Ponyo: plot from Wikipedia –
Fujimoto,
a once-human wizard, lives underwater with his daughter Brunhilde and her numerous smaller sisters.
While she and her siblings are on an outing with their father in his
four-flippered submarine, Brunhilde sneaks off and floats away on the
back of a jellyfish. After an encounter with a fishing trawler, she becomes trapped in a glass jar and drifts to the shore of
a small fishing town where she is rescued by five-year-old boy Sōsuke. While
shattering the jar with a rock, Sōsuke cuts his finger. Brunhilde licks his
blood, healing the wound almost instantly. Sōsuke names her Ponyo and promises
to protect her. Meanwhile, a distraught Fujimoto searches frantically for his
lost daughter whom he believes to have been kidnapped. He calls his wave
spirits to recover her, leaving Sōsuke heartbroken and confused by what
happened.
Ponyo
refuses to let her father call her by her birth name, declaring her desire to
be a human named Ponyo. With magic, she forces herself to grow leg- and
arm-like appendages and start changing into a human, a power granted to her by
Sōsuke's human blood that she licked. Fujimoto forces her to change back into
her true form and leaves to summon Ponyo's mother, Gran Mamare. Meanwhile,
Ponyo, with the help of her sisters, breaks away from her father and
inadvertently uses his magic to make herself human. The huge amount of magic that
she releases into the ocean causes an imbalance in nature, resulting in a tsunami. Ponyo
goes back to Sōsuke, who is amazed and overjoyed to see her. His mother, Lisa,
allows her to stay at their house. Lisa leaves after the tsunami subsides to
check up on the residents of the nursing home where she works, promising Sōsuke
that she will return home as soon as possible.
Gran
Mamare arrives at Fujimoto's submarine. Sōsuke's father, Kōichi, sees her
traveling and recognizes her as the Goddess of Mercy. Fujimoto notices the moon appears to be falling out of its
orbit and satellites are falling like shooting stars,
symptoms of the dangerous imbalance of nature that now exists. Gran Mamare
declares that if Sōsuke can pass a test, Ponyo can live as a human and that
the balance
of nature will
be restored. Fujimoto, still worried, reminds her that if Sōsuke fails the
test, Ponyo will turn into sea foam.
The next
day, Sōsuke and Ponyo find that most of the land around the house has been
covered by the ocean. Since it is impossible for Lisa to come home, the two
decide to find her. With Ponyo's magic, they make Sōsuke's pop pop boat bigger to traverse the waters, seeing marine life from the
Late Devonian period and more people on boats. When
they reach the forest, however, Ponyo tires and falls asleep, and the boat
slowly reverts back to its original size. Sōsuke drags Ponyo to the shore,
where he finds Lisa's abandoned car. As they continue walking, Ponyo
mysteriously reverts to her fish form. Meanwhile, Lisa and the residents of the
nursing home are temporarily able to breathe water because of Gran Mamare.
Ponyo and Sōsuke encounter Fujimoto, who warns the boy on the imbalance of
nature, begs him to give him back Ponyo. Despite their attempt to flee, they
are captured and Fujimoto takes them down to the protected nursing home.
Sōsuke reunites with Lisa and meets Gran Mamare, with whom Lisa
has just had a long private conversation. Gran Mamare asks him if he can love
Ponyo whether she is a fish or human; Sōsuke replies likewise. She then tells
her daughter that if she chooses to become human once and for all, she will
have to give up her magical powers. Ponyo agrees, and she is encased in a
bubble given to Sōsuke, who is instructed to kiss it to complete Ponyo's
transformation, as the balance of nature is restored. The previously stranded
ships head back to port. Fujimoto respects his daughter's choice, having
decided he can trust Sōsuke. Ponyo then joyfully jumps high in the air and
kisses Sōsuke, completing her transformation as a human.
あらすじ （粗筋）
Plot Summary
魚の女の子ポニョは、海の女神である母グランマンマーレと魔法使いの父フジモトに育てられている。ある日、家出をして海岸へやってきたポニョは、空き瓶に頭が挟まっていたところを、保育園児の宗介に助けられる。宗介は魚のポニョが好きになり、ポニョも宗介が好きになる。ところが、ポニョがいなくなったことに気づいたフジモトに追いかけられて捕まり、ポニョは海底に連れ戻されてしまう。
フジモトは、海底にある家の井戸に、"命の水"を蓄えていた。その井戸が一杯になると、忌まわしき人間の時代が終わり、再び海の時代が始まるのだという。ポニョは、宗介に会うために家から逃げ出そうとして、偶然に、その井戸へ海水を注ぎ込んでしまう。すると命の水はポニョの周りに溢れ出し、ポニョは人間の姿へと変わる。強い魔力を得た彼女は激しい嵐を呼び起こし、津波に乗りながら宗介の前に現れて、宗介に飛びついて抱きしめる。宗介は、女の子の正体が魚のポニョであるとすぐに気づいて、彼女が訪れたことを嬉しがる。
一方、フジモトは、"ポニョが世界に大穴を開けた"と言って、このままでは世界が破滅すると慌て出す。しかし、グランマンマーレは、ポニョを人間にしてしまえば良いのだとフジモトに提案する。古い魔法を使えば、ポニョを人間にして、魔法を失わせることができるのだ。だが、それには宗介の気持ちが揺らがないことが条件だった。さもなくば、ポニョは泡になってしまうという。
嵐が落ちつくと、宗介の母リサは、彼女が勤めている老人ホーム「ひまわりの家」の様子を見に出かけていく。翌朝、宗介はポニョと一緒にリサの後を追うと、途中でポニョは眠り出し、魚の姿に戻ってしまう。そこへやってきたフジモトが、二人を海底に沈んでいるひまわり園まで連れて行くと、そこにはリサとグランマンマーレが待っていた。
グランマンマーレは、宗介が心からポニョを好きなことと、ポニョが魔法を捨てても人間になりたいことを確かめて、ポニョを人間にする魔法をかける。ポニョと宗介が陸に戻り、ポニョにキスをすると、ポニョの姿は5歳の女の子に変わったのだった。
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play or novel
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protagonist
