John UM
Japanese male cosmetics manufacturer GATSBY cooperated with Shuimu Production, and published a comic book on the Internet, “Shuai to the smashed wall”, telling the supporting role of “Giggle Ghost” in the “Giggle”, using GATSBY skin care products to become a beautiful man, full of romance And the new life of the wonderful experience (wall), to promote “as long as the face changes, the story will be different.” .
(.https://www.gatsby.jp/special/cp/nurikabe/).
Writers who create fantasy works of different worlds often suffer from the so-called “potato police” who are tempted by the details. The light novelist Morita season came up with a way: as long as the ramen chain “Ramen Erlang” appeared in the novel, those who liked to pick and choose the testimony would be speechless: because the fools know that “the medieval world is impossible.” There is Ramen Jiro, and it will be stupid to be true to this setting. In this way, you can easily screen out these readers. .
(.https://twitter.com/moritakisetsu/status/1055258794547064833).
To talk about different world works, Japan’s different world reincarnation works often like to let the hero be killed by a truck to start a new life. How is this mindset of “speaking of a different world reincarnation as a truck” fixed? .
For a long time, many otaku have been tested on this topic. Many people believe that the origin of this trend is the comic book “Yu ☆ ☆ ☆ White Book” which was serialized in 1990. This work started with the death of the car by the protagonist Pu rice. .
Others trace back to the animated film “Sweet Fairy” that was launched in 1982. At the end of the animation, the hero peach lost its magic power and was killed in a traffic accident, turning to an ordinary human. .
Today, the mystery novelist Lubian Tuo also became interested in this topic. Under the enthusiastic discussion of the readers, the “reincarnation truck” has also surfaced outside the real estate. .
A netizen Nomura Hiroshi associates Tian Yuanguang’s science fiction novel “The Galaxy’s Holy Warrior” published in 1979. The novel tells the protagonist that the sword blows the car and smashes the car accident, but is given the special ability by the “great will” that controls the universe, and turns into the Gencoal Gen Cozmo. .
(.https://twitter.com/shambleau1961/status/1055710293274185728).
Another netizen, Miao Maru, recalled the sci-fi novel “Mr. This short story was included in the short collection “Thinking Summer” published in 1977, and was adapted into a NHK drama in the same year. The two heroes in the game were hit by the falling fighters and crossed into the era of the parallel world. .
(.https://twitter.com/tumomarugmailc1/status/1055716621635923968).
Although at least 40 years ago, a similar story appeared, but why does the “reincarnation truck” have such a strong vitality and be followed by many works in later generations? .
The light novelist Ge Xishen pointed out that traffic accidents are the most common “accidental deaths” in modern Japan. At the same time, trucks have added a layer of “production materials” and they do not feel the personality. .
Assume that the protagonist is killed by a bus, the reader can’t help but thinking: “If the delay caused by a traffic accident, passengers will be very troubled.” If it is a private car, “who is sitting in the car, What level is it will also give the accident an extra smell. The truck is a common means of transportation where “I” does not have the opportunity to sit, so it becomes a reassuring choice. .
(https://twitter.com/kasai_sinya/status/1055719943348510721 ）