As for the title of God, everyone will have their own different understandings, and it is because of this that all kinds of disputes and quarrels are born. "Is the unheard flower name a masterpiece?" "Is Sword Art Online a masterpiece?" Questions such as these have caused many people's quarrels, and various "sword chefs" and "flower celebrity chefs" have become famous because of this, and the masterpieces have once become a masterpiece. Ironic title.
So, what is divine work? The mainstream view is that it is a rare work that achieves the top level in all aspects of the same type of work. And I personally think that the works that can touch the deepest part of your heart and resonate with you can be called masterpieces.
From these two perspectives, clannad is undoubtedly a masterpiece. Whether it's the plot, painting, music, or the storyboards that are so strong in the last few episodes, it's hard to say that you have the conditions to do better. It is very difficult for you to rub all the characters into one line and there is no problem at all. The same gal changed to the peak of the stone gate. Even after the death of Mayuri, the plot of Rukako and Phyllis does not seem so nature). In addition to inheriting all the original bgm of the key company, Kyoto Animation, the classic "Danko Family" of the first season ED and the second season OP "Songs engraved by time" are not only beautiful, but their lyrics are also meaningful (here I complain about the OP lyrics of ab. With Charlotte's ED lyrics, it's all shit), not to mention the right bgm selection, the well-timed "Chao Ming", "The Place Where Wishes Come True", "Yukinohara", "Naggi warm piano arrange" and so on. It can be said that from an animation production point of view, it is difficult for you to pick out any problems with cl. It really is one of the best I've ever made in a day-to-day production, and I wouldn't even want to add one.
Many people question cl's genius, often not from the perspective of an animation production, but more from the perspective of the idea and expression of ideas: "The male protagonist can't get into college if he doesn't study well. You can only marry a frail and sickly wife to live out that painful life. This is what you cl chefs say, "cl is life? "" A lot of doubts mostly focus on the untruthfulness of the story and the anti-sociality of the male protagonist. Many people may not have watched Japanese animation before, and after listening to their friends around Amway, they have heard of "cl is life". , read it in a way that doesn't challenge tears, and don't bring it into the character to watch, naturally you won't be moved. Looking back and looking at everyone's praise for cl, I naturally feel that this is overrated, and it is inevitable that cl is indeed overrated.
I believe that this kind of people accounts for a large part of the people who don't like cl. I don't think this view is wrong, but I just feel pity for them.
What makes animation different from other film and television works such as movies and TV series? is its unique illusoryness. Movies and TV dramas all need actors to act. Even if the script is imaginative, the plot still cannot be separated from the humanity expressed by the actors. But the animation is completely different. The second dimension is a world completely different from the third dimension. This world is too idealized, and even some things are completely unimaginable in reality, just like the fantasy world in cl.
From two-dimensional works, we can never learn anything practical, even if it is as good as cl. But we can find inspiration from stories and change our spiritual world. The setting of Guangyu is unrealistic, but people living in small towns can work hard to pursue the most realistic happiness that belongs to them in this unreality. From Fuzi to Kotomi, from the Tomoyo brothers and sisters to the Chunyuan brothers and sisters, from Shi Naoyuki's mother and son to Qiusheng Sanae and his wife, even though there have been misfortunes and hardships, they can still work hard to find happiness after sadness, just like the big family of Danzi The lyrics in the song "Mix the happy things and the sad things together".
The vast majority of tear-jerking shows will make you feel a very obvious feeling of forcibly tear-jerking, forcibly creating all kinds of unreasonable bridges to create a so-called tear-jerking atmosphere, and if such works are closer to reality and the emotional description is more delicate, it will also make the film more realistic. Some people resonate, and such works can also be called masterpieces. There are naturally no shortage of such plots in cl: the car accident of Fuzi, the accident of Kotomi and his wife, the death of Nagisa and Xi, and so on. These stories are of course excellent and touching, but if it was just such an old-fashioned plot, cl would never move so many people to be conferred gods.
The reason why cl can stand out among many animations of the same type and be named a god is indeed its own unique side. In the second season, the eighteenth episode, the nineteenth episode, I believe that these two episodes are the two episodes that most men shed tears. The foreshadowing of the forty episodes broke out here, but unlike other tear-jerking works, these two episodes The plot of the episode is not cruel at all, on the contrary, it is very warm and delicate, but it is a mess. In other works, the reason for tears is often because of a similar experience I once had, such as thinking of a group of playmates when I was a child when I saw the name of the flower, and thinking of my childhood sweetheart when I watched five centimeters per second... But the magic is , the vast majority of people will not have the same experience as Okazaki Tomoya, nor will they have such a daughter, but they will still cry for his experience.
This is the most ordinary feeling. The most delicate and warm emotion is deeply expressed in a subtle expression unique to Asians. Although "cl is life" often becomes black material for sunspots, it is true from a certain point of view. cl only describes the life of Okazaki Tomiya, this is definitely not our life, and we must never learn any profound truth from such a life.
But we can use the life of Okazaki Tomiya to try and experience the things we have not done before, and strive to become a responsible person. This animation is never going to teach me how to be a good dad, but it can make me work hard to be a good dad in the future. cl once changed my concept of family and made me more considerate of the feelings of my elders. And this kind of change has also spread to many young men who are in a period of rebellion or have a tense relationship with their parents. This work is not only for me, but for most people who have seen this work, it is such a masterpiece that cannot be copied. For cl, I can only be grateful. For the chance encounter with cl, I only have pleasure.
Finally, I wish your Guangyu can come back to you as soon as possible.
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