The theme of love has always been the traditional strength of the island country.
In ancient times, Japanese dramas mastered the traffic password and launched the popular "Tokyo Love Story" in Asia in 1991.
Not only did it cause a drama chasing frenzy of "you can't see OL in Ginza at 9 p.m. on Monday night" (the drama is a 9 p.m. episode on Fuji TV on Monday),
It also makes the red name Lixiang, who loves and stays with "Maruko" without a source, become the white moonlight in the hearts of countless audiences.
At the beginning of this, Fuji TV, which tasted the sweetness, launched a large number of high-rated romance dramas.
the classic pure love work "101 Marriage Proposals" with the participation of gold medal screenwriter Shinji Nojima;
"White Paper on Love", adapted from another comic by Chai Menwen, the original author of "East Love";
"Long Vacation" starring the popular male god Takuya Kimura and Tomoko Yamaguchi...
The ninth of the month, which continues to export urban love myths for the audience, has become the golden signboard of Fuji TV's ratings.
However, the works released in recent years have not been satisfactory.
The new version of "Tokyo Love Story" broadcast in 2020 was frequently complained of casting failure, and Douban only scored 7 points.
Last quarter's main promotion of "Pure Love Dissonance", which tells the love between teachers and students, was also disappointed, and the ratings were at the bottom after being broadcast.
Is it true that Fuji TV can no longer come up with a satisfactory answer?
At present, it is too early to draw conclusions, because another pure love drama has been broadcast this month.
Not to mention, by all accounts, it really has the potential to be the best romance drama of the year.
After the first episode was broadcast, many people snorted and cried numbly.
After two episodes, word of mouth exploded, and the Douban score directly rushed to 9.0!
Not only did it rank first in the global trend of T Tech, but it also set an all-time high in all Fuji TV programs.
Is it really so good-looking?
Today, Bluestone will talk about it -
"Silent"
As a pure love drama, the lineup configuration of "Still Snow" is still eye-catching.
There are two directors, Taiki Kazama and Mai Takano.
Taiki Kazama is a post-90s newcomer, debuted in 2019, and directed the explosive workplace drama "Still a virgin at the age of 30, it seems that he will become a magician".
There are also many masterpieces of Takaya Dance, and Douban's 8.6 high score "Daylight: Lovers at 3 p.m. on weekdays" is from her.
Screenwriter Miku Fang is a newcomer, and last year's script "Above the Dance Floor" won the Fuji TV Youth Script Award.
The heroine is a very energetic post-95 Xiaohua Kawaguchi Haruna, who has just been selected by Japanese netizens as the tenth national beautiful girl in 2022.
The male protagonist is Meguro, who is born from Jenis' popular idol, with a handsome appearance and a height of 185cm, which is particularly outstanding.
Good-looking people come together, that is, endless chemical reactions.
"Jingxue" tells the story of the reunion of the first love after a long absence, a typical pure love drama mode.
Although the plot is cheesy, it is filmed with the kind of heartbeat and tenderness that has been lost for a long time and only found in the golden age of Japanese dramas.
The first two minutes are cinematic.
On an early winter morning, snowflakes began to fill the sky.
Female high school student Yu Aoba (played by Haruna Kawaguchi) reached out to catch the snowflake and walked briskly to Sakura Xiang (played by Meguro Ren), who was waiting for her at the flyover and listening to music with headphones.
The streets were empty, only two figures.
Aoba talked a lot to Sakura while walking, and both of them had happy smiles on their faces.
The nagging green feather seemed exceptionally quiet in this snow, and when she saw the silent falling snowflakes, she couldn't help but sigh: "It's so quiet!" ”
Sakura, who was standing next to him, smiled and said to her, "You're so noisy." ”
Then, both of them looked at each other and smiled tacitly.
The sense of atmosphere is directly full, which can't help but remind people of the bible of a crush - the movie "Love Letter".
The romantic and beautiful snow scenery and the gentle and delicate BGM collision, the audience was brought into the pure love story of the male and female protagonists like snowflakes for the first time by "Still Snow".
However, the next picture is that the adult Qingba is woken up by the rain, and the boyfriend next to him is not Sakura thinking, but another high school classmate Togawa Minato.
Why can't two people who love each other be together?
Like every pure love drama, the story of "Still Snow" is also "sweet and sadistic".
Aoba will like Sakura because of a high school morning meeting.
At that time, Sakura stood on the stage to read his own article, and Aoha, who was standing in the audience, was completely attracted by his voice.
In their third year of high school, the two were placed in the same class and met under the guidance of their mutual friend Togawa Minato.
Because they both like to listen to music and have the same taste, the relationship between Aoba and Sakura has become closer and closer.
The two people who attracted each other soon came together, and when exchanging gifts at Christmas, they also tacitly gave each other the same headset.
This perfect couple, even the teacher said that after they dating, the whole school fell out of love collectively.
Although the two have different ambitions for the university, Qingyu believes that as long as they have each other in their hearts, they will definitely be able to go to the end.
But not long after going to college, this promising love ended very hastily.
Sakura used a very perfunctory text message to propose a breakup to Qingha, and then completely disappeared into her world.
No one knows what happened to Sakura, and he becomes a mystery in the memories of his high school classmates.
Eight years later, Qing Yu had a new life at this time.
Working in a video store, she is about to turn regular and continue to live a life accompanied by music.
Although there are still regrets in the last relationship, Qingyu has already invested in a new relationship.
The object of the relationship is Togawa, who was originally assisted by God in her relationship with Sakura.
Togawa knew Aoba earlier than Sakura, and although he also had a good impression of Aoba, he chose to silently bless the two.
It wasn't until Sakura suddenly left that he bravely pursued the girl he had always liked.
Even his friends said that if Sakura hadn't left, he and Aoba wouldn't have been together.
After Togawa and Qingyu dated, the two always respected each other like guests, and they seemed to be happy and they were thinking about entering the next stage of their lives.
And at this time, Aoba saw Sakura who he hadn't seen for a long time in the station he was commuting to.
Although Sakura did not see her, he ignored her call, leaving only a back.
The originally peaceful and comfortable life is like a stone thrown on the surface of the lake, stirring up a thousand ripples.
Aoya told Togawa about this chance encounter, and although Togawa pretended to be nothing, he couldn't help but think about Sakura.
He asked his teachers and classmates about Sakura's situation, and even went back to his hometown to ask for contact information from Sakura's family.
By mistake, Togawa learned an incredible truth from Sakura's sister.
Sakura, already inaudible.
It turned out that not long after graduating from high school, Sakura could no longer hear because of his illness.
Unable to accept such a self, he lived another life completely away from the people around him.
Also because he is deaf, he could have found a good job, but now he is only engaged in proofreading at home.
However, the gears of fate still allow the two to meet again.
The fate of Aoba and Sakura was broken again, because the wireless headphones she dropped on the ground were connected together.
On this day, when she walked out of the station and took out her headphones to put them on, she accidentally dropped them on the ground, and the person who picked them up was Sakura.
Sakura instinctively wanted to escape, but Aoba reluctantly chased after him.
In the face of Qing Yu's question, Sakura was red in the eye and could not say a word.
He could only forcefully compare the sign language and explain to Qing Yu the reason for his disappearance.
However, no matter how hard Sakura tried to tell, and how much Aoya wanted to understand, the two could no longer communicate.
The voice was originally a bridge for them to convey their love, but now it is a high wall between the two.
The same sentence "You're so noisy" has a different meaning at the moment.
In the past, Sakura said to Aoba on a winter day, "You are so noisy", which was a joke full of innocent love between couples.
And now, the "You are so noisy" compared to her in sign language is full of helplessness, helplessness, helplessness and pain.
This scene made Qing Yu stunned, and she didn't understand it until this time:
The person who once had her favorite voice can no longer hear anything.
This scene is one of the most moving bridges in the first episode, and it is also one of the most tear-intensive moments, and many people are abused to cry to death.
In fact, from the perspective of theme, the story of "Still Snow" is not too new.
There are even some routines and horse catching, such as the protagonist is sick, the triangular relationship between the male protagonist, the female protagonist, and the male second.
Similar to works that focus on people with disabilities, there are also many meal replacements in Japanese dramas.
For example, last year's critically acclaimed "This is Love! Bad boy and white cane girl", the heroine is an amblyopic patient.
In 1997, "Hold Your Hand Gently" starring Shinji Takeda and Miho Kanno was also deaf.
This kind of person is not uncommon in pure love dramas, so why is "Still Snow" still so popular?
The first thing it does well is that it shows the apprehension and excitement in a two-way crush very well.
For example, the scene where the female protagonist confesses to the male protagonist on the way from school.
The heroine said to him, "I like you." ”
The male protagonist took off the headphones and asked her what she said, and the embarrassed female protagonist had to haha and mix up the topic.
In fact, the male protagonist heard it, and he seemed to be chatting about music, but he was actually responding to the other party: "I like you." ”
From the careful temptation of one party to the two-way rush of two people, the sweetness is just right and not greasy.
Without the déjà vu of industrial saccharin, a hand-holding is enough to trump any sweet words.
The second advantage is that the detail design is very poignant, and the recycling of foreshadowing is also very natural and reasonable.
For example, the female protagonist and the male protagonist get together because of the male protagonist's voice, and the breakup is also because the male protagonist loses the ability to perceive sound.
The same headset sent to each other is a token of the relationship between the two people, and the headset is broken, which also symbolizes the disconnection of their previous relationship.
And the opportunity for the female protagonist and the male protagonist to continue the front edge is also because of the headphones.
The heroine Qingyu's birthday is April 28, and the birth flower is cherry blossom grass.
The flower language of the cherry blossom grass is "first love" and "there is no other love but you".
And its Japanese pronunciation is exactly the same as the male protagonist's name Sakura wants to.
The lines are also very good, the sentence "You are so noisy" that inscribed the title of the play in the past winter is like a sharp blade when the male and female protagonists reunite, deeply piercing the audience's heart.
In addition, "Still Snow" also does a good job of characterization, and does not deal with it as a cheesy triangle.
Whether it is a male protagonist or a female protagonist, or a male second, it is three-dimensional, multifaceted and rich.
For example, the male second, as a friend of the male protagonist, after learning that the other party was deaf, he was both painful and sympathetic.
Therefore, with goodwill, he will take the initiative to encourage the female protagonist to learn sign language and communicate with the male protagonist.
As the current boyfriend of the heroine, he has low self-esteem and treats the heroine very carefully.
When I see that the female protagonist and the male protagonist get along happily, I still feel jealousy and pain.
Judging from the picture, "Still Snow" is still the style of Japanese dramas as always, with clean lens language, unified overall tone, and the texture of a movie.
Many people fall in love with some people when they are young and end up marrying others.
After the breakup, from the beginning of the obsession, to the final two forgot.
Regret and forgetfulness are the norm in love after all.
"Still Snow" to a certain extent, fulfills our dream of reuniting with the regretful TA broken mirror.
Judging from the currently broadcast episodes, "Still Snow" can be said to be a good start for this year's winter show.
When the weather is getting colder, wrapped in a blanket and holding a hot cup of coffee is perfect to watch.
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