General Anime/Manga/Otaku Thread

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If the mother had kept the boy from doing what he truly desired for her own sake, that would be selfish, not the other way around. Once he saved her after she fell unconscious, both had come to accept each other, including the mother's acceptance of what the boy wanted to do and take more so what his father stood for.

Again, saying that "all her hard work was thrown away" is really undermining her parenting and effect on them in the story. Just because it's not explicitly stated does not mean she will not visit as the love between the two still remains. Same with the son, who is probably the closest to her out of the two. Nature involves all species, including humans and as you can see from the last interaction, he will always be up there looking over her and everything else of the land as long as he's there (which was signified with the howl at the very end).

...Would it really be that big of a deal to give your mom a hug goodbye before running off? I get that he wanted to be a wolf, I do, but I don't like how it was handled.

But really, it's pretty shitty to completely leave your parent behind. If they really "love" their mom I would hope they'd take care of her in her old age if needed. I just don't like how the ending just seemed to leave the mother all alone to rot.

I'm perfectly fine with there being no hug. Both showed to have a mutual understanding without having it overstay its welcome or being too sappy.

You're making it seem like she was completely aged and unable to take care of herself. By the time the two children leave, she's still a pretty young mother who's shown to be strong. She's not using a crane who can barely move around and she still has a lot of life to her. A time comes when everyone young chick has to leave the nest, and the mutual understanding came off as very genuine and humane. It's kind of like saying a kid leaving home to go to college while the parents are back is leaving them to rot and die, which is not true at all.