History YMMV / WhosLeftBehindKayokosDiary

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Arabic dub of the movie changes the title to ''Al Amal'' (which means ''Hope'' or ''The Hope'').

** Moving in with her Aunt Masae in Numazu does not guarantee Kayoko's safety from the increasing threat of World War 2 as at one point, she is targeted by a P51 Mustang, having failed to take cover. She dives down an embankment as a last resort. This saves her life but also results in her cracking her head open and she discovers the bleeding corpse of a soldier who was shot by the Mustang when she climbs back up the embankment. The shock is enough to cause Kayoko to faint.
*** She later witnesses Tokyo being firebombed and burning from the mountaintops above Numazu.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Arabic dub of the movie changes the title to ''Al Amal'' (''Hope'' or ''The Hope'').
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Kayoko tripping over her new kimono, causing her to crash into a screen door and knock it over? Not funny. Seeing her trying to avoid bursting into tears to the point that her face is bright red and contorted to her family's amusement? Hilarious, especially when we see her proudly posing with her peers from school with a sticking plaster on her forehead.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Kayoko's nightmare about ghosts in the bathroom and the house flooding, all because of her fear of having to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. It's by far the most surreal thing we see in the movie and nothing quite it happens again for the rest of the movie and apart from maybe signalling the earliest sign of Kayoko's CharacterDevelopment, it's completely forgotten about once she's woken up from it.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Kayoko's nightmare about ghosts in the bathroom and the house flooding, all because of her fear of having to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Kayoko tripping over her new kimono and crashing into a screen door and knocking it over? Not funny. Seeing her trying to avoid bursting into tears to the point that her face is bright red and contorted to her family's amusement? Hilarious, especially when we see her proudly posing with her peers from school with a sticking plaster on her forehead.

** The film kicks off with a series of panning shots and freeze-frames across different parts of Tokyo in 1940, most of which is destined to be destroyed by firebombing five years later.
** Early in the film, Kayoko has a nightmare in which she encounters ghosts in the bathroom and her house floods to the brink of destruction. The house is later destroyed for real in the firebombing of Tokyo and Kayoko encounters her family members' spirits in the ruins.
** At one point in the film, Kayoko's oldest brother Tadayoshi comes down with the Typhus virus due to becoming infected as a result of his own laziness and disregard for cleanliness and hygiene (according to their father). This would become a much more serious issue in 2020 with the outbreak of COVID-19.

** Kayoko's oldest brother Tadayoshi comes down with the Typhus virus due to becoming infected as a result of his own laziness and disregard for cleanliness and hygiene (according to their father). This would become a much more serious issue in 2020 with the outbreak of COVID-19.

* HilariousInHindsight: The opening scene depicts three boys playing with spinning tops that are clearly forerunners to products from the ''Beyblade'' franchise.

** Early in the film, Kayoko has a nightmare in which her house floods. The house is later destroyed for real in the fire-bombing of Tokyo.

** Moving in with her Aunt Masae in Numazu does not guarantee Kayoko's safety from the increasing threat of World War 2 as at one point, she is targeted by an American fighter plane, having failed to take cover. She dives down an embankment as a last resort. This saves her life but also results in her cracking her head open and she discovers the bleeding corpse of a soldier who was shot by the plane that attacked her when she climbs back up the embankment. The shock is enough to cause Kayoko to faint.

** To a certain degree, her immediate older brother Kisaburo. He often gets into fights, be it with other kids or Tadayoshi and Takejiro and getting his clothes all dirty. Whenever there's trouble, it's usually him on the receiving end. His heart is in the right place though and he cares very much for his younger sister and is by far the most protective of her, to the point of significantly injuring a young boy just for upsetting her. He's also resourceful enough to find an alternative way of taking cover during the firebombing and this ultimately saves his life.

** Kayoko, her family knows she's a crybaby and she's prone to clumsiness and having little accidents that usually involve her getting hit on the head but she's also a cute, kind, playful CheerfulChild who's keen to help out (especially after her younger brother Konosuke is born) and generally brightens up the lives of most people she meets.

** Moving in with her Aunt Masae in Numazu does not guarantee Kayoko's safety from the increasing threat of World War 2 as at one point, she is targeted by an American fighter plane, having failed to take cover. She dives down an embankment as a last resort. This saves her life but also results in her cracking her head open and she discovers the bleeding corpse of a soldier who was shot by the plane that attacked her when she climbs back up the embankment. The shock is enough to cause Kayoko to faint.

** Kayoko, her family knows she's a crybaby and she's prone to clumsiness and having little accidents that usually involve her getting hit on the head but she's also cute, kind, playful, keen to help out (especially after her younger brother Konosuke is born) and generally brightens up the lives of most people she meets.

* HilariousInHindsight: The opening scene depicts three boys playing with spinning tops that are clearly forerunners to products from the ''Beyblade'' franchise.

** Early in the film, Kayoko has a nightmare in which her house floods. The house is later destroyed for real in the fire bombing of Tokyo.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was Kisaburo telling Kayoko to go away because he was simply embarrassed to have his younger sister discover he was now homeless and shining shoes just to make ends meet or what?

** Kayoko's oldest brother Tadayoshi comes down with the Typhus virus due to becoming infected as a result of his own disregard for cleanliness and hygiene (according to their father). This would become a much more serious issue in 2020 with the outbreak of COVID-19.

* HarsherInHindsight: The film kicks off with a series of panning shots and freeze-frames across different parts of Tokyo in 1940, most of which is destined to be destroyed by firebombing five years later.

HilariousInHindsight: The opening scene depicts three boys playing with spinning tops that are clearly forerunners to products from the ''Beyblade'' franchise.