The filmization of novels has gradually become a trend.
More and more blockbuster film and television works are adapted and taken from novels.
The imaginative world of fiction, as long as it is through the fiction of the pen, can always be full of unimaginable accidents and possibilities.
But if these seemingly inconceivable fictions come from reality, it would be a little scary.
The recent new drama comes from this "imaginary reality"——
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Influence
导导: Narei Mizuta / Young Paul
Writers: Eriko Shinozaki
Starring: Kana Hashimoto / Aoi Wakasa / Ai Yoshikawa / Nanami Suzuki
Premiere: 2021-03-20 (Japan)
Episodes: 5
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The whole series consists of five episodes, which are short and concise, and the rhythm is also very tight.
The plot is adapted from the original novel by Kondo Shie, which is a fictional and non-existent story;
But the way the story moves forward is so real that people can't help but believe it.
The story begins with a letter received by the female writer and Kawa Chimi.
In the past, such a reader's letter has never attracted too much attention from Kazukawa.
As the editor who delivered the letter put it: "Probably the kind of person who thinks her life is wonderful and wants you to write her life into a novel." ”
"But most of the stories given by that kind of person are boring," including Kazukawa himself, who thought the same thing before carefully studying the letters.
The ghost sent the gods, and this was the first time that Kazukawa agreed to the reader's request for an interview.
Waiting for her in the café was a middle-aged woman named Tozuka Tomoari.
What she wants to tell Kazukawa is not her own story, but the 35 years of bits and pieces between her and two friends.
As for why Kazukawa was found, the first is that Kazukawa's works often focus on the relationship between female characters;
The second reason is that one of her best friends has pancreatic cancer and has run out of time.
Kazukawa was attracted by her request.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I opened my mouth, I scared Kazukawa out of my soul——
"The three of us, in order to protect each other, have killed people."
Travel back 35 years, when Tomori was a 16-year-old high school student (Kana Hashimoto).
Born in an ordinary family, living an ordinary life, having no hobbies and interests, his academic performance is mediocre, and he never gets into trouble.
But one afternoon after school, she met a girl in the park who was practicing ballet.
Graceful body, dignified and generous, extraordinary temperament.
The sense of atmosphere that Yuri had never experienced before made her fall into it.
At the same time, another girl also walked into the park at the same time.
This was the first meeting of the three of them, and it was also the beginning of their bondage with each other.
The girl who attracted Yuri's attention was the beautiful transfer student Sakazaki Makoto (Aoi Wakasa) who was talking about at school the next day.
Mahoku, who is from Tokyo, is often expressionless and alone, and seems very arrogant.
No matter how curious Yuri was, he only looked at her from a distance and did not dare to come forward to talk.
It wasn't until in the bookstore that Yuri, who was reading a manga, was asked by a female voice, "Aren't you going to buy this book?" ”
The expressionless Zhenfan seemed to be questioning her something, and Yuri was startled.
But what I didn't expect was that I simply bought the real sail of the comic book, turned my head and smiled, and said, "I read the book quickly, and when I finish reading it, I will borrow you." ”
It turned out that Zhenfan was such a kind and cheerful person.
The distance between Yuri and Zhenfan is also being narrowed little by little.
But just after Yuri came home as a guest at Zhenfan's house, Yuri's mother couldn't help but remind her daughter to stay away from Zhenfan.
From the time Zhenfan moved into this neighborhood, gossip spread everywhere about their homes:
Zhenfan is a single-parent family, because his father cheated on him and his mother divorced before moving back to his hometown.
Zhenfan's mother, unwilling to admit that she had lost, sent expensive snacks to her neighbors everywhere, and stressed that she had a generous compensation.
The furnishings and decorations in the home are also very luxurious, which is very out of place with this civilian community.
"Don't be too different, standing out will be looked at by others, so it's best to be consistent with everyone."
Yuri's mother hopes that her daughter will not get involved in the wave of gossip.
But Yuri didn't listen to her mother.
Instead, she ran to Zhenfan's class, shouted her name loudly at the door, and went home with her hand in hand after school.
It was as if we were telling the whole world that we were good friends.
Hearing this, the writer showed a very relieved and touched look, and could not wait to praise Yuri for saving Zhenfan.
But in Yuri's view, this is not salvation, let alone courage, but she "regrets".
Because she once abandoned a friend and did not save her.
That's another girl, Riko Hino (Ai Yoshikawa).
Lizi is a small hair of Yuri, and since they were young, the two of them have played in a courtyard until they are older, and they often visit each other's homes.
By chance, Yuri's grandfather visited, and it happened that Riko was playing in Yuri's house.
Riko's question to Grandpa shocked everyone present:
"Didn't girls sleep with Grandpa?"
Not in a room, but in a quilt.
Yuri's family is horrified to discover that Riko may have been sexually assaulted by her grandfather.
For such a vicious behavior that makes people's scalps tingle, the Youli family did not stop it, but instead issued a ban on Youli -
Don't have too much contact with Riko.
It's not that Yuri didn't go looking for Riko, but as soon as she stepped into Riko's house, she saw that Riko's mother was indifferent to her, and there was a grandfather who was cold, and the young Yuri would only run away.
She completely escaped from Riko's world and abandoned her.
Until high school, I saw the figure of Riko in a group of small.
Yuri couldn't believe that The innocent and romantic Riko when she was a child would hook up with a school bully.
Even watching the bully bully bully his classmates, doing many evil deeds, and did not reach out to stop it.
The world of Yuri collapsed.
What made Yuri even more devastated was that her classmates were almost killed by this group of bullies on the side of the street.
Riko was also present.
In the face of Yuri's questioning, Riko asked her:
"You know what the old man in my family did to me, you obviously know, why didn't you stop him?"
The girl who was about to be killed was no different from Lizi, who had been sexually assaulted, and no one intervened to stop it, let alone helped.
In other words, no one is qualified to blame anyone.
As soon as he thought about the things in Riko, Yuri's heart was filled with infinite chagrin and self-blame.
She didn't want such a thing to happen again.
Unexpectedly, one night, Yuri kills someone in order to save Makoto who is violated by a strange man in the park.
They fled home trembling, but Yuri could not wash away the fear and panic of killing no matter what.
However, when it was dawn, her mother told Yuri, "Riko has turned herself in." ”
The story ends here and ends abruptly.
It was getting late, so the writer had to meet yuri and see you tomorrow.
In the end, the writer asks Yuri for the real names of the other two friends.
At this time, the writer seems to remember something —
It was not strange that such a thing happened in a high school with bad atmosphere, but she knew the story of the continuous murder in the community.
After rushing home, the writer turned out his high school classmates.
Sure enough—
She lives in the same neighborhood as Yuri, Makoto, and Riko, and attends high school at the same school.
All this described by Yuri, as the most inconspicuous bystander, she also witnessed it the whole time.
Why, in the end, did Riko want to help Youli resist this crime?
Is it only because she lives in the house across the park that she witnessed all this and chose to help Yuri escape?
Another suspicious point, Yuri's description of Makoto in class 8, is false.
Opening the graduation book, the writer found that Yuri, Zhenfan, and Lizi were all from the same class.
So going to other classes and shouting names doesn't exist at all.
Why is she lying? Is she really a friend?
And by what coincidence did she choose to leave it to Kazukawa to write this story?
What is the cause of the continuous serial murder cases? Who is the real culprit?
The joint murder story of three young girls is not yet to be continued.
The content of the story is simple, but it is also full of doubts, but in short, it is inseparable from the entanglement between the three girls.
Each of them is more or less influenced by this world.
Lizi, who has been hurt since she was a child, can only package herself as a hedgehog, and in order not to be hurt again, she begins to become a "bad girl".
Because of the failure of her marriage, Zhenfan's mother did not have time to pay attention to her daughter in order to desperately maintain her self-esteem and pride.
Zhenfan's feelings have always been ignored, in order to find herself, she can only work hard, and she does not want to change herself because she is not accepted.
And Yuri, who seems to be the most ordinary and obedient, dreams of escaping from this arranged home everywhere.
"More desperate than anyone else in the world," she said more than once, hoping to be freed from the shackles of family and ideas.
The communities and schools they live in are like an indifferent society bound by ethics.
As long as you are different from others, you will be isolated and pointed out.
Even if you are deep in the abyss, no one will reach out to the rescue.
"We're in this asshole's world, and no one is going to help you."
This impersonal, indifferent world is dominating our lives.
In order to save themselves and protect each other, the three girls had to gather together and desperately resist.
They are all equally lonely, but they are also equally strong.
They are using their own strength to try to influence this deformed and cold world.
*Author: DD