Nowadays, there is a wave of anti-Japanese sentiment both online and offline. There are many kinds of anti-French resistance. Some use the quintessence of foreign language as a weapon, some enumerate the history of Japan’s crimes, some analyze the evil nature of Japanese human nature, and some Those who carry out strategic defiance vow to destroy these four islands, and there are many strongmen who are sexually assaulting Japanese women. Wow, I don’t think this is a bad thing. After all, it means that the Chinese nation has awakened and the people have their own will. This is a sign of the rise of a nation. I think this is the main reason why foreign hostile forces are so alarmed and suppressed by this phenomenon in China.

Drink some water and continue writing, haha.

In this anti-Japanese trend, Japanese animation is the only one that has not encountered a lot of resistance. On the contrary, it is still liked by many teenagers. Although some people exclaim that Japan is engaging in cultural aggression against China (after watching modern Chinese animation , I am afraid that this is not considered an invasion. It would be more reasonable to say that this is simply the survival of the fittest in the market.) But there are very few responders. What is the reason for this?

First of all, we must criticize others first. Let’s take a look at China’s animation market. What do you see? It’s a desert. We can find our favorite spiritual food in this desert. No, no, there are occasionally a few cacti called blue cats, but they can only fool the children who have not eaten delicious food. Whenever I see the children of the author's nephew watching these cartoons with expressionless faces, , when watching Saint Seiya with excitement on my face, the author could only look up to the sky and sigh, not to mention that some domestic spiritual food is simply poison and harming the creativity of children and children. Instead of letting them watch those empty and contentless didactic films ( The author does not admit that it is animation), but their parents would rather let them watch Baseball Heroes and Slam Dunk, and educate them from an early age on what dreams are, what hard work is, what is will, and what is pursuit. Due to the unsatisfactory performance of the Chinese animation market (of course there are various reasons), we cannot only blame our animation creators. I believe that they also have the ambition and dream to revitalize Chinese animation. Unfortunately, they, like us, stand in a place where even a cactus cannot In the desert where we can only survive with difficulty, water is the basis for a prosperous scene, but we don't have it now, or the authorities won't provide it at all. Our animation producers can grow cacti, so we should pay tribute to them). As a result, Japanese and Korean comics have now entered the Chinese market in large numbers to satisfy our increasingly hungry spiritual needs. This is completely the law of the market. It should be said that except for a few animations that promote militarism, this has nothing to do with cultural aggression. Cultural aggression This term is either a fig leaf used by certain cultural departments in our country, or it is just a nameless banner held high by some anti-animation people.

Some people may ask why European and American animation has not been so widely popular in China. Here I would like to point out that before Japanese animation entered China, European and American animation was very prosperous for a period of time. Most people of the same age as the author got to know Superman and Batman at that time. At that time, the Chinese animation market was almost barren, so European and American animation had huge room for development. However, due to the huge cultural differences between the East and the West, once animation products that are more similar to China's local culture appear, the charm of European and American animation will quickly fade away, and from now on it will have to linger in a corner. Let’s take the author as an example. When I saw Superman flying in the sky like a bird for the first time, I was still a little kid. I was extremely envious of this and thought that I could be like a “birdman” myself. How wonderful it would be. After seeing Superman show off his power, I was even more impressed. But I didn’t feel anything about the muscles all over his body. After seeing the beautiful Japanese animation, Uncle Superman had already gone to cool off. Can Uncle Superman’s style of wearing underwear outside be as cool as our holy clothes, Sister Superman? How can her high cheekbones and elastic figure compare to the gentleness of Yukiyoba who is silently waiting for Kenshin to return home under the sunset at her doorstep. So, when the storage space of the Superman comics collected in the past was rapidly reduced, they were either given away by the short leg of my inferior bed, or were given to the recipients at the price of waste paper.

European and American animation has been defeated by the impact of Japanese animation, so why didn’t Japanese animation suffer the same large-scale boycott in the anti-Japanese wave? It can even be found in the famous Japanese product list on the Internet. There is no shadow of Japanese animation.

Based on the author’s many years of experience, the result of simply reasoning is bound to be fruitless, so here I only list some animation works to provide arguments. As for the arguments, I think everyone should experience it for themselves.

The first work to be reviewed: "Rurouni Kenshin"

The reason why I am the first to review this work is because in addition to its beauty (I believe this is the only It is the first requirement for most anime lovers) and also raises an unanswered question. This is not the height that a work like "The Growth History of Xiaoqiang - The Story of a Bronze Saint" can reach.

The author of the book, Nobuhiro Tsuki, examines the history of Japan's development from a third person's perspective. Using two completely different characters, he raises this question: In this world, is it right for the strong to survive and the weak to perish, or for world peace? , is it true that the weak also have the right to survive? The author did not give the answer in the book, and I don’t think he could give it. When the answer to this question cannot be found, the story cannot continue, so at the end, the question is thrown to the audience. The author can be very negative. Responsibly speaking, although this author also promotes the spirit of Bushido, he is by no means a militarist, has a true ambition, and is not a purely evil person. It is just because of his. First of all, we must affirm that Kenshin is also a strong man. If he didn't have the flying sword style, if he wasn't Battousai, then his life would be as worthless as those common people in troubled times, but his strength is precisely to make this rotten, The society that bullies the weak will no longer continue, so that the weak can also have their own happiness. In essence, he desires to be the builder of a new society. He also longs for Japan to become stronger, but he hopes The kind of strength is the kind of strength that is not bullied by foreign enemies and allows everyone to live a happy life. This is essentially different from the strength that Zhi Zhixiong really talks about. He has no ambitions for foreign aggression. He has never killed innocent people except for missions and self-defense. He is kind, upright, and modest, but he does have strength and opinions that are somewhat inconsistent with these characteristics. If he wants to create a new world, he must first smash the old world. For this goal, he went against his own nature and became a philistine. The executioner Battousai, in order to make more people happy, he personally destroyed the happiness of a few innocent people, including his own happiness. When everyone saw him killing the enemy with a sword in an instant, the little P child might It would be cool, but have you ever heard the cry in his heart, when he ushered in the new world with scars all over his body and despair in his heart (I believe his heart was already dead before he met Xun), He has paid too much for people who have nothing to do with him, and with his ability, he could have lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests like his master, living the life he wanted, ignoring the rights and wrongs of the world. How can such a person, regardless of his What nationality is he? Whether he is Japanese or African, can you not like him? This has nothing to do with nationality. He represents a type of person, a type of person who we should always admire

Character and The method he chose to realize his dream led him to destruction.

Kenshin has a few words, which are a true reflection of his heart:

A sword is a murder weapon, and swordsmanship is a killing technique. No matter how gorgeous words are used to cover it up, this is It is a fact that cannot be changed. This is a wake-up call to the Japanese militarists. No matter how they cover up and beautify it, they are invaders and murderers. This cannot be changed.

Look for your happiness in the next life. When Kenshin killed Yukidaba's fiancé with his own hands, who could have thought of the pity and heartache he felt for the people who were about to die under his sword, and the condemnation of his own conscience? Woolen cloth?

I don’t want to get high-ranking officials and generous salaries for my murderous work. I just want to use this evil sword to protect the people around me and do what I can. When he said this, he felt so relieved. , he finally found the life he wanted. The power and wealth that others had earned were like dirt in his eyes, but the common people who might not be worth a penny in the eyes of those high-ranking officials were what he valued most. He wanted to use his own To protect him with his sword and life, he allows us to see the goodness of human nature. I think this kind of goodness knows no boundaries.

Let’s talk about Shi Zhixiong next, because he is not the protagonist after all. Although there are a large number of appearances and the characters are well-characterized, there are not many aspects to discuss like Kenshin. His most central idea is probably that the strong survive and the weak perish, which is contrary to Kenshin's ideals! For this ideal, he joined the Restoration, but the Restoration he hoped for was one that would take the path of Japanese imperialism. The strength he wanted was to dominate the world. As for the suffering of the people for this, he did not consider it at all. Because he believes that the strong survive and the weak perish. Because of this belief, he personally killed the woman who loved him deeply, pushed everyone around him to hell with his own hands, and destroyed himself with his own hands. Kenshin didn't kill him, he killed himself.

This is the core idea of ??militarists. If an idea is called an ism, it must have its theoretical support. We can easily find this similar theory in Darwin's theory of evolution, and it is also a militarist. It has always been the spiritual pillar, and the character Zhi Zhixiong is a strong supporter and practitioner of this idea. However, both in history and in comics, they have witnessed their failure. Where did they fail? Yes, It's in the hands of the ant-like people they look down upon!

Usually when they appear on the stage, they have a powerful force that seems almost unbeatable. When Shizhixiong appears, there are many masters around him, and there are even people who can rival Kenshin (Tianjian and Kenshin's third They could easily assassinate any opponent and capture a huge battleship, but in the end they were defeated, just like the Japanese Empire back then, in the mushroom cloud rising into the sky, just like in Shizhixiong He was destroyed in the mad laughter, leaving behind the suffering people groaning under their claws. The reason why those masters gathered around him was because he represented strength. They agreed with the principle that the strong survive and the weak perish, but they were alone. Having led themselves to hell, it is impossible for them to create their ideal country. Their opponent is not the lonely Kenshin, but the entire people groaning under their claws! The people who gave Kenshin the greatest support were the people he worked hard to protect. I would like to ask, why is Saito, the original enemy of Kenshin, the evil slayer, aiming his teeth at Shishio this time? Because he also has his own principles, which is evil slaying, and he believes that the punishment for evildoers is Protection of the weak, why Zanzao would use his own life to protect Kenshin, the reformer who he hated, because he found in Kenshin the hope of world unity that he had been looking for but lost in despair. In reality, Kenshin may fall under Shishio's sword, but I believe that another Kenshin will stand up. This is how history develops, whether it is in Japan or not, in Japan there is Sakamoto Ryoma who strives to break the corruption of old Japan. The United States has Washington who raised the banner of freedom to resist the seemingly powerful British colonists. China has the Four Gentlemen of the Reform, Sun Yat-sen, and Xia Minghan proudly said that there are still later generations. As long as their heroic souls are still there, the powerful The survival of the weak and the destruction of the weak will always be a fallacy of narrow-minded ignorance, because they represent the public opinion regardless of national boundaries. Let us repeat the warning of our ancestors, public opinion cannot be violated! At the end of the Shishio chapter, Kenshin looked up to the sky and murmured to the next generation of Japan that the idea that the strong survive and the weak perish is wrong. I think that at that moment, he himself might have been a little confused, but, The author wants to say that strength is always what a nation should pursue, but bullying the weak by being strong will always be a shame for a nation.

Finally, I would like to summarize the chapter of "Rurouni Kenshin". Who would think that the brilliance of humanity in Kenshin and the badness of humanity in Shishio are just products of Japan? So, I think, no one likes Japanese militarism, but no one will deny Kenshin’s greatness just because he is Japanese. This is one of the evidences that we like Japanese comics.