There are not many animation masters of the same level as Miyazaki in contemporary Japan, and Oshii Mori can be regarded as one of them. Oshii's personal style is very different from Miyazaki's.
If Miyazaki's animation is a romantic and beautiful fantasy poem, then Oshii's animation is a dark and cold modern apocalypse.
And the work of "Man Wolf" can be called the most sad one among all the stories that Oshii has told.
The animated film was released in 1999, the year of the end of the world predicted by Nostradamus and the last year of the 20th century. However, the real 2000 years and the real arrival of the 21st century are not as beautiful and sci-fi as everyone imagines.
The story of "Man Wolf" is based on the "total fight" incident that once caused a lot of noise throughout Japan. In this parallel to the reality of the world line: post-war Japan is in ruins, and the first thing that is valued is the economy. In order to achieve "high economic growth", the government has carried out mandatory high-speed restructuring of various enterprises. While this action has been effective, it has also led to a sharp increase in unemployment and a rapidly widening gap between rich and poor.
People dissatisfied with this reality have formed various resistance organizations, one of which is called "party", which is highly armed and grouped, and has been in constant friction and conflict with the government for many years. Tokyo, the capital of Japan, has also become the forefront of this protracted struggle. In order to calm down the situation as soon as possible, the government has set up a "capital police" independent of the Metropolitan Police Department.
The male protagonist of the story is a special mobile unit under the command of the capital police. This is one of the most feared units of the Capital Police. They are the toughest soldiers. They abandoned the emotions they were born with as human beings and became invincible killing machines, the "human wolves".
In one of the actions, the male protagonist fatefully met the sister of the rebel group self-detonating girl, Yunomiya Kei. That incident touched him so much that he once had serious doubts about his life and existence. As a result, he was temporarily disqualified from the operation by the organization.
During the period when he was suspended from the organization for treatment and observation, he was blessed with a lot of time alone with Yumiya Kei. In the intersection of life bit by bit, as the male protagonist of the "human wolf" member, Gui, he gradually developed a feeling for this girl that was unclear and unclear. He didn't even know it, it was so-called love.
However, in that gray era, there was no place for their love.
At the end of the story, Takashi is given the order to kill Kei Yunomiya.
So, the ending of this story is a real tragedy. The Dark Ages will be ruthlessly destroyed as humanity's most precious emotions.
The last shred of humanity in gui's body was also completely, completely, lost after the sound of that gunshot.
From that moment on, he became a true "human wolf."
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