On the day of heavy rain, two strange uninvited guests visited the Tiandao Dojo, one of them was a huge panda, and the other was a petite and cute girl. Just when the Tiandao family was puzzled, the panda and the girl who had been soaked in hot water turned out to be a middle-aged uncle and a handsome teenager. It turned out that the uncle was a friend of the Lord of the Tendo Arena, Tendo Hayayun, named Hayaot Genma, a martial artist obsessed with cultivation. For more than ten years, he took his son to travel all over the country on horseback, and even went to China to practice, but when he was practicing in Qinghai's Mantra Spring Township, the father and son accidentally fell into the Panda Spring and the Maiden Spring, and from then on they would transform when they encountered cold water, and the hot water would return to normal.
In the early years, Xuan Ma and Early Yun made a pact with their children, so the naughty horse and the stubborn three daughters Xiao Qian were hard pinched together by the elders. With the appearance of various strange characters, a series of good dramas officially begin...
Based on the manga of the same name by Rumiko Takahashi.
The first time I watched "Chaos Horse 1/2" was from the "Shonen Express" serial manga, which was a comprehensive collection of several different comics, I remember watching it intermittently at that time, and I didn't start from the first episode, so I didn't know much about the unique worldview of "Chaos Horse 1/2" at that time, and I didn't continue to chase it later, that is, I didn't leave a deep impression when I first touched it. It wasn't until later, because I bought an LD player at home and just rented it back to see it, that I gradually became interested in "Messy Horse 1/2" and began to understand its unique laughter and charm.
The reason why "Chaos Horse 1/2" is special is that on the one hand, it is composed of several elements: love, fighting, and funny; On the other hand, its story arrangement is more casual, in addition to the protagonist's concept of love has continuity, the author Takahashi Rumiko's encounter with the chaotic horse did not particularly go to the next main axis, take the same author's book "The Night Fork", the Night Fork He has an opponent that has to be defeated: Nairo, and the Chaos Horse is with several opponents Genma, Liangya, Nine Noh With a Knife, Mus, Andabi... Others are in a relationship between friend and foe, and the interaction between the people is always changing.
For example, people such as Chaoma, Liangya and Mu Si will fight for their girlfriends, but they have also cooperated because of common goals (such as male drowning powder), although it is cooperation, but they are jealous of each other; Another example is the "Secret Treasure of the Zhu Cat Regiment" (note 1) in which there is a piece of Takahashi-style humor, when the chaotic horse and Xuanma and their party encounter the opponent MuSi, the two sides are preparing to start a war, at this time Musi tells Xuanma, Musi asks Genma to join Musi on the condition that Genma return from the panda physique (Note 2), so Genma rebels against his own son for personal gain, turning from teammate to enemy.
Note 1: The SFC game "The Secret Treasure of the Misama 1/2 Zhu Cat Troupe", a game adapted from the "Chaos Horse 1/2" anime, the plot should not be from Takahashi himself.
Note 2: Genma has a physique that becomes a "panda" by pouring cold water, and after pouring hot water, it will change back into a shape.
Although the relationship between the father and son of Chaoma and Xuanma may not be very harmonious compared to ordinary people, the two still live in the Tiandao family and still live in the same bedroom; In addition, although the chaotic horse often fights with good teeth, but the two sides do not really have a hatred of the heavens (the fight is mainly because the good teeth have a small P and xiao Qian complex), the two sides have never fought each other until one of them falls, in the "chaotic horse 1/2" world view, there is not much of a clear boundary between the enemy and me, so it seems that it is relaxed without heavy pressure, even if the person is kicked into the air and falls, or is bombed, neither dead nor seriously injured, is a completely comedic type of setting.
The story of "Chao Ma 1/2" unfolds roughly like this, the male protagonist Hayaot's father, Haya Otome Genma, and the owner of the Tendo Dojo, Tendo Hayayun, is the brother of the "indiscriminate flow of fighting", Genma has only one son, Misaki, and Tendo Hayayun has no heirs except for three daughters, so Tendo Hayayun very much hopes that Chaoma can be his son-in-law, and he wants Chaoma to pick out one of his daughters to become a relative and inherit the dojo, while The father and son of Early Otome have been wandering and practicing outside. Coming to the Heavenly Daoist House to live in the hermitage is considered to be mutually beneficial to both sides.
On the one hand, the two families of Otome and Tendo have a marriage contract with each other, on the other hand, Chaoma is under the same roof with Xiao Qian and is also a relationship with classmates, the two have a long-term relationship, Andama and Xiao Qian have naturally become a pair written by the author Takahashi...; However, the love world of "Chaos Horse 1/2" is not so simple, Chaos Horse has three other fiancées in addition to Xiao Qian, and Xiao Qian herself has many admirers....
The result of this is not the result of a mess. In addition to Xiao Miao, one of the candidates for the fiancée of Chao Ma: Shan Pu (塬意: shampoo = shampoo essence), born in the Chinese female Jie clan (fictional), because the clan rules stipulate that all female Jie members who are defeated by foreign girls must swear to kill each other, on the contrary, if it is a boy, they will marry him, and Chao Ma defeated Shan Pu without knowing the clan rules and as a female Chao Ma (註 3), after which Shan Pu knew that the true figure of the Chao Ma was actually a boy, so his attitude changed 180 degrees, from hostility to liking. And through the family rules, he promised himself to be the fiancée of the horse.
Note 3: When practicing in China's "Mantra Spring Township" (fictional location), the horse accidentally fell into the cursed "Niang drowning spring", and then as soon as he poured cold water, he would become a girl, and when he poured hot water, he would change back to the shape of a man and a half woman, which is the origin of the name "Chaoma 1/2".
The second candidate for The Fiancée of Theama: Hisayuanji Ukyo, who speaks in a Western dialect, makes a living alone by selling "お好み焼き", and befriends Theama when he was young, on the one hand, because Genma and Ukyo's father made a marriage contract for the two children, on the other hand, Ukyo once asked Theaima himself, "Are you willing to take care of me for the rest of your life?" At that time, the young little chaos horse thought that Ukyo was a boy, and without thinking too much, he casually agreed to say "good", and various opportunities made Ukyo a fiancée candidate.
Digression... Ukyo has always been my favorite type of woman, from before to now has always been, if I am a messYo I must choose Ukyo, gentle and virtuous, both inside and outside, her Kansai accent is also very soft and very good....
Three candidates for the fiancée of The Horse: Kunoko Kotako, good at fighting gymnastics, very wealthy family, living in a very large Japanese castle. His older brother is one of the rivals of the male chaos horse, Kunō with a knife, and his father is the principal of the high school "Wind Forest Pavilion High School" where Chaos Horse and Xiao Qian attend.
Xiao Tai Dao's personality is rough and unscrupulous (in the world view of the horse, after all, she once tied up her brother with a knife and threw it into the pool of her pet crocodile "Green Turtle"... Orz), it seems that she is also because of the personality of the relationship in the reader's comments biased dislike, but in fact, her love for the chaotic horse is also very persistent, to the woman can also be regarded as a very gentle side, I remember that there is an episode of the animation plot is like this, the Tiandao family three meals do not continue, there was not even tea leaves for tea, Xiao Tai Dao was afraid that the random horse would not be able to eat enough and malnutrition, so she took it upon herself, put on a Japanese wedding dress and took a flower palanquin, and the group came to the Tiandao family to prepare for marriage, she first gave a big gift to the early Otogi Genma, Then she began to clean the house, to know that she is a rich family's thousands of gold, accustomed to the kind of day when the meal comes to open her mouth, this kind of family affair should not be her turn to do it, but her strong intention to the pair of chaotic horses will be willing to commit to the early Otome family that is not rich.
It is precisely because of the existence of these fiancées "they", the chaotic horses are always surrounded by some love disputes, and Shan pu or Xiao Tai Dao sometimes uses some means to show kindness to the chaotic horses, for example, Shan Pu once asked for a date from the chaotic horses in exchange for "male drowning spring powder"; Or maybe Xiao Tai knife makes a cake cymbal to give to the horse, but it is mixed with ecstasy, and eating it will make people paralyzed and unable to move, and then she can take the opportunity to kiss the horse; Another fiancée, Ukyo, is more moderate and usually does not take too drastic measures, but she also shows a reluctant attitude towards the chaotic horse.
And the heroine Xiao Qian, who gets along with the chaotic horse day and night and then produces love, will also be jealous of these things, although the superficial attitude of not caring, but in fact, the eyes have been half the face, and the world of the chaotic horse is often showing this kind of Takahashi-style prank (or humor), which is also the biggest source of fun watching "Chaotic Horse 1/2".
In addition to the protagonist supporting role group will fight for love, another feature of "Chaotic Horse 1/2" is transformation, taking the chaotic horse as an example, he originally practiced with Xuanma around, came to the "Curse Spring Township" in Qinghai Province, China, fell to the "Niang drowning spring" after being attacked by the Xuanma, the source of the legendary "Niang drowning spring" is that more than a thousand years ago, there was a young girl who drowned in the pool, and then the person who fell into the pool will be cursed and produce a mutated physique, since then the chaotic horse will become female as long as it is splashed with cold water, and the figure will become smaller and the chest will become larger. The hair is also dyed automatically, and eyeshadow is also produced above the eyes (hmm... Why is it that dyeing hair and eyeshadow?).
In addition to "Niang drowning spring", there are also "panda drowning spring" and "black dolphin drowning spring" nearby... The cursed springs are also caused by the legend that ---- years ago, animals fell into the pool and drowned, which is why several characters in the play have changed their bodies.
Genma once fell to the "Panda Drowning Spring" so he would change into a panda, and sometimes when he encountered trouble and wanted to pretend to be dead, he would turn into a panda to escape reality. When Liangya became a little P (little black pig), he was caught by unsuspecting Genma, Shan Pu and others to cook, and each character made a lot of jokes by changing his body; In addition, because of this transformation characteristic, so that "chaotic horse 1/2" is very special, the proportion of male and female chaotic horses is not low, it can be said that the male protagonist himself is also one of the female protagonists, which will be a unique example in the history of animation?