There are still three weeks to go before the end of the New Fan in January, and I believe that many fans have begun to pay attention to the news of April Fan. Today, let's talk about a comic adaptation animation that will be broadcast in the new season in April, "Friends Game".
It is a suspenseful, wit-making manga released in 2014 by Takashi Yamaguchi and Yusei Sato. It was later adapted into a live-action film. The decision to produce the anime was officially announced in December last year, and the broadcast time was April 5 of this year.
As can be seen from the title of this work, this is a work that is closely related to friends and friendships.
The male protagonist, Yuichi Chi, is a sophomore in high school, and because he lives alone, including his usual living expenses and tuition fees, he needs to work part-time to earn money.
At the beginning of the manga, his class is on a school trip. The person responsible for keeping the travel expenses paid by everyone is one of the good friends of the male protagonist and the deputy head of the class, Sawara Yizhifa.
This is a character with long black hair, a relatively cold appearance, and a sense of justice since childhood under the influence of his family. It is precisely for this reason that I am trusted by the people around me.
Logically, the fee has such a reliable person to keep, and there should be no mistake before it is handed over to the teacher. However, an unexpected situation occurred: in the few minutes she was not paying attention, the travel expenses disappeared inexplicably.
Although she herself kept apologizing for this, she still couldn't stop the gossip of the class. In order to help solve the problem, Sawara Yoshiho, the male protagonist, and three other good friends gathered after school.
Ben thought about discussing countermeasures and recovering the lost money as soon as possible. In the process, the male protagonist was knocked unconscious by the stranger and woke up again, and the five people had come to a room with four walls and white walls. He was also asked to participate in a game and win a lot of prize money.
Of course, they also have the right to leave on the spot. But after that, the game's host told a terrible truth.
It turned out that someone between these five good friends owed a sum of money, and in order to win the bonus to pay off the debt, they would take it upon themselves to sign up for the game for the five people. The lost travel fee is actually the registration fee used to participate in the game.
No one admitted who this person was at the time, and no one pursued it too much. However, thanks to the fact that they have always had a good friendship with each other, in order to help each other repay the money, others have also participated in the game on the premise of sharing the arrears equally, that is, 4 million yen per person.
The first game that the crowd was scheduled for was the Fox Fairy Game, which consisted of five games. The gameplay is simple:
1. The fingers of five people need to be placed on one coin;
2. When you hear the question, just work together to move the coin to the corresponding "yes" or "no" answer;
3. As long as you win one of the five rounds, you can play the game;
4. If there is a disagreement in the answer of one person, the game is regarded as a failure;
5. These questions are simple questions that elementary school students can answer, such as "whether 1+1 is equal to 2" and "whether the highest peak in Japan is Mt. Fuji".
On the surface, it seems that as long as everyone works together, this level is giving away points. But in fact, in the face of such a simple problem, he lost three sets in a row.
Thinking about the third rule, it is clear that someone is deliberately losing the game.
Obviously, as long as the normal cooperation wins the game, everyone's debt will be reduced by 400,000. Why is it deliberately obstructed from it, this is how the male protagonist can't figure it out.
It wasn't until it was the turn of the male protagonist to write the question, when he saw a line of small characters under the question card, that he understood the truth.
The line reads: "Move the coin to yes, the game passes; move to no, halve the owe of the author of the question.".
At first, the male protagonist thought that in the face of money and friendship, the first few people chose the former. However, when he made up his mind to move the coin to the yes side in this game, he found that the game still failed.
It was not until the fifth round, when the male protagonist violated the rule of not being able to speak, in the form of a small joke, that the five people were united again. Win the game in the end.
The subsequent plot of the story is mainly about the various games encountered by the five male protagonists and other groups.
Overall, "Friends Game" is a comic of the wit suspense genre. For similar works, it does not have too many elements of combat and adventure, and emphasizes more friendship and trust.
This kind of subject setting that tests human nature actually looks a little difficult to say. However, the story of the game itself, and the design of each game, are still very interesting.
Fans who like comics can add them to their list of april new fans.