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* BestFriendsInLaw: Kino and Jiya end up as this when Jiya and Setsu marry.
* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: Jiya's parents are killed by the tsunami.
* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: Jiya's parents are killed by the tsunami.
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%% * BestFriendsInLaw: Kino and Jiya end up as this when Jiya and Setsu marry.
* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: Jiya's parents are killed by the tsunami.marry.
* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: Jiya's parents are killed by the tsunami.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prior to the tsunami, Kino's father and Jiya warn him about the danger they face from the sea and a nearby volcano. Although the tsunami is the immediate cause of the village's destruction, the volcano also plays a role in the disaster.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Prior to the tsunami, Kino's father and Jiya warn him about the danger they face from the sea and a nearby volcano. Although the tsunami is the immediate cause of the village's destruction, the volcano also plays a role in the disaster.
** Prior to the tsunami, Kino's father and Jiya warn him about the danger they face from the sea and a nearby volcano. Although the tsunami is the immediate cause of the village's destruction, the volcano also plays a role in the disaster.
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* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Jiya and Setsu for each other, as they end up married.
* [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He See In Her]]: Kino' reaction to Jiya's interest in Setsu.
* [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He See In Her]]: Kino' reaction to Jiya's interest in Setsu.
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%% * VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Jiya and Setsu for each other, as they end up married.
%% *[[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He See In Her]]: WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Kino' reaction to Jiya's interest in Setsu.
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''The Big Wave'' is a 1948 children's story by Pearl S. Buck, about two boys who grow up on the coast of Japan. Kino is the son of a farmer, who lives with his parents and younger sister, Setsu, on a mountainside farm overlooking a seaside village. Jiya is the son of a fisherman, who lives with his parents and elder brother in the seaside village. One day, a tsunami destroys the village, and Jiya, orphaned, comes to live with Kino and his family.
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''The Big Wave'' is a 1948 children's story by Pearl S. Buck, Creator/PearlSBuck, about two boys who grow up on the coast of Japan. Kino is the son of a farmer, who lives with his parents and younger sister, Setsu, on a mountainside farm overlooking a seaside village. Jiya is the son of a fisherman, who lives with his parents and elder brother in the seaside village. One day, a tsunami destroys the village, and Jiya, orphaned, comes to live with Kino and his family.
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** Much more subtley, Jiya's marriage to Setsu is foreshadowed throughout the book.
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** Much more subtley, Jiya's marriage to Setsu is foreshadowed throughout the book.book, even before the tsunami.
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** Much more subtley, Jiya's marriage to Setsu is foreshadowed throughout the book.
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* [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He See In Her]]: Kino' reaction to Jiya's interest in Setsu.
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* RedSkyTakeWarning: The evening before the tsunami, the sky turns red, giving Kino's family and the villagers their first warning that things are about to go horribly wrong, and prompting the men to keep watch all night.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A non-romantic example. Although both Uchiyama and Kino want Jiya to live with them, they try to persuade him to accept Old Gentleman's offer to raise him. (Kino's attempts at persuasion are a bit half-hearted, though.)
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Old Gentleman's name is never given; he is simply known as Old Gentleman.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Old Gentleman's name is never given; he is simply known as Old Gentleman.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prior to the tsunami, Kino's father and Jiya warn him about the danger they face from the sea and a nearby volcano. Although the tsunami is the immediate cause of the village's destruction, the volcano also plays a role in the disaster.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Setsu, to Kino.
* ArcWords: "Life is stronger than death."
* BestFriendsInLaw: Kino and Jiya end up as this.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Old Gentleman.
* ArcWords: "Life is stronger than death."
* BestFriendsInLaw: Kino and Jiya end up as this.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Old Gentleman.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Setsu, to Kino.
Setsu is Kino's sister, and she plays tricks on him and hides things.
* ArcWords: "Life is stronger than death."
" Repeatedly stated by Kino's father, to remind him that, despite tragedy, life still goes on.
* BestFriendsInLaw: Kino and Jiya end up asthis.
this when Jiya and Setsu marry.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Old Gentleman's name is never given; he is simply known as Old Gentleman.
* ArcWords: "Life is stronger than death.
* BestFriendsInLaw: Kino and Jiya end up as
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Old Gentleman's name is never given; he is simply known as Old Gentleman.
* DoomedHometown: Jiya's village, containing over twenty houses, which is destroyed by the tsunami.
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* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: The eponymous big wave.
* HeroicBSOD: Jiya, after watching the tsunami destroy his village.
* HeroicBSOD: Jiya, after watching the tsunami destroy his village.
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* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: The eponymous big wave.
wave that destroys Jiya's village.
* HeroicBSOD: Jiya, after watching the tsunami destroy his village. He immediately collapses and spends the next several days either sleeping or barely responsive.
* HeroicBSOD: Jiya, after watching the tsunami destroy his village. He immediately collapses and spends the next several days either sleeping or barely responsive.
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* NoNameGiven: Kino's mother, Jiya's family.
* OnlyOneName: All of the named characters.
* OnlyOneName: All of the named characters.
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* NoNameGiven: Kino's mother, mother is not named; neither is anyone in Jiya's family.
* OnlyOneName: All of the namedcharacters.characters, specifically, Kino, his sister Setsu, their father Uchiyama, and Jiya.
* OnlyOneName: All of the named
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* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Jiya and Setsu for each other.
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* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Jiya and Setsu for each other.other, as they end up married.
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* BestFriendsInLaw: Kino and Jiya end up as this.
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* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Jiya and Setsu.
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* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Jiya and Setsu.Setsu for each other.
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* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: Jiya's parents are killed by the tsunami.
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''The Big Wave'' is a 1948 children's story by Pearl S. Buck, about two boys who grow up on the coast of Japan. Kino is the son of a farmer, who lives with his parents and younger sister, Setsu, on a mountainside farm overlooking a seaside village. Jiya is the son of a fisherman, who lives with his parents and elder brother in the seaside village. One day, a tsunami destroys the village, and Jiya, orphaned, comes to live with Kino and his family.
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!! Provides Examples of:
* AnAesop: About living in the face of tragedy and continued danger, and not being consumed by grief or fear.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Setsu, to Kino.
* ArcWords: "Life is stronger than death."
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Old Gentleman.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: After he is orphaned, Jiya is offered the chance to grow up in luxury, raised by the wealthy Old Gentleman, as opposed to growing up in poverty with Kino. He chooses to live with Kino.
* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: The eponymous big wave.
* HeroicBSOD: Jiya, after watching the tsunami destroy his village.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Averted. Kino has nothing against Jiya marrying Setsu, but can't figure out what he sees in her.
* NoNameGiven: Kino's mother, Jiya's family.
* OnlyOneName: All of the named characters.
* ShownTheirWork: The author explains, in age appropriate terms, the cause of the tsunami.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Jiya and Setsu.
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!! Provides Examples of:
* AnAesop: About living in the face of tragedy and continued danger, and not being consumed by grief or fear.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Setsu, to Kino.
* ArcWords: "Life is stronger than death."
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Old Gentleman.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: After he is orphaned, Jiya is offered the chance to grow up in luxury, raised by the wealthy Old Gentleman, as opposed to growing up in poverty with Kino. He chooses to live with Kino.
* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: The eponymous big wave.
* HeroicBSOD: Jiya, after watching the tsunami destroy his village.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Averted. Kino has nothing against Jiya marrying Setsu, but can't figure out what he sees in her.
* NoNameGiven: Kino's mother, Jiya's family.
* OnlyOneName: All of the named characters.
* ShownTheirWork: The author explains, in age appropriate terms, the cause of the tsunami.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Jiya and Setsu.
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