Well, that's horrifying. Imagine looking down and seeing an absolutely massive face in the water like that?
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For some reason this gave me strong studio Ghibli vibes.
Pretty understandable reasons

Ponyo
Probably not that obscure compared to something like Ocean Waves
I had to watch it twice because western filmmakers have conditioned me to assume every story has a villain and will have things go horribly, so I was very confused the first time.
For me it's Evangelion, but I can't place why. Maybe giant smiling Rei?
Who is giving him his haircuts? Who is filling his prescription for glasses?? This is great!
For anyone curious to know how this story ended. Check the season 2 ep.8 of "Love, Death & Robots".
That's so beetlemoses. Makes me feel something and also what on earth
DandΓ’n vibes
what is this even trying to say? that people who kayak or canoe have illusions of grandeur? understood. even stating that childhood dreams are crushed by capitalism is trite.
i wanted to be a beautiful woman who was a covergirl on an issue of sassy magazine and look where that got me. i'm just another 40 year old man who wears pink dresses when they're shitposting on lemmy because they got banned from reddit for telling someone on their local board that they were 'a delusional gentrifying yuppie.'
join the fucking club on being disillusioned.
I think the guy who enters the water in the second panel and the old man on the canoe are different people i.e. the reflection is actually the glasses guy who became very large
I don't think that's a reflection. I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be him underwater, having realized his dream, looking up.
Yeah, I mean the character had glasses the whole way through for continuity.
As for OP, I think it is just a beautiful rendition of completely following through on the childhood dream, and parents supporting it.
I think it's a beautiful and surreal statement on how wonderful it can be to follow your dreams and become even what people tell you is impossible.



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