"Old thief!"
"Mad! I have endured it for five years! I really can't bear it anymore!"
"I can't see it, I really can't see the old thief's work."
"I thought Sakura was the serial murderer..."
"Mad, the guy upstairs is really creative. I'll give you the pen and you can draw it."
……
Sakura's death was beyond the expectations of all viewers!
Because they have watched "April", almost all readers have the habit of thinking that Sakura will die of illness, but the way she was killed is too cruel. Not to mention the male protagonist, even the audience has not seen Sakura. Liang’s last appearance!
In fact, if you look back at the previous story, you can find that it was foreshadowed more than once. For example, at the beginning of the film, and when the male and female protagonists went on a weekend trip together, various background sounds reported the news of the murder of a female college student.
But when it really happened before their eyes, even the most loyal fans of the old thief couldn't stand it.
What I said before, the audience who could smile and watch this work of the old thief, all of them have veins popping out at this moment, breaking their defenses!
This is different from the sad storm crying of the audience in "April".
This is anger and breaking defense!
The ruthlessness of this knife is so cruel!
It is a sad and beautiful story in itself, but this knife completely shattered this beautiful dream!
……
Regarding Sakura's death, it is actually understandable from the creator's perspective.
"Natural death" and "unnatural death".
There is a considerable threshold for the conventional plot of death due to illness. Its threshold lies in the audience's low tolerance for such endings. Simply put, it is a kind of aesthetic fatigue.
Especially when a plot like "April" has appeared once, this fatigue is reflected in the weakening of the drama of the story, resulting in a decrease in suspense, and readers can easily guess the ending.
Therefore, when the ending is really as readers expected, the sense of boredom and cliche will be greatly enhanced.
The "unnatural death" of terminally ill people is a plot that is rarely shown.
The shock and impact brought by the sudden plot can completely change the direction of the story almost at the moment the event occurs, thereby achieving a dramatic effect. The death of Baguio had the same effect.
The reaction of the audience and readers is completely within the expectations of the creator, because once there are more knives than expected, they will fall into a state of hysteria or self-deception.
Everyone is the same. They will instinctively refuse to accept facts that are beyond the scope of cognitive acceptance. This is the contradiction between "emergency" and "natural".
……
Ever since, the story of "Pancreas" has returned to the very beginning.
It’s different than what any audience expected.
The mourning at the funeral was not for Sakura who died of illness, but for Sakura who was killed.
There is no emotion of sadness in the movie, but it is just immersed in a melancholy atmosphere. As the male protagonist narrates sentence by sentence, he reviews the process of meeting Sakura and Sakura.
When Sakura died, the male protagonist also felt that part of his body seemed to die with him.
I don't know how many days later, Haruki came to Sakura's home and met Sakura's mother. When Haruki asked to take a look at the "Common Disease Library" in the form of a diary before Sakura, Sakura's mother In tears:
"Is that you?"
"That's great, it's great that you can come..."
“It’s really great.”
Apparently after Sakura's death, Sakura's mother read the "Common Disease Library", and although the male protagonist kept saying not to write himself into it, judging from Sakura's mother's reaction, it was obvious that Sakura knew that in Sakura's world , there was such a boy.
"This is what Sakura left for you."
When this "Common Disease Library" was handed over to Haruki, Sakura's mother's words left Haruki stunned.
"Sakura told me."
"She asked me to give this diary to the only person who knew about her illness until her death."
"She also said that the man was timid... so he might not come to the funeral..."
"But..."
"I will definitely come and get this book."
……
When Sakura's mother's words came out word by word, the audience just felt like their hearts were twisting!
Sakura was right, she knew Haruki too well. Haruki silently opened the "Common Disease Library", which contained all the memories of Sakura and the hero's past, except that the hero's name had been blacked out.
Memories of the past appeared in Chunshu's mind one after another.
The content in the diary made Haruki no longer able to suppress his sad emotions.
The last letter Sakura left for herself made Haruki break down and cry!
["To be honest, I have thought that I have fallen in love with you many times, really many times. Maybe we will get along well as lovers, but we have no time to verify it."]
……
["I think you are a great person, and I envy you very much. If I were like you, I would not bring so much trouble to others and bring sadness to you and my family."]
……
["The day you said you wanted me to live, I cried. For the first time, I felt that I, myself, was needed by others. Thank you. For seventeen years, I have been waiting, waiting to be needed by you. Just like the cherry blossoms waiting to bloom, meeting you is the result of my own choice.”]
……
["By the way, there is something I have always wanted to say to you, but maybe you don't like it very much."]
【"I want to..."】
【"Eat your pancreas."】
……
The same is the last letter left.
In "April", Axun left the last letter to Gongsheng. Gongsheng was able to read it with a smile and then hold it tightly to his chest to welcome the new future.
But this letter in "Pancreas" is completely different!
This letter is very long, but every word and every sentence is like a knife, piercing into the hearts of all the viewers!
The emotions of the audience were like those of a spring tree, a kind of collapse like the death of a loved one, the kind of collapse where people hold letters and cry loudly!
If it hadn't been for Sakura's sudden death, I'm afraid it would have been difficult to show such an effect!
……
"Woooooooooooo——"
"Woooooooooo..."
The audience's sobs spread across Kyushu.
Now they don't want to express any emotion.
As they have witnessed the love process between Sakura and Haruki, they can feel this unforgettable emotion. For the male and female protagonists, they are both needed by each other.
Compared with "Your Lie in April", "Pancreas" is similar, but different.
The emotions of "April" are fiery from beginning to end, just like the uplifting and passionate piano music in the story.
The emotion of "Pancreas" is melancholy, just like a long violin music, calm but deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Unknowingly, many viewers shed tears.
Even I don't know what the tears are for.
The male protagonist's name appears in the film for the first time.
"Spring tree."
"It goes well with Sakura's name."
This sentence was once said by Sakura on the train to travel.
The "I" in the movie finally has his own name.
In the original novel, it was also at this stage that Haruki's name was announced.
The entire "Pancreas" story came to an end in this atmosphere.
...(End of this chapter)