Chapter 857: Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic
"Catalogue of Magical Forbidden Books" is the debut work of Kamaichi and Ma, who have a human flesh typewriter in the light novel world and are known as sows with high yields, and his output is unmatched in the world of light novels. Since its debut, it has maintained a speed of 3 to 4 books a year, and has been writing at a monster speed that even the editors in charge of the manuscript can't keep up with - the sixth volume has been written before the fifth volume is released, and even the outline of the ninth volume has been prepared.
It can be said that how many books Kazuma has published is not based on how many books he has written, but on how many books have been reviewed by the Dengeki Library.
And his debut experience is also a legend in the light novel world.
Kazuma Kamaike, who was in college, participated in the 9th Dengeki Grand Prix for the first time, but in the end they did not win the prize, but the outstanding imagination of the grand worldview won over the jury, and Dengeki Bunko wanted Kamaike Kamake to write another novel and try to publish it.
In this context, the Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic was born. The original work was not suitable for publication, because the overly complex and bizarre worldview and complex religious content in it completely deviated from the readership of the light novel.
In fact, Hema's writing is really not good among light novel writers, and I don't know how many are better than him. The slow heat of the forbidden plot has also become the target of public criticism. In terms of animation, the two half-year animations of "Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic" are just "the story has just begun".
Hippo is planning to write an epic, "Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic" is a war song of the three protagonists, and Hippo is concerned about the rapid evolution of the worldview of "Catalogue of Forbidden Books", resulting in a novel with limited space for the lack of depiction of many minor characters, digging holes and filling gaps, etc. In fact, all the events of the main story took place in a single few months, which was too compact and secretive, which caused the story structure to be unreasonable.
It's like spending Valentine's Day and Christmas several times a year. I need to go to several murder scenes in a day. Like Conan, the Grim Reaper schoolboy running around the world.
But Conan is a unit drama. You can also watch it if you ignore these, and the plot of "Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic" is very coherent, so it gives people a sense of "chaos".
However, the real attraction of "Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic" is not its writing and the like, but its whimsical setting and magnificent worldview.
The whole story of "Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic" takes place in the near future, the surface world is based on the real world, there is no breakthrough in technology, and VR technology is still in the stage of small-scale realization. Mars probes retrieve samples on Mars, supercomputers still use silicon crystals, etc., countries maintain the basic pattern of the real world, the latest military aircraft of US imperialism is still an improved version of the fifth-generation fighter, MIRV is still used as the last means of nuclear retaliation, civil aviation, transportation, the world economy and politics have not been turned upside down because of the school city and the Crusades, and they are basically moving forward in a decent way.
Some changes have been made to improve the story, such as the fact that the United Kingdom is a nuclear-free country and a monarchy in the Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic. The Vatican has an army instead of the Swiss Guard, and the Cruciception (the prototype is a real-life religion with a cross as a symbol). The Academy City is the ultimate form of the Science City, with the status of China (diplomatic rights, the right to declare war, etc.), and all countries generally have aerospace technology.
Magic VS science, this is one of the highlights of the "Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic".
Hippo is not satisfied with merely depicting the incompatibility between magic and science, and the struggles of young people and girls under the weight of the times, he also attempts to explore the ultimate questions of life, soul, body, spirit, and consciousness.
The plot of the Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic is not advanced by three protagonists, it is precisely Aresta, the Fire on the Right and Eutinus who really continue to advance the heroic epic. In addition to the recourse and redemption of the three protagonists, it is a story hidden behind the spotlight, for example, when Ma meets Sister Cannon in the restaurant, it is daily in the magic forbidden, but it is part of the big event in Super Cannon. Hippo does not give a final goal of the plot, and the only clear direction is Aresta's "plan".
Hippo basically writes a little bit of daily life and a little setting in every volume, but the overall world view of the demon ban is set behind the seemingly joyful, and the whole is more dark. Even the fire on the right side that has reached the gods is only a pawn in the plan.
The Old Testament has basically stated that both magic and science are insoluble to ultimate problems. Magic is derived from idolatry, but each believes in a different god and interprets the doctrine in a variety of ways. The scientific side studies the superpower of quantum theory,But there is no way to explain why the wind slashes the ice flower is conscious.,AIM's position is a complete black box for the school city.。
Aresta received the necessary part of the world's necessary wisdom from Eivus, and the Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic sets him up as "a traitor to all mankind", "the greatest magician in history", and "most magicians are influenced by it".
Its three-dimensional prototype is Aleister-Crowley, the inventor of the Waite system tarot card, a modern magician and mystic.
You may have heard of Arthur Schopenhauer, a famous German philosopher. One of the founders and main exponents of voluntarism. In terms of outlook on life, influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism, he holds a pessimistic view and advocates selflessness.
Aleister was critical of Schopenhauer. Schopenhauer focused on the liberation of the individual, while Aleister focused on the general ascension of the spiritual realm of all mankind. His book of Thoth is the culmination of Aleister's thought, and this work on the tarot and Kabbalah is seen as the embodiment of Hegel's dialectical philosophy, and Aleister's admiration for non-Euclidean geometry was widely praised by adherents until the birth of the M theory.
The alliance and consensus with science, which is an important tradition of modern mysticism, is also the prototype of the confrontation between science and magic in the Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic.
In the story of the New Testament, it can be seen that before Aresta, the world of the Catalogue of Forbidden Books of Magic had come to a standstill, thinking about the ultimate question, the quest for the truth of the universe, magic and the mysteries of science had degenerated into a struggle for power and the Inquisition of the Middle Ages, the Book of Magic was listed as a forbidden book, and magicians who tried to collaborate with the enemy were hunted and imprisoned.
Before the Third World War in the Old Testament, Aresta continued to provoke and provoke the collapse of the old order, and the defeat of the Right Fire also symbolized the collapse of the Cross faith, and history will inevitably evolve forward. Just as Intaxis defeated the "Tree Designer" at the beginning, the conformist world is turned upside down, the established future becomes completely unknown, God is no longer omnipotent, and humanity will be truly liberated. (To be continued......)