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In the so long (just one or two years) since writing anime miscellaneous, I seem to have only mentioned "Journey to the West" once? Speaking of, in the past 3 or 4 years, domestic animation is inclined to novel adaptation, the proportion of originals is very small, and the comic change is not much, "Westbound" as one of the few domestic (some people love to tangle is Hong Kong comics, not national comics, in fact, they are the same) comics to animation, in fact, is very representative, but also should be taken out to talk about.
The things that this anime can talk about can be said to be all aspects, but I think that character building may be a better entry point. In the comic "Journey to the West", there are many characters on the scene, and each of the debut characters is very full, and it is not necessary to say that the squad (taking the scriptures) is also impressive, such as Rulai, Killing Heart, Bull Demon King (Niu Xiaomei), but perhaps everyone is most concerned about our master brother - QiTian Great Saint Sun Wukong!
So, today we are going to talk about the early Sun Wukong and a few characters related to him.
When she first entered the dust to save the woman, she was ambushed for her light and frenzied grievances
As the past life of the Lingming Stone Monkey, the mountain fish is basically the same as Sun Wukong in personality, very simple, with a strong sense of justice, and when he first entered the mortal dust, he saved a girl who was being besieged by an elephant demon.
After that, he and the girl embarked on a journey to find a companion, during which the mountain fish slashed the demons all the way and was invincible until they entered the youkai avenue and held hands with the demons.
In terms of force, the mountain fish has always occupied the upper hand, but the head of the youkai, Huangmei (yes, it is the Yellow Eyebrow Old Ancestor, it appeared early) has used his demonic words to confuse the crowd, causing him to fall into the Dark Soul Dao, lose his mind, and break into the human village, making a big fuss, which attracts the attention of Rulai and the Celestial Martial Monks.
In the end, under a series of "riot" operations of the Celestial Martial Monks, the mountain fish completely ran away, and was finally ambushed by Rulai.
The yellow-browed demon confuses the people, and after all, there is a reward for evil
The tragedy of the mountain fish comes from the seduction of HuangMei, and when it comes to Huangmei himself (or this demon), its heart is also very distorted and dark.
According to the classical literary novel "Journey to the West", he was originally a boy under the seat of Maitreya Buddha, and what prototype he was, there is no specific explanation.
Later film and television works based on this model also have different plays, such as the setting of "Magic Mobile Phone", Huang Mei is a weasel, and the prototype of the comic discussed in this article is a toad spirit in the Heavenly Palace.
Back to the yellow eyebrows in the comics, the theory is a big basket, what everyone can become a Buddha, it seems to be very progressive, but its approach is very sinister and vicious.
In order to increase its cultivation, it actually ate the fairy who had been treating it for a long time!
Perhaps, the author actually wants to use the "yellow eyebrows hiding under the bright skin of human beings, but they are actually only toads" to satirize some people with good looks?
However, the retribution eventually fell on the head of the yellow eyebrow, and the tragic mountain fish reincarnated sixty years later as the Lingming Stone Monkey, and this Lingming Stone Monkey decided on the invincible Yellow Brow Ancestor on the Youkai Avenue.
The monkey king fights for supremacy, does not fight and does not know each other
After talking about the yellow eyebrows, I have to say that the other two opponents of Sun Wukong - the Tong-arm Flying Ape and the Akajiri Horse Monkey.
These two monkeys were originally the minions of the yellow eyebrows, and they were also the two monkey kings on the Flying Ape Mountain Range, and they had friction with the newly born Lingmingshi monkey Sun Wukong, so they fought hard, triggering a monkey king battle!
During the battle, the Akajiri Horse Monkey also inspired Sun Wukong's great ape soul, which can also be regarded as goku's half-guide, of course, in front of the awakened Goku, the Akajiri Horse Monkey was also quickly defeated.
Taking advantage of Goku's defeat of Akajiri, the Flying Ape joins the battle, trying to break Goku's veins and make a quick decision.
In the battle between Goku and the Flying Ape, he was limited by his lack of experience and suffered a lot, so defeat was inevitable, which was also one of The few defeats of Goku in the manga.
From Goku's two battles, it is not difficult to see the characteristics of the two opponents.
The Akajiri horse monkey is very fierce, but lacks strategy, and the tong-arm flying ape has better intelligence than brute force.
In the manga, for these two characters, I think there is a place that is more blunt.
For example, after these two characters see Sun Wukong being eaten by Huangmei in the back, they remember their monkey identity, and then betray the plot of Huangmei, plus the memory killing in the back, which is a bit of a reversal for the sake of reversal.
Returning to the path of scripture, there is a cause and effect in the darkness
The above two parts are from "The Soul of the Great Ape", the Hong Kong version is titled "Journey to the West , Part III", and the first two are also known as "Journey to the West" (The title of the Hong Kong version is "Journey to the West").
At this point, I would like to diverge a few more words.
From the perspective of the original title, although the content is a prequel, in essence it is also a sequel to "Journey to the West", as for the so-called sequel "Journey to the West" published by the mainland official (not the original author), they have their own views.
This brings up another question, why did the original author Zheng Jianhe not choose to continue to write the "Journey to the West", but instead "return to the path of learning the scriptures" and return to tell the story before the "Journey to the West"?
Perhaps, it may be due to commercial restrictions (e.g. not allowed by the copyright owner?). ), of course, there may be other reasons.
For whatever reason, there are also many benefits to supplementing the previous work.
If you look back and look closely, you will find that in fact, the causal cycle is more reflected in the comic book "The Soul of the Great Ape".
When the mountain fish was seduced by the yellow eyebrows and made a big fuss in the human village, one of the humans he ate resembled Tang Sanzang.
And in the conversation between the Fire of Wisdom (if I remember correctly, it is actually the Eternal Fire in the "Journey to the West", that is, the "Sutra" taken by the Westward Journey) and the reincarnated mountain fish, the Lingming Stone Monkey Sun Wukong, it is also mentioned that he is associated with many people, demons, and gods, and there are causes and effects, and the debts are finally repaid.
Therefore, supplementing the prequel in this way adds a layer of fatalistic romance to the entire "Journey to the West" work.
Of course, the above is only my family's words, not enough to believe.
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