I don't know if there is anyone who dares to claim "I'm going to make an anti-traditional magical girl movie" after Little Round Face.
What is certain is that the theme of Magical Girl, which is called classic and bad as dog blood, will definitely continue to emerge one after another with the "mysterious white liquid" in the future era of cuteness. However, the small round face of Xinfang + Xu Yuanxuan + Kajiura Yuki + Cangshumei, a combination of super gods, definitely made the gimmick of "subverting tradition" to a degree that was difficult to surpass.
Because of Yuki Kajiura's soundtrack and the excellent (?) supervision and production of the new house, I didn't really like the magical girl theme at all, but when I was about to give up after two episodes, senpai was decapitated. I pretended to be a cure for the old and finally revealed the true face of jelly ketchup and said that we still plan to do this once a week in the future. I, a lousy hunter, have been with the anticipation of bento and the extremely contradictory shivering mentality of worrying all the way. After chasing it down, by the tenth chapter, I have completely fallen under the black long straight skirt and devoutly entered the Yuanshen religion in the true end.
This animation does not have the useless male pig's feet (Kimjo Nishinai) that can be used by otaku but widen the harem, nor does it have too many kill-to-kill cute scenes (if Lily is not counted.) Although the face of the magical girl is very round It's very healing, but Cang Shumei's character design invisibly adds a contrasting effect to the darkened plot in the middle and back sections.
The basic elements of traditional magical girl animation, the soft girl transforms into super power, the magical girl's sacrifice, the powerful boss, the touching friendship between them (basic love?), and then there is a cute mascot to accompany the protagonist to fight monsters and upgrade This kind of setting ms is subtly subverted here, in a direction called "reality".
Why would anyone offer magic for free to fulfill their wishes and defeat evil for world peace. How does this kind of cheap "peace" maintain its own non-contradiction and balance? After a long time, the audience who are not stupid will inevitably question, but the final result is mostly "you lose if you are serious". The cheap paper coat is torn open with a cruel and cute gesture, so that you can see the dark red rotten flesh inside clearly, using another concept that is often used to "increase" the depth and mystery of the work-religion.
Insert a sentence that is not very accustomed to saying that people copy EVA as soon as there is a work to play with the concept of religion "God(ness)", the magical girl of the same level is a sage? Or the disciple, Homura, as a special being, can be seen as The Prophet or a third of the Trinity. The Beast QB is undoubtedly Mephisto, the "miracle" devil who tempts the girls to succumb to their different desires and sell their souls in exchange for it.
Because I was too young to read "Faust" for the first time, I only had a little impression of the plot when I read it as a fantasy novel = = But I could barely get it right. Among them, mephisto constantly seduces Dr. Faust with various temptations, money, status, women, etc. Faust indulges in love (pink circle X black long straight?) and bewitched by lies (QB's MLM), and finally because he keeps himself The belief and unsatisfactory pursuit of the "wish" that one really wants to go to heaven (Yuanshen).
The last thing to say is that it is not terrible to indulge in desires. Human beings can be called people only because of their own desires. What is terrible is to be satisfied with desires. QB's livestock theory seems ruthless, but it is completely reasonable in terms of its logic, so why do devils take the trouble to pull people into the water and spend all their energy and time? , and secondly, their moral systems are fundamentally different from ours or not at all, and they are also classified into the category of "evil" based on our view of good and evil, which is completely meaningless to them.
The ending was disappointing at first glance, and in the second week, I felt that it should be re-examined.
In fact, I think the last scene should be the end of the world. As the last magical girl, Kuro Changnao shot and killed the last monster (12 apostles?) The new world order that Madoka wished for was truly established. .
In fact, the end of the day is not a bad ending, because in the Christian concept, eschatology is not only a horrible eschatology that all things die out, but also means the Messiah, the second coming of God, and the establishment of the ideal country.
Madoka gave her life and made a wish to endure the despair of the world suffered by all the fallen magical girls, in order to build a new world without witches. This is the beginning of the end of the world, and the end of the world should not be a point in time, but an indeterminate length. Time period, during which Madoka will go "to destroy the witches of the past, present and future before they are born", while Homura, the only magical girl who knows the existence of Madoka, will continue her battle in this world until God's The second coming, that is, the end of the apocalypse, and then the demise of the old world, the new world, the real establishment of an ideal country without witches.
This is absolutely not coincidental with the "procedure" of Christ's crucifixion, death and resurrection, and then prophesying God's return. It should be done deliberately.
It seems that Madoka's wish has been tricked again, and it has no real effect at all except to eliminate the witch and give the magical girls a nihilistic "hope". However, all the great religions in the world, as well as human emotions, are not all this kind of nothingness. Provide spiritual support in difficult times, and place hope in the coming new world at the end. In the end, he does not lose the meaning of what he has fought for and paid for, which is the so-called redemption.
Spiritual satisfaction is also an achievement, so why stick to the real benefits, although I don't expect to be accepted by too many people at all. But fundamentally, we pursue love, status, money, art, and prestige, not for self-gratification. And as "human beings", there are several people who are willing to give up the priority of advanced intelligent creatures to admit that their satisfaction is only related to physical, physiological satisfaction.
So in the end, did Madoka also degenerate into a witch, a witch who embraced the world in the enchantment fantasy she created and pretended to be a new world? This probably doesn't matter anymore.
Regarding "Magic Girl", why not a magical boy, a magical youth, a magical uncle (hey!), QB said that human girls of a certain age are the most emotional group of human beings, and their emotions are transformed into "entropy" The value is also the highest, and signing a contract with a girl is also for cost-effective or performance considerations.
Looking at human society, in a society dominated by patriarchy thousands of years ago, it seems that girls are full of enthusiasm, and it is difficult for them to be recognized by the world if they only rely on their own efforts.
So, with the power of "magic"?
So there is the magical girl Joan of Arc, the magical girl Anne Frank (Annie's Diary), the magical Afghan girl, the magical girl Himihu, and the magical girl Cleopatra (Cleopatra). They have outstanding intelligence or decision-making power, but like magical girls, they do not end well, and in the end they turn into witches in the messages of the world.
In fact, I don't think that women have too many gaps with men in terms of psychology and intelligence. It is only because most of them have too many "meaningless" feelings and are easily influenced by them. Only in the real "achievement" lower than men. Of course, there is no way to deny the physical difference =. = I am a perfect example (sick!). In fact, based on the definition of "human", women who are accustomed to tending to be loyal to their own emotions are the ones who are "closest to piety (Aristotle? =. = Don't shoot me if I remember wrong)"
and is coming In the new world of , the psyche of both men and women is becoming neutral or androgyny (androgyny=.= my graduation thesis), and through this magic, this movement based on centuries of feminism and women themselves With the awakening of self-consciousness, more and more girls are reborn as "magic girls", fighting for their own desires and the "wish" they really want to achieve.
Regarding the witch, there is not much to say about the textual research. I always feel that Sayaka's mermaid witch is very tearful, sacrificing her soul (voice) to save the drowning prince (Kamijo with a broken hand), but unable to express her love (as a "zombie" inferiority \ lose the ability to speak) In desperation, the prince was snatched by the princess of a neighboring country and turned into a witch in desperation.
An animation, or in general, a "work", how should it be done to be considered "excellent"? Different people have different standards. Sophisticated production, beautiful character design, meticulous reasoning, grand worldview, novel settings, and convoluted concepts may all make them "outstanding". So in short, can "excellence" or excellence be regarded as a necessary condition for an excellent work.
What is certain is, "What I want to do must be different from other people's strengths, fooling around, nonsense, playing the piano, what if these evaluations are made, mediocrity is the biggest slander for me" —— Imagine if With this kind of determination to make something, someone will definitely like it.
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