In the new series launched in January this year, there is such a drama that has attracted everyone's attention--- the heroine is a hot girl who likes to play, and the male protagonist is a producer of a young doll, the story revolves around the daily intersection between the two, and the name of this drama is called "Changing Dolls Fall in Love".
At present, there is no platform on the domestic side to buy the broadcast rights of the drama, and even the B station does not.
But fortunately, there are comics bought before the B station, and for the well-informed netizens, nothing can stop their determination to watch the drama, at most, it is more difficult than usual.
01. The changing doll is mired in controversy
"Changing Dolls Fall in Love" is based on the manga of the same name by manga artist Shinichi Fukuda (female) who began serialization in 2018.
The story tells that the male protagonist Wuzhuo New Dish is passionate about making the unique hobby of making the face of the doll, and he is incompatible with the people around him, and he goes alone every day without friends.
Until one day, a popular coser girl named Kitagawa Kaimon accidentally met him, so he asked for a new dish to help her make a cosseuit, and the relationship between a coser and a tailor began...
To say that the first point left to everyone in this series is the heroine Kitagawa Haimeng, just watching the trailer at the time, the audience has already felt from the girl's every move: I seem to be in love, because she is too good at flirting! (The same goes for me)
Of course, the heroine who is so poignant is inseparable from the overall personality of the character, the image of the hot girl, the personality is generous and cheerful, sociable, and has the same orientation and hobbies as the real A-house.
While not losing female reservedness, she also dares to insist on what she loves, the tone is full of enthusiasm, the expression is very affinity and infectious, and in general, "pure and desire".
It can be said that the character of Haimeng almost combines the female characteristics preferred by most boys, and it is also possible that this is the author's ideal self.
Of course, the male protagonist's new dishes are said to be attracted to many housewives, the reason is that he is handsome and pure, has a firm goal in life, and is single-minded about the things he loves, and is not as hearty as those playboys, which are rare treasures in reality.
Dramas like this that can hit the hearts of otaku and otaku are naturally loved, and at the same time, the popularity of the original manga has been enhanced.
Perhaps it is because of the popularity of the animation that some people have noticed some of the content that they feel disgusted with, so they have sprayed on the Internet.
As for the critic's reasons are also very direct, that is, "flattery" or "male gaze" and so on.
The so-called "patriarchal gaze" refers to the behavior standards of restricting others with the gender concept formed by the patriarchal society in the past, which is mainly reflected in the depiction and treatment of women, which is often obviously sexy into the object of male preference, and its influence is not limited to women in film and television works.
The meaning of the word "charming house" is to cater to the audience's taste and deliberately made upside down behavior, from the content of the play, this situation is indeed not false, the image of the heroine is indeed to cater to the opposite sex preferences of most boys.
Not only that, there are also many gentlemen who are popular with otaku in the main film of the animation to the camera, especially the initiative of the heroine, which satisfies everyone's desire to feast their eyes, which further hammers the "charming house" element of this drama.
As a result, now enter relevant keywords on Weibo, you can see a lot of complaints.
Not only that, but there are even many people under the banner of "opposing the gaze of male power" to pick faults for ACG works.
But the question is, is it wrong to be charming?
First of all, to explain one thing, modern animation works have a more diversified classification of story themes, and different types of works also correspond to different audience groups, such as jump traditional hot-blooded teenager comics, romantic and aesthetic girl comics, or warm and witty daily comics, love comics written on the feelings of male and female protagonists, or gentlemanly comics that otaku love to watch.
In addition, with the development of the comic book industry, many works have become more diverse in genre, no longer as single as in the past, in short, what market readers love to see, what type of works are popular.
In that place in Japan, there are many otaku and otaku itself, and they are also fond of paper people, and in such a demand environment, the proportion of anime games with otaku elements will be quite high.
In addition, otaku and otaku are also an important audience group of Japanese anime, so there is a charming plot in the anime that is obviously to serve this group, which is actually a very normal thing from another point of view.
According to the information of the Japanese media survey, the audience of "Changing Dolls" accounts for 70% of male readers, which is interesting that the proportion of female readers in male to youth manga is quite high.
This can also show that it is not only flattering otaku, but also flattering otaku.
So since this drama itself has a clear audience tendency, why do some people still have to run out to brush up on the sense of existence, but also to talk about the "charming house"?
The main reason for this is not because the circle of the second dimension is larger, and all kinds of people are coming, but the second dimension itself is still in the same composition as in the past, and some people with different audiences have friction because they cannot accept such a phenomenon.
02. The trouble of the circle is big
In the past, when the post-90s group was still in school, hobbies related to the second dimension, such as anime, games, and light novels, were basically secretly shared by one person there, or they were self-possessed with other fans on the Internet.
Because at that time, as long as they said in front of everyone that they liked to watch anime or play games, they would often be cast by everyone with strange eyes, and the otaku who were less sociable in themselves was tantamount to public execution.
But that's no way, after all, the second dimension at that time was still only a very small hobby, and it was completely incomparable with other mainstreams.
In addition, there is also a situation that in the new novels of the daily comics that everyone usually searches for on the Internet, eight or nine of the ten are harem directions, and the male protagonists in the film are more ordinary than one, but the girls around him are better looking than one.
In addition, the male protagonist always has his personal charm, which can make many girls be attacked by him and then start to paste upside down, which is envied and hated. (There are also some harem male protagonists who are very attractive)
Speaking of quite representative works, it is necessary to count the "Lady of the Bag" created by Kentaro Yabuki, which tells the relaxed daily story of the encounter and exchange between the male protagonist Pear Dou and the female protagonist Lala and Haruka, as well as the encounter and exchange with young girls such as "Golden Shadow" and "Furutegawa Mori".
Compared with these harem fans, "Changing Dolls" can be regarded as a small witch, but at that time, anime like this kind of charming house is very niche, everyone is alone at home to watch, even if you want to share, you will only watch it with your partners who love the same hobby, for fear of being seen by outsiders.
After all, even we know that this kind of thing would definitely be reported in public.
Now, with the growth of the post-90s and post-00s, the rapid development of global informatization, and the expansion of the scale of the B station platform, the "second dimension" has slowly moved to a larger cultural stage with the growth of these groups.
As the saying goes, the forest is bigger than any bird, and when the circle of niche hobbies begins to grow larger, some discordant sounds are gradually increasing.
Many friends who like to watch anime should know that to this day, there are still many Japanese manga dramas that like to add a variety of otaku content in the picture content to meet the tastes of many otaku.
It is precisely because of this common phenomenon that the word "charming house" has unconsciously appeared in front of everyone's eyes, in order to complain that there are too many such unlimited shots in recent years.
Indeed, "Pretty Girl", as the core element of Japanese anime, often appears in almost all of the current works of the genre, and uses this as a major attraction, as if I came to see Gullit, and as a result, my attention turned to Hodo Rokuhana.
In addition, some of the strong-willed ones will complain about it: "Liuhua, you are blocking me from seeing Gulitt!" ”
However, as mentioned earlier, this is the problem of the Japanese market, in their place, the main group of anime watchers is still otaku otaku, and the editor-in-chief will also choose to cater to their tastes in order to increase the number of dramas, adding elements related to them in many works.
Perhaps these dramas are not as popular in terms of fame as those mainstream juvenile combat fans, but the victory is in the large number, and several such similar works can be seen every quarter.
Even if everyone doesn't like to watch it, seeing so many works of charming houses, there will definitely be some people who want to complain.
On the other hand, the large-scale online community platform led by Station B has now become an important gathering place for young people in China, and more and more young people have begun to publish and share their hobbies in their circles online, and the second dimension is also familiar to more people under their spread.
However, some of these new friends are not like those who have been exposed to these cute house-oriented anime in the past, they often do not adapt to such a setting, but the Japanese comics like to get these, so some intolerable "conservatives" will spray "two-dimensional charming house" on the Internet.
By the way, some time ago, "Original God" was reported because of the image of the new character "Shin He", and the reason was also because of the beautiful house.
However, "Original God" and other two-dimensional game types itself have always been based on the character of the charming house as a selling point, why have not seen anyone scold other games of the same type before, in the end, because this game has been out of the circle, the fire has reached a height that is difficult to reach than many two-dimensional games in the past, thus making some dissatisfied people.
Similarly, some people accuse "Changing Dolls" of flattery, but also because of their own disgust and incomprehension of the general charming house, coupled with a little more conservative ideological influence.
But to be fair, the charming way of this drama is actually very fresh and pleasant in the current new fan, unlike most of the previous works that blindly sell R, mainly relying on the overall character of the character to capture the heart of A-house.
For example, there are so many good-looking female characters in game works around the world, but why can Tifa stand out and become a popular bearer in the 3D game industry and fandom?
Isn't it because she is beautiful, in good shape, gentle and kind, and very capable of fighting? Therefore, the people behind this are actually the same.
Regarding the matter of "two-dimensional charming house", it is a topic that is difficult to analyze with right and wrong, creators also have their own audience choices and preference tendencies, and market consumers also have the direction they want to choose, depending on which group to choose the largest number.
However, the national conditions and environments of the two places are different, and the audience's taste orientation is also different, especially when the new friends in the circle face the imported culture of the second dimension, they will be more likely to have conceptual friction or even confrontation.
This is also an embarrassing situation that the two-dimensional circle is currently facing, the more people are more difficult to reconcile, and each of them hopes that the circle can change according to what they think, rather than consciously retreating to the side and not paying attention.
As a result, it has led to the somewhat inexplicable circle debate of "whether the second dimension should be charming".
03. Conclusion
The fact that anime works can develop such a diverse theme content as they are today shows that on the one hand, there are more and more audiences watching anime in this world, and on the other hand, it also shows that these audiences have their own favorite types.
This should have been a good thing, but now some people are angry because they see works that do not meet their preferences, which hurts everyone's harmony, which is something that no one wants to happen.
Anyway, I just hope that every anime lover should have such a self-consciousness--- like to watch, do not like to spray, automatically leave.