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A Scanner Darkly (2006) – at Donna’s POV
(Original) ... As part of the rehabilitation program at New Path, Arctor is renamed Bruce and put through psychological reconditioning treatments. Arctor has serious brain damage from his withdrawal from Substance D. To continue his rehabilitation, New Path sends Arctor to work at an isolated New Path corn farming prison.
On the other hand, Donna, using the name Audrey, has a conversation with some agent revealing the fact that Arctor’s well-being was sacrificed to enter a rehabilitation center, New Path, unnoticed as a real addict in order to find conclusive proof of their crimes. (A new story begins.)
‘Bastards!’ Donna mumbled.
- At New Path Corn Farming Prison – 
“Bruce! It’s time to spray corns. Go to section 4,” a guard shouted.
“I’m Bruce. Spray on section 4. Ok.”
“He’s a new psychologist. Take him to his Drug Treatment Unit.”
“Yes, Sir. Follow me, Doctor,” the guard replied.
A group of prisoners passed him.
“Thank you. So are there all my patients?”
He watched prisoners in white clothes, sprayers at their back; waked in a row heading to corn farm.
“Yes, Doc. You can meet them after they finish the spray. Here you are. It’s all yours then.”
He sat down her desk; checked prisoners’ files; and re-arranged their medicine bottles.
“Is everything alright, Doc?”
“Yes, thank you.”
After he checked the guard left, he dumped all pills in Bruce’s medicine bottle into a rubbish bin and filled with the ones that he took out from his bag.
‘You’ll be just fine, Bruce,’ he tapped his fingers on a lid of the bottle.
“Rubbish! She should be there, waiting for me …” someone shouted furiously from the outside of his clinic.
“Take him to the room and give him some sweets!”
“Yes, Sir!”
Few guards took that shouting prisoner and locked him in a room with electric wires. Few seconds later, guards dragged him out: he was wriggled like a worm.
A prisoner who sat in front of the psychologist looked at his enlarged eyes and said,
“Christine left me as well… She left me because of me being an evil… she abandoned me.”
He held his right hand and said, ”You will be here for me, won’t you? I know you will. You will be right here every time I come here.” He smiled and took pills from his hand.
After he left, he walked to the cabinet to get a medicine for a next patient.
‘It’s definitely BPD –borderline personality disorder. So most of them had serious brain damages from their withdrawal from Substance D, huh? Bloody bastard! So you think there is no better man to grow blue flowers than them.”
“Hi, I’m Bruce. It’s nice to meeting you. So you’re a new doc, huh?”
He turned and looked at him: his face, ear, shoulder, chest, hand, and knee. He was just standing like a statue but it seemed he did not care at all. He kept talking and talking.
After the work, he came into his room;
“Bruce! It’s time to spray corns. Go to section 4,” a guard shouted.
“I’m Bruce. Spray on section 4. Ok.”
“He’s a new psychologist. Take him to his Drug Treatment Unit.”
“Yes, Sir. Follow me, Doctor,” the guard replied.
A group of prisoners passed him.
“Thank you. So are there all my patients?”
He watched prisoners in white clothes, sprayers at their back; waked in a row heading to corn farm.
“Yes, Doc. You can meet them after they finish the spray. Here you are. It’s all yours then.”
He sat down her desk; checked prisoners’ files; and re-arranged their medicine bottles.“Is everything alright, Doc?”
“Yes, thank you.”
After he checked the guard left, he dumped all pills in Bruce’s medicine bottle into a rubbish bin and filled with the ones that he took out from his bag.
‘You’ll be just fine, Bruce,’ he tapped his fingers on a lid of the bottle.
“Rubbish! She should be there, waiting for me …” someone shouted furiously from the outside of his clinic.
“Take him to the room and give him some sweets!”
“Yes, Sir!”
Few guards took that shouting prisoner and locked him in a room with electric wires. Few seconds later, guards dragged him out: he was wriggled like a worm.
A prisoner who sat in front of the psychologist looked at his enlarged eyes and said,
“Christine left me as well… She left me because of me being an evil… she abandoned me.”
He held his right hand and said, ”You will be here for me, won’t you? I know you will. You will be right here every time I come here.” He smiled and took pills from his hand.
After he left, he walked to the cabinet to get a medicine for a next patient.
‘It’s definitely BPD –borderline personality disorder. So most of them had serious brain damages from their withdrawal from Substance D, huh? Bloody bastard! So you think there is no better man to grow blue flowers than them.”
“Hi, I’m Bruce. It’s nice to meeting you. So you’re a new doc, huh?”He turned and looked at him: his face, ear, shoulder, chest, hand, and knee. He was just standing like a statue but it seemed he did not care at all. He kept talking and talking.
After the work, he came into his room;
took off a high-tech scramble suit; lied down on a bed.
The he looked at the moon in the sky thru the window and recalled the time when Arctor was together; hugging a white-silver cushion on a big sofa.
Then his last moment was reminded as well: a face in such horrible pain.
‘I can’t forget his face suffering terribly from Substance D addiction in my car. I shouldn’t drop him off at New Path. Ha~ Arctor… Arctor. You can’t be Arctor again, can you?’
Few days later, Bruce went to corn farm to spray again.
“Hmm… what’s this smell? It’s different from yesterday’s.” He was curious about some sweet smell coming from left row of corm plants.
He followed the smell and found thousand and thousand of small blue flowers between corn plants.
“A death rising from the earth, from the ground itself, in one blue field. Why I’ve never seen them before.” He took a big breath in and slowly closed the eyes.
He suddenly felt something on his hair.
“What the… An aphid???” he hardly rubbed his head.
Few seconds later, “what the hell was that?”
He realized there was no aphid on his head, so do flowers.
“It’s gone. But it was here.”
In the afternoon on the same day, Bruce went to see a psychologist for medicine.
It always took longer than other every time Bruce went in the clinic.
“Ok then I’ve gonna go now.”
“Bruce!”
He grabbed his hand; put it on his chest and said,
”Remember our secret. I’m Donna. And you’re Arctor. We’re friend and I do care about you; that’s why I’m here.”
“I’m Arctor and you are… Donna. Donna.”
He gave a strange look to him. He never understood the reason for his sadly-looking smile.
The he looked at the moon in the sky thru the window and recalled the time when Arctor was together; hugging a white-silver cushion on a big sofa.
Then his last moment was reminded as well: a face in such horrible pain.
‘I can’t forget his face suffering terribly from Substance D addiction in my car. I shouldn’t drop him off at New Path. Ha~ Arctor… Arctor. You can’t be Arctor again, can you?’
Few days later, Bruce went to corn farm to spray again.“Hmm… what’s this smell? It’s different from yesterday’s.” He was curious about some sweet smell coming from left row of corm plants.
He followed the smell and found thousand and thousand of small blue flowers between corn plants.
“A death rising from the earth, from the ground itself, in one blue field. Why I’ve never seen them before.” He took a big breath in and slowly closed the eyes.
He suddenly felt something on his hair.
“What the… An aphid???” he hardly rubbed his head.
Few seconds later, “what the hell was that?”
He realized there was no aphid on his head, so do flowers.
“It’s gone. But it was here.”
In the afternoon on the same day, Bruce went to see a psychologist for medicine.
It always took longer than other every time Bruce went in the clinic.
“Ok then I’ve gonna go now.”
“Bruce!”He grabbed his hand; put it on his chest and said,
”Remember our secret. I’m Donna. And you’re Arctor. We’re friend and I do care about you; that’s why I’m here.”
“I’m Arctor and you are… Donna. Donna.”
He gave a strange look to him. He never understood the reason for his sadly-looking smile.
Another few days later, a psychologist went to the central police station to see a police chief.
“So how our Bruce is doing? Do you think he is till capable to carry this?”
“Yes. Well we can’t stop now, anyway.”
“Well well well… Just remember your job is to find where the blue flowers are using Bruce. And then I’ll take care of Bruce and flowers. Got it?”
“You don’t have to keep remind me that,” he grabbed his bag and raised his body.
“Was there any contact from Donna to Bruce?”
“Uh?” he suddenly stopped moving and replied, “No, I haven’t noticed anything from either Bruce or Donna. Are you sure a girl named Donna will come after him?”
“I’m sure she’ll bust her ass to get him out of there and ruin our plan. We’ll see.” The psychologist left the room.
“Do you think we can trust that psychologist?”
“We’ve got no choice mate. It’s the only place not monitored by our intensive high-technology surveillance. And there must be a reason for it.”
At that time, Bruce was lined up with other prisoners in the field. The spray day came again.
“Jeff, you go to section 2 and Brain you…”
“Bruce. I’ll go to section 2.”
“What? Hmm… so you wanna go to section 2. Ok! Bruce goes to section 2 and Jeff goes to section 3. Next …”
“Bruce. Go to section 2.”
It is a huge corn farm – sun sets by the time you finish the spraying job. Corn plants are much taller than a height of ordinary man and bulky enough to cover one’s body.
He carefully walked along a row of corn plants and trusted his keen sense of smell.
He stopped and looked down.
“Yes there you are. A death rising from the earth again,” he went down on bended knee.
“A present for my friend,” he hid one of blue flowers in his boot.
- At Donna’s room in New Path Corn Farming Prison –
“I’m Donna and you’re Arctor. We’re friend and I do care about you; that’s why I’m here.”
“I’m Arctor and you’re Donna. We care about each other and it’s our secret.”
“Yes, Yes.”
Donna had to keep remind him about his identity and values of friendship between them. He sometimes had impulsive actions when he felt Donna did not care enough and was not ‘there’ enough, but it was manageable for him after they spent long time together.
“We’re going to have a Thanks-giving party at the Santa Ana facility. You and I are going together. I’m not a psychologist but will be and you’re not Bruce but be Bruce for a moment for me. Ok? Will you do it for me?”
“Sure. I like Donna. You’re friend Arctor will be Bruce.”
When Donna was about to approach a door to go out, Arctor stopped her.
“Donna!”
He turned her back. Arctor took the blue flower from his pocket and said,
“Happy Thanksgiving, Donna.”
- After discovered that New Path is responsible for the manufacture and distribution of Substance D by growing blue flowers at the corn farm –
“I’m agent Ross and he’s my partner agent Louis. You’ve must got a message from my chief to hand them over to us. Is that the lot?”
“It's sick-making that you guys are being taking so much for doing so little. It’s over there. Take it and get out of my sight!”
One agent tabbed the other agent’s shoulder and walked towards a pile of black bags. They grabbed and threw them into back of the van.
“Just be careful with them,” the police officer spat out the words and marched out of the field.
In the van, agent Louis looked checked the back to see how far they’d been driving from the farm.
“Are you alright? Don’t worry I think we’re safe now,” and agent Ross grinned at him.
“I guess you’re right. They were fooled into believing that we were actually from the secret government agency.”
“So what was your dream?”
“Move to North, Living in a farm near the mountains… in a cabin.”
“Let’s go. Let’s go to North… Donna.”
Both Donna and Arctor laughed and drove the van to the North.
“So how our Bruce is doing? Do you think he is till capable to carry this?”
“Yes. Well we can’t stop now, anyway.”
“Well well well… Just remember your job is to find where the blue flowers are using Bruce. And then I’ll take care of Bruce and flowers. Got it?”
“You don’t have to keep remind me that,” he grabbed his bag and raised his body.
“Was there any contact from Donna to Bruce?”
“Uh?” he suddenly stopped moving and replied, “No, I haven’t noticed anything from either Bruce or Donna. Are you sure a girl named Donna will come after him?”
“I’m sure she’ll bust her ass to get him out of there and ruin our plan. We’ll see.” The psychologist left the room.“Do you think we can trust that psychologist?”
“We’ve got no choice mate. It’s the only place not monitored by our intensive high-technology surveillance. And there must be a reason for it.”
At that time, Bruce was lined up with other prisoners in the field. The spray day came again.
“Jeff, you go to section 2 and Brain you…”
“Bruce. I’ll go to section 2.”
“What? Hmm… so you wanna go to section 2. Ok! Bruce goes to section 2 and Jeff goes to section 3. Next …”
“Bruce. Go to section 2.”
It is a huge corn farm – sun sets by the time you finish the spraying job. Corn plants are much taller than a height of ordinary man and bulky enough to cover one’s body.
He carefully walked along a row of corn plants and trusted his keen sense of smell.
He stopped and looked down.
“Yes there you are. A death rising from the earth again,” he went down on bended knee.
“A present for my friend,” he hid one of blue flowers in his boot.
- At Donna’s room in New Path Corn Farming Prison –
“I’m Donna and you’re Arctor. We’re friend and I do care about you; that’s why I’m here.”“I’m Arctor and you’re Donna. We care about each other and it’s our secret.”
“Yes, Yes.”
Donna had to keep remind him about his identity and values of friendship between them. He sometimes had impulsive actions when he felt Donna did not care enough and was not ‘there’ enough, but it was manageable for him after they spent long time together.
“We’re going to have a Thanks-giving party at the Santa Ana facility. You and I are going together. I’m not a psychologist but will be and you’re not Bruce but be Bruce for a moment for me. Ok? Will you do it for me?”
“Sure. I like Donna. You’re friend Arctor will be Bruce.”
When Donna was about to approach a door to go out, Arctor stopped her.
“Donna!”
He turned her back. Arctor took the blue flower from his pocket and said,
“Happy Thanksgiving, Donna.”
- After discovered that New Path is responsible for the manufacture and distribution of Substance D by growing blue flowers at the corn farm –
“I’m agent Ross and he’s my partner agent Louis. You’ve must got a message from my chief to hand them over to us. Is that the lot?”
“It's sick-making that you guys are being taking so much for doing so little. It’s over there. Take it and get out of my sight!”
One agent tabbed the other agent’s shoulder and walked towards a pile of black bags. They grabbed and threw them into back of the van.
“Just be careful with them,” the police officer spat out the words and marched out of the field.
In the van, agent Louis looked checked the back to see how far they’d been driving from the farm.
“Are you alright? Don’t worry I think we’re safe now,” and agent Ross grinned at him.“I guess you’re right. They were fooled into believing that we were actually from the secret government agency.”
“So what was your dream?”
“Move to North, Living in a farm near the mountains… in a cabin.”
“Let’s go. Let’s go to North… Donna.”
Both Donna and Arctor laughed and drove the van to the North.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Anime 2 questions
What are the underlying thematics of Princess Mononoke?
I think there is a theme of nature that comes through in the movie. It is about understanding the Shinto religon, where there are gods in living things and other things like trees, forests and lakes. It is about respect for nature and the living things.
Anime questions
Is anime a genre or media?
I think anime is a genre. It is like animated film, that is different to cartoons because it is the same length of a normal movie and it has the same plot points that a normal movie has.
Is it a branch of film or another mode?
I think it is a branch of film. It is part of popular culture. It is an intelectually challenging art form.
The Magic Faraway Tree adventure
Last part to story.
The group ran up the beach to the icecream stall. "What shall I have?", said Silky "Look what delicious flavours there are" said Bessie. The group got their icecream's they wanted and sat down under the shade of the tree's near the beach, licking their delicious icecream's. After they had finished their icecream's, they wondered what to do next. So they got up and chased each other around the tree's and up the sand dunes until they were all quite tired. They sat down on the beach and then Tim said, "Look at the canoes over there". And Fanny said "Oh how I would like to ride in the ocean!" Just then, the canoes and the paddler boat drifted into the sea shore by themselves. "Thats amazing" said Silky. The children and Silky, Moonface and the Saucepan Man walked down to the sea. Jo and Bessie got into one canoe, Fanny and Silky got into another, and the Saucepan Man and Moon Face got into a paddler boat. Cousin Tim who didn't want to be left out managed to squeeze into Fanny and Silky's canoe. The children took the oar's and paddled out into the ocean, with the paddler boat that had Saucepan Man and Moon Face not far behind. They rowed around the beach, and it was quite fun sailing across the water, the children seemed to think. Suddenly, the canoes changed into seagull's and the oar's turned into big wings, and the paddler boat the Moon Face and Saucepan Man were riding in turned into a large pelican and the children were amazed! The seagull's and the pelican flapped their wings and flew up into the sky, with the children on their backs, and flew across the land of Nature. The children clung on the birds, and looked at the views around them. They could see the beach where they were playing at, and other things like beautiful waterfalls that turned into rivers and flowed into the lake. They could even see other folk of the land of nature, walking along the paths and going to their homes. The birds swooped lower and flew down to the ground. The children got off the birds, and Moonface and the Saucepan Man got off the pelican and walked back down the path in the land of nature. Jo looked at his watch. It was nearly 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Cousin Tim said that he had enough of the land of nature and wanted to go home. The other's agreed. Life in the land of nature was exciting, but it was also quite exhausting. The children walked back to where they arrived, thanking the kind pixie's on the cute rabbit's for showing them the way back to the hole in the cloud. The children climbed down the ladder of the Faraway Tree and the tree folk, that is Silky, Moon Face and Saucepan Man followed them down. They came to Moon Face's room and Moon Face opened the door. The children were quite tired, so they decided to go home. Moon Face gave them cushions to sit on, and then the children said "good bye" to Silky and Saucepan Man, and then Moonface said "it was nice to have an adventure with the children". The children slid down the slippery slip, through the door at the bottom of the tree and stood up. The squirrel came to pick up their cushions and bring them back to Moon Face. The children ran back through the Enchanted Wood, with the tree's talking to each other. They arrived back home, all of them tired, but excited with the adventure they had in the land of nature. That's the end of the story. The End.
Fanfiction: Princess Mononoke by Sunghee Kim
Shishigami changed to the god of death because of his anger. All creatures that touch with Shishigami’s power began being dead and the green forest changed into the black and white colour. Although people could be free to pass the forest, they were reluctant to go there. For some reasons or other, it chilled their blood to think of it and it was gooseflesh. Time had slipped along and people ceased to visit there. Also, the battle between humans and nature had covered up far in the distance of people’s memory.
Jiko Bou became the leader of Emishi tribe after he gave the head of the Shishigami to the emperor. One day, Tatarigami appeared his village again. Tatarigami destroyed the village and killed people randomly.
“Hiisama, Hiisama! That’s Tatarigami!” A man came to the female shaman of the village.
“Um…” She did not say anything and just watched that Tatarigami destroyed their village for a while. Then, She handed over a gourd bottle to the man. “ Sprinkle water in it on Tatarigami. It is the water of the lake where Shishigami lived in.” Hiisama said.
When he threw the bottle to Tatarigami and the huge body fell down with a thundering noise. That night, there was a meeting. Jiko Bou and some elders of Emishi tribe conferred with Hiisama about the matter.
“What can we do for it?” An ender asked Jiko Bou but Jiko Bou kept silence and looked up Hiisama. After a while, Hiisama opened her lips.
“It is sure that Shishigami is still finding his neck. Go to Tataraba to meet Ashitaka. And tell him the key is in the pendant.”
Ashitaka had lived in Tataraba after Shishigami lost his head and dissuaded Eboshi making matchlocks. He decided to go to see San when he heard the message from Hiisama. Ashitaka had tried to meet San several times before but he never met her.
“ Hiisama was sure that Princess Mononke is with the Shishigami’s body. And she also said the pendant will help you.” The messenger from Emishi told Ashitaka.
So Ashitaka went to the forest and shouted.
“Ashitaka came to see the forest. I’m going to go to find Shishigami’s head. I want to go with you, San.” But nobody answered.
“ I’m telling you again. I want to revive the forest before Shishigami’s anger is getting bigger.”
Clattering, clattering. There was a small sound somewhere.
“Kodamasama! You are alive! Can you show me the way to San?” Ashitaka asked.
Kodama brought him to the deep forest. He was frightened to see a wretched plight of the forest. Ashitaka arrived around the lake where the Shishigami cured him before under the guidance of Kodama but the lake already dried up.
“ Why are you here? What do you want?” San shouted.
“San, I’m going to find the head. I wanna go with you.” Ashitaka held out his hand.
“I heard that his head is inside of the emperor’s palace. We have to bring back his head. It’s the only way to stop Shishigami’s anger. If nobody does it, he will make another Tatarigami.” He said to San.
Bang! It was an earsplitting roar.
“ That’s Eboshi. The gang of Eboshi!” The place was an utter bear garden. Eboshi and her gangs came to help Ashitaka and Princess Mononoke.
“ Lady Eboshi, how…?” Ashitaka asked.
“ I saw you when you left the village. Don’t ignore me. I have a new weapon instead of my arm.” She winked at him. She lost one of her arm during the battle with Moro and Animal spirits.
Gunpowder exploded here and there and the soldiers had fallen down.
“Oh!” Eboshi yelled. A soldier attacked her from the side of her injured arm.
“Make off!” San ran at a tear to save Eboshi.
“Hahahaha...Princess Mononoke saved me. It’s unbelievable. Hahaha…” Eboshi laughed on the ground.
“ I still hate you but just you are one of our numbers now…” San made an effort to avert her eyes from Eboshi.
“San, Come here! His head is in it!” Ashitaka called her.
There was a box. It looked very heavy and firm as a rock. San held back an urge to open it but it wan not opened. There was a small hole in front of the box.
“Ah, pendant! San, give me your necklace!” Ashitaka told San.
“This one? “ San gave him the pendant that she was given from Ashitaka before.
Ashitaka put the pendant in the hole and the lid was opened. They found Shishigami’s head at last.
“We found it!”
“ Oh! Falling down!” The body of Shishigami rose high and then fell down into the water. Excessively huge storm swept off the environs. The storm put out the fire which was burning the palace. After that, it was very quiet and the surface of the water was calm. The forest was restored to its colour. More and more. Getting greener.
“Oh, it’s great. Shishigami was the spirit that makes flowers bloom.” Someone was full of admiration.
“San, San. Look.” Ashitaka told her. They looked up at the green forest.
“ The forest is alive again but it is not Shishigami’s forest anymore. Shishigamisam passed away.” San said.
“No, I don’t think so. He isn’t dead. This, he gets to be himself. He is the god of life and death.” Ashitaka said. “He told me ‘live on’. San, Come with me”
“I like Ashitaka but I haven’t forgiven people yet.” San answered.
“Shishigamisama told us. Humans have to live with nature. Let’s try together.” Ashitaka told San again.
“ You saved my life. I thank to you.” Eboshi appeared.
“ Let’s do it all over again. Let’s build a better place. Of course with nature. San, Can you help us?” Eboshi asked San. San hesitated for a while but answered soon.
“ I don’t want to help you but…if it is Shishigami’s idea…” San made an effort to avoid Eboshi’s eyes but she smiled quietly.
Ashitaka and San looked at and smiled at each other.
“ Hiisama was sure that Princess Mononke is with the Shishigami’s body. And she also said the pendant will help you.” The messenger from Emishi told Ashitaka.
So Ashitaka went to the forest and shouted.
“Ashitaka came to see the forest. I’m going to go to find Shishigami’s head. I want to go with you, San.” But nobody answered.
“ I’m telling you again. I want to revive the forest before Shishigami’s anger is getting bigger.”
Clattering, clattering. There was a small sound somewhere.“Kodamasama! You are alive! Can you show me the way to San?” Ashitaka asked.
Kodama brought him to the deep forest. He was frightened to see a wretched plight of the forest. Ashitaka arrived around the lake where the Shishigami cured him before under the guidance of Kodama but the lake already dried up.
“ Why are you here? What do you want?” San shouted.
“San, I’m going to find the head. I wanna go with you.” Ashitaka held out his hand.
“I heard that his head is inside of the emperor’s palace. We have to bring back his head. It’s the only way to stop Shishigami’s anger. If nobody does it, he will make another Tatarigami.” He said to San.
Boom-boom. It was the sound of the drum from a distance. Ahitaka and San lied down flat on top of the mountain to review the situation.
“ I attack with my brothers first.” San told Ashitaka.
“That’s Princess Mononoke. With wolves!”.
“ Shoot the arrow to the enemy!” The soldiers shouted.
Several hundreds of arrows poured down. San and wolves attacked the soldiers in full fling.
“ Prepare matchlocks! Shoot the matchlocks!” The soldiers prepared the matchlocks.
Bang! Bang! There sounded the matchlocks in places.
“No!” San cried. A wolf fell down. Poured bullets disturbed Ashitaka and San to go inside.
“ I attack with my brothers first.” San told Ashitaka.
“That’s Princess Mononoke. With wolves!”.
“ Shoot the arrow to the enemy!” The soldiers shouted.
Several hundreds of arrows poured down. San and wolves attacked the soldiers in full fling.
“ Prepare matchlocks! Shoot the matchlocks!” The soldiers prepared the matchlocks.
Bang! Bang! There sounded the matchlocks in places.
“No!” San cried. A wolf fell down. Poured bullets disturbed Ashitaka and San to go inside.
Bang! It was an earsplitting roar.“ That’s Eboshi. The gang of Eboshi!” The place was an utter bear garden. Eboshi and her gangs came to help Ashitaka and Princess Mononoke.
“ Lady Eboshi, how…?” Ashitaka asked.
“ I saw you when you left the village. Don’t ignore me. I have a new weapon instead of my arm.” She winked at him. She lost one of her arm during the battle with Moro and Animal spirits.
Gunpowder exploded here and there and the soldiers had fallen down.
“Oh!” Eboshi yelled. A soldier attacked her from the side of her injured arm.
“Make off!” San ran at a tear to save Eboshi.
“Hahahaha...Princess Mononoke saved me. It’s unbelievable. Hahaha…” Eboshi laughed on the ground.
“ I still hate you but just you are one of our numbers now…” San made an effort to avert her eyes from Eboshi.
“San, Come here! His head is in it!” Ashitaka called her.
There was a box. It looked very heavy and firm as a rock. San held back an urge to open it but it wan not opened. There was a small hole in front of the box.
“Ah, pendant! San, give me your necklace!” Ashitaka told San.
“This one? “ San gave him the pendant that she was given from Ashitaka before.
Ashitaka put the pendant in the hole and the lid was opened. They found Shishigami’s head at last.
“We found it!”
Just then, they saw that something which is exceedingly huge covered the sky came up to them with breakneck speed over the mountain. It was the body of the Shishigami that was in the forest. The place that Shishigami’s body passed along was full of sticky fluid and that place was burned away.
“Don’t touch with that! Run for your lives! Go into the water!” San shouted urgently.
Shishigami, finding his head, took life of all creatures that were on the way to get to his head and burned them away as if he never let them revive.
“San. Hurry up. We have to give the head to Shishigami right now!” Ashitaka said.
San and Ashitaka lifted up Shishigami’s head.
“Here is your head. Take it!” They shouted.
The black body stopped moving and the sticky fluid poured on Ashitaka and San at the moment.
“Shishigami covered Princess Mononoke and Ashitaka!” The people shouted.
There was a silence for a while.
“Don’t touch with that! Run for your lives! Go into the water!” San shouted urgently.
Shishigami, finding his head, took life of all creatures that were on the way to get to his head and burned them away as if he never let them revive.
“San. Hurry up. We have to give the head to Shishigami right now!” Ashitaka said.
San and Ashitaka lifted up Shishigami’s head.
“Here is your head. Take it!” They shouted.
The black body stopped moving and the sticky fluid poured on Ashitaka and San at the moment.
“Shishigami covered Princess Mononoke and Ashitaka!” The people shouted.
There was a silence for a while.
“ Oh! Falling down!” The body of Shishigami rose high and then fell down into the water. Excessively huge storm swept off the environs. The storm put out the fire which was burning the palace. After that, it was very quiet and the surface of the water was calm. The forest was restored to its colour. More and more. Getting greener.“Oh, it’s great. Shishigami was the spirit that makes flowers bloom.” Someone was full of admiration.
“San, San. Look.” Ashitaka told her. They looked up at the green forest.
“ The forest is alive again but it is not Shishigami’s forest anymore. Shishigamisam passed away.” San said.
“No, I don’t think so. He isn’t dead. This, he gets to be himself. He is the god of life and death.” Ashitaka said. “He told me ‘live on’. San, Come with me”
“I like Ashitaka but I haven’t forgiven people yet.” San answered.
“Shishigamisama told us. Humans have to live with nature. Let’s try together.” Ashitaka told San again.
“ You saved my life. I thank to you.” Eboshi appeared.
“ Let’s do it all over again. Let’s build a better place. Of course with nature. San, Can you help us?” Eboshi asked San. San hesitated for a while but answered soon.
“ I don’t want to help you but…if it is Shishigami’s idea…” San made an effort to avoid Eboshi’s eyes but she smiled quietly.
Ashitaka and San looked at and smiled at each other.
Finally,the peace came to the forest and the people. 
They found great illumination through the death of Shishigami.
about Princess Mononoke by Sunghee Kim.
Hello, all. I chose ‘Princess Mononoke’ which is written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki in 1997. This story is about the struggle between humans and nature. I wrote the story after Eboshi cut the Shishigami’s neck and Jiko Bou ran away with it. The desolate forest by the people who destroyed the forest for their advantage. I set up the story that Ashitaka meets San again so that he cooperates with her to find the Shishigami’s neck and they lead to the harmony between humans and nature. Because I think it is a great pity that Ashitaka lives in the iron foundry and San leaves in the forest.
Setting up the characters:
Ashtaka – an Emishi prince who was meant to become leader of his tribe but now, he lives in Tataraba Iron village to dissuade Eboshi making matchlocks.
San – Princess Mononke. a girl who is raised by Moro,
the wolf god. After Moro died, she still lives in the forest with Moro’s pups.
Eboshi - the strong-willed and independent leader of Iron village. She lost her arm but does not despair of making matchlocks
Jiko Bou - an Imperial agent traveling in the disguise of a monk who was assigned bythe Emperor to capture the forest spirit's head. Now, he is the leader of Emishi village.
Shishigami - the ancient spirit of the forest.
He is in deep forest and tries to find his
neck.
neck.
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