Reality is a cold iron cage, and we try to break free with delusions.

Ellen 2022-04-12 09:01:11

Eyeballs rolled, looking at the world coldly.
The world is filthy, and Malome is pure and beautiful.
People love it like crazy and long to have it. It seems that with that little pink thing, you can forget your worries.
It's like a god.
Malome disappeared, and the shop windows were smashed to smithereens. The hideous face reflected on the broken glass.
The filth returned to the body, and he couldn't get rid of it.

Gold bat, gold pulley, red baseball cap, ugly smile.
He is everywhere, and he grins in everyone's heart. It seems that smiling and laughing can relieve you from troubles.
She didn't want to be reprimanded by her father.
He doesn't want to spend more money.
He doesn't want to be surpassed by others.
She doesn't want to repeat her divided life.
She didn't want to see her disgusting father again.
He wants to be a holy warrior.
They want to die.
She wanted to be part of everyone's conversation.
He wants to prove his strength.
He wants to go back in time.

Humans

are inherently creatures that seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and escaping seems to be an instinct.
We love Malome because we want to cover the oppressive darkness of life with pure beauty. We want junior bat to show up because we're looking for excuses to escape the burdens of life. Malome is the teenage bat we use to escape the ugliness of reality, our twisted delusions trying to find a way out of reality. There is no way out, so create it yourself.

Jin Min can always accurately capture the incompleteness of human nature, freeze and zoom in, accompanied by the poppy-like music of Hiraizawa Jin suddenly appearing in front of him, his throat seems to be strangled, and he can hardly breathe. And this incompleteness is an iron cage that can't be broken free, and it is attached to everyone's body. The ending seems a little corny, the evil is defeated, the story is repeated, and the history is always so similar. Because Jin Min couldn't find a way out either.

The deepest impression was the three happy souls.
This is the only really bright color in the whole film, I think Jin Min may be trying to give us a beam of light outside the cave.

"I want to go far, far, far."
"Then go, far, far. Take the tram."

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Extended Reading
  • Allison 2022-04-10 08:01:01

    Personally, I think the subsequent "Red Pepper" is better in abstract expression, art style and fluency. After reading it, I realized that I missed the "Dream Report" of the first 12 episodes, and I was overwhelmed like the person in the dream created by Jin Min. In fact, it is a very Lu Xun text: "Despair is false, it is the same as hope." Jin Min's works really need not be limited to the comparative dimension of "animation". The thousandth mark is dedicated to Jin Min.

  • Flo 2022-04-16 09:01:09

    Shocked! Absolute masterpiece! Jinmin is God! All Jin Min works have been read. This 13-episode animation style is varied and easy to come by. Fantasy, horror, juvenile, funny, suspenseful and even small and fresh, video games, schizophrenia, etc. The strangeness of the plot is easy to describe. Student designers, suicides, police officers, and even street gossip aunts have many angles and are hooked. Better than a dream detective! Kneel down and worship!

Paranoia Agent quotes

  • Lil' Slugger: I'm home.

  • Keiichi Ikari: The whole world is about to end, and all because of a goddamned puppy!