Within silences, there is meditation and multiplicity of meanings. Blue is not an indie coming-of-age movie that uses silence to masquerade itself as a bigger movie than it truly is. Silence is a key theme between Kirishima and Endo, and their ultimate source of conflict. They struggle with communicating their feelings for each other, because they're still wondering how to even articulate them by themselves. They don't talk about universities and colleges often, because they don't know what their futures as adults hold for them. But in silence, they often find themselves at their most vulnerable. A peaceful moment of silence, only interrupted by the sound of waves, leads to a kiss. When one of them is silent, the other starts talking about things they've experienced in their life, things they would never dare to talk about with other people. Silence in this movie is both love and trial, challenger and helper.
Review of Blue
