Healing fan and zhi yu fan, these two words are not only pronounced the same, but even the actual distinction is somewhat difficult. In particular, those tear-inducing works, whether they belong to the type of healing or depressing, are quite difficult.
In addition to the difficulty of distinguishing, some anime also like to switch between these two styles. So much so that in the early stage, it seems that it is a cute healing fan, taking a certain episode as an opportunity, but the style suddenly changes.
There are also many examples of such dramas. For example, the classic god work "Magical Girl Xiaoyuan", or this one was launched in 2015, and the first episode set off a hot discussion because of its unexpected development, and became the fastest million-played work in the animation officially released by N Station - "Gakuen Island".
Before the start of this animation, whether it is a promotional PV or a poster, it is the style route of the daily campus fan, but the end of the first sentence has a sudden change in style. Many viewers who have not seen the original comic are caught off guard.
In terms of plot, "Gakuen Island" revolves around the middle school campus where several members of gakuen's life department are located. In the first half of the first episode, it is mainly based on one of the heroines, Yuki Shōgun, as the first point of view to promote the progress of the story.
Among so many heroines, the reason why Yuki chose Yuki and not others is actually related to her personality.
This young girl, who looks innocent and full of vitality on the outside, and is also the source of the happy atmosphere of the school life department, is actually very different from before because of various experiences. The world she saw in her eyes was completely different from the reality of reality.
This is exactly more suitable for the atmosphere that the production team wants to present in the first episode.
The first half shows a peaceful school life through Yuki's first perspective, including her getting up in the morning to go to school, having a breakfast time with the people in the school life department talking and laughing, and routine classes, interacting with classmates and teachers.
Until the final school end, as the light of the picture becomes dim and the perspective switches to a third party, a destroyed one, and a large number of lost real worlds gathered on the playground appear in front of everyone's eyes.
In this way, a strong visual contrast is achieved.
In addition to the first episode, the animated version of "Gakuen Island" has a reversal. Taking advantage of the fact that the world is different from reality in Yuki's eyes, in the sixth episode of the anime, a surprising fact is brought to the audience:
Sensei Sakura, the consultant of gakuen's life department, died a long time ago. As for Sakura Tsuyoshi, who appeared in the first five episodes, it was just a fantasy from Yuki's point of view.
The unveiling of this fact vividly shows the style of the apocalypse and depressive system of "Gakuen Island".
After this, with the discovery of the diary left by Sister Ci, the world view setting of the whole work is further presented, and the development of the story can enter the next stage.
Of course, these two major reversals before and after, although it is indeed quite unexpected, but in fact, there are many foreshadowings buried in advance in the animation.
For example, instead of waking up from home to go to school, Yuki is in a classroom at school. It also implies that she has no way to go home and is forced to live in school;
For example, when everyone eats breakfast, the animation also gives a close-up shot, which can be intuitively seen as some fast food. Living in school is already strange, and it is even more incredible to rely on fast food every day to fill the hunger;
Or in Episode 4, the crowd comes to the supermarket to replenish supplies. In the case of Sakura's teacher, the person in charge of driving the car is Walnut. Sister Ci, who has always been worried, is willing to let her students, and is still an underage novice, drive, which is obviously contrary to the sense of harmony.
If you look at it more carefully, you can find more details.
Overall, "Gakuen Island" is a drama with a cute personality and a very depressing style. There are fans who don't mind this style, it is still worth taking the time to make up for it.