In 2014, the new summer program "Beheading!" "Scarlet Eyes" is very popular on the Internet, which reminds me of the popular "The President is a Maid".
As a newcomer in the hot-blooded fighting fantasy animation (I put animation and comics together), since its inception, it seems to have been walking through the noise, popularity and controversy coexist, as if it is a new dawn, can't help but Impressive.
Anyone who has seen this must know what "The Scarlet Eye" is about. In a simple summary, it is the word "revolution", that is, the story of a group of revolutionary killers fighting to overthrow the rotten empire. The title "Slashing the Red Eyes", slashing means cutting off with a sword. We know that there are several weapons in the main characters in the anime that are swords (Tazmi, Chitong, Esdes, etc.). The red pupil is this. It is the color of the heroine's red eyes, the eyes are the windows to the soul, and the red is the color of blood. In this, the bloody storm in the revolutionary struggle and the fearless determination and courage of the revolutionaries are revealed.
It is also interesting to say that the great empires in the animation are different ethnic groups in the west, north and south, and the east faces the sea; there is also the story of the first emperor making the emperor's furniture, which always seems to be a bit of an insinuation of ancient China. And if we go on from this line of thinking, the revolutionary action of assassination in the era of Beiyang warlords' rule is really similar to the story of this episode~~ Well, it doesn't seem like a coincidence.
If you think about it, "Slashing the Red Eyes" is quite realistic. Although there is no excessive description of the psychology and experience of each character (in fact, it is not necessary for the main audience, and I am afraid that it will not work well), but it has explained important contextual clues. More importantly, the author depicts the darkness before dawn, unabashedly letting us see some things that are unacceptable but very realistic:
(author's online commentator Zhao Xiaohang)
First, the difficulty of the revolution. This time, it is not as logical as we usually see it. From a wide angle, the empire is rotten but has deep roots. Generals such as Esdes have successively defeated the southern, northern and western foreign nations. In contrast, the revolutionary army The power is still very weak. From a local perspective, the strength of the "Night Raid" group is far from General Bude and Esders. The "Night Raid" suffered repeated setbacks in the mission, and injuries and sacrifices were common.
Second, the cruelty of reality and the bloody struggle. We see that the empire is in darkness, the life and life of the common people are not guaranteed, and the power and power can arbitrarily take lives. The operation of "Night Attack" is full of danger, bloodshed and death are natural, Tazmi and others are often knocked down and injured by opponents, Susanoo and Brand died in battle, Hill was bitten in two, Chelsea was killed Dismembered arm.
Third, the dark empire and cruel struggle cast shadows on the growth of characters and the formation of their characters. If you carefully observe and analyze, to survive in blood and killing, almost most of the protagonist characters have more or less dark elements, confused, indifferent, cruel, distorted characters and values. (especially Seleu is the most typical), however, aside from these, there is a lovely side to see the characters of the protagonists, and the author shows the two sides of the characters.
When it comes to the clues of the whole chapter of "Slashing the Red Eyes", I think there are generally two. One, the fall of the corrupt empire; two, the growth of Tazmi and the development of his feelings. The author said at the beginning: There is no eternity in the world, and the empire that makes the people miserable is doomed to perish. There is an interesting place in the comics. The author sometimes writes that "there are X people left in the night raid" and "X people are left in the hunter", which is very like a countdown. When the time comes to an end, it is the mourning bell of the decaying empire. when it rings. Tazmi's growth, this seems to be a matter of course, Brand once predicted that "Tazmi will be better than me in the future", and Tazmi inherited his emperor and will after Brand's death . From the plot point of view, Tazmi gradually determined his life goal from the initial confusion, and became brave to face blood and killing, and his fighting skills and combat effectiveness also improved during the battle. Although it is still relatively weak, as a potential stock, I think Tazmi will become the strongest man in the future.
2. Ingenuity - "Cut! Features of Crimson Eyes
Summer "Slash! Crimson Eye" has been very popular recently, so why is this? I thought of a sentence: "Those who know the times are the best." The animation industry is a commercial activity, and if you win the audience, you will win the market. Traditional Chinese animation is for primary school students. The theme consumers of Japanese animation in China are still middle school students (of course, there are university parties and a few working parties), and the style of "Crimson Eyes" matches the main audience very well:
First, it is concise and clear. Anime is originally a two-dimensional thing. What the audience hopes is to quickly understand what the author is saying, rather than racking their brains to study the author's intentions, and even be puzzled. This is also a lot of profound animation. reasons for popularity. And the basic characters and plots in "The Scarlet Eye" have been concreted, typified and simplified. (This is also very common in movies and TV shows) Except where necessary, there is not too much cumbersome and complicated psychological description, plot foreshadowing and environmental rendering. This also increases the popularity of this time. Of course, doing this seems to have caused some problems. The characters seem to be not so plump and the clues are disconnected. For example, the emotional line between Chi Tong and Tazmi has clearly begun to foreshadow; The time is too short. If the time is longer and there is more communication and understanding, will it be meaningful for the future changes of Hei Tong and other characters? You can't have both, so let's leave it like this.
Second, the concise and clear plot of "Slashing the Red Eyes" also contains profound meanings, which are worth analyzing and excavating. The author truly reproduces the darkness before dawn, the sword and shadow of reactionary violence and revolutionary violence. (see Part 1 for details).
Third, the main action scenes of blood fighting, coupled with the fantasy superpowers such as Teigu. , The second dimension is to imagine a world with its own wings and flying. Why are American blockbusters of science fiction and action series so popular? The tense plot and the thrilling fighting are already exciting. Real audiences tend to live a monotonous, regular and stressful life every day, and are more receptive to such anime. However, during the beheading, the scene of various limbs flying and blood splashing seemed a little bloody. So "Sword Art Online" used the method of fragmentation, but this weakened the visual impact.
(Author's online commentator Zhao Xiaohang)
Fourth, the perspective of the rebels. Many of the main audience are in adolescence, and while their body and mind are growing rapidly, with the changes in their self-values and their conflicts with the adult world, potential rebellious psychology is common. "Night Raid" is a revolutionary, a righteous rebel, which is compatible with the psychology of adolescence. The age of the anime characters is close to the audience, which will also make them feel intimacy.
Fifth, grasp and adjust the atmosphere of animation. The sacrifice of the protagonist will inevitably make fans feel sorry, and the decaying and dark environment of the empire will naturally depress people. Therefore, in the plot arrangement of the author, the battle plot and the love plot are combined, and the atmosphere of the animation is ups and downs when it is cloudy and sunny; and a lot of funny elements are added to the animation, so that the overall feeling will not be too gloomy.
Sixth, it has various cultural elements of animation. Sometimes you like a character, often for certain qualities in him. And "Scarlet Eyes" is like a feast that contains many elements, such as sci-fi superpowers, bloody fighting, harem love, big breasts and poor breasts, iceberg beauty, loli royal sister, black belly and no brains, glasses mother pride, The villain, the base? , Leng Yan boss and some small pornography and so on. So is this corrupt? Personally, I think it is mainly a matter of degree, and it is especially difficult for Chinese parents to accept and recognize such things. This is a difference in cultural cognition. In Western culture, beauty is linked to sexiness, and the elements in animation are also a kind of culture. I don't think "Crimson Eyes" is the main point of a corrupt drama, so these are all acceptable.
Third, young people in a turbulent era - character analysis and plot prediction
In the various heated discussions about "Scarlet Eyes", the development of characters and plot can be described as the highlight. As the plot unfolds layer by layer, all the answers will finally be revealed. Cao Xueqin wrote the twelve hairpins of Jinling in "A Dream of Red Mansions", showing its attractiveness without concealing its shortcomings. Here I want to use a similar perspective.
If you play cards according to common sense, when you watch a work, you will first notice its environment, characters and plot. The environment in which characters grow up shapes their characters, and a person's character determines his destiny. Compared with us, Tazmi and his generation are unfortunate. They were born in a long night before dawn, and they grew up in an era of bloody storms, and the center of the storm is the imperial capital. (Author's network commentator Zhao Xiaohang)
We should note that the dark and rotten empire and the harsh social environment have a great influence on the formation of the characters of the protagonists. In the face of an ugly government, the revolutionaries could only choose to use revolutionary violence to confront the violence of the reactionary forces, and therefore the revolution was also expressed in the form of bloodshed. If you want to survive in a cruel environment and pursue your ideals, you must be ruthless. Whether it is "Night Attack" or "Hunter", the dark side of his character, confusion, indifference, cruelty, and distorted character and values also come from this.
However, aside from these, we see that the protagonists in life are very cute. They are not just warriors, they are also adolescents, and they also have an innocent and flawless side. (Here I will only talk about the protagonist, and I will not mention the dragons with a single personality.) In addition, I would like to mention that, based on the author's realistic style, "The Scarlet Eye" is a tragic epic, "Night The fate of "Raider" and "Hunter" is likely to be tragic, so please prepare yourself mentally.
"Slashing the Red Eyes" at the fork in the road~~ On the original animation, and the follow-up prediction
"Chopping! As soon as episode 20 of "Scarlet Eyes" came out, the buzz of discussion in the post bar also reached a new climax. The animation original, although someone has long reported this news, it seems that it has not attracted everyone's attention. Coming in from the transition of 18 episodes and 19 episodes, now the animation plot has basically completed the steps of independent development from the comics, just like a train leaving from a fork, starting from the 21 episode "Cut! Crimson Eyes is about to start a brand new plot, so what can you expect from it?
After all, the comics are already preconceived, and it is not surprising that the audience has a lot of confusion and regrets about the animation. It is true that there are inevitably some unsatisfactory parts in the animation. After all, these two episodes also run too fast, and the speed is just scud. Where are you going to make trouble? Now that we're going light on, we've thrown away a lot of the plot, although it's been patched up a bit out of touch. Makes people seem reasonable, but also seems unreasonable. For example, in the battle of An Ning Dao, Najeta avoided confrontation with the Queen, and corrected the clue of the bond between Najeta and the Queen. The downward development is to confront the bond of strength with wisdom. It is very likely that if this goes on, the result of the duel is that Najeshtan died in the battle with the queen (using his ultimate to exhaust his life, so Susanoo had to die in the end, unfortunately this is what he did), but Her strategy beats Esdes, (wins and loses), so she would probably die later in the anime. (Author's Internet commentator Zhao Xiaohang)
But then, the Anning Dao War was taken lightly, which makes people feel boring, and Berlik's death is obviously too hasty. As for Maine's confession, this is obviously a tricky thing, and it will probably be moved to Tazmi or the back.
In addition, Bud's appearance is still a bit of a failure, (not to mention the shape, and even some friends ridicule him that he has double ponytails, haha), the most important thing is that he did not show the domineering of the general (the old seiyuu seems to be It's a bit weak), as for the fight with Tazmi, it's not that Bud is too weak and tricky, the intention here is to show Tazmi's growth. (For example, Bud said 'What's your name, boy?' 'Such a wealth of combat experience') Compared with the manga being beaten up by one move without resistance (highlighting Bud's strength), it is meaningless that the animation does good. This means that Tazmi's growth rate has been greatly increased, and the protagonist's halo has begun to open up. This is clearly the foreshadowing that Xiaomi will break out later. (Author's online commentator Zhao Xiaohang)
Although there are flaws, I still think that the animation has been revised quite well, the animation is more commercial, and the animation has a better coordination of plot clues and character composition. This is an undoubted fact. . Originally, in view of everyone's love for "Crimson Eyes", I didn't want to talk about the shortcomings of the comics. The current situation of comparison has been formed. Even if I offend my friends, I can only speak boldly and tell the truth.
In view of the creative form of the monthly magazine, the author has taken too long to create in the past 4 years, and he changed his ideas while painting. In the case of comics, it’s fine if you don’t dig and shape the character background in depth, but don’t be too casual about the composition of the clues and characters, okay? Tashiro-kun just wanted to come out and come out. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as the "Brave of the North" and "An Ning Dao Emperor Gu Shi", which are actually difficult to match. In the early stage, it seemed that Seleu wanted to be the hostile faction who liked Tazmi's girl, and after thinking about it, he gave it to the queen; (perhaps because of popularity) Chi Tong was originally set to be Xiaomi's girlfriend, and gave it to Maine; A love without results, An Ning Dao originally wanted the boss to die in the first battle, but decided that Rabo was dead. In the comics, the entanglement between Rabo's death and immortality, hey, poor Rabo. The various lines of the comics are already a bit messy, how do you want to conclude the author? Then there is the omission of the Wild Hound. There are already a lot of masked negative characters in "Zhen", and it seems very contrived to write about the ugliness of the Wild Hound. Maybe the author is out of whitewashing the hunters or to provide an opportunity for the hunter's transformation and the cooperation of the night raid, but this method still seems clumsy. Personally, I think it's very wise to remove this part of the animation.
The animation has also adjusted the balance of combat power. Susanoo is not dead, and the combat power of Susanoo, Akahito, and Tazmi has improved, which makes up for the disparity in the strength of the two sides in the comics.
In terms of progress adjustment, Tazmi's growth rate accelerated; Hei Tong fainted, and the bond line between Hei Tong and Chi Tong accelerated, so that it was flush with the revolutionary army's progress line. This is clearly the rhythm of the end of the season. And it's hard to see a second season. Emphasizing that Hei Tong's disease may end up dying on this rather than by Chi Tong's knife, her sister's bond may end in warmth and sadness, and the possibility of Will's apostasy is reduced, maybe he will have to fight with the tower Zimi battle. Arab sacrifice. The chances of a Leo woman dying remain high. (Author's online commentator Zhao Xiaohang)
Rabo's death was more tragic than before. Before he died, he said: I'll give you Tazmi. Tazmi is probably the one who killed the minister, and the animation still tries to use the comic plot as much as possible. From the death of Rabo, it can be seen that the animation producers do not shy away from the death of characters, so the tragic death will continue. Originally, this was the selling point of "Chopping". The scene where Tazmi faced the tragic death of Rabo was really similar to Brand's time.
The animation digs a little deeper into the negative characters of the minister and Sheila. When he learned that his son died, the minister was obviously sad. This is also human nature, but after calming down, he returned to his ruthlessness. Sheila's arrogance, and the minister's restraint, the contrast is strong enough. The minister has a trump card in his hand, which is also prompted by the animation, and he and Bud will have an infighting, which is an opportunity for a night attack. The revolutionary army may fail this time, so the ending may be an open ending, and Tazmi and Akahito are still fighting for the revolution. (The continuation of the battle between Tazmi and Will?)
The image of the queen will be more beautified and further strengthened, maybe she will die because of Tazmi or be killed by Chi Tong (I don’t know the scene where Chi Tong is wearing blood and wants Xiaomi to stretch out her hand) do or not). The fact that Maine is Xiaomi's girlfriend may not change, so at least they have a chance to confess when rescuing Tazmi.
That's all, the animation will have more or less influence on the manga. The comic's forecast has yet to be revised.
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