The Life of Death

That moment when they hug I could feel the deer saying "thank you for everything"

*:deer dies* me: *starts crying dramatically*

My kitty cat passed a month ago. I hope death was as gentle to her as it is depicted in this movie. I love you, Noki. ‘Til death did us part.

Notice that towards the end, the rest of the pack leave, but Death's friend start to struggle to breath and stand. She knew what death was and knew it was her time. Those little details just make this story that much more beautiful and heart wrenching.

I love how death isn't portrayed as malicious, but a curious being who just wants to explore and have a friend

Whatever death touches, dies. The grass: "Am I a joke to you?"

I watched again this 2024 to see if I cry again after many years, and yes is still the same feeling.

Why, out of all the short movies that get all these awards, has this one never garnered any? I found this five years ago and I showed it to my kids. Now they request it. May they learn (as I have) that Death is an old friend!

It hurts watching someone you loved fade-away in your arms and thinking it was your fault that it happened

Death loomed over her. Over the many years that it followed her she got closer and closer to it. Sleeping along side her, being with her while she ate, and watching over her family. Over time she grew old, weary, or sick. She knew it was time... As her family left the forest to graze she stopped. Pausing only for a moment and looked back to the death that had watched over her. She walked towards it calmly. She had lived her life; with understanding and trust she embraced death. The friend that would come for her and all that followed.

In my opinion, the character of "Death" touches the animals not to kill them but because he wants to touch something, to play, to have an embrace. This is clearly evident when he touches the flower and it withers immediately, shocking him. So in the end, the deer chooses him to touch and give him the embrace he was seeking. It was time for her to die. This is apparent because the deer seems to tremble and not be well when the others depart. Very, very touching from every perspective.

Notice how all of the other animals lay down immediately and fell into slumber the moment Death touched them, but in the deer's case, at 3:40 it did not, as Death (I guess) himself don't accept it, but seeing the deer tolerating the pain, Death hugged it with acceptance and peace. Just a realization that made me cry even more.

Death: Lays Down Grass: I am inevitable.

Life once asked death" why doesnt anyone love you ?" Death replied "because i am a painful truth and you are a beautiful lie"

I never imagined that death can be represented in such a beautiful manner

The way Death gently lowers her to the ground 🥺

The moral is: we should not fear death. We should live with it. When the time comes we should meet it with understanding.

"Death smiles at us, all we can do is smile back" -Marcus Aurelius

7 years later and this still hits hard

『死は自ら望むものではなく、訪れるもの』と言ってる人がいたのを見て、だから鹿の方から触れたときは何も起こらなかったのに『死』の方から抱きしめたときはしんでしまったのかなと思いました。 初めての抱擁が別れのときって切ない