Many of Nagai Hao's works have tried to discuss the boundaries between people, gods and demons in the past, such as the later "Devil Z", but he also deliberately downplayed this distinction. In "Devil Man", he designed the final villain, Satan, as the diametrically opposite image of the devil, which is what Satan looked like before his fall-a pure white angel with wings. This is undoubtedly a setting with great irony. The one who fought for the survival of mankind was a demon, but the one who wanted to destroy all mankind was an angel. This seemingly contradictory incongruity has been the keynote of the Devilman series from beginning to end. In this world, the standards of good and evil are very vague, but Miki's character is pure good. I see Miki Maki as the vehicle for the concept of human "idealization" in Crybaby. I think the first floor of Da Hanoi devoted all the ideals to the beauty of mankind when creating this character. Whether it is the appearance of beauty or the inner kindness, many positive elements have been integrated into this character, making her existence in this cruel The world has become so rare and shining, and her death symbolizes the final fall of the world's last beauty, and human beings no longer have the value of saving. When human beings lose goodness and beauty, they will only end up being destroyed by demons or by themselves. This is also the most important factor that moved me by Crybaby. Through this work, Masaaki Yuasa and the first floor of Okawachi created an idealized yet so real beauty for all audiences in this modern society where invisible or visible violence is rife. .
Let's talk about the two male protagonists, Fu Ming and Asuka. Fudo Akira has many characteristics of Western superheroes. The weak boy has gained power comparable to gods and demons, but at the same time he has to face the pressure of morality and human nature. In the face of the power he possesses, it is not that he has never been confused. The three characteristics of demons, people, and gods are entangled in him like the id, ego, and superego. In the original work, Miki's death made him completely abandon humans, and the reason he fought for it changed from "for humans" to "for demons". And Crybaby created a brand-new beauty tree, and naturally created a brand-new Fudame. As an "idealized" personality, Meishu entrusted all the remaining human nature of Fudoming. She always believed in human beings, and her trust led to Even if Ming is completely disappointed with human beings, he cannot betray human beings, because behind him is Miki Makimura, the aggregation of human beings' beautiful imagination. Even in the face of the almost invincible Satan, he still shouted "I am human" and "Humans will not lose to you demons".
And Asuka, this male No. 2 who has bisexual characteristics after recovering his true body, he is similar to Fudo Akira, but there is a huge difference in reality. They have all been lonely since childhood and have not felt enough family affection. One is sensitive and fragile, full of love for all living beings, and the other does not know what tears are and cannot understand the emotions of all living beings.
The beginning and end of the fate of the two people finally stayed in Chapter 10. In the final decisive battle, Yuasa Masaaki interspersed a memory of the two practicing relay.
Miki, who was running, handed the baton to Ming, but Ryo was unable to take over the baton and understood the meaning of this action. In Liao's eyes, the order of this world should be cruel, the strong dominate the survival, and the weak lie on the ground and wait for death. Why take the stick in his hand? Why run? Why have happiness, friendship, and love? The action of "running" has always been emphasized as a theme in Crybaby. Masaaki Yuasa mentioned in an interview that the reason why he chose the relay race in track and field as the theme to express, "it symbolizes that at the end, no matter what Whoever dies will pass on this will." At the end of her life, Miko chose to stop the thugs for Miki. She questioned them "what is justice?" and "what is kindness?", hoping that they could finally let Miki live.
"Crying for others, thinking about others, maybe this is a fool's dream, but if you have such a heart, no matter whether the other party is a demon or a human, I am willing to accept it, and I am willing to love him unconditionally." The belief of the world is conveyed to the whole world, and I hope they can embrace the immortality. They all used their lives to convey their hearts to this world where power has been supreme since ancient times, and finally handed it into the hands of Fudura. From that moment on, Fudake stopped wandering, and from the combination of man and demon, he truly returned to "human". The title of the last episode of the animation is called Crybaby, and the official subtitle translation is Crybaby. "Tears", like "running", is another theme of this animation. Fudaki is a soft-hearted person. When he was the tender child, he would cry for dead cats and strangers. He could see the sadness behind every life. Even though he has demonic powers, he still weeps for the grief of others. This is something the devil cannot change for him, he takes it as "human".
In Asuka, it is completely different. In his confession, "love does not exist, there is no love at all, so there is no sadness." My roommate and I discussed a hypothesis when I was in college. For people to use tools, the more complete a creature evolves itself, the stronger the power it has. When an individual life has more power without external force, its emotion and intelligence will also decline one after another, because the purer the power is. , the fewer tools and less thought required to achieve the goal. Just like a person who can turn stones into gold, why should they know how to smelt gold? The same is true for the flying bird. He is the closest existence to the gods on this planet. Obviously, as long as he has the power, he can survive. Then, what is the meaning of "love"? He should never grieve, never cry, until Fudaki handed the baton to him. Man derives his strength from love, and love frees man from the hands of the devil. The devil's body contains human hearts, so he sheds human tears, and once a god is contaminated with human nature, he also falls to the altar and sheds tears. Tears in the end, became the proof of "humanity" indomitable. After the final battle, the tears of the gods proved the victory of the mortals. Although no one has witnessed it with their own eyes, it has been handed over to the young man named Fu Ming, and passed on to the heart of another ordinary person.
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