Summary
There was a boy who liked to daydream in one country.
In his daydream, he thought a fish which he found in puddle by the sea as a mermaid. They played together under the sea. After that, he took her to his house and showed to his parents.
However, people were prohibited to daydream in the country. Because of that, he was questioned and even tortured by the government until he forgets the mermaid.
However, he was unable to forget her. Despite the pressure from the government, he stood against them and he ran away with her in his fantasy.
Evaluation
In this Mermaid vedio, Tezuka Osamu wants to tell us that there are/were a lot of countries which controll people’s minds and thoughts, especially in those in which wars are/were going on. For example, Hitler in Germany. Hitler made people think that his country was poor because of Jewish people and took them into concentration camps. Many of innocent people died because of that. Japanese government during the World War II limited the people’s minds and thoughts,too. Although Japan was losing against America, the newspaper said Japan was winning. People were not allowed to say bad things about Japanese military or the government, but if they do, they would be punished.
The vedio has a very deep message. It is not only for past things but also for the occasion in present. It’s almost impossible to take wars away from this planet, but we still can daydream whatever we want.
