Medley022～Diablo 4 Arrows, Dahe Drama Launches, and Kazuo Ishiguro's New Book Launch [Digital Garden]

Today is February 26, good Friday everyone.
From this issue of "Newsletter Weekly", the push time will be changed from Monday to Friday, and the content will also be adjusted, so please pay attention. In addition, the new column "Koshihikari Study" about reading and translation will be pushed once a month.

2021 game lineup revealed: Diablo 4 arrows

In 2020, the spread of the epidemic will undoubtedly be a huge boost to the game industry. Animal Crossing has set a terrifying sales record, and major game companies have also handed in dazzling transcripts. Players and the market are looking forward to 2021.

In recent years, the veteran game manufacturer "BLIZZARD Blizzard", which has been in a difficult situation, held an online press conference (Blizzard Carnival) for its 30th anniversary, and released the follow-up news of its series of works such as "World of Warcraft", "Hearthstone" and "Overwatch".

Occupying the absolute "C position" of this carnival is the "DIABLO" series. The "Diablo" series, which has been tepid for many years, ushered in a highlight moment, and four arrows were launched:

• The latest work "Diablo 4" has been developed smoothly, more demo videos have been released, and the new professional ranger has appeared.
• The mobile version of "Diablo Immortal" is generally believed to be equivalent to "Diablo 3.5" after the Australian beta test. The producer said that it is currently developing the "end game" system of level 45-60, and the release time is undetermined;
• The remake version of "Diablo 2" is the biggest surprise of this carnival. It is both original and comprehensive, and landing on the host (PlayStation, Switch, etc.) is also a highlight;
• This generation of "Diablo 3" announced that it will rework the follower (follower) system to enhance the single-player experience. After all, the game life cycle is coming to an end, and online is no longer the mainstream.

In addition, other manufacturers also acted frequently at the beginning of the year:

• SONY held the "State of Play" third-party game online conference, announcing the release time of several popular works such as "KENA", and the well-received "Final Fantasy 7 Remake" was confirmed to land on the PS5 platform in June;
• Nintendo held two press conferences in a row to showcase the latest game lineup such as "Splatoon 3", "Assemble! The linkage content between Animal Crossing and "Mario 35th Anniversary" has also been launched as v1.8.

Love Tibet: Japan's "3rd wave" dynamic

Continue to pay attention to the latest developments in Japan: the number of new patients continues to decline, Kansai will take the lead in lifting the "declaration of emergency", and the Kanto metropolitan area is still under observation; the first batch of 400,000 vaccines have arrived and will be vaccinated from early April, and the shortage of special syringes is also It became a hot topic in the media.

Economic aspects: Under the tide of global stock market rise, the Nikkei index stood at 30,000 points, the highest point in more than 30 years; UNIQLO's market value surpassed ZARA to become the world's most valuable clothing company, SOFTBANK Softbank's profit exceeded 3 trillion, refreshing the highest held by Toyota Record; MIZUHO Bank, Japan McDonald's, Honda, Suzuki high-level changes.

In addition, the magnitude 6 earthquake that occurred in the Miyagi and Fukushima areas recently is considered to be an aftershock many years after "311".

Japanese drama world: Dahe starts broadcasting, new drama preview

Episode 6 of "Pension Metsa" by Satomi Kobayashi is over. For so many years, she has been conscientiously living the life we yearn for, and even the free and easy decision to leave in the end is also desirable. The reason why I made a homestay may be to show that everyone in life is a tenant, whether it is a night or a season, there will always be a day to leave. The final suspense falls on Susan Sako, and the zero interaction with other characters hints at the ghost setting, perhaps the deceased mother~

Mika Omori describes the "Father of the Japanese Economy" Eiichi Shibusawa's NHK 2021 annual big river drama "Rush to the Blue Sky". In the first episode, the main actors such as Yoshizawa Ryo, Kusanagi Kusanagi, and Ko Liangjian showed their appearance. Kobayashi Kaoru and Wakui Yimi played the protagonist's parents, and Kitao Lu Xin also acted as a "voice-over" as Tokugawa Ieyasu. In addition to the strong lineup, the era setting that runs through the end of the Tokugawa period, Meiji, Taisho, and Showa is also a major attraction. The title that combines classical ink painting and modern dance shines brightly. At the end of the second episode, the lion dance was cleverly used as a transition, and the starring Ryo Yoshizawa officially appeared. It’s just right to compress the childhood stage into two episodes, and let’s see how the seeds (commercial enlightenment, class consciousness) planted take root. Kiyoshi Tokugawa, the "Last General" played by Kusanagi, is another character who has made a lot of effort in this play, and should be interpreted and shaped differently than before.

New dramas in April:

• The spiritual sequel of Yuji Sakamoto's "Quartet", "Soyada Towako and 3 Ex-Husbands", was launched in April, and Ryuko Matsuda and Ryuhei Matsuda "continue to cast", and Masao Okada and Akira Kakuta joined;
• Another romantic light comedy in the spring is Keiko Kitagawa partnered with Yingta, and the love affair begins with divorce;
• Yokoyama Yu starred in the manga adaptation work, and "Noda sister" Weito Rin screenwriter;
• Yoshida Yang and Kunimura Hayabusa cooperated to remake the prose of Chinese writers in Japan;
• Ishihara Satomi and Ayano Gang will collaborate in the romantic light comedy "Love to Deep";
• Jin Zi Maoshu's new work "Comedy Opening" is worth looking forward to, with Sugata Masaki, Arimura Kasumi, Kamiki Takanosuke, Nakano Taga, etc.
• Dunzi Hashibu wrote NHK, Hiromi Yongzuo and Kyoko Yoshine "Radius 5 Meters";
• Abe Hiro's "Dragon Sakura 2" is also scheduled for April.

"Your Honor" ends

The 10 episodes of the American TV series "Lord Judge" starring Bryan Cranston ended in a satisfactory way. On the one hand, the focus of this drama is the transformation of good and evil, the dark side and degeneration of human nature, on the other hand, "playing with flesh" may be the ubiquitous "manipulation" and "manipulation" in life. The judge has seen the world Therefore, he is good at grasping the human heart and exploiting the loopholes in human nature. One of the main points of episode 10 is that the girlfriend finally sees the true face of the judge and refuses him to continue to "manipulate" himself.

Kazuo Ishiguro's "Clara and the Sun"

Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro won the "Nobel Prize for Literature" and his first novel "Klara and The Sun" was released globally in March. He wrote an AI robot to accompany children. The author said that this is a story about human love and loneliness. Utopian novel. For more after reading, please pay attention to the new column "Koshihikari Study".

Djokovic wins 18th title

The 2021 Australian Open ended, with Djokovic and Naomi Osaka winning the men's and women's singles titles respectively. Djokovic's Grand Slam titles have accumulated to 18, approaching Federer and Nadal's 20. In the past few years, people have been arguing about whether Federer has been firmly seated as the greatest tennis player in the history of "GOAT", predicting the possibility of Nadal coming from behind. Who knows, it is exactly the sentence "The mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind."

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