The final image is the crab-blue figure of the indifferent youth soaked in the whitish winter sun, exuding some Thurso, and then disappearing on the street corner.
The story begins in silence and ends in awe, and the curtain is dyed dark by the blood flowing through it. I don’t know how many sleepless nights I have experienced in the middle, but Tokyo is still the magic city that has been painted with fluorescent paint. Countless virtual stars rose through the sky, and finally fell like tears on Tianyu's face. This is a nocturne of mourning collided between killing machines and mere humans, and it is also a lingering love song that returns to the slaughterhouse.
Since then, the night sky has lost its light,
commemorating the lost starry sky
. With the name of BONES' heavy production and Okamura Tensai leading the original animation project, "Black Contractor" should also be a must-see original animation masterpiece. In the animation industry, superpowers are a common setting, and the feasting Tokyo has always been a soft underbelly for careerists to destroy the world. This story has a not uncommon background: Ten years ago, an unresolved area suddenly appeared in Tokyo. The people who walked out from there were influenced by abnormal phenomena and gained the super power to control life and death, but they lost their dreams and hearts as human beings forever. That mysterious piece of land is called the gate of hell, and the power users who walk out of it are called contractors.
Since then, the sky has been rebuilt by anomalous phenomena, the bright moon has disappeared, the stars have shifted, and the night sky has become the pedigree of the contractors, marking their actions and demise. The group of night walkers who signed a contract with the stars need to do things that go against human nature at the cost of some kind of spiritual bondage in exchange for super powers, otherwise they will lose all their minds and become a mindless media DOLL. The appearance of all visions is a mystery that is difficult to solve with science, and the existence of the contractor is hidden in front of the public as a secret. A team of scholars once entered the gate of hell to investigate, but in the end only one person came back alive. Major international institutions have attached great importance to it. The Japanese Metropolitan Police Department, the British M16, and the American CIA are all carrying out investigations and researches on the gate of hell. There is even a huge organization that transcends national borders. Super power, trying to eliminate all contractors. The contractors who understood the purpose of the organization concluded an EPR (Evening Primrose) and silently fought against it. As if there will never be a coexisting starry sky in the world, there is bound to be a battle of survival between humans and contractors.
Contractors are often described as killing machines, but people who don't know it will still say innocent words like "If you have super powers, it will be much easier to clean up the table". After the starry sky is lost, there is nothing new under the sun, but Jiulian Zekai's investigation of the past starry sky has enabled so many people to retrieve the warm and broken past. The stars are not insignificant things, there used to be human beings there. prove. One scene in episode 23 is always unforgettable: on the night when the old starry sky is about to reappear, everyone turns off the lights, opens the windows, and looks up at the sky reverently until the clouds are thick and the rain is pouring.
But if all the virtual stars fell, someone would surely be sad. When you can't decide how to choose, keeping the two together may be the most reassuring choice. Although it is difficult to achieve, there are still some people who are willing to go forward alone.
A flower that
blooms
It was written in the original promotional poster for the traveler and the lifeless beauty of "Black Contractor", which tells the story of the encounter between black and many women.
According to legend, the lost things can be retrieved at the gates of hell, how can people who live happily and completely go there. The contractor is an existence that goes against common sense, and it is too easy to bring bad luck and tragedy. Shinohara Chiaki's parents were killed by the contractor, and she was deceived by the contractor she fell in love with when she became an adult, but she still can't forget the charm of Russell Nopton's light. soul. In order to prevent his daughter from becoming a contractor, Tahara Kozo implanted the strange seed brought out of the door into her wrist, but turned Xiao Wu into a deferred repayer who would release energy unconsciously. The withering of the flowers took away the innocent dreams of the father, the deeply separated father and daughter finally confessed their love for each other in the raging flames, lost the dance of the father and sang the price in the rain, and she has to be a contractor from now on. live. The gangster Alice always yearns for the light source and wants to get rid of the shackles of darkness. But in the way of relying on the light, he destroyed the guidance of the light, and dedicated himself to the freedom called death. Mina, a researcher in Pandora, worked hard to protect her favorite contractor, but when she faced an irreversible fate, she realized that her power was only a bat and a tree, and her memory was finally erased by ME, who was kinder than anyone else. Black Death was completely forgotten.
There are also some simple people who have obtained the happiness they have always longed for. Jiura Zekai, who always wants to be a hard-core detective in Europe and America, and his cute girl assistant, Qi Ke, still have to live a poor but at least carefree life in chaos. Sakurai Kenji, a silly gangster who fell in love with DOLL, should still be fighting heroically to protect his little princess somewhere in the world.
The deceased turned into meteors, falling with the wishes of the survivors. Those who are still alive in the world must continue to live earnestly. All incidents happened due to gradual change. The opportunity of Heyin's mission met them, and at the same time of contact, they were always undergoing unconscious redemption. And black itself will change subtly in their interactions with them. The isolated international students finally have the ability to knock on the door of their neighbors and distribute souvenirs with a smile. The black at this moment is not BK201, the black death god of the organization, but a clumsy young man named Li Shunsheng who is too clumsy to express his true intentions.
Maybe it's not just killing machines,
commemorating the contractors who walked in the bloody night
Contractors are nocturnal animals, as they have said many times: "Contractors are not humans, but killing machines wearing human masks. They are liars and betrayers." All things will make reasonable judgments to protect themselves, and no one has ever walked on a corpse with blood on their hands.
No real villain would use sinners to laugh at themselves, but the contractor is such a contradictory existence. South American nightmare Havock is wanted for a murderous and horrific thug for drinking the blood of a child. But she is a woman who yearns for the warmth of her family, and is even willing to give up her superpowers to become a loser, and would rather die than be a contractor again. Wei Zhijun, who was employed by the Qinglong Gang, was indifferent and cruel, and he was also sarcastic when he killed his lover. After he was defeated in the battle with Hei, he joined the EPR, just to fight with Hei again and be ashamed. Pandora's researcher Nick always insisted on looking up at the false starry sky, smiling and telling the dream of traveling the universe with his sister, holding on to the hope of recovering the lost starry sky, until he disappeared in the light of meteor fragments. The golden and silver demon-eyed Zhengtai Maki, who adored Amber who taught him everything, was eventually defeated by jealousy and possessiveness that did not match the identity of the contractor.
It is not uncommon for contractors to lose their ego because of their ability, but there are always some people who can't forget their time as a human being. Kapoor paid the entire price for his body as a bargaining chip at one time, and when he was possessed in Fushan's body, he did not forget to take with him the old socks from the past - the only relic of the past body, and every time he used Fushan's body to kill, he would take it out and smell it. Smell, as a memorial, or proof of existence. Belda told Itzhak about her daughter's memories in front of the raining window, looking like a real mother. Later, they returned the body to the soil, banished the soul into the night, and observed the moment when the spirit spewed out, the large silver radiance was like the moon in the old days. Shihoko has terrifying abilities and a very ironic price. After destroying the internal organs of human beings, there will always be a few minutes to restore the emotions of ordinary people, trembling with fear of the sins they have committed. Everything she did as a contractor scared her, and the only reassuring memory was the night she spent with Huang, the slightly drunken wind on the riverbank, and the faint promise of words.
Likes, love, hatred, shame, dreams, and jealousy are all feelings that belong to human beings. How can a contractor who also possesses these feelings be considered a real "machine" or "monster"? Seeing through everything, Alma told Hei: "The biggest difference between humans and contractors lies in their spiritual structure. They are not bound by the emotions and common sense of human society, and only those who pursue interests can achieve success." Emotions and dreams were sealed In the black box at the bottom of their hearts, it is what they want desperately to suppress, but they are endlessly longing for. Before closing her eyelids forever, Alma said that she had dreamed of the peaceful coexistence of contractors and humans, and Hei stood at the end of the bed with a slightly surprised expression. Contractors have the best judgment and never look forward to the impossible future. However, at this moment, the black death god who likes to laugh at himself as a liar and a betrayal may have determined that the choice in his heart is hopeless. .
The betrayal will eventually be betrayed by fate.
To commemorate M16, the time is still in November.
November is an elusive man. As a contractor, he is working for the organization that studies the contractors. judge. The identity of the M16 agent is like a traitor to the contractor. In November, the first appearance that cigarettes are harmful to health makes people feel quite comical. The man who looks frivolous can make fun of everything, but he hates cigarettes for his own price. Maybe he just wants to use the most trivial resistance to stick to his true colors. .
He's a cynical playboy who is absolutely trustworthy in critical moments. He could use ice blades to pierce the bodies of Havok and Maggie at will, and there would never be any hesitation when hunting contractors. The encounter with Hei was an opportunity for him to embark on a path of change. The contractor who violated the rules of reasonable judgment, the contractor who is willing to bravely face danger for the thing he protects, is a strange and interesting person. November still couldn't figure out what he was thinking, what his beliefs were, and when he finally figured it out, he had become a contractor similar to him. Mist Principle is another interesting person, who obviously has no power to change the current situation, but is willing to run harder than anyone else for a distant future. When he took off his sunglasses, let Kirihara stare into his instantly quiet eyes, and said, "From now on, there will be no distinction between the enemy and me", he may have foreseen that the road ahead will be a dead end, but he still moves forward without turning back.
November's face always had a playful smile on his face, and only when Amber was sentenced to death did he show a little surprise. It turned out that they have always been pawns of the organization, pushing their own destruction with their own hands. When the bell of death began to count down, he did not become depressed, but did the stupidest and most heroic thing in his life. He killed the organization for ten years and betrayed the organization that had worked hard for many years. At the end of the story, the dying November fell on the side of the road, lost the dead mobile phone and the last message to Kirihara, and laughed at himself, "There is no need to pay the price." . From now on, you don't have to live by the things you hate anymore. As April commented, he was a fool, but he made his choice after all.
Maybe it's not that great, but at least it's brave enough to
commemorate yellow, the cat and the silver
. All branches of the Pandora organization have one thing in common - they use people as tools, and when they are exhausted, they are discarded casually, and the black team is also not. exception. Fortunately, when the purpose of the organization was announced to the world, as pawns, they all bravely put everything on themselves in order to resist.
Huang has always been the most loyal servant of the organization and has no good temper with the contractor. In the future, under the long-term relationship with the contractor, he became a person similar to the contractor, who suppressed his emotions and lived according to reasonable judgment. Before joining the organization, Huang was still a carefree little policeman. His best friend was killed by the contractor, but the murderer accidentally became the person he loved. He has always hated but yearned for the ruthlessness of the contractor, and everything was handled according to the order of the organization, until Shiboko gave his life to protect him. After being abandoned by the organization, Huang Cai really chose the path he should take based on his own judgment. The moment he pressed the bomb, the noisy white light illuminated his face, and it turned out to be a smile of relief.
The cat lost its body as early as the exchange ability, attached to a black cat, and made up for the lack of brain capacity with the help of the network. Although he is working for the organization, he often assumes a posture of watching from the sidelines and watching from the sidelines, and he is especially interested in black behavior. In order to help the black even the organization's orders, he always said that there are not many fun things to do as a contractor. Perhaps deep down, he has always identified with that companion who loves to mess with. Even if he didn't reach the end with human consciousness, in the warm sunshine of the downtown park, he could still laugh at the innocent girl in the ramen shop in the form of Fernandez.
When Yinzai was still named Kirsey, she had the warmest family she ever had. Her mother was young and beautiful, and she was gentle and patient in the piano classroom. After Dad's accident, everything deteriorated rapidly, and the silver who lost everything lost his soul like an evacuated house. When she was a DOLL, the medium she relied on was water, and when she was a girl, she was as quiet and lonely as water. The soulless medium was supposed to be ruthless, but she shed tears after rejecting the gentle man who came all the way to find her. The past is untouchable waters, and the hometown is a place of no return. Yin heard Hei firmly say the word "companion", raised his slender fingers, pulled a scribbled smile on his unfeeling face, and walked towards him without hesitation. When the young man pushed candy into the window of the old tobacco shop, she already had a new home, even if she gave up all her past, she would not feel a pity.
She has been chasing him until the end of the curtain.
Commemorating Section Chief Kirihara and Section Four of the Public Security
Many otakus like Kirihara Misaki because she is their Mizuki Nana police officer. Nana's performance in the play is certainly remarkable, and the charm of Kirihara itself cannot be underestimated. In his twenties, he took up the post of the head of the class. He acted decisively and was very sharp, and occasionally showed some small emotions that were exclusive to women. Whether it is a valiant appearance or a capable personality, it is worthy of being followed by his subordinates extremely loyally (so the CP relationship in the fourth lesson of the public security is fog ALL =_,=).
Kirihara has been taking over cases related to contractors, but how could human beings be the opponents of superpowers? Many times, he could only watch the incident be solved inexplicably, even if a friend of Girls' Generation died in front of him. Completely clueless. She has witnessed too many scenes of contractors killing humans, but she has always had subtle feelings for that kind of race. There was no hesitation in going to EPR to rescue November, and after his death in November, he would also defend the suspicious contractor with a sonorous force, and would stand quietly with a bouquet of flowers in his fallen. A place for condolences. Qi Yue is a mindless matchmaker, and he even waved goodbye to her before leaving. In the hearts of the M16 contractors, Section Chief Kirihara has been a companion from the very beginning.
She is an honest and straightforward person. She will be frustrated by being betrayed by friends, and confused by the death of someone she cares about. She laughs when she is happy, devours when she is hungry, and never cares about the eyes of others. She has been chasing BK201, known as the Black Death God, and rushed to him with a gun many times, but every time she could only watch the silhouette of the black cloak disappear into the vast night. No matter how good, capable, young, and beautiful she is, she is still as weak as a defenseless girl in front of the contractor. In a certain incident, she met a young man named Li Shunsheng, who was confused, simple, and lacking in courage, but had an incredible power, which could always give people safety and comfort like a warm current in the deep sea. On the night when the old starry sky failed to reappear, the young man surnamed Li said something similar to that in November: "Trust your intuition". I don't know if it was from then on, or even earlier, she already knew that the murderous king she was chasing was actually such a gentle and harmless young man.
"It would be very sad if all the false stars that were shining right now disappeared." Kirihara said these words to Kuro and confirmed his position with his actions. I want to protect the weak humans, and I don't want the contractor to disappear. Although the things that can be done in Pandora are too trivial, they can only be anxiously shouting out useless obstacles. The police work must continue, and the cases involving contractors must continue to fail. One day a long time later, she went to room 201 of the composite apartment to see the vacated room of BK201, which had been under investigation, went out the door, and ran across several streets after chasing a familiar figure. Ordinary, she always ran forward desperately until the whole story ended.
Unbearable weight in life In
memory of Bai and Amber, the time that passed
Bai and Amber, the two most important women in his life. In the daytime, he is Li Shunsheng, and his life is just a turnaround between shopping, cooking, and working in a daze. There is no highlight in his pupils, he likes to smile and be silent, and he rarely shows his true emotions. In the dark night, he is BK201, the organization code name is black, the mask covers his face, and the electric shock ability destroys the dead, which is a darker mystery than black. Only with the two names Shiro and Amber, will he open the gap in his intact camouflage and get a glimpse of his original appearance.
When he was in South America, he was an ordinary college student with naive ambitions, willing to believe in himself and the world. The only difference was that he had a large appetite. There is a sister who is in love with each other, and a trustworthy lover, and these two girls are extraordinary contractors. Bai is the real black god of death. At the expense of sleeping, every time he stands in the lake and releases his power, he can attract a huge meteor shower that symbolizes the death of many contractors. As a child, Hei told her that falling stars would speak their wishes to the gods. It's a pity that Meteor at the cost of sacrifice can't maintain any wishes at all, and will only bring more and more serious melancholy. At that time, the black had no ability, but he was already helping the white to kill. Bai didn't want to involve his brother in a bloody storm. He felt sad because of Hei's change, and gradually became a different person from before. He turned the gate of heaven in South America into an inaccessible area and completely disappeared.
Amber's love for Black is obvious, she knows his past, present and future. No matter the price, he returned to the appearance of a young girl, traveled through the source and end of time, and wanted to meet him. Concluding the EPR, leading the contractors to destroy the gates of heaven and hell, and preventing Pandora from destroying all the contractors' plan, are all in compliance with the imaginary will of the black. In order to achieve his goals, Amber works as a spy and a spy around, becoming a former colleague and being wanted as a traitor, and it doesn't matter if he is deeply misunderstood by the people he loves. She understands that he is a kind person who can give everything for what he wants to protect. And she is willing to give everything to protect his beliefs. In the end, in Amber's time illusion, Black said goodbye to the travelers in his life one by one, and gave the girl who had been guarding him a gentle hug to comfort him. Looking back suddenly, only white clothes were left on the stone steps the little girl was sitting on. The most important woman in his life gradually left him forever, and each farewell was heavy to the point of breaking his emotions. In the end, all that was left were the tears that fell like meteors on the girl in the lake's clean face, and the softest kiss on his lips that the naughty blonde girl stopped time and printed on his lips. The memories are bitterly cold, and life goes on. Li Shunsheng is a human being, a human who can love and have the right to be loved, from the beginning to the present and in the future, but after saying goodbye to Amber and his sister, he turned back and told the hopeful Kirihara police officer: "That surnamed Li The man who was there has long since ceased to exist."
The man surnamed Li never left
in memory of a young man named Li Shunsheng
Introducing a clean person doesn't require fancy rhetoric and elaborate embellishments. Obedient black hair, tame eyebrows, and the combination of white shirt and crab blue jacket is extraordinarily simple. When walking, the back is slightly arched, with a very moderate and bullying look. There is no burning look in the eyes. When laughing, it will narrow into a winding line, like a tropical herbivore, gentle and silent, and Slightly dull. Such a good person, from the old woman in the apartment complex to the little girl in the ramen shop, will like it. He would introduce himself as "Li Shunsheng" in a light tone, and his name sounded like an honest man from southern China, diligent and delicate, and believed in fate. He will listen to you patiently when you are disappointed, and pretend to try his best to digest your pain, but he will never be able to communicate with you. His pure white fingers are used to wash rice and vegetables, and he has also lighted up an entire amusement park for a girl, but who would have thought that these hands have ruined the lives of many people, and they have long been stained with blood and sin. .
At night, he becomes another person, using thunder and lightning and iron lock swords as weapons, instead of indifferent and plain face is a mask with a strange expression, when the black windbreaker is hunted and raised in the night wind, it is like the god of death. Like black wings. The BK201 star reflects his activities, and this star originally belonged to his younger sister Bai. People say that he is the strongest superhuman, and the humans and contractors he killed are innumerable, and the cases he is involved in have no data at all. The contractor should not have emotions and dreams, and should not deviate from the innate reasonable judgment ability, but he has made choices that go against it time and time again. In order to protect the never-before-seen DOLL, he gave up the initiative to fight; in order to make an old friend realize his wish, he approached the door and did not hesitate to be the enemy of M16. Angry for the death of the contractor who once talked about the dream of the starry sky together; help the fool who fell in love with the heartless doll to escape. Exchange thoughts under the night sky with the police chief who has been chasing her for a long time, and lead her out of the confused situation. In addition, he always regards Yin, Mao and Huang as companions, not just action partners who only have interests. He always has the feeling of working together and protecting them. When they encounter a crisis, he will definitely go to rescue, and even help them. Go to the enemy's lair alone, regardless of the odds, or fight against the whole world. Bai's huge energy slumbers in his body. He is a person with the power to change the world. The most fortunate thing, perhaps, is that the young man's belief in guarding is as solid as a rock.
Some people have questioned, and there is no sign that he has paid the price at all. Okamura Tensai has also repeatedly emphasized in interviews that eating is definitely not the price of blackness (laughs). Perhaps because he is not a complete contractor, not a being darker than darkness, there is no need to pay the price.
Too much killing did not lower the temperature of his heart, and the contact with the contractor also made him understand that the group of people who signed the contract with the stars were not just butchers with super powers. He can eat big pieces at the ramen shop in the appearance of Li Shunsheng, joke with the owner of the noodle shop and Jiura Zekai, and raise his eyebrows to explain that he just eats a lot. You can also put out the yellow cigarettes as black, fill the empty food bowl in the street park with cat food, push a candy into the window of the old tobacco shop that Yin is looking after, and say thank you lightly. He belongs to the category of contractors and exists in the human world. Only when the two are added together can he form the world he loves, and hides the hustle and bustle in peace. No matter which side he abandons, it is enough to make his life collapse.
In the end, he chose to maintain the status quo. After defeating the ambition of the organization, the melee ended and everything returned to normal. The existence of the contractor was revealed to the public, the starry sky's pedigree could not be restored to its original state, and the social order was as chaotic as ever. But at least one thing is certain. Those stars that failed to fall in the meteor shower at the end of the century are still shining in a corner of the world, including BK201 of course.
Kirihara lightly closed the door of Room 201 of the mixed apartment. The man surnamed Li packed his original clothes and walked across the street corner with his head down. The sunlight shone his shadow very lightly. The life and death of the most cherished sister is still uncertain, and the possibility of seeing each other again becomes extremely unlikely. The former strong enemy and partner, and the girl who had fallen in love, have also waded to the other side of the Santu River. A neurotic teenager once asked stupidly, "Look at that person's back, isn't he very lonely?" But he just shrugged and turned away with a warm smile.
"The man surnamed Li is long gone."
The empty bowls piled up in the ramen shop, the boy holding the doll's hand, the mother-in-law in the apartment complex, the messy detective, the beautiful section chief of the police department, the indifferent girl in the cigarette shop , the still bustling Tokyo crowd and the fictional stars in the sky... will always be remembered in place of those who have disappeared. The man surnamed Li has been silently guarding his most devout and fraternal beliefs, and has never left.
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