>>713290049
I love how Hosoda describes the climax of the movie, how the buildings and balconies of Hikarigaoka are filled with children watching the fight like the setting is their personal colosseum. He also describes Taichi, having entered grade school by this point, holding skepticism, reservations, and even a bit of fear towards Koromon, recognizing the danger of the unknown, but his gradual acceptance and finally support for it as he doesn't want it to lose and blows Hikari's whistle. Hikari, on the other hand, being as young as she is, fully accepts Koromon from the start, but as it evolves and becomes more destructive to everything around it, she begins to recognize the fear her brother felt, it's almost like this loss of innocence. Hosoda cited The Spirit of the Beehive as a major influence.