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Aunties Reveal Family Connection to Kubo
Kubo
Who are you? How do you know my name?
Karasu
We're your family, Kubo. Your mother's sisters. We've been looking for you for so long. (Washi appears from behind Karasu)
Karasu and Washi
It's so pleasure to meet you, Kubo, face to face. Come, Kubo. Come to your aunties. There's no reason to be afraid. We just need your other eye. (Kubo runs off into the forest) Your grandfather admires us.
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Questions About Names and Identity
Monkey
Let me guess, you have questions.
Kubo
Why did?-
Beetle
I'll start. First question. If i'm Beetle and you're Monkey, why isn’t he called boy?
Monkey
Oh boy.
Monkey
Release us!
Washi
Oh sister. I remember how we looked up to you. Such a waste. All we ever wish to be a family in our home amongst the stars.
Monkey
I think we're far from definitions of family.
Beetle
Don't you touch him, you witch!
Washi
And then there's you! The thieving ] who stole my sister's ].
[[insect; [soul]
Monkey
What?
Washi
You've been together all this time and you hadn't realized? (Uses the smoke to grab an origami of Hanzo and turns it into an origami of Beetle) You took her from us. It's the only thing we took from you. How those memories spill from your head up wiping up the recollection on your obscene union, Hanzo.
Beetle
What?
Monkey
Hanzo?
Beetle
I-I didn't know.
Monkey
No!
Washi
(faces Kubo) I'm forgetting what I came here for.
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Kubo Prepares for a Musical Performance
Kubo
Ready? 3, 2, 1, sing! ] while strums the strings]
[165 minutes later logo; sings [[The Fox and the Hound|"Best of Friends"]
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Identity and Kindness in Community Recognition
Raiden
Who am I?
Villagers
You're the kindest old man in the world!
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A Conflict Between Urgency and Caution
Kubo
Monkey, I think he's in trouble! We should help him!
Monkey
Kubo, your aunts are still out there! I'm sorry, but we have to head for shore!
Monkey
Kubo!
[Runs across the leafy galleon and jumps off to dive in for Kubo, but a mechanical hand attached to a chain grabs her by the leg and pulls her back onto the deck. She looks up above her as Karasu gently floats down towards the boat holding the chain in her hand]
Karasu
Oh how precious. I come here to fish and all I reel in is a wretched ape. It is a shame that this filthy creature is all that's left of my sister's magic.
Monkey
This filthy creature will tear you APART!
[Runs to Karasu with a sword in her hands; they fight. Beetle carries Kubo and swims back up on the boat]
Beetle
It's the eyes. He looked at the eyes.
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A Warning for Observant Listeners
Kubo
If you must blink, do it now. Pay careful attention to everything you see and hear, no matter how unusual it may seem. And please be warned: if you fidget, if you look away, if you forget any part of what I tell you, even for an instant, then our hero will surely perish.
[famous line]
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The Power of Memories in Kubo's Journey
Kubo
If you must blink, do it now.
Kubo
I know why you want my eye. Because without it, I can't look into the eyes of another and see their soul. Their ]...
[[love]
Raiden
Everything you loved is GONE! Everything you knew has been taken from you!
Kubo
No... it's in the memories. The most powerful kind of magic there is.
[strums the strings again and summons the spirits from the lanterns]
Kubo
It makes us stronger than you'll ever be. These are the memories of those we've have loved and lost. And if we hold their stories, deep in our hearts… then you will never take them away from us.
Monkey
So if you don't eat you'll be weak and if your weak you'll be slow and if your slow you'll died.
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Self-Reflection and Identity in Kubo's Journey
Kubo
Monkey, you saying yourself.
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