Chapter 44: Porco Rosso and Roman Holiday and Castle in the Sky (Part II)
In terms of period, Simari's readership can be roughly divided into three levels, the first is the readers who have been supporting the magazine since the time when Shizune Miyahara was in charge of Hibiscus Society. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
This part of the user stickiness or loyalty is the highest, just imagine if there were no readers in this part, maybe the Hibiscus Society no longer exists.
The second part of the audience is for readers who were attracted by the influence of ODA and Nobuna during the Hanshin period, which is currently the fastest-growing readership of Hibiscus.
Thirdly, it is the sales of Simari herself, and the readers attracted by her works and her own fame.
For the latter two types of readers, because they have never seen such a short story as her and her cat, in their perception, it is probably that Hyakmeo Ghost is just a teenage manga artist who does not leave on the shoujo manga, although they don't know why, but the existence of the Guilty Crown does still make Sealil a little weird.
But for the oldest group of readers, they not only know Hyakme Ghost, but they also know that Hyakme Ghost Jing debuted as a shoujo manga artist, so he can not only draw shoujo manga, but also draw well.
So they look forward to seeing her and her cat with the same sad and heartwarming stories again.
When the cover was opened, a passage was written on the title page of Seemare.
"A Letter to Readers"
"Dear readers,
Due to Hibiscus Society's own business strategy, the first issue of the company will be changed to "Monthly Girl Seemare" in August, and the editorial department of Seemaril is very sorry for making such a decision unilaterally without soliciting the opinions of readers, but this is an established matter that cannot be changed.
In order to thank our readers for their long-term support, and to thank you for your interest in the semi-monthly publication of Sealiel, we have decided to release a special issue of Sealiel in the last three months.
Specifically, we will increase the number of pages and the number of comics published in these issues of Summeril, but the price will remain unchanged.
The editorial department of Simari has teamed up with several manga artists represented by Hyakmu Kijing to plan a special issue for three consecutive months, and from this issue until Simiel changes to a monthly magazine, we will publish a short story in each issue of the magazine until August.
Once again, we apologize for our unilateral actions, and we hope for your understanding and continued support. ”
In this paragraph, I want readers to explain the change of Simari's policy, and it is obvious that Hibiscus has hired a certain online writer to ghostwrite, and the level of writing is really limited, but the basic meaning is expressed.
What they basically mean is that Simiel is going to change back to a monthly magazine, and before that, to give readers a little sweetness, and hope that you will still buy it when you should buy it in the future, and you can't abandon the book just because it has become a monthly magazine...... Discarded.
In fact, Simariel is a very changeable shoujo manga magazine.,Not to mention the content of the serials on it.,It's just the release cycle.,From the previous release every other week.,To the fixed release date twice a month at the beginning of the year.,And now it's suddenly announced that it will be changed to a monthly magazine.,This will definitely make some readers dissatisfied.。
So the editorial department decided to give readers a little sweetness.
Although this is not the main purpose, their main purpose is to maintain sales.
Of course, basically what they give is not sweet, although it still looks like sweetness now.
In short, this issue of Simarill has already begun to publish short stories, but because it is a special issue, it is still at the top of all the works.
And then you know......
The first time he appeared in this short work by Seemaril, the story tells the touching story of a mercenary pilot who is about 50 times more powerful than Marseilleu, who drove an airplane and spent three days and three nights crossing enemy territory, bypassing the enemy's encirclement and interception, completing the feat of flying 12,000 kilometers, and finally successfully delivering someone else's wife to someone else.
Well, through a simple description, you can find out that the male protagonist in this story has a tragic index max.
In short, this is the story of a pilot.
No one really thinks it's Porco Rosso, right?
Wrong, Porco Rosso is also the work of Hayao Miyazaki from n years ago here, and now the name of this story that is being serialized on Cimilill is:
Make a reminiscence of a pilot.
It's a story of encounter, love, and then separation, and the main location of the story is on an airplane.
The location where the story takes place alone is full of romanticism, and the sky, people, machines, flight, and the creatures of pilots are easy to associate with the word romance.
This refers specifically to the pilot who drives the propeller piston plane, not the pilot who flies the plane like the caressing mother......
In the midst of the war, one day, the discriminated mercenary pilot Kano Sharuru received a very secret mission from the military leadership, because of his excellent flying skills, he wanted to use a sea reconnaissance plane to send the crown princess to the prince's side.
To do this, he had to pilot a reconnaissance plane with few self-defense weapons through the Central Sea, which was blocked by the enemy's air fleet.
Thus begins the journey of a 12,000-kilometer journey of two people alone, the lowliest half-breed pilot and the noble aristocratic girl.
The background is always the sky and the sea.
"An Airplane", a place where the story takes place that is free from the constraints of convention, pushes this encounter with serendipity to the deepest part of romance.
Along the way, they encountered the enemy, crossed artillery fire, were wounded, but held on.
In just three days, a pampered aristocratic girl and a civilian pilot from the slums went through the test of life and death together.
In the process, the girl named Fana changed from an aristocratic woman with a Ne-style to a lively girl who returned to her heart.
Two people may not be able to talk about each other, but it is a thing to have love for each other.
However, there is something called "identity gap" and "status gap", which opens up an infinite distance between two people, and this is something that is understood between two people......
The three-day journey is soon over, and at the end of the story, the girl ends up as the princess, and the hero scatters the gold dust in the air to see her off, and then the pilot's plane is riddled with bullet holes and takes to the sky.
In terms of setting, this is a completely empty story, but the ending of the story can make people feel the reality of real existence.
Maybe most of life is like this, falling in love and leaving, this is the norm, falling in love, staying together, this is a miracle.
Falling in love is a process, or something that can happen in a moment, so many times, it can only exist in that moment.
A romantic story will not have a happy ending, the princess and the commoner cannot stay together, maybe this is a platonic love story.
Cinderella longs for the prince, and the commoner boy dreams of the princess, but sorry, the princess will always be the prince.
The reminiscence of a pilot This work, the core of the story is still this kind of regretful love without results, but it is different in the form of the story, first, this is a story that takes place on a plane between the blue sea and blue sky, and second, the time of the story is compressed into just three days, such a short encounter is really beautiful, and at the same time, the regret at the end of the story is within the scope of the reader's understanding and acceptance.
Charlulu and Fana's journey is only three days, and the love between them is only three days, and the story is opened when the two take off, and the end of the story is drawn when the male protagonist takes off alone.
The long sea of air left traces of this plane, but in the end, there was nothing left, except for the beauty that the two people kept in their hearts.
The love affair that happens on a trip like this is that the hero and the heroine should have been together, or that they should have been together.
However, everyone also understands that they are destined not to be together, and this is a story that was destined to have no happy ending from the beginning.
The scene of giving up everything for the sake of the person you love does not exist in this comic, in this story, the heroine has struggled, but the male protagonist is as determined as ever, because he knows who he is and what kind of person the heroine is......
So he is very relieved about the love between the two people, and he is also very calm in the face of the upcoming ending. The results of the two protagonists were arranged from the beginning, maybe this is a kind of fate.
The cruelty of love lies in the fact that they are clearly in love, but they have to be separated, and the beauty of remembrance lies in its irretrievability and can change subjectivity, filter out the most difficult and unwilling parts to remember, and leave and expand the most beautiful and most memorable fragments, so the memory of a pilot itself contains such a secret beautification and sadness.
With the separation of the hero and heroine, the story of Shizu Miyahara ends here, or he has left enough good things, because according to the hints and speculations of the original novel, the result may be even more cruel, and the male protagonist is likely to be erased after the mission.
Because of the length factor,This comic basically follows the plot of the animation.,The expression may not be as delicate as the novel.,But the feelings at the end are already in place.。
In terms of material selection, you can see that Porco Rosso, Roman Holiday, and Castle in the Sky are shadows in the composition of this story.,If you want to say that there is the biggest shortcoming in the original animation.,It should be the lack of expressiveness of the voice actor.,But this has nothing to do with the manga.。
Then there's a bit of bloody script adaptation and rather brainless air combat, both of which have been corrected in the comics, but in short, the whole story has been optimized as much as possible. (To be continued.) )