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As a Killing City fan who has followed the entire comics, after reading 0, I really feel very cool and enjoyable. Although the Battle of Osaka has been changed, it still respects the plot in the manga. As a fan, I really want to blow it up. But it still needs to be evaluated objectively.
In fact, just from the plot point of view, I think that audiences who have not watched Killing City find it abrupt that there are too many characters and the problem of connecting with the story, because in the comic plot, the battle of Osaka is already relatively late. For example, the person who was beaten to death by aliens at the beginning, if you have not watched Killing City, you will not understand why this character who appeared for less than five minutes before and after should be included, but after reading this book Everyone knows that this person is the protagonist of this work, the soul of the Tokyo team. But in the manga, he was already dead at this time, so the Osaka battle had nothing to do with him. So the question is, if you don't add it in, the old audience will think, eh? What about pheasants? (Xuan Yeji) But if there are not many scenes added, new audiences will find it very awkward.
Usually we watch an anime or a movie. The characters who have appeared in it will have more or less foreshadowing for the next plot. Then we will remember him as it should be. However, if you look at the work of Killing City with this habitual thinking, it will not work at all. Because there are too many dead people here. Many of the protagonists who appeared on the scene, whether it was a passerby or a passerby, often turned two pages in the comics and died. Maybe you can still remember their faces and words at the beginning, but later, when you are numb, you will only remember those few important characters. It's like after you watch 0, do you still remember what the person who died in the room looked like at the beginning? So for those who have seen this work, everything is not surprising, or it is only when one or two people die suddenly that they feel exciting. This is the core element of Killing City, killing and dying. But obviously those who haven't seen this work, or don't like this type of audience, obviously won't buy it.
Then let's talk about character characterization. 0's characterization focuses on Kato, and I think it is very successful and very pleasing. Why do you say that? Because in the original book, I can only use three words to describe Kato's performance in the Tokyo team at the beginning. Playing soy sauce, if you have to add three words, it will be a hindrance. He is mediocre and loves to help others, even at the risk of his own life. In fact, there is more than one character with this character in Killing City, but all of them died later (including Kato). But the battle in Osaka was indeed the battle that Kato started, so I think there is no problem in portraying the character of Kato in this story. For the original comic book party, such a plot is acceptable. For those who have not seen it, although such a protagonist is a bit of a virgin, it can still be seen. After all, if 0 is completely filmed to portray the ugliness of human nature, and it makes people extremely uncomfortable to read, then such works are niche and lacking in depth. After all, in the original work, the character growth of Xuan Yeji is the same as that of Kato. There are inseparable links. If the characters of Killing City are one-sided, then this work has lost a lot of reflection on human nature. Therefore, the appearance of Kato is not unexpected. There are opposite causes, and there will be consequences of thinking. So I think from the perspective of shaping the whole work, the character of Kato is lovable.
Although many people have the same sense of justice as Kato, but compared with others, Kato's sense of justice can be described as extreme. Take 0 as an example, Kato does not hesitate to use his life to protect others, but the two Osaka teams are very strong The members of the team stared at the passers-by and were killed by the aliens. In the battle of Osaka, many complexes were actually deleted, and the original author actually showed the ugliness of human nature without reservation in the whole work. The meaning of Kato's existence is to remind the audience of the humanity in their hearts, but Kato is too kind and not suitable for this world dominated by killing. Maybe he can influence other people, but he can't change the world. After all, this is not looking at Ultraman.
Finally, let's talk about the whole animation, the plot is not sloppy, the whole process is high-energy, just do it, as a comic party, it simply perfectly expresses the brain hole of reading comics before. In 0, it can be said that all the black technologies of the black ball are revealed, from the small burst gun, the sword, the gravity gun, to the unicycle and the big mecha. I thought I was watching Pacific Rim when I saw the mechs appear and the aliens fought each other. It wasn't in the manga originally. (In order to attract fans, it is also very hard, lol)
Having said so much, let’s summarize at the end. Although Killing City 0 is a fan-oriented CG, it cannot be liked by everyone, after all, it is difficult to adjust. But I still like this work. Looking at this work from the perspective of watching movies, it can be said that it is an animation suitable for eating popcorn and lying down without thinking. It does not need to have a great plot, or it does not need to be perfect The logic of , let alone impeccable character design, but it must be cool to watch, that's right!
Killing City is a work to satisfy the bloody violence in your heart. It uses countless bloody scenes to numb you, but it reminds you of the existence of humanity all the time. There are many contradictions in the work, but the author does not give any answers. There is no right or wrong, in a world of killing, the only thing that matters is to live.
PS: Some plot characters are not listed, this is just an outline, and it will be added when there is time.
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