I really can't think of a better ending, and the answer given by Urasawa Naoki has been very satisfactory. The monster is a metaphor after all, a metaphor of the subtle and complicated shaking of the human heart based on universal values, a metaphor of good and evil based on the values based on the operation of society, for me, it is meaningless to explore who and what monsters are. . Everyone can be a monster. It is this possibility that shakes that sense of moral innocence as a bystander and makes the metaphor more tolerant and open-minded.
Then again, it's about the character. I appreciate the character of Doctor Pegasus more than John. The existence of John is an issue that this work will never be able to overcome. John feels too ethereal to me, and there is an illusion of non-substance, which makes me unable to grasp it. To grasp this kind of character that tends towards divinity and symbolism needs to go deeper. exploration. So I want to talk about Pegasus, the role of John is more simple than Pegasus. Tianma is an ordinary person. I have never been able to put these two characters on opposite sides. In my opinion, they are more like a kind of people. Although the surface purpose is too far away, in a deeper level, John and Tianma It is to inspire each other, to need each other, and to understand each other. John saved Pegasus, to a certain extent I believe so. On the way to hunt down John, Tenma may only really feel himself. The role of Tianma is that symbolism and reality coexist. The characters in many works will be gradually masked in the author's processing and readers' appreciation, and readers will gradually bring this narrow and face-based appreciation method to future appreciation, and decide that this character must be under certain circumstances. How to react, otherwise it is the fault of the screenwriter. Tianma has been criticized by many people for not being able to shoot in the face of John, and accused of being hypocritical and soft-hearted and not decisive. I have always felt that a small aspect of Tianma's hesitation is his benevolence, but this is only an aspect that can stand on the stage. The rest is John's indescribable attraction to him, and the blood-filled redemption that John brought him. Another thing is that Tianma must have thought about it when he was holding the gun. What should he do after the end? It's so simple to end. With one shot, he can disintegrate his heart disease for so many years and end the root of his life. This is really Too empty. And is it really that simple? A self-rescue process will end with one shot. Tianma is unwilling. Compared with the pain of being unable to return, Tianma has this vague desire to continue in his heart that he may not even admit. The shaping of the role of Tianma has gone beyond the general definition of this type of character, and the subtle personality displayed can reach a certain level if it is explained more clearly. There is also a more direct reflection of memories of childhood hide-and-seek when Tianma was lying on the top of the bookshelf holding a gun before Tianma's assassination. This is also a breakthrough in understanding this character.
My personal favorite characters in Monsters are Grima and Ava, and of course Officer Lenk and Pegasus. The shaping of the supporting roles in the monster is really plump.
I only watched Monster once after the high school entrance examination a year ago, and I can't remember too many details. One of the reasons why I don't appreciate John is because my impression is a little vague.
There are really not many good works like this, just watch one less.
Compared with fighting in a big conspiracy, this work of a dangerous investigator with a background of similar times is more leisurely and light. Meaning and melodious feelings. A work with the name of a spy war movie, after watching it, the feeling it gave me was something I couldn't understand from the name profile picture or even the simple painting style and human feelings when I first watched it. For the first time, the Cold War era that I had never experienced seemed normal and warm to my eyes. The sense of alienation of the times it reflects has not been aggravated and thickened, but has been viewed with tender eyes. Those people and things will happen in every era and are placed in a specific era. Facing those, we may not be able to save. There are not many new things in the world, those tragicomedies, those shortcomings, those coldness and alienation between people, enthusiasm and concern, will always be like this. Just feel it, try your best, and watch it.
The monster is as light as it is heavy, and it uses metaphor to dig deep, but it does not show its lightness. The grandeur is introduced by the unique aspects of the times and the permanence of the theme.
Dangerous investigators are light-hearted and describe ordinary events, showing warmth instead. Convergence by the ordinary side of the times and the permanence of the theme.
In fact, the biggest commonality between the two is that the things depicted existed in the past, exist now, and will certainly exist in the future. Like monsters, like. . . . . .
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