maquia when the promised flower blooms dub

Basically, if you are or know someone who is or has been a single parent, a teenage parent, a parent in witness protection, a parent who cannot physically age and watches their child become older than them in the relative blink of an eye, or just a parent in general, this movie is for you.īeing a product of P.A. She names the child Ariel (Eddy Lee) and the rest of the movie is about their ever-evolving and increasingly complicated relationship. When their civilization is attacked by a nearby empire wanting a long living heir, Maquia is forced to go into hiding and runs across a baby being clutched by his now dead mother. The titular Maquia (Xanthe Huynh) is a young girl from a race of ageless, immortal, and secluded people called the Iorph, known for their special brand of thread weaving called a Hibiol which form artistic patterns that can hold messages as simple as a get well card or even as long as their people’s history. And I mean that in the best possible way.

This and many other concepts themes are at the heart of what makes “Maquia-Where the Promised Flower Blooms”, a heart-wrenching emotional assault on those who watch it. And sometimes, assuming the unspeakable happens, what to do if you outlive them. Thinking about how you’ll be able to let them go after raising them so for so long. Wondering if you can teach them to be an independent person once they’re on their own. Part of the struggles of parenthood is wondering what you’re leaving behind for your child when you’re gone. These flowers are giving me the eye sweats…

Maquia when the promised flower blooms dub