[Animation experience] New version of the magic fruit basket / Chinese Zodiac S1-3: Awaken the injured child in the heart

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The animation is divided into new version and old version. The old version was launched in 2001 (also translated as "Phantom Angel"). At that time, the comics were not finished, so the old version of the animation did not write the ending story; and 2019 pushed the remade version of the animation. , there are a total of 3 seasons, and the story is finished.

This work borrows the story of the zodiac. Many main characters are naturally possessed by animals. As long as they are embraced by normal people of the opposite sex, they will become animals. These animals are all in the zodiac, and there is an extra cat, which is The 1/12 cats were not successfully added to the zodiac story.

It is said that the cat will not be included in the zodiac because of a misunderstanding with the mouse. The Jade Emperor said that he would hold a banquet, and the 12 animals that arrived first would become the zodiac signs. Originally, the cat and the mouse were good friends. The mouse promised to wake the cat up and go to the banquet together, but the cat overslept and the mouse left first. . (There is also a saying that the mouse is very cunning and deliberately deceives the cat and does not wake the cat).

The two male protagonists of this animation are possessed by cats and mice, so they quarrel every day.

There is also a very key role in it, the head of the zodiac family "Xuanren", whose morbid personality deeply exacerbates the psychological shadow of each character.

In a word, each character bears a heart-wrenching story, because the curse of being possessed by animals caused a bad childhood experience in the family or school, so the true self is hidden, but the shadow lingers, and it is very difficult to live. The happy, warm and cheerful heroine Xiao Tou accidentally entered everyone's life and helped everyone get out of the shadows, so that everyone was willing to accept their differences and live bravely.

And each character story can be reflected in the real growth of children and teenagers.

Because they are hugged by the opposite sex, they will become animals. In order not to scare people, children who are overprotected by their parents; or parents who cannot accept that they give birth to children who are possessed, so they go crazy and reject their children; they have excessive possessiveness towards their children. , parents who do not regard their children as independent individuals; there are also children who are confused by nature and often make trouble, causing their parents to often apologize to others, so they have low self-esteem; children who are always compared with others and have an unbalanced heart; The morbid psychology of being unhappy and thus blocking other people's chances of happiness; the lover who can't get married because of identity differences, these real problems in society have all been presented.

It also talked about the rebellious period, school bullying, family discord, the death or suicide of relatives, orphans, psychological problems, etc. Of course, there are also warmer and positive parts about how family and friendship bring strength to people. This work really contains too many issues, but it doesn't make people feel blurred, because so many issues actually just want to tell the audience one thing - be your most natural look and walk your own way. !

In addition, the dialogue I like very much is that a character was bullied by his classmates to the point of not going to school, so the teacher wrote a letter to him, but wrote, "I hope you can like yourself a little bit, if you don't like yourself, others will You won't like yourself."

Another character responded, "If you can't find your own strengths, you will hate yourself. Forcing us to find it will only make people feel empty." "Actually, we still need someone to say that we like us, in order to be willing to accept this. My own self!" That's too good to say... People all over the world hate me, so why should I have the cheek to think I'm great? Since I'm actually great, why should others spurn me?

There is no such thing as "like yourself first, others will like you"! When people get along with people, those who hate you will do their best to hate you. Only when you meet someone who can accept you will you feel liked and not so lonely.

People cannot choose what kind of family they are born in, and they are destined to carry certain burdens. The family of origin has the most profound impact on a person's growth, almost to the extent that it is engraved in the DNA. Therefore, it is also the hardest to let go.

With the help and care of the heroine Xiao Tou, the animals in the play finally learned to let go and parted one by one, and learned to recognize the fate of the past, but they finally had the courage to seize the opportunity to change the future.

But how can everyone get out so easily? I'm very happy to have Yiling and Po Chun, the couple, let us see that it doesn't matter if you can't let go, even if you are the only one left in the world, you are not an abnormal person, everyone is unique, I don't mind if you let go No, I am willing to accept that you have the right to suffer.

Therefore, in the end, not everyone really comes out of the pain. In fact, scars leave scars. You will always remember the unbearable past because you see scars. Therefore, it is also necessary to say that people who have come out have "completely come out". It's not very accurate, but some people choose to let go more, while others continue to learn and live with pain. The ending of "Everyone's Happy" is not about seeing everyone cheering at the finish line, and seeing everyone already on the road, maybe stumbled, but already on the road, that's enough.

I recommend everyone who is lost, who feels unloved, who has no hope, who is bound by their family, who cannot get out, to take a look at the Magic Fruit Basket, although it will not solve the problem, It just feels like there is comfort and companionship in my heart at the same time that I feel a resonance.

Finally, the prequel of the "Magic Fruit Basket" series, "Magic Fruit Basket-Prelude-", will present the story of Katsuya, the parents of the heroine of "Magic Fruit Basket", Xiao Tou and Today's Son in the form of an animated film. It will also be shown, which is quite exciting!

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