01.
josh kenny. General shopping mall. Cinema.
"Natsume's Book of Friends" premiere.
Compared with Magnolia City, the Josh Kennys are even less optimistic about anime. The residents here are more brutal and rough. They don't take seriously the warmth and warmth proposed in the magazine's promotion, and they like something more powerful.
But even so, tickets for the premiere were hard to come by.
Now everyone has taken it as a habit to go to the cinema to watch movies. No matter what is shown, watch it first, what if there is a surprise? Although they don't think they will be moved by the "ordinary and warm" story.
That's what the 200-jin female pirate leader Sarah Keith thinks.
Sitting next to her is a local tycoon, the villainous businessman Jacob Samson. They have always been in a cooperative relationship. The goods Sarah looted at sea are usually handed over to Samson.
Josh Kenny is a completely different existence from Magnolia City. It is a world mixed with barbarism and civilization, with rudeness and madness, as well as cruelty and rationality. Various sects are rampant here, businessmen are in league with pirates, officials are in collusion with thieves... This is a city full of swords and flames, crime and magic.
There are no children here.
There is no "ordinary and warm" story either.
But in general, "Natsume's Book of Friends" is still released.
The evil merchant Jacob sat next to the pirate leader Sarah, and the two did not go to the special seat, but sat in the ordinary seat behind. Sarah said suddenly: "Those guys are here too."
Jacob looked in the direction indicated by Sarah, and saw several well-known pirates chatting with each other sitting in the premium seats.
"There are a lot of people who are interested in movies," Jacob said.
"After all, the ordinary life of pirates is too boring." Sarah said. She doesn't like the over-the-top behavior like those pirates, who shoot the top bird, and pirates like them who even have to sit in a special seat at the movies deserve to be assassinated.
The daily life of pirates is indeed very boring, which is different from the joyful grievances in novels. The real island life is really not that good, it takes months to drift on the sea, not to mention the harsh environment. These make carpe diem a belief of the pirates. After successful plundering, they will go crazy to have fun, sing songs every night, gamble, drink, squander money, visit brothels... They are keen to try all kinds of new things, and Spend money like water. Because no one knows whether they will return on the next voyage.
So to Hill's surprise, in Josh Kenny, the main force of shopping mall consumption is actually pirates.
As for Magnolia City, the main force of consumption is of course the noble lady.
In order to understand the stories in the magazines, those pirates actually started to learn how to read... Sometimes when the pirates were bored at night, they begged the literate people on board to tell them the stories in the magazines, and then everyone gathered in a circle Listen and discuss. —It’s actually kind of cute.
"It would be great if the projection stone could be sold," Sarah said.
If there is a projection stone, it can greatly relieve boredom during the voyage.
In fact, some pirates tried to grab the projection stone of the cinema, but they were caught by the chef on the second floor... What the hell, the chef on the second floor was actually a fire elemental elf. Later, the pirates who snatched the projection stone were fined to clean their plates for more than a month, which became a laughing stock among the pirates. Later they learned that when they were washing the dishes, they were provided with food and shelter, and the food was cooked by the fire elemental spirits, so everyone couldn't laugh...
After that, some pirates tried to stay and wash the dishes, so they pretended to grab the projection stone, but the person in charge of Josh Kenny's general shopping mall saw through their tricks, so they only had to wash the dishes without eating. This is miserable.
"The power behind the complex is too scary." Jacob, the evil businessman, shook his head and said, "I don't know how that guy Baker got on the line, I want to go to Magnolia City in a while to see if there is any opportunity. "
"Oh." Pirate Sarah was not very interested in these things, "Don't die."
"Will you miss me?" Jacob, the evil businessman, asked.
"No." Pirate Sarah said, "I'll find another person to cooperate with. Do you think that I don't know that you give others a higher price than me? If it wasn't for being too lazy to change people, I would have slaughtered you asshole."
Evil merchant Jacob sneered, "Miss Sarah, you are really perceptive."
"What a compliment." Pirate Sarah said contemptuously, "Okay, let's start, shut up."
02.
The first thing that appeared on the big screen was darkness, followed by a trembling, distorted voice—
"Where... where did you go... that guy... that woman..."
In the end, the voice became high-pitched and shrill.
Then a huge head appeared, with long white hair, brown skin like wrinkled bark, and big eyes that did not conform to the proportion of the human body... There was no neck, only a head, and it flew out of thin air.
This opening almost made the audience in the cinema almost be out of their wits.
"Fuck."
"Oh God of the Sea!"
"It's such an ordinary and warm story!"
Sarah couldn't help but her pupils narrowed slightly, her heart pounding.
Some even stood up in fright.
What needs to be explained is that people from different worlds don’t have much experience in watching TV or movies, let alone horror movies. The color is the same as the movie... so this excitement will be amplified a lot.
Even though it was an anime, it still scared most of the people present.
In fact, "Natsume's Book of Friends" is indeed like this. Although it is a warm and warm story, sometimes the appearance of monsters is really scary.
And the startled audience no longer felt dissatisfied before.
Ah, sure enough, going to the movies was the right choice!
With such a simple shot, "Natsume's Book of Friends" captured the hearts of Josh Kenny's audience!
Next is the protagonist Natsume being chased by a monster, and the conversation of the students directly explained other people's impression of the protagonist.
"That guy is weird."
"It's been so long since I transferred to another school, and I haven't said a few words properly."
"There is a feeling that people dare not talk to each other."
Next is Natsume's inner monologue:
"I have been able to see some strange things since I was a child. This should be the disappeared demon race recorded in the book."
"Sure enough, it's still related to the demons." Jacob nodded, "But the end of the era mentioned in the movie... the demons disappeared? It's good that the church of light and magic also disappeared."
Sarah thought about it: "Because all the extraordinary powers have disappeared, has the world become peaceful and stable instead?"
Jacob didn't quite agree with this point of view: "Extraordinary power can destroy order while also stabilizing it. The future world imagined in the movie..." He froze for a moment after saying this, as if he had figured it out, "It means, All are human beings, all equal in physical strength..."
And most of the others started thinking the same question.
What Hill didn't expect was that it was the animation background that first attracted the audience.
The Josh Kennys thought of this, and the Magnolia City audience must have thought more.
The old Duke Jackson's family was watching the premiere, and the old Duke Jackson frowned first, "When all power is gone, eternal peace is born... Is this implying something? No, it just raises a possibility Sex, but what is the real value. Or maybe that power is not just magical power... ”
After all, "Natsume's Book of Friends" shows modern society, and some plots in which the social style can be seen have attracted widespread attention.
All people are equal. The old Duke of Jackson was the first to discover this.
Since all human beings are equal in the movie, what about the demons? … I just read the opening chapter, and I feel that the demons seem to be villains in it, but the hellhound sealed inside the cat is quite cute.
At present, the plot has come to the part where Natsume finds the account of friends. The account of friends is a sealing technique of the demons, but grandma calls it "book of friends". Then Natsume fulfills her grandmother's last wish and returns the name on the account of friends to the demons. decision.
At that time, the wind blew through the treetops, the leaves were flying, and the sun was shining brightly.
Natsume stroked the huge body of the Cerberus with his hands, and made his promise.
And Cerberus responded, I will take the account of friends after you die.
— This can be regarded as an oath to each other.
Evil merchant Jacob couldn't help but said, "He is too kind, such a character will die. Demons are not easy to mess with."
Sarah glanced at him, "Based on your personality, you should have said 'stupid'."
Jacob closed his mouth, he found that he had unknowingly gravitated toward this gentle boy named Natsume.
But most of the focus is on the background.
If Hill knew that everyone was collectively distracted after the first half of the first season, he would definitely be dumbfounded.
Well, this kind of mind-wandering is also a benign mind-wandering, isn't it
As modern society is shown more in movies, it is estimated that this will not be the case in the future.
But the playback on the big screen is still going on, starting to enter the memories about the demons.
This is also the most tear-jerking part.
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