Are you too good for your home?

[Marius]

Sorry, I saw Happy Gilmore again last night :heh: Anyway on to the question!

After all that Ashitaka gets rid of his curse, why does he decide to stay with the Tatara clan instead of returning to his clan in the east? I probably didn't understand this because I watched the sub and not the dub.

-PjC

[mrgazpacho]

In the sub, it is plain that when he is cast out of his village, it is for good.

That is why the clan elders react so painfully when he cuts off his topknot - it is a symbol of his membership, and he is symbolically cutting himself off from his clan forever.

[Vegunks]

Originally posted by mrgazpacho
In the sub, it is plain that when he is cast out of his village, it is for good.

That is why the clan elders react so painfully when he cuts off his topknot - it is a symbol of his membership, and he is symbolically cutting himself off from his clan forever.

Yeah . . .the lady said this when he was leaving . . .something along the lines of . . . "ur leaving and u can never come back" . . . it wasn't that important i guess . . . everything was going so fast, u probably missed it . . .:D

[Fungus]

What I don't get is if they love each other so much, why are they seperating to different places?

[mrgazpacho]

They say they'll visit each other, but neither is fully comfortable with the "other" world, so they can't be together all the time.

[Marius]

Originally posted by mrgazpacho
That is why the clan elders react so painfully when he cuts off his topknot - it is a symbol of his membership, and he is symbolically cutting himself off from his clan forever.

As soon as I posted this thread I read the same thing on some website :heh:

-PjC

[Rally]

Originally posted by Fungus
What I don't get is if they love each other so much, why are they seperating to different places?

It would have been better if they lived in the forest together....
(I'm a sucker for romantic endings :lol: )

[blindside]

i agree with rally

[Black_Knight]

I'd want to return home... But then, you couldn't... So that rather proves that... :P

[shad0w child]

What *I* don't get is...

Why are they so polite?!!?

Can't they sneak a little kiss to please the audience?

Geez, I remember by the end of watching the movie for the first time (oh, that was so long ago!) my throat was unmistakingly sore from screaming, "KISS, KISS!" "COME ON, WE DON'T HAVE UNTIL CHRISTMAS!" "GODDAMNIT, YOU LITTLE WIMPS!!" "HELL, IF I HAD THE HOTS FOR HIM, I'D BE BASES FROM YOU, WOLF GIRL!" and various other evils. *sigh* A sequel or something will make up for my strained efforts.

Shadows and light,
~Lina

[orochi X]

Originally posted by Marius
After all that Ashitaka gets rid of his curse, why does he decide to stay with the Tatara clan instead of returning to his clan in the east?

Im sure in the dub Ashitaka said he is going to help rebuild Iron Town.

[warlock]

Still, i think that judgement by the elders is a bit too harsh!! Considering that he got the curse while trying to save his village, a heroic act, and yet he gets banish, never to return, what a reward!!!

By the way, why did they have to banish him like that ???? Are they afraid that their tribe will be doomed as well!! Couldn't they just send him off to find the cure and then welcome him back!!!

[mrgazpacho]

I don't think they believed there was a cure; Ashitaka was sent out merely to explore the world. And Ashitaka clams up when Jigo and Eboshi pry at his origins - the clan was nearly wiped out by the Imperial forces and they don't want to risk discovery.

But really, I think the "curse" aspect is the strongest. Once cursed, I don't think he could be considered for the clan leadership, even if just for appearance's sake.