Suicide has always been a heavy topic.
Recently, a sophomore at North Central University was caught cheating on make-up exams and his exam papers were confiscated.
Soon after he left the examination room, there was an unfortunate "falling off the building".
Before falling downstairs, he also sent his mother two last text messages:
"Mom, I'm sorry"
"Don't think about me, I don't deserve it"
In the article a few days ago, Uncle Yu mentioned this matter and expressed regret.
But what I didn't expect was that there was a large number of messages pouring in the background that day:
"Cheating yourself, there's nothing to sympathize with"
"College students are adults, jump off the building and take responsibility for themselves"
"Cheating caught jumping off a building?" Schools and teachers are also too unlucky."
Uncle Yu felt quite cold when he saw it.
A living life leaving in such a resolute way is worth pondering and reflecting on.
But at present, most of the remarks on the Internet are just on the side of the station, commenting on who is right and who is wrong.
It seems that as long as you find the "problematic party", whether it is the school or the teacher or the parents or the students themselves, you can get rid of the others.
But does this extreme way of thinking really make sense?
All the choices made by a person with basic judgment are not single, and there are thousands of past choices and experiences behind them.
This jump will never be caught just because of such a cheat.
And we can't simply summarize the cause of suicide as if the quality of students' resistance to pressure is too low, and behind the incident, there must be a deeper reason buried.
If we could, we would really like to hear more about this boy and enter his world.
Unfortunately, it is no longer possible.
But this reminds Uncle Fish of a movie, and we might as well use it to talk about the stories behind those suicidal students.
"Unexpected Lucky Draw"
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The director of the film, Keiichi Hara, although not too well-known internationally, is already a highly acclaimed master of animation in Japan.
His early works, we are not strangers.
His name can often be seen in the staff table of the cartoons Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon.
The work that really made him famous was "Crayon Shin-chan: Calling the Wind and Rain" released in 2001! fierce! The Lord Empire Strikes Back".
Whether it is the form of painting or the connotation of the story, it is far beyond the general sense of theatrical animation.
In 2010, it ranked fourth in the "Best Animated Film ever made in Japan" by The Movie Magazine.
Subsequently, Keiichi Hara left the popular IP and began to create animated films independently.
Successively produced "Kappa Summer" and this "Unexpected Lucky Sign" excellent works.
Keiichi Hara's creative style is similar to that of the younger generation of animation directors such as Hosoda Mori and Okiura Keiyuki, and they are more inclined to the story theme close to life.
It's all based on realistic themes, and then a little bit of fantasy element.
It can be called "light science fiction" or "light fantasy".
The same is true of the novel of the same name by Japanese female writer Mori Etsuto.
At the beginning of the story, "I" am dead.
The film shows the scene seen by the protagonist "I" in the kingdom of heaven from a first-person perspective.
Slow-moving ghosts are lining up to collect tickets and travel to uncharted territory.
In the dark environment, a little boy with a distinctly different style ran up to him and told "me":
You originally committed a deep sin, but because you won the "lucky draw", you got a chance to return to the human world.
Make up for the mistakes and make meritorious deeds.
This little boy is called "Prapura", which is equivalent to the angel here.
Under his guidance, "I" fell back into the world.
As the gray clouds cleared, a clean, neat, colorful town came into view.
"I" entered the body of a 13-year-old boy named Makoto Kobayashi, who had attempted to commit suicide by swallowing medicine three days earlier.
Kobayashi was really resurrected, which surprised his parents and brother.
The new identity, the new family, the outsider knows nothing.
At first, what "I" saw was a happy family.
During his lifetime, Makoto Kobayashi was extremely talented in painting, and his parents also cared about Makoto Kobayashi.
So it's hard to imagine:
Why did this boy choose suicide?
But slowly "I" found that this seemingly ordinary family was actually surging with turmoil.
My father was honest and honest, doing inconspicuous work in the company, and there was no room for improvement at all.
The mother secretly had an extramarital affair with the dance teacher.
The older brother has excellent academic performance, but only cares about his own affairs, and in his heart he looks down on his younger brother with mediocre grades.
The two had almost no communication.
At school, Kobayashi didn't seem to have any friends.
The classmates all kept their distance from him and threw strange glances at him.
There was only one female classmate who behaved strangely and spoke unfavorably, and seemed to have a good feeling for him.
(This ugly schoolgirl is actually a voice with Aoi Miyazaki)
In Kobayashi's bleak life, the lively and cute girl xiangxiang is the only color.
Kobayashi seems to have a crush on her, and at the same time, only she will be close to and chat with him without any worries.
The real life of the suicidal boy before he was born was slowly pieced together.
He was isolated in school and was bullied and bullied by his classmates.
When he returned home, his family was only busy with their own affairs and indifferent to him.
The joy and harmony that "I" saw after the resurrection was because kobayashi's suicide aroused their cherishing.
If the unsatisfactory accumulation in life is gunpowder, then the flame that really ignites it appears the day before the suicide.
Kobayashi makoto bumps into Xiang Xiang and her cheating mother one after another.
It turned out that in order to earn pocket money to buy luxury goods, Xiang Xiang was doing a helping girl outside, and went in and out of the hotel with middle-aged men.
The last beautiful thoughts of life have come to naught.
Thus, the idea of taking his own life came to his mind.
Why did a teenager commit suicide?
The mystery is solved.
You may be able to guess it.
In fact, the "me" who has been stripped of my memory is Makoto Kobayashi.
The film borrows a simple "lucky draw" setting to give teenagers who have died once a chance to return to the world.
From the perspective of the deceased, the cause of suicide is rediscovered.
But the answer to death is not the end of this journey.
It is more important to find out the meaning of life.
Make the necessary changes to truly save the lives of teenagers.
The film has no intention of pursuing who is responsible for death.
In fact, the social relations in which the suicide victims live cannot escape.
Blaming each other for their faults is a manifestation of irresponsibility and shirking responsibility.
In the film, this unexpected lucky sign is not limited to the role of the teenager Zhen itself.
For his family, teachers, and classmates, he also got a chance to examine himself and start over.
The mother completely broke off contact with the cheating partner and single-mindedly saved the child's trust.
The father is also trying to repair the gap between father and son, caring for the truth at the same time, but also repenting of his neglect of his relatives.
Although the brother did not say much, he had actually been secretly paying attention to his brother and silently helping.
In addition, the cheerful and peaceful waiting students made "I" feel the warmth of friendship.
Also, the weird and rambling singing, because he has been a victim of school bullying since childhood, will silently care about "me" on the side.
The concerted efforts of many parties are the reason why Kobayashi is reinvigorated.
Of course, the most introspective is the suicide victim himself.
As the film begins with, "I" have committed a deep sin.
This sin is "killing."
Just because you are killing yourself, you cannot escape guilt.
All murderers are motivated by a disregard for life.
Kobayashi's closure of himself is not only indifferent to his own life, but also to the lives of everyone around him.
Therefore, we can see that the first half of the film does not overly glorify the real deceased.
What we see is not a likable child.
As a teenager who has not yet understood things, Kobayashi also has a variety of personality problems.
He would also cast contemptuous glances at the ugly and strange singer, and even bully her.
Judging the life of the incense seeker, it is impossible to accept that there is a stain on the beautiful things.
Indifferent to her family, unaware that her mother suffered a nervous breakdown after her grandmother's death.
Not inclusive enough, not caring enough about the people around you.
In fact, people at any age can commit these problems.
There is another detail in the film that is worth pondering:
The sleeping pills that Kobayashi swallowed were actually bought by her mother.
At that time, my mother actually had a slight idea of taking her own life, and became more and more indifferent to her family.
Until the child's suicide and resurrection, suddenly awakened the mother's desire to live -
Do all the power of a mother to make her family happy.
Fortunately, After being reborn, Kobayashi also began to reflect on himself.
Because of the deliberate inducement of the angel, "I" have always thought that it is a examination of another person's life, so it is tinged with bitterness and indifference.
It wasn't until the end that "I" discovered:
What really needs to change is not others, but oneself.
He has changed.
Become more inclusive of the different "colors" of life.
Eliminate the discrimination he once had against the singer, and no longer be angry about the xiangxiang assistance communication and the fact that his mother once cheated.
The tension with the family was also reconciled, and the family of four truly became happy and harmonious.
He finally realized the preciousness of life.
Kobayashi did not live up to this lucky sign given by God and completed his own redemption.
He rekindled his passion for life.
I have a new goal for my life.
But in reality, life has no chance to do it again.
It will not continue to pick up the level like the game, nor will it draw lucky draws like the animation.
The only thing we can do is change from now on:
Let go of selfishness and prejudice, and be more tolerant and caring.
This is the most effective way to save lives.
Let the living feel:
What a privilege to be alive.