Rebirth of the Father of Anime

Okazaki took Xiao Xi, following the travel route left for him by Sanae and Akio, and came to a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, where there was a golden sunflower field.

Under the bright sunshine, the golden ocean makes warmth flow from the eyes to the bottom of people's hearts.

Xiao Xi's small figure shuttled through the sunflower field, and her happy laughter infected everyone.

However, Xiao Xi accidentally lost a robot toy that Okazaki had bought for her at the toy store at the station. Okazaki and Xiao Xi searched for it in the sunflower field for a long time but could not find it.

"Xiao Xi, forget it. I'll buy you the same one when I go back, okay?" He couldn't find it. The sun was setting and it was getting late, so Okazaki gave up helplessly.

"I want that one." But Xiao Xi was indifferent and still stubbornly wanted to find that toy.

Okazaki looked at the sunflower field quietly, and suddenly, he remembered that he had been here before!

After telling Xi not to go far, he followed a familiar scene in his memory and walked up a hillside. On the hillside, he saw a woman.

The woman called out his name, and Okazaki was confused. He didn't know this woman, but there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.

The woman revealed her identity to Okazaki. She was Okazaki's father's mother, Okazaki's grandmother.

It turns out that this is what Sanae and Akio did silently for Okazaki. This is Okazaki's hometown. Sanae and Akio asked Okazaki to take Xiaoxi here for a trip. Then he informed Okazaki's grandmother in his hometown about Okazaki's incident.

In order to help Okazaki, even though their daughter had passed away, the two did not have much time to grieve. They helped Okazaki raise Xiao Xi, and they have been using their own silent efforts to help Okazaki get out of the pain he once suffered. They have done too many things for Okazaki.

As his grandma told him, Okazaki gradually recalled a piece of happiness that he had forgotten—

Okazaki's parents also fell in love in high school, but at that time college was much more difficult than it is now, so falling in love in high school was very common back then.

However, Okazaki's father was not as lucky as Okazaki. Okazaki and Nagisa's love encountered almost no obstruction, but Okazaki's parents were initially opposed by everyone around them - including their own parents who did not want them to get married.

then. The two left their respective homes in order to be together.

This is why she is clearly Okazaki's grandmother, but Okazaki has no impression - because her parents have left their respective families and lost contact with her. There was no impression of any relatives in Okazaki's childhood memory.

I don’t know if it’s because of the audience it’s targeting, or because the island country has such a family atmosphere, but the story of “ad” does not describe Okazaki’s father’s family. Okazaki does not know his grandma, and the connection between grandma and his father has never been shown. This issue has never been explained, and it has been covered up and ignored by the touching feeling of "ad".

As a description of a family in "ad", without explaining why Okazaki's father and grandmother did not contact each other, the image of Okazaki's father is slightly vague and not full enough. Family sentiment also appears to be downplayed here.

So He Chen made a brief modification to the story here - it was really very simple, just adding a few lines. These stories are also stories that have happened in China and even the world: because of family opposition. leading to elopement.

It is very normal and reasonable. It also greatly enriches the image of Okazaki's father. It also explains Okazaki's father's family problems and why Okazaki doesn't know his grandma.

As for leaving his own home, his parents had already forgiven him many years later and were waiting for the rebellious son to return home. It further sublimates the emotion of "home" and highlights the most important theme of "ad".

No regrets left. Not a single flaw is left.

Okazaki's parents started a life of two people in a small apartment, guarding the people they loved. Although there was a lot of pressure in life, it was the happiest time for the two of them.

Isn't this the short but happy life that Okazaki and Nagisa had?

In this little happiness, Okazaki was born. However, this happiness did not last long. Okazaki's mother died in a car accident.

For a father who eloped for love and happiness, his father must have put everything on his mother. Okazaki, who had the same experience, felt this deeply. This was almost a trap that plunged him into darkness. The abyss, the change that can no longer be cheered up.

Okazaki is still unable to cheer up and numbs himself with work. He doesn't even want to see Xiaoxi - because when he sees Xiaoxi, he will think of Nagisa, and the wound in his heart will burst again.

However, under such circumstances, Okazaki's father did not completely fall into despair - because at that time, there was still young Okazaki.

"You must raise this child with your own hands!"

With this belief, Okazaki's father held Okazaki's little hand and embarked on the journey. The days since then have been the hardest period of Okazaki's father's life. He was fired countless times and moved around. Even so, he never let go of Okazaki's hand.

Use the little money you have to buy players for Okazaki and let him eat snacks.

For Okazaki, he sacrificed all his luck and chances of success.

Although sometimes he is harsh and rude to Okazaki, all this is to raise Okazaki well. However, for Okazaki's father, this is a very hard life. In order to relieve the bitterness at work, he used alcohol to drown his sorrows, and there were times when he beat up Okazaki because he was drunk.

Even so, Okazaki's father still chose to live with Okazaki.

Okazaki remembered everything, not the resentment against his father, but the happiness of living with his father that was deep in his memory and had been forgotten by him: often buying him snacks, holding hands for walks...

Growing up, what he remembered most about his father was not the memories that made him happy and happy, but the deep resentment towards his father!

Why?

Why do I forget those small but happy memories, but only remember the resentment that makes me unhappy?

Okazaki suddenly wanted to cry. It turned out that it was not that his family was not warm, but that he had forgotten the "warmth" of his family...

This simple scene also suddenly woke up fans.

There are many kinds of happiness in people's lives. These happiness are not strong or exciting. They are dull and ordinary, just like the air that surrounds people.

Maybe it's because people live here and are used to such happiness, so they are numb to happiness. As the saying goes, you don't know the blessings when you are in them.

People's memory of pain is far more profound than happiness. It is like touching a nail. The stimulation of pain will be remembered by people's bodies forever. However, happiness is like air. It is around you. You can never touch it without feeling it. arrive.

Only when you lose it will you understand how hard-won these happiness are.

But after losing it, can you find such happiness again?

Maybe, maybe not.

However, life is not a game, there is no s/l*.

Instead of waiting until you lose it to discover that happiness is around you, it is better to treat life with your heart and feel the happiness around you every moment.

Fortunately, it is not too late for Okazaki to wake up...

"Okazaki, do you think Naoyuki is an unfit father?" Grandma asked Okazaki, who has now grown into a father.

Okazaki lowered his head, with a soft smile, shook his head, and said seriously: "No, I am the person more incompetent than him."

Almost the same experience, but his father never abandoned him under such circumstances. However, he abandoned his and Nagisa's daughter Xiaoxi and placed him in the home of Sanae and Akio for five full years!

He was escaping from everything, and compared to his father who chose to face all difficulties in life, he was so weak and useless.

"Your father is the same, weak and useless. But even so, he still does his best for you. I am proud of that child. As a person, he may have many failures, but as a father, he is very good. Amazing." Okazaki's grandmother said softly.

Okazaki stared at the sunset that made the whole sky seem to be burning. His father was just like this sunset, burning out his life force and bringing him light and warmth - even though he sometimes felt hot and... It burned, but it dispelled the darkness from his world.

The sun is going down and will rise again tomorrow. But his father, who has completely burned his life for him, will never "rise" again.

Okazaki turned around and said to his grandma seriously: "I think so too."

It was not until this moment that the ice between Okazaki and his father finally completely melted. He truly understood his father from the bottom of his heart. Only when he truly became a father did he feel how great and difficult his father was.

He went from being resentful towards his father to feeling guilty.

He thought of his father, himself, Nagisa, and Xiao Xi.

At this moment, Okazaki finally stopped escaping, and his eyes were no longer confused and painful. He finally walked away from that day five years ago. His father was about to die. Now it was his turn to use his life to bring light to Xiao Xi. and warmth!

Qiao An looked at her parents. Their family had found their happiness because of "ad".

Now it's finally Okazaki's turn to start his happiness.

"Okazaki's parents are just like me and you." Qiao An's parents said with emotion.

The story of Okazaki's parents told by Okazaki's grandmother made them feel the same. It was very difficult at the beginning, with the pressure of life and psychological pressure, but now it has turned into the most precious and happiest memories for the two of them.

However, there are still some things that the two of them can't resolve...

"This year, let's go home to celebrate the New Year!" Qiao An's mother put down the phone and rubbed the corners of her eyes. Her eyes were a little red, and a beautiful smile bloomed on her face.

The knot in my heart seemed to be untied. (To be continued)