Praise humanity! Praise the tragedy!

Darion 2022-09-11 17:47:17

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After watching the animation, some people may think that this is a very dark work used to criticize and satirize human nature, and some may be just for its 21-ban name, or it is full of violence and pornography I only watched it in the clips, but it must be said that these views are too one-sided. "Devilman crybaby" contains absolutely not only these, there are indeed a lot of bad clips in the animation, but all of them are It is not for pure curiosity, but to better serve the theme of animation. It is also true that the depiction of human nature in animation looks very frustrating, but this still cannot hide the character Makimura who represents innocence and beauty. The brilliance of humanity illuminated by the tree, what is humanity? This is a complex question, whether there is a ready-made human nature out there for us to de-objectify, and people, influenced by thousands of years of metaphysical history, tend to simplify it as black and white, good or good The state of evil, even if people who are more and more critical in their aesthetic tastes begin to reject an established story mode that divides good and evil, when discussing human nature, they tend to think that the so-called human nature is neither good nor evil, but a The established concept of human nature is indeed still firmly held by people.

Going back to "Devil Man" itself, even the protagonist himself will keep repeating the word "human nature". The word "human nature" in the mouth of the characters in the animation was originally kinder, warmer and more empathetic. Relatively demonic is the one who has no compassion and acts entirely on instinct and impulse. It can be seen that the characters in the animation originally upheld this dualistic and ready-made concept of human nature, but with the development of the plot We can find that this absolute division and presupposition of human nature and animal nature has actually been denied. Demons, as the representative of complete animal nature, should have acted purely on instinct and impulse. Impulse is what their lives are all about", but in the fifth episode there is a demon who is an alien (Huai Meng), a demon who falls in love captured by the beauty of another demon (Die Liyu), and eventually even for the sake of He sacrificed his life to fulfill Li Yan's will; on the other hand, human beings themselves, as beings full of "human nature", did nothing better than the devil, and fell into madness after being agitated a little. In the chaos and internal friction, people were arrested and tried as demons because of suspicion. Especially after Ming's identity as a demon was revealed, the plot of people attacking their homes completely turned the tyranny of people in the state of gangsters. It is exposed, as Ming said at the end of Chapter 9: "You are the devil", the distinction between demons and humans is no longer based on the division of human nature/demon nature, and demons may themselves appear to be understood by us. Some of the glorious feelings of human nature, and it is entirely possible for human beings to abandon human nature and become demons called human beings.

Of course, this is not a simple definition of human nature itself as a kind of evil. The theme of "The Devil" is not to curse human nature. On the contrary, what the Devil wants to convey is a more positive thing. A call for love, a call for empathy and mutual understanding between people, in such a messy world, there are still people like Miki Maki, and the light emanating from his beautiful character is still the same. Dazzling, it is in this messy world, in the comparison with countless dehumanized people, in that incomparably heroic tragic end, the beauty in his body is completely bloomed, and this beauty will never be seen in ordinary days. Some strong rays of light show our existence like us, and in the most utter despair, people are shocked to realize that the things that are accustomed to daily life are so precious; and after Meishu, her beauty and faith in love are also different. Before it was cut off, the baton was passed to Fudaki and other demons through Kuroda Miki and Maki Maki, and finally the baton was finally passed to Asuka. I don't know what "love" is. Asuka, who thinks it doesn't exist, finally understands the feeling of love. Some people will be surprised after watching the animation. How can the grand narrative that has been focusing on human nature and society before fall into personal emotions at the end of the animation In terms of description, we can now understand that the theme of the animation has never changed. It is the description of love that was pointed out at the beginning. Whether it is the grand narrative in the middle or the final fall back to the individual, it is for this purpose. Yes, even in such an apocalyptic world, the beautiful elements of human nature are still passed on. Even if human beings have perished, there are still "people" who still exist with "love" in their hearts. " is not a ready-made thing that exists in human beings, on the contrary, it is hard-won, it is a state of existence that needs to be created and maintained, and no one is born as a "human". On the contrary, "people" are gradually generated in their living practices, so we can even say that what this animation describes is such an "adult" road for Asuka to gradually grow into people.

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Of course, as an excellent animation work, the brilliance of "Devil Man" is not limited to the discussion of human nature. As a film and television work, in addition to its own story, how to show such a story is also the same It is also a very important point. For the same story, different directors will inevitably perform different effects. The expression and catharsis of the picture's emotions are very prominent. The first is this style of painting, which can be very brief with the lines of the picture. The color is also large and large, which creates an overall flat feeling. Compared with other animations, it can be said that there is no three-dimensional effect, which directly widens the distance between the characters in the animation and the audience. It makes you have a strong feeling that this is an animation, which is not real, so at this time, the characters in it are freed from the performance of realistic movies. Other animations also have this feature compared to movies. The characters in the movie It is a live performance, he must obey reality and reproduce reality, but in animation, the character is not a real person, he is separated from the representational performance (even if not completely separated), it can rely on more exaggerated or bizarre ways. Actions can be accepted by the audience at the same time, and in live-action movies, once you do this, you will have a strong sense of disobedience. When you return to the devil, his more distant style of painting will make it more expressive, even if it appears Such distortion of limbs and imbalance of proportions will not affect the sensory perception, but can better fit the mood of the overall narrative, so that the atmosphere to be rendered is more intuitively and strongly expressed.

At the moment of the baton, together with the influence left by the first half of the Internet speech, Miki Maki at this time has incarnated into love itself, Miki Maki is like the direct manifestation of the beautification of human nature, this beautiful manifestation of human nature is running He was looking for his successor, but Fubu Ming was still far away and was unable to arrive. There were only gangsters chasing him behind him. With hoarse screams and gushing blood, Miki was finally killed, with unwillingness and grief for not being able to pass the baton; Miki's death was so dazzling and heroic, it hit people's hearts directly, everything. The emotions gathered here and spewed out, reaching the climax of the whole film. When the audience accompanied by Fu Ming felt that the murderers were madly holding up the "trophies" and celebrated on the spot, they must be the same as the animation in the animation. Obviously have the exact same feeling, accompanied by intense anger, these murderers are opposed to "devils" as the object of extreme hatred and contempt, Miki, the group of demons and the audience form a contrasting system of three points, the audience is Together, they sublimated to the height of Miki Maki, and instead of despising these demons that annihilated humanity, the audience felt a double shock at the same time in this scene. The shock of disgust and hatred for the murderers, what a great pleasure lurks in this double shock! There is no more beauty in tragedy than this, how shocking and delightful it is to see the destruction of this beautiful and sublime thing! In this scene, the adult road of Asuka, which I mentioned before, seems to have taken a back seat. All the previous plots, all the rhythms of the pictures, the flying lines, and the galloping music seem to be for this moment, for the sake of The death of Miki Makimura. Feel it, with intense anger, these murderers are opposed to "devils" as objects of extreme hatred and contempt. Miki, the group of demons and the audience form a three-point contrasting system, and the audience is sublimated together to Makimura beauty. The height of the tree, and the defiance of these demons who have destroyed humanity, in this scene, the audience feels a double shock at the same time, one is the shock of the sublime nature of the beautiful tree, and the other is the disgust they hold in their hearts towards the murderers , the shock of hatred, what great pleasure lurks in this double shock! There is no more beauty in tragedy than this, how shocking and delightful it is to see the destruction of this beautiful and sublime thing! In this scene, the adult road of Asuka, which I mentioned before, seems to have taken a back seat. All the previous plots, all the rhythms of the pictures, the flying lines, and the galloping music seem to be for this moment, for the sake of The death of Miki Makimura. Feel it, with intense anger, these murderers are opposed to "devils" as objects of extreme hatred and contempt. Miki, the group of demons and the audience form a three-point contrasting system, and the audience is sublimated together to Makimura beauty. The height of the tree, and the defiance of these demons who have destroyed humanity, in this scene, the audience feels a double shock at the same time, one is the shock of the sublime nature of the beautiful tree, and the other is the disgust they hold in their hearts towards the murderers , the shock of hatred, what great pleasure lurks in this double shock! There is no more beauty in tragedy than this, how shocking and delightful it is to see the destruction of this beautiful and sublime thing! In this scene, the adult road of Asuka, which I mentioned before, seems to have taken a back seat. All the previous plots, all the rhythms of the pictures, the flying lines, and the galloping music seem to be for this moment, for the sake of The death of Miki Makimura.

In terms of overshadowing the light of the main line, this scene may not be successful, but it is so beautiful and magnificent that people can't blame it, but can only blame the tenth episode. Creation, to say that the real ending (episode 10) is too underwhelming compared to this scene...

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