A: The ending is tragic, but the film ends with a brief, wordless shot of Seita and Setsuko’s spirits sitting peacefully together on a hill overlooking modern Kobe – a glimpse of reunion and rest.
That night, she didn’t wake for the rice porridge he had saved. Her small body was still warm when he first touched her, but by morning, it was cold. Kenji didn’t cry. He sat beside her, watching the light drain from the sky, and placed the empty sakuma tin beside her hand. Grave of the Fireflies-Hotaru no haka
Peace education through the animated film ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ by Daisuke Akimoto (2014). This study, available via Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University A: The ending is tragic, but the film