If you, like me, have been involved in ACGN for more than a decade and lived through that era of MAD, you may have heard the Sound Horizon song "Lovers Shoot Day".
The lyrics of the lyrics are to the effect that the teenager saves the girl, and the two fall in love, but in the process, the teenager is also injured by the monster.
The person who was hurt by the monster eventually became his kind, and the girl had to end the life of the teenager with her own hands when that moment came.
Last year's Valentine's Day, we nagged about the love that ended in tragedy in ACGN, and this year we will talk about the most poignant way of ending love in ACGN - lovers killing each other.
The tragedy of two hearts that once admired each other, but finally turned their swords at each other, is very suitable as a wonderful embellishment of Valentine's Day night (the single dog shows a happy smile).
01
The day you shoot your first love
In that era when MAD was not a dead end, there was a classic MAD, with "Lovers Shoot Day" as the BGM, and the protagonists of this MAD were Lulu Xiu and Euphemia.
At that time, how hot was this MAD, many of the old two-thorn salamanders surfing the Internet thought that this song was really Euphemia's character song.
In the Baidu encyclopedia entry of "The Day of the Lover's Shooting", there are still rumors about this.
Lulu xiu and Euphemia are certainly not lovers in the strict sense of the word, but there is no doubt that Lulu Xiu has a special affection for Euphemia.
It's not just because he personally admitted that she was his first love after shooting Euphemia, but also in his actions.
He was unkind to the other siblings (first excluding Nanali).
Knovis also had a good time with him when he was a child, he sneaked in himself, did not ask for the information he wanted, and directly shot him down.
Cornelia was also almost killed by him, if it were not for the angry Uncle Orange killing in time, it is estimated that he would have to add another life to his men.
He should have been well aware that Euphemia's Autonomous Japanese Territory was nothing more than an appeasement thrown out by Britannia, and the boiled frog disintegrated his Black Knights.
Even if Euphemia herself didn't have this idea, Shonezel, Cornelia, and Emperor Charles, who had pushed her into this position, should be playing this calculation.
But Lulu Xiu finally admitted that he had "lost to her" and accepted the olive branch she threw.
Lulu Xiu, who has been repeatedly destroyed by life, is still willing to believe in her true heart at this moment, and Euphemia may be the only light in Lu Lu Xiu's court life (Nanali is the sun).
Unfortunately, the opposite happened, and GEASS's rampage made him lose his way out and pushed the situation in the most tragic direction.
Lulu Xiu lost even his mind at first, until the CC fished him into Gawain's cockpit, and he regained his composure and put Euphemia back on the grim balance of value.
She must die, and if so, maximize the value of her death.
ZERO kills the Queen, as everyone expects, and Lulu Xiu buries his first love and last innocence with his own hands.
02
Across countless deaths, find a glimmer of miracles
Killing a lover doesn't necessarily require shooting with your own hands, perhaps, you're just forced to choose a worldline where she can't survive.
That's right, I'm talking about Ryutaro Okabe and Red Ryushi Makise in Destiny Stone Gate.
The 22nd episode of the Destiny Stone Gate anime, no matter how many times I watch it, I have a hard time restraining my tears.
In order to correct the Worldline, Okabe had to eliminate the effects of the original Damil, which caused the Worldline to jump to the α line where the assistant survived.
Jumping back to the original β line means the death of the assistant.
Although Okabe does not need to pull the trigger, only need to click the send button, but this kind of "killing" is more cruel than any kind of "killing".
The two weeks that the assistant spent in the LAB would become non-existent, and no one but Okabe would remember her existence.
The clever thing about the Fate Stone Gate anime is that it gives you a whole episode of time to slowly accept it first.
The two meet, hide from the rain, sew clothes, kiss... These intimate actions make up for the sense of regret brought about by the arrogance of the assistant.
Before separating, the two finally confirmed each other's intentions.
The next day, when Okabe was ready to press the Enter button for the operation, the assistant should have left Akihabara.
However, the moment Okabe pressed down, she ran back breathlessly and pushed open the door of the LAB.
The real confession, which had no time to say, ended up being distorted into an unrecognizable murmur in the worldline jump.
First let you let down your guard, and then Caught off guard to give you a knife, I have to say that in terms of tear gas, it is really for the staff to pinch to death.
Because of this, even if the reunion ending of "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" is slightly far-fetched (and finally the classical time machine is pulled out), we readers also want to believe that there is such a perfect SG line.
03
Don't do that kind of thing
Seeing this title, I believe that many readers have already laughed out loud.
That's right, when it comes to lovers killing each other, how can we lack our Chairman Ai?
Mikasa wore the scarf that Ellen had wrapped around her, slashed Ellen's head with a knife, and kissed with his head, which not only shocked the audience, but even the grandmother who watched the play could not hold the popcorn and Coke.
And "don't do that kind of thing.jpg" has become an emoji used by readers to persecute Alan, and I myself have been persecuted no less than three times on this public account.
This was the first time since Ellen had touched the Queen's little hand, and his name in this life had been destroyed.
The lovers, Ellen and Mikasa, had more intimate interaction before the Marais chapter, but the reader thought that the two of them were "relatives", "brothers and sisters", and "mother and son".
After Marais, the two drift apart and are no longer as close as before. However, the relationship between the two seems to be solid.
These two people, who have lived together since childhood, have become too accustomed to the presence of each other around them, and have never even thought about the possibility of losing each other.
Allen's attitude of "forgive me for this life of unrestrained indulgence and love of freedom" is a kind of favored fearlessness
It wasn't until he touched the queen's little hand, saw the terrible memories of the future, and knew that he had not much life left after inheriting the giant, that he realized that he would really lose Mikasa.
Even so, he hoped that Mikasa and Armin would live in peace.
In the 138 episode "The Long Dream", Isayama directly draws out the life that Ellen wants--living an idyllic life with Mikasa and returning to their hometown.
But even in this dream, the iron hooves of Malai and the world's allied forces are about to set foot on Koh Pa.
As for his sprinkling and rolling before his death, it is more like is isayama's bad taste - he always likes to let the characters "people die, directly swing".
Many soldiers of the Investigation Corps died heroically one second, and the next second they cried out to their mothers, "Eat by giants or something, that kind of thing don't want!" ”
And what else does Alan have in this world? Isn't it Mikasa?
Why did Alan and Mikasa end up in such a tragic end? Perhaps it was because Allen unilaterally imposed the desire to "live long" on the other side.
What Mikasa really wants may be another ending revealed in "The Long Dream".
The two stayed together until the last moment of their lives, and although they had only been alive for four years, at least they were on the same side and could face any challenge side by side.
Alan's obstinate behavior eventually allowed himself to commit a heinous crime and become a veritable demon of Pa Island, while also making Mikasa bear the responsibility of breaking the guilt for him.
He rejects Reiner, who wants to become Horos, rejects his best friend Armin, and when he sees Mikasa rushing over with a blade, he shows a bitter smile and kills him.
He only allowed Mikasa to kill him, and that was the only "freedom" he last insisted on.
04
Brother Cheng, the water has boiled!
Since today's talk is about lovers killing each other, then Ito Makoto's "Makoto Brother" of "Day on Campus" is definitely a character who cannot be skipped.
Although not every reader has really seen "Day on Campus", as long as it is the old house of ACGN, it must have heard the legend of Brother Cheng.
The sound of the kettle boiling was sharp as a buzzing, And Brother Cheng had just finished reading the text message of the Sai Yuen Temple world, and she was already behind her, and the white knife entered the red knife and came out
Along with the bgm of "crossing the sadness", the world of the same kind (fog) as the Platinum Star stabbed at Chengge's body one by one, and the open pool of blood ended the deformed relationship between the two.
Unlike most of the strangling "lovers killing each other" bridge section, Brother Cheng's being knifed by chai cannot be said to be touching and profound, at least it can be said to be very happy.
The animation of "Day on Campus" chooses the most scummy line in the original GALGAME, and does not refuse to come to the girls who are posted.
Captured by his own endless carnal desires, his final end can only be said to be self-inflicted.
"Day on Campus" designed such an impactful ending, originally intended to satirize the harem's work.
However, the quality of the work itself is not superior, and the animation has a fire knife stem, but what it wants to convey is buried in the carnival around the death of Makoto
And harem xiang's works are still popular today. The lesson that Brother Cheng's death left for those male protagonists may have only taught them not to have X worms on their brains.
Why is the blood-colored romance of "love and killing each other" widely used by creators and enjoyed by readers?
I think this in itself has something to do with the exclusive desire for love.
The killing party monopolizes the other half in this way of plundering life.
For the party who was killed, in the state of death, dying at the hands of lovers is also a good choice.
In a sense, the long-term confrontation between lovers is also the longest kind of "killing".
Go from adolescence to twilight with each other, accompany him/her to see the flowers blossom and fall for decades, and finally close his eyes for him/her.
This kind of long-term companionship may be the most mellow bar left behind by the extreme and violent monopoly of "killing each other" after years of brewing.