Until today, after I finished watching the "Rurouni Kenshin" trilogy in one breath, I understood that if I chose "Rurouni Kenshin" at the beginning, I would definitely not love it so much in the future. "Gintama".
At the end of the shogunate, the Japanese gates opened, and various trends of thought and genres converged. At the end, the shogunate and the reformists fought a decisive battle in Toba Fushimi. When the old era came to an end and the new era rose, those who were at the peak of the era. people, they have their own different choices, and Kenshin is the most representative of them.
To talk about "Rurouni Kenshin", we must talk about the era he belongs to. For most human beings, the era is like an insurmountable mountain. In every era, there are people who want to climb this mountain. They It belongs to the driving force that pushes the times forward. Once these people cross the peak of the era they belong to, then these people will immediately become another peak, that is, another era. Kenshin is the highest mountain in the new era.
Kenshin is not a competent mountain, because he began to collapse the moment he grew to the top. His growth came from his ignorance, and his collapse was also because of his ignorance. When he grew up, he didn't know who to kill. , So everyone will be killed. When it collapses, he doesn't know who to protect, so no one can protect it. The profound meaning of Feitian Yujianliu is "freedom", and the spirit of the times he created is "equality", using freedom to protect equality, This is a ridiculous false proposition, just like Jianxin's master and every enemy of Jianxin are laughing at Jianxin's "ridiculous" reverse-edged knife all the time, but compared to the previous "dictatorship" and "hegemony", Society is progressing. Humans have evolved to this day. Looking back at our history, what is not ridiculous?
A few days ago, I watched a documentary called "The Eight Hundred Years of the Kingdom of Chu". One of the episodes was about King Zhuang of Chu's struggle for hegemony. Before King Zhuang's hegemony, the State of Chu was always regarded as a barbarian. The issue of land annexation in the Spring and Autumn Period was almost impossible. It does not exist, it will only happen when the state of Chu expands outward, but when King Zhuang officially came to power, he wanted to dominate the Central Plains, so the strategy of the state of Chu's foreign wars changed from simple land expansion to force deterrence, and finally he was able to dominate the Spring and Autumn Period. princes. Although this respects the ancient method in the "Zhou Li", it is plain that the state of Chu is using a "reverse-edged sword", but unlike Jianxin, King Zhuang of Chu knew from the very beginning that the This knife is not used to kill the enemy, but to protect "self", and Jian Xin and other Jian Xin knew about this and used it for 10 years.
Ten years, for a confused executioner, must be a much longer time concept than others, not to mention in such an era, Jian Xin spent ten years to pursue the true meaning of the sword, but he never realized the new era. The true meaning, the true meaning of the sword is "the sword of the living", but the true meaning of the new era is "to kill to kill", so when someone told me that at the end of the comic, Kenshin died, and the story is not a happy ending, I I think it's normal, because Kenshin has not only crossed the old era, but even the new era created by him. He has reached a realm that no one has ever reached, and this realm is still being pursued to this day.
Once a person's thoughts transcend the era he belongs to, it is difficult for him to be recognized by the current era, let alone Jian Xin, his whole life is like this, at the beginning, he ran with a group of people, and soon , they outperformed another group of people, and soon, when he outperformed everyone, he did not choose to stop or move forward, but ran sideways. This run is ten years. , ten years later, he started to move forward again, and this time, he never stopped, just kept moving forward, until there was no one around, until only himself was left in the world...
As mentioned earlier, "Gintama" ", although "Gintama" is not over yet, but according to the current plot trend, the ending of Gintoki is estimated to be the same as that of Kenshin. It is not that idealism cannot survive in the world, but that once you choose an ideal, you can surpass it. There are many people, but your efforts are more than ordinary people. Even if there is no result, your efforts to pursue your ideal will eventually become a beacon on the road to the future for mankind.
The wheels of history are rolling, and Kenshin is a guest, not a person!
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