The semi-annual "Cuckoo's Marriage Contract", which began airing in April, has now aired to 16 episodes, and the plot has gradually entered the round of normal party struggle, the rhythm of pulling back and forth, and the perception has gradually risen.
In recent years, the proportion of campus animation production seems to have declined, and many works have chosen unconventional routes. For example, "Miss Hui Ye" is a pure love comedy, and "Strength Doctrine Supreme Classroom" and "Weak Horn Yuzaki Jun" have a misplaced distribution of male protagonists and plot female protagonists.
In this case, the very traditional party love fan "The Marriage Contract of the Cuckoo" is very clear, evoking the feeling that we watched works such as "Pseudo Love" in those years.
As far as the news released so far is concerned, the campus party love works are afraid that they will be absent from the new fan in October. Therefore, "Cuckoo's Marriage Contract" and "Rented Girlfriend 2" will become the last party love affair in 2022. "Rented Girlfriend" has been criticized for the male protagonist's too anti-natural character modeling, and this issue will not be discussed for the time being.
"The Marriage Contract of the Cuckoo", as a new work in 22 years, began broadcasting in April and got a length of half a year. At the beginning of the broadcast, the shaping of several major characters had problems, which led to a lot of complaints. However, with the subsequent episodes broadcast, the game gradually returned to the rhythm of regular party competition, which improved its perception.
Next, let's discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this game a little.
First, the original back pot: character building has a hard wound
The beginning of this game is simply disastrous, or in the first 7 episodes, the character shaping has a very big problem. There are four protagonists, three men, three women, and three of them are not pleasing, which is really rare.
The male protagonist, Kaino Kai, a nerd who loves to learn, the biggest problem is impure love. Ming Ming shouted all day that he liked the female Erse River, but he couldn't put down the heroine Eirika. Especially when traveling at school, he said that he would let Erika play with the male partner and create a space for himself and Setkawa to get along, but he stared at Erika in front of Setkawa.
The male protagonist saw the color and thought, "I want it all" is not a no-no, but it depends on the persona. The "Loan Girlfriend" is also an incompetent and indecent man, so it is not surprising that a beautiful girl sees a love for one. Kitaro of "Fifth Grade" is a serious student bully, full of thoughts about how to tutor the grades of the five sisters, without consideration in love. But the male protagonist of "Cuckoo" is obviously also the traditional Asahi learning to bully the male protagonist, or he should not ask about the affair in the early stage; Or simply learn "Pseudo Love" to concentrate on liking the female second, and then consider how to generate "new ideas" later. In the early stage, it shows the half-heartedness of LSP, which can only be said to be very contradictory and very defeated.
The heroine Amano paints Lixiang, and the black dots in the early stage are mainly manifested in the identity of the big miss. When visiting the man's home, that is, his own biological parents' home, he pointed out the poor family. In the subsequent plot, she still does not change the habits of the big lady, willful and lazy, and lacks the common sense of daily life, and always likes to use money to settle the problem.
The female Uzumaki Kawaya is also not a normal lord. The male protagonist confessed to her for the first time, and since she could not agree, she did not refuse. Confess that he has a marriage contract, but he hopes that the male protagonist will change his fate. Hooking up with the male protagonist to go out on a date, but only to play the project they are interested in, and did not consider the male protagonist's feelings. Asked how she views the male protagonist, she ambiguously replied "it is the person who cares." This kind of person says that the good point is high emotional intelligence, and the ugly point is green tea, playing the male protagonist around, not too close, and not letting him stay away.
In contrast, the younger sister Yuki no Canon can be said to be a rare normal person in the protagonist group. Aside from brother control and a little arrogance, there is no obvious flaw in personality.
In addition to the protagonist group, the parents of the Amano family are also strange, deliberately holding the wrong in order to train their children or something, which is simply outrageous.
These problems have plummeted in the early stages, but after the work entered the mid-stage pulling stage, the impact was gradually weakened. If everyone focuses on elements such as stomach pain and shura field, they can still get the fun that the party should have. As for the problems such as the male protagonist's anti-heavenly operation in the love decision in the later stage, this season's animation can't do it at all, so if you wave out the second season, everyone should first make psychological preparations in this regard.
Second, the production is qualified and remarkable
In addition to some of the hard wounds in the original work, the level of this work in other aspects is basically in place. Let's start with music. As a half-year spanning two quarters, the upper and lower halves of "Cuckoo" also use different OP and ED. OP1 "Bump" emphasizes the entanglement of fate, and the gentleness and sourness are intertwined, which is very lyrical. In the storyboard, whether it is the creativity of the combined video or the cross-perspective of the protagonist group, it is very interesting and lifelike, full of youth. ED1 "Four Corners of Destiny" is one of the most impressive ED this year, black and white tones, strong lines, three crazy little sisters dressed "wanted" male protagonist, is a very personal and innovative style.
OP1 incorporates the idea of shooting videos
ED1 has a strong personality impact
OP2 "Gitter" turns a relaxed rhythm and dynamic, "Do the dancing" is a back and forth brainwashing, ED2 is a lyrical song sung by Lanjing Ailu, which is also in line with the relaxed and joyful atmosphere of entering the back and forth pulling link in the middle of the work, allowing the audience to watch the music.
In terms of dubbing lineup, the male protagonist cv Ishikawa Jieren, the three female cv are Onizu Akiri, Higashiyama Nayo, and Ohara Haomi, all of which are considered to be first-line configurations.
In terms of picture performance, although the funds look far from sufficient, it is also far from the collapse of the painting. In the end, this kind of work with a campus background does not require a large number of complex scenes, does not require combat special effects, and the demand for painting funds is so high. In terms of character image, the male protagonist is biased towards the type of dead fish eye that the author does not like, but has become more and more popular in recent years. Erika's eyes were a little too big and too round. Segawa is a pure short hair, but the lips are very astringent, and it is not clear whether it is a violation or a contrast. The younger sister is full of girlishness and is one of the author's favorite images in the female protagonist group.
As for the plot, this work also did not go out of the consistent thinking of party competition, and in the early days, one heroine after another appeared one after another, and then within the framework of campus life, through one event after another, the protagonist group cultivated feelings, jealousy of each other, and opened the shuluo field.
The first 7 episodes of the anime did not look good due to the character building problems mentioned above. After the male and female protagonists live together and the work moves towards a stable mid-term, the overall perception reaches an average level. The character does not perform against the sky, but according to the party competition routine to find fun for the audience, which is also qualified.
3. Summary
"Cuckoo's Marriage Contract" is generally a typical party struggle campus love fan at the passing level, and its main problem is still in the original work, and the animation production is generally qualified and careful. In fact, such works are often the original works that drag their feet, the most typical is "Rented Girlfriend", a male protagonist who destroys the look and feel of the entire work. The reasonable plot logic and ending orientation of "Fifth Equal Points" have become valuable traits.
Then again, the scenes of "Cuckoo" are always much less than "Rent", and the production, dubbing, music and light comedy effects are still remarkable. Therefore, as the last batch of campus party competitions in 2022 and the only half-year-long school party, friends who like this type of work are still recommended to watch.