses black magic to attack all who does not follow him. This forces Sakinah to search for help, and Ustaz Adam agreed to assist. The arrival of Ustaz Adam to the village brings anger to Abu Jar. Adam was not only surprised by what happened to the Sakinah, but also with the false teachings of Abu Jar who deflected the faith of the Muslims in the village.


Thoughts:

5 / 5

Please note that I am in no way good at reviewing things professionally, and don't expect something critical from me.


If you don't mind spoiler, keep reading.


Cik Pana Burger asked me to accompany her watching this movie, as I have nothing else to do, of course I accepted her offer haha.


This type of movie is suitable for all ages, that's a good thing.


This movie is more to a 'jumpscare' and 'ghastly' horror, it's not an 'eerie' horror, what I meant by eerie here is more to the smooth and step-by-step horror development. The beginning of this movie is already scary haha. Nonetheless, this story is scary enough to make me feel really uneasy throughout the film.


And I admit I couldn't watch the ghosts' face most of the time because either I closed my eyes or cover my face. It's so terrifying hahaha. I'm afraid I will get nightmares from seeing those faces. But I still continue watching this movie because I am curious about the storyline, and how it ends.


The one I couldn't forget is the Indonesian ghost one. I kept thinking of her everytime I was alone, somehow I still can recall back her voices and her appearance, personally I think she's the scariest. Most of my friends said the pocong one was scariest but unfortunately I closed my eyes during that scene so I really can't tell haha. Excuse my cowardness.


This is random but, can you believe my friend's seat and my seat are the only occupied seat in that row? I mean, we chose the middle seats from that row, and the seats besides us are all empty. EMPTY. We were the only humans on that row gosh. Luckily the seats behind us were occupied. But the seat in front of us were empty so, everything that comes on the screen is so clear haha.


Okay, back to it again. The plot twist. Yes, I did expect 'that person' must have something to do with Abuja since the beginning, it's just my hunch you know, I have a sharp sense. But I don't have a concrete proof to call them out, so I just follow the story until everything was finally revealed, and the conclusion is, believe your instinct.


There are some scenes and dialogues in this movie that literally make me cry. The one when Adam begged and prayed to Allah when he was badly tortured. I can't really type it here, because I'm not good at expressing my feelings, but it was really touching and heart-breaking. It just went deep inside my heart, you know, the feels. I don't usually cry when I watched people prayed to Allah, desperately, in dramas, eventhough how incredibly sincere it seems, but this one, THIS ONE, really hits me hard like a brick.


There is this scene when Adam's father begged Abuja to release Adam, but Adam insisted "Don't beg to him, father. Beg to Allah, for He is the Most Merciful." The dialogue was not like that, I'm just making it up because I can't remember, but it does sound nearly like that. And that dialogue is my favourite so far.


The lessons are successfully delivered. Even the cinematography are brilliant. At least for me.


So, that's it. Did I consider of rewatching this again? I don't know. When I feel like I'm back at being strong again, then maybe I will.

Title: Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki)

Language: Japanese

Genre: Slice of Life, Fantasy

Synopsis:

Wolf Children is the heartwarming story about the challenges of being a single mother in an unforgiving modern world.

Hana gives birth to two healthy children—Ame, born during rainfall, and Yuki, born during snowfall—both possessing the ability to turn into wolves, a trait inherited from their father. All too soon, however, the sudden death of her lover devastates Hana's life, leaving her to raise a peculiar family completely on her own. The stress of raising her wild-natured children in a densely populated city, all while keeping their identity a secret, culminates in a decision to move to the countryside, where she hopes Ame and Yuki can live a life free from the judgments of society. 

Review: (5/5 stars)

I used to watch this film when I was like 14/15, but now I re-watching it again.

I didn't have problem about its animation or anything, all is perfect for me.

There's a lot of things we can learn from this movie. The hardship of single mothers, and how all of us grow up in our mother's perspective. From our birth to the present us, it all happens in a blink of eye for her. And you totally feel it by the end of the movie, after all the troubles she went through for 12 years raising Yuki and Ame, and how she reminisced back while smiling on her face.

We can see how different Ame and Yuki when they were young— Yuki being wild and uncontrollable, Ame being fragile and scared of everything. Now that they had grew up, being wise and found their own world, their decision determines what kind of life they wanted to pursue. 

A heartwarming story about childhood, and about our life decisions. A totally must watch.