Line #17 YMMV/KuboAndTheTwoStrings


1	* {{Adorkable}}: Absolutely. From walking through a field with his paper Hanzo doll above his head to freaking out over obtaining the Sword Unbreakable, Kubo is just great to watch.
2	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
3	** Was [[spoiler: the Moon King]] subject to HeelFaceBrainwashing or was he a decent person who became a god and got DrunkWithPower?
4	** The cause of Sariatu's condition, wherein she's catatonic for most of the day with only brief periods of lucidness and suffers from memory loss. [[spoiler:Is it because she's a formerly divine being gone from her place of birth to the human realm? Is it because she and her family are all beings of the night that she's only really active at night time rather than the day?]] Or does it all stem from the severe head trauma she received when Kubo was a baby?
5	** Beetle's reckless actions like grabbing the sword from the Gashadokuro's hand or jumping overboard to find the armor. While it could simply be his LeeroyJenkins nature, it could also just be him acting on his promise of swearing his life to Kubo?
6	* AngstWhatAngst: Just one day after apparently losing his mother and his entire village, Kubo is surprisingly chipper, playing around with his magic to make the flock of origami birds. Granted, it turned out that neither the townsfolk nor his mother were really actually dead at that point, but he didn't know that at the time.
7	* AwardSnub: It lost the Oscar for Best Animated Feature to ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. To further add salt to the wound, it lost the award for Best Visual Effects to ''Film/TheJungleBook2016''. Fans were very upset although given the unusual number of high caliber animated films that were released in 2016, it was an unfortunate but inevitable case of ThereCanBeOnlyOne [[note]] It did, however, win the BAFTA that year. [[/note]] .
8	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The traditional animation used during the end credits sequence has made many long for the day Laika makes a traditionally animated film.
9	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoujdXqptnc Regina Spektor's cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"]] that plays over the trailer and credits.
10	* BrokenBase: The ending with [[spoiler:Kubo's grandfather being subjected to HeelFaceBrainwashing divided some viewers on whether it was a touching, satisfying solution or [[{{Narm}} Narmy]], coming out of nowhere, and turning the film's moral about the importance of memories into a BrokenAesop, since it's achieved by erasing his.]]
11	* CaptainObviousReveal:
12	** The twist that [[spoiler:Monkey and Beetle were Kubo's parents the whole time]] isn't exactly hard to see coming, especially once [[spoiler:they start bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. The fact that Creator/CharlizeTheron voices both Monkey and Sariatu also contributes to this, and additionally suggests that the creators thought it was so obvious that Monkey's identity wasn't worth even trying to hide.]]
13	** The blind old man with a moon-like crest on the chest meeting Kubo in his dream during a full moon night turned out to be [[spoiler:the Moon King himself.]]
14	%%* ClicheStorm: Much of the film's plot is archetypal as UsefulNotes/FeudalJapan-based stories go.
15	%% Speculation on bad things that might happen AFTER the ending have been shifted to YMMV.
16	* EvilIsCool: The Sisters have gained a decent amount of popularity among fans, thanks to their designs and Creator/RooneyMara's wonderfully creepy voice work.
17	* HeartwarmingInHindsight: With the reveal that [[spoiler:Monkey and Beetle are Kubo's mother and father respectively, it becomes this as Kubo had all that time been travelling with his parents.]]
18	* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Japan [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff loves]] the movie. It helps that Creator/{{Laika}} has ShownTheirWork and that the Japanese dub has a {{SugarWiki/Superlative Dub\|bing}}.
19	* {{Moe}}: Kubo not only is a HeartwarmingOrphan who deeply cares for his mother, but he also puts up with so much crazy bunk that you just wanna protect the kid!
20	* {{Narm}}: The Moon King's dragon form would not be as intimidating if you think it was just an angry giant sea monkey.
21	* OneSceneWonder: The [[DemBones Gashadokuro]] only appears for a single scene and barely makes an impression on the characters, but it certainly makes quite an impression on the audience.
22	* ShockingMoments: It starts when Kubo's mother hits her face ''hard'' on a rock, and just builds from there. Plus, the time-lapse demonstration of just how big the skeleton puppet actually was.
23	%%* SpiritualAdaptation: This is probably the closest we can get to a movie version of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
24	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Kubo coping with his mother's mental condition is no longer explored after [[spoiler:she turned into Monkey.]]
25	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Watch almost every single effect, from the minor character movements to the intense action scenes. Now try to remind yourself that it's all stop-motion. There's a reason why it's the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas second]]'' animated film to get the Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.
26	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zigzags]] throughout the movie. While the movie does have its very dark themes, such as death being shown onscreen and the plot being kicked off by Kubo getting one of his eyes ripped out as a baby, it also has its hopeful messages and emphasizes ThePowerOfLove.
27	* WinBackTheCrowd: After the mixed reception to the writing quality of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxTrolls'', many Laika fans were quick to praise ''Kubo'' for a return to the mature smart storytelling that their earlier films were praised for.

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