Animal Rhapsody —— An Alternative Struggle of Youth's Humanity

BEASTARS, also known as Animal Rhapsody, is a TV animation produced by ORANGE, directed by Shinichi Matsumi and voiced by Kobayashi Jinhong and Senbongi cauliflower. It started broadcasting on the "+Ultra" column of Fuji TV on 20 19 10 9, and now it is broadcast online by Bili.com Bi Li in Chinese mainland.

Speaking of orange, an animation production company, people who are familiar with Er Yuan will be familiar with it. Relying only on the treasure drama "Gem Kingdom", it achieved good results in that year and won public recognition. Similarly, in the new comic drama "Rhapsody of Animals", orange Production Company continued their unique painting style, and once again proved their strength with beautiful pictures full of sincerity, handsome and smooth movements, cash-rich fighting scenes and almost impeccable lighting details.

The works that personify and socialize animals also describe the inevitable contradiction between herbivores and carnivores. People will inevitably compare Rhapsody of Animals with the previous animated film Zootopia. However, I think the two cannot be mentioned in the same breath. Crazy Zoo gives us a wonderful experience of human civilization from the perspective of animals through a utopian idea with wide brain holes. Its core essence is still inseparable from the civilization and order of human society, and animals are still people in the cloak of civilization.

But animal rhapsody is not. His style is more real and bloody, and the topics discussed are more about the hidden contradictions and chaos under the disorder of civilization. In this work, although herbivores and carnivores have lived together and can even go to school in harmony, carnivores still maintain their instinct and must always suppress their desire for meat.

This instinct will naturally collapse one day. The opening of animal rhapsody goes like this. In the dark blood-red light, an alpaca is struggling desperately in the corridor of Chereton College, followed by a huge, hideous animal with greedy saliva on its sharp fangs. Unfortunately, the animal was blocked by the night. The classmates who used to go to school together suddenly became the relationship between food and predators. With the death of alpaca, the contradiction between herbivores and carnivores began to surface slowly. The whole Chereton College is shrouded in a dark cloud, and the eyes of doubt and suspicion are projected on every corner of the College.

? The most attractive thing about this opera is that every character in the story is three-dimensional, plump, and even vivid and lifelike. The protagonist of the story is a wolf named Reggie. He is a tall man with sharp fangs and dangerous black claws. There is no doubt that as a carnivorous canine, many timid herbivores will walk around when they see him. However, unlike his aggressive appearance, Reggie has a sensitive, gentle and delicate heart. On weekdays, in order to get along well with my classmates at school, I always give priority to their feelings, bend over, droop my ears and head, try my best to hide my nature and strength, and show full cleverness and meekness. To this end, the audience also affectionately called him "Lei Gouzi". In a drama club activity, Lei Gouzi, as a member of the publicity art troupe of the drama club, was told to borrow some potted plants from the gardening club. He happened to meet Haru, a female dwarf rabbit who is a senior and hostess.

? Haru, a short rabbit, is an ordinary herbivore with extremely weak strength in the setting of this play. Don't say that there are powerful carnivores in front, even in front of medium and large herbivores, the physique of dwarf rabbits is still vulnerable. However, Haru is naturally popular with some male animals because of its pure white fur and good appearance. In order to protect himself, Haru had sex with many male animals in college in exchange for his own safety and psychological comfort. Because only in this case can Haru feel that he is not prejudiced and equal to prejudice. However, because of this, Haru has no female friends in college, and all female animals are secretly rejecting, laughing at and bullying her. Haru is very helpless. On weekdays, he can only stay alone in the gardening club, take care of flowers and plants, talk quietly to his potted plants and pour out his inner thoughts.

? Because of this, Haru is controversial as the heroine in the play. Many people don't like or can't accept what he has done. However, the author thinks that Haru's behavior is understandable. First of all, Haru is set as a representative of a weak herbivore in this play, which doomed her fate not to be so good. Secondly, in terms of appearance, the only advantage of her hand is good-looking, so why can't she use this advantage to seek safety for a certain road? There is a hen classmate who can lay eggs in this play. She will sell her eggs to the university cafeteria to make money. What's the difference between using your own unique advantages?

Finally, I think the most important point is that even though the physical characteristics are so weak and fragile, there are still some powerful, indomitable and fatalistic genes in Haru's nature. In the face of bullying by other female students, she never gave in, and even seized each other's weaknesses to fight back; When facing Reggie, she stood bravely in front of him, comforting him and encouraging her in her own way, even though the instinct of herbivores made her flinch and even made her legs tremble. Even after knowing that Reggie is a carnivore who can't restrain his instinct and wants to eat himself, and after deeply understanding his kindness and strength, he accepted his courtship without hesitation. Facing the powerful lions, Haru was almost eaten at that moment, but he was still able to express his thoughts angrily and express his dissatisfaction to the enemy loudly. Are these precious spirits not enough to attract you? Anyway, I am deeply in awe of this dwarf rabbit with a powerful soul beyond ordinary people.

Louis is the second male in the story. He is a strong male red deer. As soon as he appeared, he brought his own aura and pride. He is a senior in Chereton College, and he is an actor 1 in the drama department of the college. He plays the leading role in the drama club's annual drama Adler. He is an important pillar of the club, a man of the hour on campus, and a favorable competitor of the next beastar.

? The so-called beastar is the title of Chereton College # 1. Becoming a graduate of beastars will have great benefits in various fields such as social and political movements in the future. Is Louis' greatest pursuit at school. Countless glories are crowned on one person, which shows that it is not easy behind Louis. What's more, in some universities with many carnivores, he is just a herbivore at a disadvantage. His stubbornness and strength can be revealed from the fact that he will risk fracture even if he has a leg injury. His identity, status and dreams require him to be a perfect person who can't make any mistakes and has no defects. But the reality tells him that he is just a herbivore. Even if he is well dressed on weekdays, he still can't restrain his herbivore's fear and fragile instinct. Just like this, he will hate the early Reggie who obviously has enough strength, but only pretends to be weak and inaction. This contradiction Jeanlouis always lives in pain, living in the shadow of carnivores. "When you stare at the abyss, the abyss is staring at you." This sentence is really suitable for senior Louis.

When Haru, the object of Beware Yue, was caught by a lion, and he couldn't and didn't have enough ability to save it, Louis deeply felt his weakness and self-righteousness for the first time. After seeing the true face of the lion mayor, Louis once again felt the terrible tilt of the world level and the unfairness to herbivores; After seeing clearly the reality of the government's concealment, inaction and rampant black market, Louis finally went to a dark road that he had never wanted to take before. "In pure light, just like in pure darkness, you can't see anything clearly." For his ideal-to make the balance between herbivores and carnivores tend to be balanced, Louis embarked on this road without hesitation and got deeper and deeper. It can be said that he is a great martyr. He is willing to sacrifice everything for the "Tao" he sticks to.

In addition to these protagonists, other supporting roles in this drama are equally outstanding, such as Jack, a childhood roommate who grew up with the protagonist Gracie, a gentle and easy-going Labrador; Juno, a female wolf mistress who silently admires Reggie and has a clear understanding of herself and even carnivores. It is these complex characters and excellent story trends that make this drama shine and attract countless powders.

Although the opera is about animals, it is about the contradiction and story between herbivores and carnivores. But as an audience, I always seem to have a sense of realism and intimacy, which always makes me stop and think. I think this should be self-evident.

At present, the first season of animation has been released, and it is broadcast alone. Friends who like it can go and see it. Even in the last episode, the opera still didn't reveal who killed the alpaca. Friends who like this story or want to know the answer, recommend chasing comics!