Soooooooo I just finished watching The Secret World of Arrietty. My reactions to the movie are as followed:
Introduced to Arrietty
Sho/Shawn and Arrietty meeting
Shawn (okay yes I watched the dub) and Arrietty become friends
Said friends outsmart the old hag
However, the final few minutes of the movie wasn't exactly what I had expected.
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Expectations (or something very similar):
"Goodbye Arrietty! I hope I can see you again someday!"
"I hope so to, Shawn! Here's a gift and a promise to see each other again!"
(doesn't have to be chocolate)
"I know we'll find each other again someday. I just know it."
"I'm sure we will, Shawn. I'm sure we will."
Reality:
"Goodbye Arrietty."
"Goodbye Shawn. And thank you for everything."
"........and I never saw her again."
My reaction
So I like happy-er endings. Shoot me. Don't get me wrong, it was a great movie, but then Shawn went and crushed all my happy thoughts of them meeting again.
At least Haku told Chihiro that they could POSSIBLY meet again. Shesh.
Anyhow, I think I'm going to go cry in a corner now.