Rebirth of the Father of Anime

Kiritsugu had a dream, he wanted to create a world where no one cried.

This is not his whimsy, but his ideal that has become more firm after recognizing the cruelty of reality.

Dreams alone cannot change reality, and hard work alone has dreams that cannot be realized.

Because the so-called "dream" is usually the opposite of a person's reality, an ideal that is unrealistic and difficult to realize, so when the dream shines into reality, it becomes more beautiful, but also illusory, more real, but also far away.

The world believes that children should have dreams, and it doesn't matter if they are unconstrained, because children are characterized by innocence; teenagers should have ideals, and it may not matter if they are bigger than reality, because the characteristics of teenagers are overconfidence, but adults must be realistic, because adults People shoulder social and family responsibilities and cannot help themselves.

Therefore, maturity means learning to accept, compromise and give up. The so-called acceptance refers to adapting to this objective society that does not depend on personal consciousness; the so-called compromise refers to not thinking that one's ideas can be 100% realized, learn to communicate, negotiate, lower conditions, and lower goals; and the so-called abandonment , It means giving up naive and stubborn ideas, and looking at problems realistically with a mentality that focuses on success or failure.

So it is contradictory to say that Kiritsugu is an adult who refuses to give up his ideals. On the one hand, he insists on his dreams more than anyone else, but when he realizes that the dreams are almost impossible to realize, he falls into deep despair; On the one hand, in his actions to save the world within his capacity, he learned to think realistically like an adult, and guided his behavior with a set of utilitarian ethics.

Under the support of this creed is the sacrifice of the few in order to save the many. Kiritsugu always chooses to save the majority of people indiscriminately, and kills the minority of people for this, even if the minority of people are innocent.

In other words, these two propositions should belong to the category of political ethics, that is, can the interests of the minority be sacrificed for the benefit of the majority? Can the means be used for the sake of justice? In Kiritsugu's sadness, it is still more of a questioning of personal conscience.

Kiritsugu was like an adult. He gave up his ideal of being a partner of justice when he was a child—just like an adult, he learned to adapt to this extremely cruel world, and he himself became a Shura, and began to lower the conditions and goals. Although saving people, But I don't want to save everyone. Start the necessary abandonment, choose to save the majority and kill the few at the cost with the mentality of success or failure.

But he still wants to create a world where no one cries, and he still suffers from the blood on his hands... So it is conceivable that this is a soul that is struggling and twisting in such a violent way!

"Justice" is an extremely delicate thing because it has no form or quality.

Just concepts that exist in the human mind. It can be very simple, like Superman protecting the earth is justice, and monsters who infringe the earth are evil; The controversy draws a rest, but it has triggered a larger debate in the academic circle.

Justice—for mature people, it may feel ridiculous and naive, but when "fate-" shows all this in another way. But it makes people have to think deeply.

Lin Luo is just one of He Chen's countless fans. As a person grows up, he will gain something. Something is also missing. In his eyes, Kiritsugu was more like a shadow of them who "grew up with the things they had discarded" described by the master porter.

He said: "The young Kiritsugu naturally didn't understand the meaning of the word "justice" in politics and ethics. Did he think about it when he grew up? The porter didn't write it, so people have no way of knowing, but he killed his own father His behavior since then has touched the theoretical and practical scope of political ethics.”

"So the complexity of Kiritsugu. It may be that he is the embodiment of a political idea, and in "fate-". As a character opposed to Kiritsugu, it is obvious that Kirei is targeting Kiritsugu's human side. And Arturia is aimed at Kiritsugu as the embodiment of political ideas."

"Saber, as King Arthur, the legendary monarch of the ancient British kingdom, was an idealized knight incarnation during her lifetime. She, who abides by chivalry, and Kiritsugu, who does things to achieve her goals without compromise, are like ice and fire, and it is difficult to coexist. Perhaps this is the opposite. Kiritsugu and the others chose Saber to be theirs. Therefore, although there are not many, the opposing positions and conflicting concepts of the two people have become one of the main points of the work. The few dialogues between the two It’s still a hotly debated topic.”

"Kiritsugu thinks that Saber's justice is pedantic and useless, and in Saber's view, Kiritsugu's unprincipled actions are unforgivable. In fact, what Kiritsugu said is not unreasonable. Saber insists on the path of justice, isn't it ultimately Did he end up being betrayed by his subordinates and the country collapsed? Although Kiritsugu's actions are ruthless, they will not cause everyone to go to destruction together in the name of justice. If it is from the perspective of taking into account the overall situation of the country and society, Kiritsugu's actions are naturally Its rationality, while Saber seems too idealistic and naive."

"Politics is dirty, but Saber, as the monarch of a country, as the political center and power holder of a country, is so holy that it is so impersonal. This is incredible. In contrast, Although Iskandar the Conqueror has the dream of an endless sea and is very humane, he will use disgraceful methods. From this point of view, the Conqueror King said that Saber is not qualified to be a king. reason."

"Then, going back to the topic at the beginning, if Saber is the embodiment of the ideal of justice, isn't it that she who failed miserably is just a dream that is illuminated by reality and makes people feel distant, illusory and meaningless? Kiritsugu can't accept Saber , can't accept the self that has been abandoned? Could it be that she can't bear to see her like this, and is doomed to be lost?"

Someone asked him what he thinks of Kirei, as a character who always exists as the protagonist's opponent throughout the story, and is the core that connects the Fourth Holy Grail War and the Fifth Holy Grail War, he is as full as Kiritsugu. Controversial, they are full of mysterious and contradictory colors.

Lin Luo thought for a while and replied: "If Kiritsugu's heart is like an angel, then Kirei's heart is like a devil——Kirei longs for a world where no one cries, and when he sees others suffering, he will suffer; It is the nature of Rei to use other people's pain as his source of happiness, so the confrontation between Kiritsugu and Kirei is fundamentally different from Saber - because he and Saber share the same feelings of worry and compassion and yearning for a better world , but the path he chose is different, and he and Kirei are different in nature, even though they are equally unscrupulous in doing things."

Humans may be descendants of angels and devils, and there are good and evil in their hearts, but this is a more literary way of saying it.

Good and evil are people's value judgments, and values ​​are different in ancient and modern times, so people may only have thoughts and behaviors, and good and evil are another matter. However, human beings are social animals, and what is reflected in human beings is usually not nature but social nature. It can be said that almost no one in society is born, and they are all shaped by society.

"So we can see that although Kirei's nature is extremely evil, he has always demanded himself according to the standards of society, and lived a life of self-denial and diligence. Although he knows a son like a father, his father can't see through him. Kirei himself has become The opposite of himself suppresses his nature everywhere, so that he himself does not know what kind of person he is, what he longs for, and the alienation of human nature can be seen."

"What about Kiritsugu? Similar to him, he, who was kind by nature, also alienated and became a person completely opposite to his nature after realizing the cruelty of reality. So in the ending of "fate-", Kirei looked forward to recovering himself, longing for Redemption, Kiritsugu who went into the fire to save people is a meaningful contrast, because the two men speculated about each other for so long, risked their lives to fight each other, and finally faced each other for real, but found that they were actually not interested in each other."

"This shows that society can arrange two people who are not interested in each other as fateful enemies. Of course, this also includes people who originally liked each other, such as saber and r, two heroes full of chivalry. It's purely yours. As for Kiritsugu and Kirei, it's purely fate that arranged for the latter to block the way of the former, and the deeply contradictory attraction of the former has aroused the great interest of the latter."

"In many cases, there are many things that people are not willing to do, but are forced by the situation, but gradually, they will get used to and adapt. This can be said to be the self-alienation of people, or the socialization of people. , but with the insignificance of personal power, if you want to survive better in society, isn't such a sacrifice the price of happiness?"

Kiritsugu and Saber are two people who are unwilling to give up their ideals, but the ways they choose to realize their ideals are very different. What's subtle is that the endings lead to the same path.

Speaking of it, Saber and Kiritsugu respectively reflect the two sides of fraternity, the idealized side in the mind, and the difficult-to-implement side in reality. And Kirei is the silhouette of fate, reflecting the coldness, emptiness, and even meaninglessness of fate.

The ideal finally succumbed to reality and destiny. (to be continued)

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