This is a story with a beautiful style of painting. It is difficult to see such a style of ink painting in cartoons. The scenery and characters are all dotted. The story seems to take place in an era far away from the city but not completely isolated from technology. Those small mountain villages, the villagers in the village, and the prosthetic eyes on the insect master, the microscope, and the stethoscope all seem so conflicted, but not incompatible. The story is a bit obscure. Or what confuses me is, what is a "worm"?

In Darwin's theory of evolution, we accept the view that human beings are evolved, our thinking and our behavior are obtained by constantly compromising with the environment. All life also follows this law, the survival of the fittest. , species selection. Then, for many years as we grew up, this seems to be our default truth, but it seems that the debate about the origin of life has never stopped, it is just too far from our lives.
Insect masters explain "worms" in this way: when animals and plants are indistinguishable, the life that is closest to the original ecology becomes ambiguous in their existence and shape, like ghosts. Some can simulate human behavior.
I don't know what the purpose of this film is. I want to explain to us that every life has its own reason for its existence, or I want to say that it is actually a loss for man to become the most powerful and intelligent life in nature. Weaker or primitive life than we imagine, is not as weak and stupid as we imagine. Is it questioning the origin of life, or reminding us of our ignorance of the world?
Where did we come from and where are we going?

Several stories of insect masters introduce many kinds of insects with strange names, which have created strange problems for human beings, problems that human technology cannot explain and sometimes cannot save. But strangely, some worms are thoughtful, while others are very primitive and low-energy. For example, in the first episode, the worm in the initial state of life is like a ghost, and even has its own unique way to convey ideas, and there are some people who can recognize worms and see worms, and people who can change biological forms. So what is the development of life like, is it not constantly evolving? Just choose a different existence and form? Is the development of insects equal to that of animals and plants? Just as there are intelligent beings like human beings produced in animals, insects are also different, and they also have the same level of intelligence?
And how did life appear? Is there really no scientific explanation for life in the most primitive state?

Although what I wrote seems to make this film elusive, in fact, it only brings us a novel short story in each section, and it should be a good choice for those who like some bizarre stories.

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Laverna 2022-03-30 09:01:11

There is no doubt that the animation is better than the manga. No matter how many times I watch it, I think it's an excellent work. Perhaps the first brush was initially attracted by the setting and the story, the second brush was the soundtrack and painting, the third brush slowly began to understand this grand worldview full of primitive natural beliefs, the fourth brush and the fifth brush were drawn by some of them by folklore. Attracted by things and subtle plots... I really can't get tired of watching it. I often watch it often, it is a great work beyond the general animation sense. Everything it makes is too quiet, as if it were nature itself—merciful, violent, cruel, gentle, ruthless, yet emotionally charged, evoking awe and intimacy. But because it has been purified too thoroughly, it is impossible to sum up its goodness and beauty in one word.
Charley 2022-03-24 09:03:53

Light and quiet, brief and profound. What has been done will be done again; what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun. There is not one thing people can point to and say, this is new. However, in our previous era, it already existed. The past generations will not be remembered; the future generations will not be remembered by those who come after.