An update on March 13th. Xiaojie is a representative of innate and pure positive energy. His greatest strength is his unhesitating adherence to his goals and moral standards. So after Kate, who was almost regarded as his biological father, was killed by Nifebedo, Xiaojie's goal was very clear: revenge.
When Xiaojie rushed to Nephipidus without hesitation in the ant battle, ready to execute his revenge. The enemy is not as pure and powerful as before, she has more kindness and motherhood. Xiaojie felt this, and he fell into pain and struggle because of it. But Xiaojie, who had never been able to deal with complex emotions, finally complied with the strong and simple feeling of revenge and killed Nifebedo in the way he originally envisioned.
I used to think that if this revenge was inevitable, why did the old thief have to make Nephipito's character reversed like this, knead it hard in the reader's heart, and let Xiaojie kill her so cruelly? That uncomfortable feeling of being uneasy does exist.
Until I contacted every character in the three-dimensional battle of the ant chapter and thought about it again. In fact, the ant king and the three direct guards have all achieved human evolution in the decisive battle. Whether it is the respect of the ant king's spiritual and intellectual power that is constantly inspired by wheat, or Yupi's ability to control his anger, and the awakening of Nephipito's motherhood, these are the evolution of human nature.
But in the end, the kindness and light that sprout like flower buds were ruthlessly crushed by the human side. As the president said before his self-destruction, it was the victory of the malicious human evolution for thousands of years. Therefore, the death of Nephipeto and the other two guards, including the death of the ant king, were eventually destroyed by this evil nuclear explosion-like dark force.
And the old thief did let Xiaojie die in the ant battle. This death is not only his revenge in a self-destructive way, but also his belief in absolute execution after identifying a goal. This single-strand juvenile idealism may itself be disillusioned.
I think this also implies some kind of pessimistic insight into human nature from the old thief: despite the benevolent power of human nature, in the cruel evolutionary process, it is always evil that keeps human beings victorious. The president is self-aware, but Xiaojie is not.
So now, I don't think Young-jae's fight against Peter is a failure anymore. But I'm sure the old thief is going to make Young-jae feel "unpleasant" after this battle. The cruel survival rule of survival of the fittest, and the heroic chivalrous way of pure integrity, which side will prevail? The old thief gave me the feeling that I believed in the power of the latter. Later, he spread the two on the chessboard, allowing the two to play naturally. I guess this is also the reason why the Dark Continent chapter has become more and more elaborate and complex, and the three-dimensional chess narrative method of the Ant chapter has been developed to the extreme.
And a Xiaojie, at this time, is more like a temporary abandoned son, and it is not a question of whether he is likable or not.
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His handling of killing Nephipeto is, in my opinion, the biggest failure of "Full Time Hunter".
The reason why a hero is a hero is that it is extremely important to deal with the grievances and grievances in the rivers and lakes. It directly determines whether or not it can win people's hearts. And when Xiaojie killed Nifeby to death, he definitely lost his sense of revenge.
The shape of Nifepito is very reversed in the later stage. A touching moment is the moment when the ant king asks her to save Mai and her tears are shed, and she guards Mai with the attitude of a mother cat to protect her cubs. While Jay waited. These two places are ruthlessly pinched by the old thief in the soft spot of the reader's heart.
Looking back on the crimes of Nifei Pito, one was to torture and kill the rookie archer in the early stage, and the other was to torture Kate and corpse. The denunciation of these two hatreds is extremely unpleasant to see Xiaojie beating to death in an extremely cruel way after betting his life on his self-destructive growth. Jie was later rescued, and he had no regrets for his actions. For the old thief with such a strong screenwriter and character creation, it is really a failure.
In contrast, Kurapika's revenge system design for the brigade is on point. The heart trial is very ritualistic and kills it again. This is the proper way for a hero to take revenge.
And Xiaojie, with pure positive energy as an advantage, was really disappointed in the face of such a broken situation of revenge and growth in the end. It even made people feel unhappy that the villain was successful because of the blessing of the protagonist's halo.
To be honest, it's not as measured as the Phantom Troupe's unwillingness to kill those who have been transformed by ants out of sympathy, and choose to fight.
The three-dimensional description of the decisive battle in the ant chapter, each character grows by breaking through the limits of himself through the war. For example, the buddy who used the Dark Inn, and the octopus brother. It is very touching to experience the painful tempering in the actual combat and the ascension of the realm. On the other hand, Jie's revenge with violent and excessive revenge in a childlike manner is really very hip.
In the role lineup of the old thief, the protagonist is the main key of the entire value. It is the representative of the power of light and heat when all the characters are confused. But carefully combing Jie's attitude towards Kate's death in the ant chapter, from beginning to end, it is full of anger after the child was deprived of precious things by cruel reality. His condescending gesture of condemnation to Nephipeto was nothing but from the point of view of his own selfish desires. And in the end, the duel between the two gave him an overwhelming upper hand, and it also made Nephipidus deliberately weaken. Just because you slap your face hard, it's not good enough. In the end, what he thought of when he was rescued was that Kate was dead and could not be saved. There is no growth in the spiritual realm at all.
This scene really blows my mind every time I watch it. However, I also kept the old thief properly cooled, otherwise he would really be a god in my heart.
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