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To be honest, once a person reaches a certain level, when they are almost tired of watching the famous youth/youth-oriented works in recent years, they will enter a state of film shortage. You can understand it as similar to middle age. Man's "sage time", or the now popular term "electronic impotence", enters a kind of CD cooling down.
’s new works can hardly be more exciting. At this time, the mentality will change subtly, and I will look for some simple and straightforward works. It is easy to get exposed to sub-oriented movies, such as , My Little Pony, , etc., opening the door to a new world, or reading old animated novels over and over again, trying to chew out some new flavors like a cow chewing its cud.
So sometimes I envy those... who can still argue about animation, especially young people, who have just entered the house and are so energetic.
The reason for such lamentation is that after the new show "Changing Dolls Fall in Love" was aired in January this year, some people complained about "house-loving". The animation is full of "male gaze", and a lot of people are hedging their opinions on the Internet. .
The whole process is similar to a child arguing whether the mobile game he is playing is number one or number two.
As for this controversial animation, BB Ji briefly mentioned it before. Although it is a bit long-winded, in order to prevent some friends from not understanding it, let me introduce it again.
"Changing Dolls Fall in Love" is a cosplay-themed youth comic created by the Japanese female cartoonist "Fukuda Shinichi".
Note that this is a youth-oriented work, so it has some edge-to-edge elements. It was recently adapted into an animation. After being aired, it became an overnight sensation on the Internet due to its excellent production.
The story is roughly about:
The male protagonist Gojo Arina aspires to become the "head master" of the craftsman who makes doll heads. However, due to his interests, he is out of touch with his peers, and he is not good at sociability. He is silent in the class and has always been... No friends.
(The male protagonist who likes to make dolls)
One day, when he was borrowing a sewing machine in the handicraft department, he was bumped into by the hot girl classmate Kitagawa Uimu. Because the heroine is interested in otaku, she recently tried to make Cosplay clothes, but her craftsmanship is not very good, and she is worried. The two took this as an opportunity to chat.
The "dressing doll" in the title refers to the female protagonist as a "humanoid clothes hanger" who wears various Cos clothes made by the male protagonist. The plot is a pretty normal campus love story. Two people fall in love with each other, and the sweetness and youthfulness of love are everywhere in the scene. The original comics of
can be viewed on the " Bilibili comics" APP. It is estimated that the animation will be difficult to go online in China.
As a result, an animation that has not been introduced and can only be watched by downloading it through a special channel has been criticized on the Internet.
(The original work has a total of 8 volumes, this is the comic cover)
I don’t know if you have noticed that after the second dimension has continued to expand in recent years and has become a part of the entertainment life of many young people, there have been more and more conflicts in concepts, especially It is online discussions that amplify the anger, and many people consider the issue from their standpoint.
As the discussion on the Internet increased, voices began to appear that "Changing Dolls Fall in Love" was too "nerdy", and gradually turned to the topic of "male gaze". Coincidentally, another female-oriented romance anime next door, "Hori and Miyamura," was also criticized online for "misogynistic culture" and "strong daddy taste."
Of course, BB Ji doesn’t want to go too deep into the discussion of gender opposition today. This topic is a black hole, and there is no point in arguing in the end. No one can convince anyone anyway.
Let’s discuss the work itself.As far as the plot is concerned, "Changing Dolls Fall in Love" is essentially a daily love story. The theme of
is quite special. Cosplay is originally a stage where women in the two-dimensional circle are relatively active. As a topic, it can also directly tap into the interests of otakus, which can be regarded as a gender balance point. According to publisher statistics on
wiki, male readers account for 70%. For works written by young men, the proportion of female readers is quite high.
There are indeed many welfare plots at the beginning of the animation.
It makes sense. If you think about it from the perspective of a young male, if the first three chapters don’t do a lot of work to catch the reader’s attention, what will happen if others can’t follow it?
Fortunately, the male and female protagonists are basically engaged in cosplay and falling in love seriously. The plot is occasionally interspersed with some sewing, beauty and photography tips that you may never need in your lifetime.
As for the Internet saying that "Changing Doll" is a charming house...don't say it, I think it is quite right. This film is indeed charming to otakus, but after watching the plot, you will find that it is otakus who are charming.
Where in the real world can such a strong, handsome, serious, and single-minded man like the male protagonist come from? They are all produced by otakus.
I just clicked into the comment section of Bilibili Comics and scrolled through the comics forum posts. Everyone was praising the male protagonist for being so good and falling in love with him.
can only be said to be a female cartoonist who can output some different perspectives of male authors.
In addition to the slow update, "Changing Dolls Fall in Love" has not yet shown any signs of overturning. It is just a dessert-level comic that can easily cure tired social animals.
Many people have been online for a long time and may have forgotten that Japan next door is a typical capitalist "Flower World". What about Mei Zhai? Animation works are meant to be enjoyed by otakus and provide services to otakus/otakus.
As a highly commercialized mature market, the two-dimensional industry has a dazzling array of works on display. You can always find all kinds of customized entertainment in it.
Take comics as an example. The works are for different age groups. There are light-hearted comics for primary school students, passionate comics for middle school students, shoujo comics for girls, comics for housewives to relieve their boredom at home, and comics for white-collar workers to kill time during commuting...
Maybe it’s because of growing up When doing something you like, the most common question you get is "Is it useful?", and then you gradually assimilate into this way of thinking to look at everything.
However, considering the cultural environment of the local society and the cognitive differences of the authors themselves, it is obviously unrealistic to restrict creators from other countries with their own set of moral requirements.
And compared to the superficial "male gaze", BB Ji is more interested in the "contemporary otaku spiritual outlook" conveyed in the work "Changing Dolls Fall in Love".
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A few years ago, there was a word in Japan called "オタクに优しいギャル" , which was specifically used to refer to those "otaku-friendly hotties" in anime (hot girls in reality would Bullying A Zhai).
The reason why these characters are good to A Zhai may be because they happen to be interested in games and anime, they may have some exposure to them while working in game stores, or they may be simple good people who treat everyone around them equally...
In short, as a This kind of character attribute, you will find that this kind of setting has become quite popular in Japanese comics. To give a typical example, Kirino Kosaka in "My Sister Can't Be That Cute" should be seen by those who often visit Bilibili.
is a model in popular magazines on weekdays, but privately he has otaku interests. He likes sister's butter and Merulu's magical girl animation... Putting aside the question of whether it is reasonable or not, the setting first highlights a sense of contrast. .
I don’t know if this is self-deception on the part of animators. Because the reality is very skinny, there are no such "Asashi" hot girls, so even the Japanese otaku himself complained that this type of character is UMA (Unidentified Mysterious Animal, unknown life form) , and advises people not to take it easy Embracing the idea of a house love.
Coincidentally, "My Sister" and "Changing Doll" are both works related to Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony . The two animations are more than ten years apart, and the settings are surprisingly similar.
The former is the image of a otaku "hot girl" from the perspective of a male author, while the latter is a otaku "hot girl" depicted by a female creator. They are also heroines with otaku interests, but the specific details are very different.
You will find:
0 years ago, Kirino Kosaka, considering that junior high school girls hated otakus and was afraid that they would not get along with their classmates, had to hide her special otaku interests from others.
But 10 years later, Kitagawa Uimu can express his hobbies gracefully. He hangs his favorite animated character dolls on his bag and is not shy in the face of others' ridicule.
Although this attitude is rare, in recent years around me, there are indeed many more young people who dare to admit their hobbies.
Isn’t it? You might as well think back to the endless news on the Internet about Haidilao celebrating the birthdays of two-dimensional characters.
0 years ago, Takasaka Kirino, at the suggestion of her brother, used PC to find fellow otakus who had common topics on social networks. I was still very nervous about the first offline gathering, so I forced my brother to come and accompany me.
is very down-to-earth. A-Zhai was probably the first group of people to accept the baptism of Internet culture. Smartphones were not yet popular at that time, and they were more used for chatting on PCs.
And 10 years later, Kitagawa Uimu is a social expert and is very good at playing on mobile phones. You can see that the tool for young people to access the Internet has become a smartphone (with bangs), which is almost never left behind.
At this time, there were already many active and popular cosplayers on the Internet. The two-dimensional dimension was no longer a niche hobby, and the heroine also had the idea of cosplaying.
In reality, aren’t there also internet celebrity professional Cosplayers like Iori Moe, , enako? They rely on their well-developed short videos and social apps to attract fans, allowing Cos to develop into a career beyond their hobbies.
0 years ago, when it came to otaku gatherings, it was definitely an electronic shopping street like Akihabara . "My Sister" is not exempt from vulgarity. For the first offline gathering, we chose a place with a strong otaku culture.
0 years later, in "Changing Dolls", the male and female protagonists purchase materials for cosplay in places full of young and trendy atmosphere, such as Ikebukuro and Shinjuku .
I had the impression that this place sells fashionable clothes and groceries. There are actually various Cosplay counters. There are many young otakus who come and go, and it is said that the author has personally collected the materials.
The same theme, they are all animations about otaku culture, but what they reflect behind them is the changes in the atmosphere within the two-dimensional circle in the past 10 years. The more BB Ji looks at the previous animations for comparison, the more profound this feeling becomes.
No wonder the old saying goes, "Art comes from life." Comics are essentially entertainment products, which may not reach the level of art, but the creators' ideas are generally the same.
Fictional works can often reflect the real life from unexpected angles. I think this is the interesting part of the work, rather than being entangled in dispensable disputes.
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