(Re)learn to walk

The melodramatic narrative strategy in Garden of Words

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-58442023119pt

Keywords:

Melodrama, Melodramatic imagination, Anime, Japanese animation, Makoto Shinkai

Abstract

This article analyzes the development of the character Yukari Yukino in the anime Garden of Words (2013), to present how audiovisual productions that are not part of the melodrama genre use its narrative strategies in the dramatic construction of the works. Therefore, bibliographical research about melodrama was accomplished, and film analysis of excerpts from the animation to identify this resource in the conception of the protagonist’s story. As a result, the analysis indicated how a Western concept (melodrama) can be used in a Japanese animation, contributing to the sentimental charge of the narrative, and facilitating its access, considering that it is spread around the world in different media, such as cinema and streaming platforms.

Author Biographies

  • Thátilla Sousa Santos, Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia – GO, Brazil, Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia – GO, Brasil, Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia – GO, Brasil

    PhD student and Master in Communication from the Postgraduate Program in Communication of the Federal University of Goiás (PPGCOM-UFG), in the Media and Culture research line, with scholarship from CAPES.

  • Lara Lima Satler, Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia – GO, Brazil, Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia – GO, Brasil, Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia – GO, Brasil

    Research Productivity Scholarship, CNPq. Professor in the Postgraduate Programs in Communication and Cultural Performances (PPGCOM/PPGPC), Federal University of Goiás (UFG).

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Published

2023-12-11

Issue

Vol. 46 (2023)

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(Re)learn to walk: The melodramatic narrative strategy in Garden of Words. Intercom - Brazilian Journal of Communication Sciences, São Paulo, v. 46, p. e2023119, 2023. DOI: 10.1590/1809-58442023119pt. Disponível em: https://revistas.intercom.org.br/index.php/revistaintercom/article/view/4428. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2026.