Line #11 Anime/LikeTheCloudsLikeTheWind


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2	''Like the Clouds, Like the Wind'' (''Kumo no yō ni, Kaze no yō ni'') is an anime television film by Creator/StudioPierrot, based on the 1989 novel ''Kōkyū Shōsetsu'' by Ken'ichi Sakemi. It was first broadcast on Nippon Television Network System in 1990.
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4	Ginga is a simple—yet energetic—country girl, living with her father far from the capital city of the empire in ancient China. When she learns of an opportunity to become a concubine of the young new Emperor, with the possibility of getting a regular food supply in the bargain, Ginga convinces her father to let her go. Once there, she meets all of the other potential head wives, each of whom have various reasons for being there. All of them must learn to read and write, learn the history of their country, and learn the proper mannerisms for being in the royal court.
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6	Ginga's enthusiasm tends to get her in trouble more often than not, but it works to her advantage when they learn that the former emperor's head wife, who is not the mother of the current emperor, is plotting treachery against the new emperor, and that a rebellion is headed toward the capital.
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8	!"Like the Clouds, Like the Wind'' has examples of:
9	* ActionGirl:
10	** Tamyūn uses twin blades to fight.
11	** While undisciplined, Ginga has no problem grabbing a couple of bricks to hit assassins.
12	** [[spoiler:The other wives become this in the climax to defend against Iryūda and his rebels.]]
13	* AmazonChaser: {{Implied\|Trope}}. Koryūn compliments Ginga on how strong she is and falls for her later on.
14	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:After TheirFirstTime, Ginga became pregnant with her and Koryūn's son.]]
15	* BigSisterInstinct: The reason Tamyūn pretended to be a candidate for Koryūn's bride is to see who will assassinate him
16	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Tamyūn and the rest of the royal family were killed, including Koryūn who was committed suicide to help Ginga and the other wives be spared, and they are. And for a short while the tyrannical Iryūda is emperor, but overthrown due to his tyrant nature. And after a while, Ginga gives birth to her and Koryūn's son, the future Emperor, Kokuyoujuu. And many of Ginga's friends remembered her as still having a smile on her face, implying she was able to [[HerHeartWillGoOn accept and move on]] from the trauma.]]
17	* CharacterDevelopment:
18	** The flighty and childish Ginga matures throughout the movie as she has to face the dangers to the new Emperor's life, becoming more serious and grounded.
19	** Seshaamin starts off as an AlphaBitch who thinks she's better than everyone. Come the climax, she stops thinking about who's better than who and become nicer.
20	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Koryūn kills himself so that Iryūda and his army will spare the Ginga and the others.]]
21	** Also [[spoiler: the Empress Dowager poisons herself and her son once Iryuda breaches the palace]]
22	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Ginga even outright confuses Koryūn for a girl the first time they meet.
23	* ElectiveMute: Ginga tries to get the old woman who holds her hand through the Weeping Gate passage to talk to her, but she refuses even when Ginga tries to force her to talk by crushing her hand. [[MotorMouth Once they get out of the Weeping Gate passage, however...]]
24	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Konton has the traitorous Kikyo (who had come to him and Iryuda as a messenger from the Empress Dowager to ally with them against Koryun) executed when he learns he participated in the assassination of General Osaibi, which allowed the rebellion to proceed. Turns out Konton admired Osaibi and considered him an upright and competent opponent, plus as he points out to Iryuda they can't trust people who have already betrayed their supposed allies like that.
25	* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Iryūda only decided to start a rebellion out of boredom, but his actions became so great that he decided to really take on the kingdom and become emperor himself.]]
26	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Konton and Iryuda go from affable mercenaries hired to protect Ginga from bandits, to defeating said bandits and becoming bureaucrats working for the local governor, to vicious rebels because they were bored with being bureacrats, and then Konton performs one final turn to becoming a Face at the end [[spoiler: when he starts having regrets just as Iryuda is about to succeed, assisting Ginga and the rest of the Inner Palace to escape. Given that Iryuda was able to SpotTheThread and noticed that Ginga's gun's hammer was already down and therefore it wasn't loaded, he also performed a little bit of a HeelFaceTurn at the end, although the final narration does say he was a tyrant for the three years he actually served as emperor]]
27	* HerHeartWillGoOn: {{Implied\|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Despite Koryūn's suicide and what happened to the palace, Ginga's friends and other witnesses commented on how energetic and lively she was whenever they saw her.]]
28	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Koryūn has extremely long hair and is a major PrettyBoy.
29	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: [[spoiler:Ginga and Koryūn make love in the stable where the latter was being held prisoner. This incident led to Ginga becoming pregnant with their son and future Emperor of the Kan Kingdom, Kokuyoujuu.]]
30	* MissingMom: Ginga's mother died when she was two.
31	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Konton has this reaction [[spoiler:when Iryūda states he is serious about overthrowing Koryūn and laments over how he and his friend have unknowingly caused trouble for Ginga.]]
32	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Despite knowing that gun at Konton's head wasn't loaded, Iryūda lets Ginga, Konton, and the other wives go.]]
33	* RagsToRiches: Ginga transforms from a "dirt-covered, radish girl" to [[spoiler:the Emperor's seishi (head wife).]]
34	* SexyDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Ginga and Koryūn's sexual encounter in the stable after embracing one another is cut to a scene of Konton waiting outside regretting how he was a part of Iryūda's tyranny, then cutting back to the couple.]]
35	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: [[spoiler:Even after being chosen as the seishi]], Ginga didn't know if she should be happy given the fact that she doesn't what the Emperor is like and may wind up miserable. However, after actually meeting Koryūn, she starts to enjoy his company and fall for him.
36	* {{Sleepyhead}}: Koyo is from a culture that can only enter a room when the door has been opened for them, so when Ginga takes a few minutes to open the door to their room for her, she promptly lies down and falls asleep. She later can been seen dozing off during the professor's lessons.
37	* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Ginga ends up pregnant with Koryūn's child not long before he commits suicide]].
38	* SpotTheThread: Iryuda notices [[spoiler: that the hammer on the gun Ginga was pointing at Konton's head was down, and therefore the gun was unloaded]] but he ignores it to [[spoiler: let the Inner Palace staff and concubines escape]]
39	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Ginga notes that Tamyūn looks a lot like Koryūn. Not surprising, considering they're brother and sister.
40	* TookALevelInJerkass: While Iryūda was a bandit when introduced, he was still a pretty friendly guy. However, when Konton has the idea to start a rebellion to alleviate some boredom, Iryūda loses all affability, becoming consumed with being the Emperor and having as many pretty girls as he can.
41	* TookALevelInKindness: Seshaamin becomes more willing to work with others she once considered beneath her.
42	* {{Uptown G\|irl}}uy: Koryūn (the Emperor) falls in love with Ginga (a commoner).
43	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What became of Ginga's father is a mystery.
44	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:The assassin who killed Koryūn's baby brother.]]

Context Anime / LikeTheCloudsLikeTheWind