

In Ghibli's _When Marnie Was There_ , there's a scene around 27:00 where Anna
calls Nobuko a "fat pig". Pretty rude, but Nobuko does provoke her quite a
bit. Later, around 35:00, Nobuko's mother is complaining about this to Anna's
aunt and uncle ... but she also says that Anna _pulled a knife_ on Nobuko!
("Knife" in the English dub, "cutter" in the sub.) I certainly didn't see her
do that, nor do I see anything suggesting a scene was cut.

So, what's the deal here? Did Nobuko simply fabricate the whole thing? Seems
like a pretty strong accusation to invent ... Nobuko comes off as a jerk, but
that's really over the top. Is it a mistranslation? Unfortunately, my ear for
spoken Japanese is not up to transcribing what Nobuko's mother says. Also
unfortunately, my library system does not have the book the movie was based
on.


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What's with the claim that Anna pulled a knife on Nobuko?


I bet that after 2 years, you don't care if someone answers the question; heck
I wouldn't. Or, maybe you found the answer, but recently I have decided to
read the novel.

That was just part of the film. A box cutter is a type of knife, so the
dub/sub was similar, but there was no talk about a knife in the book. Maybe
it's just something someone added in the film to make her look meaner than
Anna was supposed to be.

I'm not a fan of the film, but I will see how the book ends up. I'm about 1/3
finished right now, but the movie follows it alright; for now.


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