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Mistakes Hanna made

posted 9 years ago by bionichead
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Before you assume that I hate Hana, I should state that the movie makes it clear of all the tribulations that Hana endured raising her two children, which gives her the admiration and respect of the viewer; but anyone could admit there are a few areas in which Hana made mistakes. It doesn't mean she's bad, it just makes her imperfect, more human, and argualby a more relatable character. For me, her two biggest mistakes would be:
Forcing Yuki to apologize to Sohei without considering that her daughter may have been provoked, and trying to subtly steer Ame towards being a human despite moving to the country to give her two children a choice between the two fates.

[–] rochrok 9 years ago

Yeah, I hated that she made her daughter apologize without hearing the full story. But I think she just wanted the matter resolved quickly because she didn't want any problems with the people at the school. And I think it's understandable that she wanted her son to choose to be a human because she wasn't ready to let him go. To her he was only 10 years old and not ready to make that choice, and she felt she didn't teach him anything. When in fact she taught him a lot. But yeah they were her mistakes.

[–] PreachCaleb 9 years ago

Forcing Yuki to apologize to Sohei without considering that her daughter may have been provoked,

Irrelevant. She hurt someone. Children need to learn violence is not the answer. Yuki was not being attacked; she was being annoyed.

She should apologize.

trying to subtly steer Ame towards being a human despite moving to the country to give her two children a choice between the two fates.

That's not why she moved to the country. She moved there so her children's secret wouldn't be found out.

Can't stop the signal.

[–] gyokota 9 years ago

Another thing that kind of bothered me about Hana is that there was no problematization of her dropping out of college, like it was the natural thing to do. I'm not saying that it was necessarily a bad choice, it just bothers me that it's so passively accepted.

[–] MrsBuckyBarnes 9 years ago

Another thing that kind of bothered me about Hana is that there was no problematization of her dropping out of college,

she was a single parent to two very unusual young children. i don't think she had much of a choice.

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 9 years ago

She certainly was being attacked! If my daughter was pursued by a boy at school who kept chasing after her even after she clearly told him to leave her alone, and then went and grabbed her by the arms as she struggled and told him to let her go, I would be livid. That is assault.

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[–] PreachCaleb 9 years ago

So is slashing somebody's face. Hannah did the right thing. Yuki needs to learn she can't just resort to violence. Look at what happened with her brother. How violent he became.

Let's be bad guys.

[–] MrsBuckyBarnes 9 years ago

well of course yuki should be made to apologise. she really hurt him. yuki knows that she is faster and stronger than human children. of all people she needed to be reminded that violence is no way to deal with a dispute.

i do not even agree that hanna was trying to steer her son towards being a human. she was of the view that he was only 10 and that was too soon to make such a choice. further, i don't accept there needed to be a choice. ame was half human and half wolf. why couldn't he continue to be both.

[–] Forlorn_Rage 9 years ago

Forcing Yuki to apologize to Sohei without considering that her daughter may have been provoked, and trying to subtly steer Ame towards being a human despite moving to the country to give her two children a choice between the two fates.

Really? This is what bothered you? Not the fact that Hana jumped into a romancing and having kids with a wolf without any concerns or second thoughts?! That was my main concern with Hana.

Honestly, I didn't care for Hana too much. Yuki and Ame, on the other hand, (although they had their bratty moments) were much more engaging.

[–] Chefeetaboopers 9 years ago

Honestly, I felt she should have helped her kids embrace both nature and humanity. I felt like she just sorta let them wander off once they grew up. I can't help but wonder if her kids would have embraced both sides equally if she had taken more of an initiative of showing them they have the best of both worlds.