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Who knew bugs could be so aggressive? I mean you take their baby and the whole family comes out to get you. Anyway, this was a great film in my opinion. What I really appreciated about this film was Nausicaa herself. Just like San in Princess Mononoke, She fell in love with nature and cares for the living things that the earth provides. However, the two are also very different. San grew up with the wolves and creatures around her. She will do anything to protect them and would take down anyone who gets in her way. On the other hand, Nausicaa grew up with humans and just fell for the earth. Since their childhood is different, their motives and values are different as well. No matter how wrong the humans were, she didn’t just protect the ohmu from mankind, but vise versa as well. She did so because she truly desired peace and wished everyone could just get along. San would take a different approach. San would murder those who try to harm her love ones. For example, when the baby ohmu was stolen, Nausicaa went after the people who committed the crime and granted them mercy. San on the other hand would have returned the baby and killed the two individuals. Also another scene were the two are different is when they were fighting against the opposing leaders. When the solider in Nausicaa killed the guy in the bed, Nausicaa went ballistic and tried to kill all of them. Nevertheless, she was stopped after another guy stepped in between her and the soldiers. San had a similar situation where she attacked Lady Eboski. They two had a eye peeling battle but was also stopped. The two scenes are different because Lady Eboski and San would have fought to the death no matter who got in the way. Although they were knocked out by Ashitaka, but if he wouldn’t have done that, they would have still continue with him in the middle. Nausicca came to her senses and tried to enter the problem in a different way. The main difference between the two young ladies is their outlook on life and believes.
