Keigo Higashino (the winner of the Edogawa Ranpo Award and the Naoki Award)'s "masterpiece" "The Devotion of Suspect X" made the market of Chinese mystery novels boil in 2008. The era of Kyugo". Based on the film of the same name adapted from "The Devotion of Suspect X", the reasoning technology looks beautiful: Yasuko killed her ex-husband Fu Jian with the assistance of her daughter; in order to protect them, Shishen killed a homeless man, and used a series of tricks such as destroying the body , successfully made the police mistakenly believe that the tramp (corpse) was Fujian, and he was the murderer of Fujian.
Fengshen Chi, a professor at Imperial University, nicknamed "Galileo", often helps the police solve some difficult scientific problems. His college alumnus, Shi Shen, is a hunched, sluggish geek who focuses on mathematics and spirituality, and is teaching in middle schools. Reunited after a long absence, the two of them talked about the four-color theorem, and the dialogue always had hidden opportunities. Stone God sighed that Galileo was still handsome, which made the latter suspicious. The slovenly stone god actually cares about his appearance. Could it be that he has fallen in love?
In order to deceive the police, Shishen faked the appearance of a "stalker" and "eavesdropper" to clear Yasukiko's suspicion at all costs. Because, when he didn't want to see the sun tomorrow, his neighbor Yasushi brought a breakfast that was destined to be even more climax than Tiffany's, which gave him the courage and hope to continue living. When the dead trees meet the spring, the time has begun: he is no longer a stone god, but a maddened "love god" wrapped in a beautiful love cloak by the author.
In fact, there are huge loopholes in Keigo Higashino's reasoning chain: whether it is the novel or the movie version, "The Devotion of Suspect X" highlights the scenes of Fu Jian extorting, harassing, and beating orphans and widows, who strangle Fu Jian to death Whether it is self-defense or excessive self-defense, reporting to the police is undoubtedly the most sensible and reasonable choice. Unexpectedly, in addition to the so-called talent in mathematics, Shishen also has an extraordinary ability to make small things infinitely big. He immediately used the reason that he took for granted to prevent Yasuko from calling the police, and cleverly used his overdeveloped cerebellum to push the mother and daughter into each other. Jumping into a situation where the Shinano River can't be washed away, and spend the rest of his life in pain and guilt.
Article 36 of the Japanese Criminal Law stipulates: "For urgent wrongful violations, and for the defense of one's own or others' rights, there is no punishment. The reason that Keigo made up for Yasuko not to report the case is a joke compared to the terrible consequences that may result from not reporting the case, like taking part in a 250 gamble with his life.
For the happiness of his lover, the god of love, with a gloomy appearance and a fanatical heart, dug a huge trap for his lover and himself, and jumped down recklessly. Keigo Higashino was deeply moved by this once-in-a-million-year-old feigning perpetrator: "This is the purest love and best trick I can think of." Countless fans of Keigo Higashino were also moved to a mess, "Winter Thunder bursts, Xia Yuxue, heaven and earth unite, but dare to be with you!"
What is "the purest love", does the lover live in a vacuum? Even if the plan of Eros can be successful, the lover who is besieged by guilt cannot be happy. The premise of the trick (to make the lover happy) is a bubble in water. If these are only side issues, what could be more inhuman and ironic than the murder of a completely innocent tramp to prove great love?
In order to reduce the moral pressure, the author arranged for Shishen to surrender himself and bear all the guilt. Indiscriminately killing innocent and mentally handicapped murderers, let Dongsi shed tears of sympathy, first of all because the author and the audience subconsciously felt that the life of a homeless person was insignificant, and our love God also paid the corresponding price. "The Devotion of Suspect X" shows no mercy to the homeless from beginning to end. He is not a flesh and blood body that can perceive pain and joy, but a symbol and prop to prove how great and pure love can be. Keigo Higashino's fans highly praise such a work that lacks logic and anti-humanity, which is not unrelated to the lack of human rights education in Asian culture.
Raskolnikov, a poor student in Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", kills ruthless loan sharks. Shishen used the outrageous way of trapping and killing homeless people to publicize "the ultimate love and the ultimate dedication", which can be said to be cruel, ignorant, and absurd to the extreme.
Because a person is a vagabond and inferior, the illegal deprivation of his life is not so "shocking", which is the psychological basis of the Nanjing Massacre, the Nazi Holocaust and racial discrimination. At the end of the film, Yasuko decides to turn himself in, and the Shishen, who is doing more and more help and hurting himself and others, "sends a roar like a beast, mixed with despair and confusion, which makes all listeners moved."
I'm also "moved by it", the love that goes so far makes people extremely disgusting.
(Column article, original title: When love goes crazy)
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