Representation Matters.
Grave of the Fireflies does not pass the Bechdel Test. There are not two named women. It also does not pass the reverse Bechdel Test- there are not two named men.
Grave of the Fireflies contains infrequent moderate violence towards women and frequent moderate violence towards men.
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