In the first half of 2019, there are three Japanese anime, logging into China's major theater market.
In addition to "Asahi Yubari Oath", one of the "I want to eat your pancreas" Douban rating was miraculously consistent with the former, box office level, the two are also less than 6 million difference.
And "Asahi Yushu Oath" as 2018, the entire Japanese system are re-pushing the anime , its situation is far more than "I want to eat your pancreas" dilemma, obviously ratings and box office is basically similar, but the word of mouth and popularity is extremely different.
And that's a side effect of being overhyped.
The fierce boasting in the front will most likely lead to a slight flaw in the back, making it difficult to retain people's hearts.
From the story setting to the names of the characters in the drama, there is a strong western fantasy style, while "I want to eat your pancreas" is the standard Japanese style, "rose cherry blossoms" plus "beauty", which is Japanese style. Romantic Cherry Blossoms and American Girls, the killer app of Japanese youth anime.
Additionally, the structure of the level, "Asahi Yubari" is slightly larger, protagonist characters in the drama, in the level of attributes, from human to God, different races mixed together. The age level, from birth to old age, spanning hundreds of years. The emotional level, on the other hand, encompasses affection, friendship and love.
These could all have been points of interest, but because of the dysfunction in the handling of details, from points of interest to grooves, the audience's feelings naturally can not be brought into the difficult to burst out.
There are six characters in the drama, and their intertwined emotional threads are slightly confusing and superficial.
For the sake of comprehension, let's call the people in the play who can't have hundreds of years of life, the Ephemeral Ones.
The three members of the "Parting Ones": Machia, Lelia, and Crim.
Three of the "Ephemeral Ones": Ariel, Lange, and Dita.
The "Parting One" trio are friends from the same tribe who grew up together. Among them, Lelia is brave by nature and sweet-looking, and is the first beauty of the tribe, while Makia is relatively gentle and timid by nature, and is Lelia's best friend.
Krim's persona, which is not clearly explained in the play, should be an ordinary "parting clan" man, who loves Lilia in his heart.
The whole anime begins with the king of a country, Mesaadi, sending dragons and armies to capture Leylia and kill all the "parting clan".
Mesadi has become one of the most powerful countries in the continent because of the "legendary bloodline" of the dragons, but as the dragons are stricken with a strange disease and continue to die prematurely, they feel threatened and pressurized like never before.
The other "Legendary Bloodline", the Clan of Separation, became their target.
They chose to capture Lelia to marry the prince, hoping to produce an offspring with the Legendary Bloodline.
The battle resulted in Leylia being imprisoned in the palace, while Crim and Machia survived and went into hiding.
And in her time in hiding, Makia saved her newborn child and named him Ariel, and the village where she hid and aided Ariel until he was six years old had two others: Lange and Dita.
Lange is the eldest son of Makia's host family, who, according to his age, should be 6-8 years younger than Makia, As Lange continues to grow up, Makia, whose face is fixed at the age of fifteen, is gradually becoming the girl he adores in his heart.
Dita, on the other hand, is the girl next door in the village, similar in age to Ariel, and the two have grown up together since they were young.She has an innate fondness for Ariel, which turns into love as she grows up.
And of the entire movie's emotional threads, there are two that are the simplest and never change: Machia's friendship with Lelia, and with Clem.
Besides that, the rest of the relationship lines are relatively complex and transformed.
Was Lelia in love with Clem before?
What is certain is that Crim must have loved Lelia, and for that reason he risked his life by breaking into the palace twice, trying to take Lelia far away.
But Lelia refuses both times for the same reason: flesh and blood!
We can't tell whether or not Lelia loves Clem, but their relationship, which is relatively superficial and run-of-the-mill in the show, is basically as bland as white water to the audience.
How deep is Lange's love for Machia?
Machia was fifteen years old when Lange was still a tiny toddler, and when Lange grew to the same height as Machia, Machia remained stuck at fifteen.
Machia with Ariel left the village, has always been lively, active Lange, but chose to sit in the house, did not return, but also not willing to go to see off Machia, which should have feelings, and then gave birth to the reluctance.
But this kind of feelings, after all, is just a kind of good memory of childhood, although there, but will not be too deep.
So many years later, in the face of Makia's rejection, Lange, although sad, but also chose to accept it openly.
How do Dita and Ariel come together?
Dita and Ariel, on the other hand, are among the standard childhood friends, with Dita having loved Ariel since childhood.
And how Ariel fell in love with and found Dita during the years when she and Machia had a fight and took off for the door is not explained, so let's just interpret it as fate.
Finally, the theme and essence of the showis affection
I reject all references to incest, and anyone who is a parent or a baby should be able to understand Ariel's love for Machiavell. I can understand the complexity of Ariel's feelings for Machia, but no matter how complex they may be, there is no trace of love in them.
He had hate, incomprehension, sadness, and grief, but in the end, all the feelings between them were the same kernel: kinship.
At the end of the movie, Ariel, who is about to leave, is lying in bed and can no longer open his eyes, and he holds Makia's hand and says: Welcome home.
This kinship, spanning decades and three generations, is immensely pure from start to finish.