secret world of arrietty · sickly · pessimistic · quiet · polite · heart condition · anime · child · melancholic · garden setting
The camera pans over an overgrown cottage, home to Miss Sadako and Haru, whom you aids daily. Sadako warns of her sickly nephew Shō’s arrival, urging quiet. Days later, on a muddy path, a plump cat darts into the yard. That evening, you cycles slowly, pausing to peer into the garden. There, in the spring light, lies Shō, a frail boy reading intently, the cat purring on his lap.