Ordinary people are miserable
Hello everyone, I am the disappointed little fairy.
In the month of April, "Avengers 4" can proudly say that except for me, all the cannon fodder.
However, Xiao Xian'er has a soft spot for the "cannon fodder" of "Jingjie", which was launched yesterday.
After all, it is one of the three most popular (most popular) manga comics, and this name can still bluff people.
But after watching the movie, Xiao Xian'er found out that this movie is the opposite of Zhenxiang's law .
The failure of the popular character Byakuya Kuchiki is the main reason why the movie was scolded as a sieve.
However, the problem with the movie is not just the casting and modeling failures like live-action cosplay.
The unclear explanation of details, the ambiguity of the establishment of the world view, and the lack of emotional layout of the characters are all problems of this film.
But it is really embarrassing to show the complex and huge world of death through a 100-minute movie.
Disadvantages aside, the whole movie is actually very interesting.
Why did the gods of death start to swarm?
Why isn't their weapon a sickle?
If the god of death transmits his power to ordinary humans, then it is a felony to die. Why is there such a strange rule?
01
When Death Meets Japanese Anime
It all starts with the source of death.
In Japanese folklore, there was no concept of death at first.
The concept of the god of death was introduced to Japan from the Western world in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In the Edo period, the god of death represented the evil spirits of the dead, dark creatures and fallen angels.
Later, due to the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures, the god of death was gradually embodied as a skeleton wearing a black cloak and holding a sickle.
With the development of the times, the concept of Reaper has been widely used in anime, such as "Death Note", "Bleach", "Naruto" and "Soul Eater".
In Japanese anime where tennis can kill people, Ran and Chuuji are essential elements of manga.
So, when Grim Reaper meets anime, everything changes.
In the setting of the movie, the world is divided into three parts, the present world, which is the place where human beings are. The world of corpse and soul, where the god of death and the soul are located, as well as the place where the virtual circle, the virtual and the broken face live.
After death, a person becomes a soul state. Good ghosts are called whole, and they are sent to the realm of corpses and souls by the god of death.
In fact, this setting is somewhat similar to the Chinese hell system.
However, in the movie, the characters are influenced by Japanese samurai, and both men and women wear uniforms with knives. The entire operating system is also based on squads.
But the setting of hell in China is more like the way an official yamen operates in a court.
This is due to the fact that Japan used to be an agricultural country, which led to a need for solidarity and cooperation within the group to reap the rewards. This led to the formation of familyism in Japan, and this familyism gradually evolved into team spirit.
That is, the squad system in the world of death.
In the movie, it is the responsibility of the Reaper to keep the world in balance.
That is to say, the amount of souls and souls in the world must be kept in balance, otherwise it will lead to the collapse of the world.
This rule led to the tragedy of the clan quencher of the movie's third male being exterminated.
Because the Quincy eliminates the emptiness to completely disappear the emptiness, it will cause the non-conservation of the world's soul.
In order for the world not to collapse, the god of death can only destroy the Quincy.
Knowing this, it is not difficult to understand why the god of death stipulates that power cannot be transmitted to humans.
Because this is likely to break the balance between the two worlds.
This kind of rule that sounds very unreasonable is actually for the normal operation of the whole world.
And this kind of balanced argument comes from Japan's ancient balance psychology.
Whether it is the repayment culture of the three major Japanese cultures, which emphasizes maintaining a balance between repayment and indebtedness, or the balance theory of "yin and yang" in Japanese food culture, it is revealed that Japan believes in "balance" as the primary meaning of everything.
In fact, there are many more story rules that reveal local culture and traditions.
02
Fairies can only be single
The poem "I only envy mandarin ducks but not immortals" actually means that immortals can only be single dogs.
In the Chinese mythology system, people and gods cannot fall in love.
The love story of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies in "The Fairies" is a typical example.
The love between Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies violated the laws of heaven, and finally heaven and man were separated forever.
This is actually revealed behind the lineage theory in Chinese culture .
In ancient China, blood theory was very important.
From the election of the heir to the throne, down to the vast difference in status between the direct son and the concubine of ordinary people, it all shows that China attaches great importance to the theory of blood.
This kind of blood theory is different from the so-called blood theory in the West, which emphasizes purity. For example, in "Game of Thrones", the Targaryen family pursued incest for the sake of blood purity.
In China's bloodline theory, the emphasis is on fusion, that is, the combination of blood between two well-matched families.
The love between Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies is a love that transcends classes, and will naturally be hindered by the family.
Can the immortals digest themselves internally?
In Chinese mythology, gods and gods cannot fall in love.
This is also reflected in "Journey to the West".
Kui Mulang and the maid of the Phixiang Temple fell in love, but because the immortals could not fall in love, the two made an appointment to go down to earth to fall in love.
This led to a tragedy.
Why can't gods and gods fall in love?
Immortals fall in love, and the children born must also be immortals. Immortals are immortal. If all the gods are in love, then the heaven will gradually be unable to let go of these gods who have reproduced from generation to generation.
Due to its long history and relatively advanced farming methods, China has always had a relatively large population density.
So, naturally, there are considerations in this regard.
At the same time, the immortals in myths are like colleagues who work together, somewhat similar to civil servants in China.
In reality, national laws also stipulate the avoidance system of civil servants, and civil servants are not allowed to fall in love.
03
Human beings are inherently good or human beings are inherently evil, that is the question
But the opposite of this is that in the Western mythology system, gods can fall in love, not only in love, but also incest.
In "Greek Mythology", Zeus has countless companions, and he pursues them when he sees them.
The story of his rivalry with another god, Poseidon, to snatch Thetis, is also the predecessor of the famous Golden Apple Incident.
Zeus and Poseidon both fell in love with the beautiful Thetis, but Prometheus predicted that Thetis' son would be a hundred times stronger than his father.
Worried about destabilizing their rule, both Zeus and Poseidon abandoned Thetis and arranged for her to marry a mortal.
Thetis' wedding forgot to invite Eris, the goddess of discord. In revenge, Eris threw the golden apple at the wedding scene, which triggered the Trojan War.
The supreme leader of the immortals can not only fall in love freely, but also compete with other immortals for jealousy, and even promote the marriage between humans and immortals.
This is very different from the mythological system of the East.
Why is this?
First of all, Westerners seldom consider the problem that the gods can't let go from generation to generation.
Because compared with China's population density, the West has always been sparsely populated .
Just like now, many western countries have incentives for fertility.
Secondly, this is also related to the marriage relationship in the West at that time.
In the famous book "The Three Musketeers", the first story is that the three Musketeers have to go through all kinds of hardships to get back the necklace belonging to the queen from the hands of the Earl of Buckingham.
As for why the necklace was in the hands of the Duke of Buckingham, it was due to his affair with the Queen.
But in the story, the queen who cheated on Buckingham was portrayed as a kind, beautiful and simple woman.
This reflected the chaotic relationship between men and women in the Western aristocratic world at the time.
Infidelity between men and women in marriage is not something to be condemned, but rather a trend.
Just like the mighty Napoleon, he dared to let the Pope come to Paris to crown himself, instead of going to Rome to meet the Pope himself.
But when he knew that his beloved Queen Josephine had countless lovers, he was helpless.
Therefore, the taboos and rules in the West are completely different from those in the East.
Among the rules of the West, there is such a general rule, which is to do nothing.
In the Bible, God told Adam and Eve in the Garden of Ely not to eat the apples from the tree.
In "Bluebeard", Bluebeard tells his wife not to open the last door.
But these stories often end with the protagonist finally eating the forbidden fruit and opening the door.
This system actually reflects the biggest difference between Chinese and Western cultures.
China believes that people are inherently good at the beginning . We believe that through education, we can turn evil people into good people. But in the concept of Western countries, it is the beginning of man, and his nature is evil . Human beings are selfish by nature and have a tendency to seek profit. This is the law of survival.
This is the fundamental reason why the protagonists they set will eventually be unable to resist the temptation.
When a rule is considered strange, it is often, in fact, ignoring its underlying reasons.
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