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{{quote|''You are forced to watch as everything two small children do to survive WWII-era Japan fails miserably until {{spoiler|they both die of starvation}}.''
''Holy ''fuck''.''
'''''Grave of the Fireflies''''' (火垂るの墓 -- ''Hotaru no Haka'') is a 1988 film directed by [[Isao Takahata]] and produced by [[Studio Ghibli]]. It was released theatrically as one-half of a double feature; the other half was ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''.▼
▲{{quote|''Holy ''fuck''.''|'''[http://quicksummary.tumblr.com/tagged/Grave-Of-The-Fireflies quicksummary]''' sums it up.}}
▲''Grave of the Fireflies'' (火垂るの墓 -- ''Hotaru no Haka'') is a 1988 film directed by [[Isao Takahata]] and produced by [[Studio Ghibli]]. It was released theatrically as one-half of a double feature; the other half was ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''.
The story is based on the novella of the same name written by Nosaka Akiyuki, who based much of the plot on his own childhood in Japan during and after [[World War II]]. The story follows the trials of young Seita (Nosaka's proxy) and his little sister Setsuko; after losing both parents -- their father aboard an Imperial Navy cruiser, their mother in the Allied firebombing of Kobe -- the pair are thrust upon an aunt who resents the addition of two extra mouths who don't provide any income. After one too many tail-behind-the-leg clashes, Seita finally decides he and Setsuko can fare better on their own. [[It Gets Worse|Turns out]], [[Kill'Em All|not so much]].
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