<p>I bet that after 2 years, you don't care if someone answers the question; heck I wouldn't. Or, maybe you found the answer, but recently I have decided to read the novel.</p>
<p>That was just part of the film. A box cutter is a type of knife, so the dub/sub was similar, but there was no talk about a knife in the book. Maybe it's just something someone added in the film to make her look meaner than Anna was supposed to be.</p>
<p>I'm not a fan of the film, but I will see how the book ends up. I'm about 1/3 finished right now, but the movie follows it alright; for now.</p>

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2020-06-22T03:09:40.970Z
2020-06-22T03:09:40.970Z
Akira
<p>In Ghibli's <em>When Marnie Was There</em>, there's a scene around 27:00 where
Anna calls Nobuko a "fat pig". Pretty rude, but Nobuko does provoke her
quite a bit. Later, around 35:00, Nobuko's mother is complaining about
this to Anna's aunt and uncle ... but she also says that Anna <em>pulled a
knife</em> on Nobuko! ("Knife" in the English dub, "cutter" in the sub.) I
certainly didn't see her do that, nor do I see anything suggesting a
scene was cut.</p>

<p>So, what's the deal here? Did Nobuko simply fabricate the whole thing?
Seems like a pretty strong accusation to invent ... Nobuko comes off as
a jerk, but that's really over the top. Is it a mistranslation?
Unfortunately, my ear for spoken Japanese is not up to transcribing what
Nobuko's mother says. Also unfortunately, my library system does not
have the book the movie was based on.</p>

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the mother could be exaggerating things to make sure a punishment will happen. some people do that!
Henjin
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What's with the claim that Anna pulled a knife on Nobuko?
# What's with the claim that Anna pulled a knife on Nobuko?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-02-26
In Ghibli's *When Marnie Was There*, there's a scene around 27:00 where
Anna calls Nobuko a "fat pig". Pretty rude, but Nobuko does provoke her
quite a bit. Later, around 35:00, Nobuko's mother is complaining about
this to Anna's aunt and uncle ... but she also says that Anna *pulled a
knife* on Nobuko! ("Knife" in the English dub, "cutter" in the sub.) I
certainly didn't see her do that, nor do I see anything suggesting a
scene was cut.

So, what's the deal here? Did Nobuko simply fabricate the whole thing?
Seems like a pretty strong accusation to invent ... Nobuko comes off as
a jerk, but that's really over the top. Is it a mistranslation?
Unfortunately, my ear for spoken Japanese is not up to transcribing what
Nobuko's mother says. Also unfortunately, my library system does not
have the book the movie was based on.
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: the mother could be exaggerating things to make sure a punishment will happen. some people do that!  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-06-22. Score: 1
I bet that after 2 years, you don't care if someone answers the question; heck I wouldn't. Or, maybe you found the answer, but recently I have decided to read the novel.

That was just part of the film. A box cutter is a type of knife, so the dub/sub was similar, but there was no talk about a knife in the book. Maybe it's just something someone added in the film to make her look meaner than Anna was supposed to be.

I'm not a fan of the film, but I will see how the book ends up. I'm about 1/3 finished right now, but the movie follows it alright; for now.
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