The theatrical version of "Natsume's Friend's Account" was released on March 7th.
As a ten-year old fan, Xiaobian bought a ticket for the first time, rushed to the movie theater, and couldn't wait to see Natsume and The Orange Cat Lady Kou Sansan.
But after reading it, I was deeply disappointed.
The whole movie is like a loose platter, pouring a story that can be told in 20 minutes into 100 minutes.
The theatrical version of the platter story is monotonous and tedious, and can be summarized in two sentences: Natsume witnesses the warm story of the yokai mother and son for 8 years and Natsume's search for niangkou Sansan.
Even the picture is too careless.
Large long-range shots, directly omitting the facial features of the face without painting; the close-up character image basically does not distinguish gender, as if everyone shares a face and a figure.
The Douban score has also dropped from 8.7 points at the beginning to 8.2 points now.
It can be predicted that as the general audience increases, the score will continue to decline.
Can't help but pity for this IP.
You know, before the six seasons of anime, each season of douban score is more than 9 points, it is not too much to call it a god.
"Natsume Friends' Account" takes the yokai in Japanese folklore as the main body, uses the boy Natsume as a string of characters, and the soft and calm style, like the warm breeze of spring, brings infinite warm memories to countless people.
"Gentleness contains strength, like a thin bamboo, which seems to want to break, but it is constant after all."
This phrase is used to describe Natsume, which is most appropriate.
The protagonist, Takashi Natsume, died of both parents when he was young, was kicked between relatives, and often transferred schools.
A skinny little one, dressed in the old clothes of relatives. When the hair grows, I am not embarrassed to ask the mean relatives to open their mouths to ask for money, so the whole person always looks dirty.
Natsume's life was enough to make people feel pity, and he was also pregnant with supernatural abilities that could see the monsters, while others could not see them.
All kinds of strange-shaped youkai that appear at any time and anywhere are always surprised by Natsume, or try to talk to Natsume.
Such a scene seems to the people around him - Natsume often talks to himself, talks nonsense, he is a monster, a liar, a liar.
Monsters tease him, and humans stay away from him.
Like countless young girls, the word loneliness is also a footnote to Natsume's growth process.
Even though she grew up in malice, Natsume was unusually gentle.
He smiled and was kind to everyone, keeping the pain to himself.
The turning point in Natsume's life began when Uncle Zi and Aunt Tazi took him in.
The couple lives in the countryside, where Natsume's grandmother, Reiko Natsume, lived. It was also in this place that Natsume reconciled with the youkai.
Uncle Zi and Aunt Tatsuko treat Natsume like their own sons.
The gentle and virtuous Aunt Tatsuko prepares delicious meals for Natsume on time every day.
Every time Natsume left the house, she would watch tenderly. Take care of him when he is sick and encourage him when he is sad.
And Uncle Shigeru, like a big boy, has no adult shelf and gets along with Natsume on an equal footing. Although he didn't talk much, he always had a soft smile on his face, like a big brother next door.
The warmth of home that Natsume lacks is multiplied here in Aunt Tako and Uncle Shigeru.
Natsume also received a relic left by her grandmother, a friend's tent, filled with the names of various yokai.
The name, in Japanese culture, stands for "original". Without a name, there is no way to go back to the "original".
Like the white dragon in Spirited Away, if you forget your name, you can't go home.
Natsume's grandmother, Reiko, has a lot of energy and is also very lonely.
However, unlike Natsume, Reiko simply gave up her interactions with humans and chose to compete with various yokai.
If she wins, the yokai will write their names on the "Friends' Account" and obey Reiko's orders.
Natsume, who had received the "Friend's Account", encountered the yokai more often since then.
Yokai os: Give me back my name!
As the saying goes, power blinds people, and it blinds cats. (As the saying goes: I didn't say that!) ）
With a "friend's account", you can rule the demon world, and this temptation has attracted a greedy ghost - a very powerful spot of demon power, that is, the cat teacher "Niangkou Sansan"! (Cat Teacher Japanese Transliteration)
It agreed with Natsume that it would be responsible for Natsume's safety as a chi dart (huo), but after Natsume's death, the inheritance of the friend's account would be vested in it.
Natsume's attributes are gentle, while the attributes of Niangkou Sansan are not well defined.
First of all, fat.
As the saying goes, ten oranges and nine fat, with large oranges as the weight.
I don't know what breed of female mouth three three, very fat, almost like a pig.
Second, gluttony.
Ice cream cake fried shrimp skewer buns, eat it as long as you can.
Natsume's pocket money was all extorted by him to buy food, and he also called it "bodyguard fee".
Even the bottle of wine is not spared.
Third, narcissistic, arrogant, and honest spokesman.
Obviously, he looks like a pig, but he still thinks that he is particularly handsome and handsome.
(I'm not targeting anyone, I mean all the orange cats in this room.) ）
As long as there is a youkai to ask for a name, he will definitely return it to the people.
In this way, the friend's account is thin when torn and torn, and the mother-in-law often complains: "By the time I take over, the friend's account will already be very thin." ”
Even if he says so, when Natsume encounters danger, Yoshizo will always change into a handsome person to protect Natsume.
Ah, like the domineering president of the novel, too handsome 8.
Whether happy or sad, Natsume is always accompanied by a mother-in-law.
Even if it was a temptation to be friends at first, a long time together has made one person and one cat (pig) an indispensable presence for each other.
In short, this pig-like cat sucks countless powders, and may be the emperor superstar of the cat age.
After all, today's society is the world of cat owners.
In the company of the cat teacher, Natsume's smile became no longer empty, but full of the warmth of spring.
In the process of returning the name, Natsume learned more and more about the yokai.
Japanese culture believes in "animism", so there are many joys and sorrows in yokai, and if there are stories, there will be bonds.
There are demons and demons.
"Why are you just waiting?"
"Because we made an appointment."
Mr. Hippo made an appointment with his friend, but the friend did not arrive on time, so he waited in the same place for decades, just because of one sentence, we made an appointment.
There are also demons and people.
Misty Leaf is a monster with a long reflex arc and is very clumsy. It always wore an overly long sweater and a pair of shorts, wrapped around a red scarf.
Born in the forest, Misty Leaf longs to see the sea, but is trapped by the forest boundary and cannot travel far.
Reiko "tricked" Kiriba into tying the contract with her name on it to the branches of a small tree, agreeing to return it to it fifty years later. Fifty years later, Reiko is no longer alive, and Kiriba is still foolishly waiting for Reiko's agreement until she meets Natsume.
Natsume helps Kiriba find her name.
Reiko did not deceive the misty leaves, fifty years is like a sea of vicissitudes for the youkai, and these fifty years are enough to make the small tree grow tall enough for the misty leaves to see the sea of twilight.
Of course, it is also indispensable to the entanglement of people.
Classmates from the country school were very kind to Natsume. Whether it is going to school or after school, traveling or wandering in class, Natsume and her friends are always full of joy and warmth every day.
In addition, Tanuma, who knows Natsume's secrets, the Yin-Yang Master, and the narcissistic Demon Catcher Natori Monday, are all unconsciously arranged by fate to Natsume's side and guard him.
There are also some mid-level yokai who are fans of Natsume,and they even set up Natsume's fan club: inuyasha.
They are like a group of blessed and difficult partners (although very strange-looking), always like to make noise in Natsume's room, drink and dance together, and then spit and tease the mother-in-law together.
Natsume will not hesitate to go to the soup when she needs their help, and stand up when she can't protect Natsume.
Now Lord Natsume has a lot of companionship, and he will never be alone again.
As it is said in the anime:
As long as there is someone you want to meet, you are not alone.
As long as you get love, as long as you give love, you can never forget it.
It has been ten years since the first season of "Natsume's Friend's Account" began airing in 2008.
In this decade, it has taught fans what love is, what is bravery, and what is gentleness.
"I want to be a gentle person because I have been treated like that by gentle people, and I deeply understand the feeling of being treated gently."
Even if you fail, loneliness, and sadness, you must still move forward gently and firmly; even if you bump into oncoming malice, you will always remain beautiful.
Countless hearts and minds are thinking: There is no regret in this life into Natsume, and in the next life, I am willing to be a demon in the account.
This slightly middle-of-the-road sentence is a regretless love poem given by fans to "Natsume's Friend's Account"!
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Department: Mao Mao)