Is killing people a wrong thing? What if you were killing a criminal who was full of evil and brutal killing of young children, but who evaded the law in a sinister and cunning way? Answering these two questions is tough, but Oguri's latest TV series, Border2: Atonement, gives viewers a relatively agreeable answer!
From the title of the TV series, we can get a glimpse of it, but if you don't see the end, then you still can't understand the meaning of the word "atonement". There is no doubt that the first "border" is very exciting, and the rating of 8.5 on Douban is enough to prove the excellence of this Japanese drama:
In "Border", the protagonist Ishikawa played by Kurizuki is actually a person with no life pursuit and an empty heart, but a chance allowed him to join the criminal police team, and he began to look forward to the occurrence of the case. However, the good times did not last long, someone was shot through the brain on the way to the scene of a certain inspection of the crime, and after nine deaths, Ishikawa acquired a special skill - being able to communicate with the deceased in the case!
With this special skill, Ishikawa seems to see his mission: to make a name for the wronged people in his own way! At first, he did a good job, but slowly a problem arose: some vicious criminals were very cunning, they not only killed the victims, but even had the ability to counter-investigate, if the police who knew nothing came to investigate, naturally nothing could be found. But Ishikawa is different, he can hear the complaints of the deceased, and know that the seemingly good people in front of him are actually their murderers, so isikawa is under heavy psychological pressure.
Especially after meeting Ando, the notorious murderer continued to mutilate young children, but he was clever and hypocritical, and there was hardly a trace of clues left by the police to investigate. At this time, Ishikawa needs to face the tragic ghost of the murdered child, and the innocent murderer Ando in front of him. At the end of "Border", Ishikawa drags Ando to the top floor to confront him, hoping that he can confess his sins, but Ando is not afraid, and Ishikawa, who finally broke out, seems to have retired from Ando, and then Ando, who became a ghost, became entangled with Ishikawa! (Of course, the end of the first part did not clearly state whether Ishikawa had pushed Ando down the stairs, which caused a heated discussion among the audience at the time.) However, from the beginning of the second episode, the director very cleanly tells the audience, yes, Ishikawa pushed Ando downstairs! ）
Audiences are looking forward to three years, "border" finally came out with a sequel, although it is only a short episode of special, but it does not affect its wonderful degree, the current rating on Douban is 8.3 points, although slightly reduced, but the audience is still very recognized by it!
This "border2: Atonement" can be said to be the psychological struggle and transformation of Ishikawa played by Oguri Shun after killing Ando, and he is flustered at the beginning, because he knows that he has fallen into the dark world like Ando. But gradually, he began to change, especially after encountering the same vicious murderer, and the female victim who had become a ghost found him, and at first he would have struggled and hesitated, because he felt that he was also a murderer and seemed unqualified to practice these righteous things. But as time went on, he discovered that instead of being seduced by Ando's ghost all day long to kill himself, he could stand up and help the innocent victims. Therefore, his expression changed from blindness and surprise to firmness and strength.
He methodically discovered the murderer's secret, but at this moment, he did not directly punish the murderer as the so-called lord of the Night God Moon in "Death Note", but cleverly used a strategy to let the police find the murderer's lair, so that he could not hide, and finally the murderer's laughter after knowing the truth must also be the pleasure after being conquered by Ishikawa! (Well, perversion is perversion, we can't understand their brain circuits)
The last Ishikawa said to the ghost Ando: I will carry out justice as a member of the dark world. I took your life, and to atone for my sins, I'm going to save more souls of the dead!" This is the meaning of the title "border2: Atonement", Ishikawa did not become a god who punished himself for criminals, but in his own way, let prisoners be punished by the law! Such a criterion, that is, the rule of law is greater than the rule of man is the criterion for the progress of civilized society, and at the same time it also answers the two questions raised by the editor at the beginning: killing people is definitely against the law, no matter how vicious he is, as an individual, you do not deprive him of the right to life, and handing over to the law is the most correct choice!