The first time I saw "Heisei Tanuki War" was in elementary school, and I was just amazed at the dazzling changes of the tanuki. I watched it again a few days ago, but the more I watched it, the more sad it became.
The civet cat is a kind of creature, which makes people a bit dumbfounded.
They are timid, naive, free-spirited, gullible, indecisive, impatient, three-minute hot, inattentive, emotionally changeable like children, satiety above all else, even the most hawkish civet cat, When it comes to food, the line of defense is instantly lost. They have a little magical ability, but they are not very useful, and they are harmless to people. They can only show their talents in games.
The roar of the machine shook all around, and the hills were flattened one by one. After the idyllic era has passed, they are about to usher in the end of their childhood.
The civet cats have come up with all kinds of ways to stop humans from transforming the forests, but all of them have proved to be bad ideas. He used the power of the whole family to toss out Hundred Ghosts Night Walk, but was robbed of the limelight by the travel company. They were at a loss and did not know how to face the encroachment of humans.
For a few moments, the civet cats reminded me of Hayao Miyazaki's "Porcupine". They are all "incompatibles", and they are naturally incompatible with social rules, but the power of Porcupine makes him dare to be cold, right. All the offenders showed their fangs, but the weak and powerless civet cats could only endure the bitter consequences of various maladaptations silently after a few failed farces.
Not everyone can be easily put into the big mold of social rules, some people are comfortable in it, and some people are not. Society needs screws, and they are born like stones, and every attempt to fit in is accompanied by the excruciating pain of self-transformation. Of course, stones can never be turned into screws. They don't belong here, but if they resist, they will be crushed in the cracks. The only way to survive is to change themselves into another completely.
But they are civet cats, how can civet cats completely accept all the disciplines of society?
They will never be able to adapt to it all, and even if they change their faces, they will only continue to fail in the rules of the world.
When Masaki, who had been stomping around in human society for several years, finally couldn't help but burrow through the hole in the wall, dropped his briefcase, and ran towards the jubilant civet cats in the distance, something quietly collapsed in my heart.
Dreams will wake up, and the short-lived joy of gathering, just like the "Hundred Ghosts Night Walk" of the civet cat, will soon disappear. After dawn, Zhengji still has to put on his suit, yawn and squeeze in the subway, be an ordinary and boring office worker, and endure a life that only humans can endure. But that short night will definitely support him to continue to live when he is on the verge of collapse countless times in the future. In the future, when he was tormented in the ups and downs of life, he would search for his fading memories, and try to recall the cheering and singing of the civet cats.
However, at least the tanukis had a way out, at least they had a night like that.
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