A middle school cartoonist

What are the [roots] of comics?

Or it's the embodiment of the cartoonist's heart; or it's the world built by the cartoonist incarnating as the "Creation God"; or it's the record of the cartoonist's unbridled creativity when he has a flash of inspiration; or it's the crazy fantasy of the cartoonist... There are so many opinions and views on this!

But one thing is certain, since comics are created by cartoonists, the cartoonists themselves are naturally the most important influence on the [source] of comics!

It is the cartoonist who can influence cartoons... So, in logical order, what is it that can influence cartoonists?

Psychologist Watson Watson, the famous founder of behaviorism in the field of psychology, believed that the psychological development of individual human beings is the result of environmental influence or shaping. What kind of environment has what kind of psychology and behavior! The view that human physical and mental characteristics, national characteristics, social organization, cultural development and other humanistic phenomena are controlled by the natural environment, especially climatic conditions, is a theory of man-land relationship!

Of course, this is not about forcing the [environmental determinism] school in popular science psychology, but about the impact of the social environment on cartoonists!

Leaving aside the older generation of cartoonists who have been famous for a long time, and the certain cheat time traveler, as for the younger generation of cartoonists headed by Niizuma Eiji, they have lived in Dongzhou, a land surrounded by seas, since they were young. , I have never traveled, and I have been working as a cartoonist since I was young. This is a very stay-at-home profession. Although young people have the advantage of [young people have many ideas], on the other hand, because they are young The shortcomings of lack of experience and lack of experience are also very obvious!

So...you understand why Takahashi Makoto inexplicably gave the advice "The world is so big, go out and see" to the two good friends Ajou Mumenha!

Except for things like Little Sea Otter who just want to be lazy, it is indeed true for other cartoonists or writers to go out to find inspiration... Especially traveling is very meaningful for cartoonists. of!

Let’s take the good friends Yacheng Mu Mengye as an example!

Since their debut in junior high school, this pair of good friends have been working hard towards the goal of "serializing and animating comics", and even a certain blue-eyed classmate even broke out in a self-destructive way... and then finally achieved the original goal. The dream is to fulfill the agreement with the seiyuu sister, but also set a motivational goal of "catching up with Eiji Shinzuma and Makoto Takahashi"!

For this reason, the two good friends Acheng Mu Mengye almost always stay at home and create comics, giving up socializing, giving up entertainment, and completely dedicating all their youth and enthusiasm to the comic industry!

For the good friends Yacheng Mu Mengye, traveling is something they can only think about, but as for the practice... Haha!

"Traveling...?" After the two of them looked at each other, Ajou Mumengye immediately stared at Makoto Takahashi in tacit understanding, urging a certain middle school cartoonist to explain further with his eyes!

"Travel...does it really have a special meaning?" Eiji Niizuma stopped writing in his hand and showed a doubtful look for the first time. He couldn't help but murmured in a low voice...

Although Eiji Niizuma has an innate ability that is close to "knowing everything", it is only limited to the matters of cartoonists, and it is also limited to the thinking mode of normal people... Don't forget, a certain middle-class cartoonist can master He has a skill like "serious nonsense" that cannot be distinguished by common sense!

"If you have never traveled, you will not know the vastness of the world, and of course you will not know the insignificance of yourself..." Makoto Takahashi walked slowly to the window while holding the coffee, and took a slow sip. , continued to say in an orderly manner, "I have been living in a small Dongzhou. Although it is indeed easy to inspire creative inspiration in this almost closed environment, it is precisely because of this that I have never experienced the true magnificence of famous mountains and rivers. Magnificent! Both your vision and your thoughts will be restricted by this... So do you understand the meaning of travel to you? "

"I roughly understand..." Compared to Lan Dai, who was still thinking silently, the yellow-haired glasses guy, who is a good gay friend, thought for a moment and couldn't help but complain, "According to what you said, Cheng. Speaking of which, we should indeed go on a trip... But what about you, Cheng? You are obviously almost the same as us, but why..."

"Hey! Don't use your mortal way of thinking to judge the murderous nature of the arrogant Phoenix Academy! A mere mortal dares to talk about common sense with this demon king!" After using sarcasm to get enough from a certain yellow-haired glasses gentleman [ Pleasure] After that, Takahashi Makoto did not continue to pursue, but continued the topic in a rare and serious manner! "Do you want to master the skills of how to draw [impressive manga manuscripts]? Do you want to improve your comic drawing skills? Then go travel! After appreciating the vastness of the world and understanding the meaning of travel... …You will be reborn!”

Whether it is world-famous literary masterpieces or comics and light novels used for entertainment, due to the interference of the regional environment on writers and cartoonists, their creative thinking patterns are naturally affected by the interference of the environment, reality, and material sadness. Mysterious, quiet, decadent... can be touched upon in almost every work to a greater or lesser extent!

Let’s take the comics you are most familiar with!

Residents living in the East Continent, because of the regional environment surrounded by the sea, face earthquakes and tsunamis that may occur frequently. If they do not have an optimistic attitude and a passionate and positive attitude towards life... I am afraid that they have been infected by the [despair virus] and committed suicide long ago?

In the face of the plight of survival, you need to have a passionate will, an optimistic attitude towards life, strive to fight, and face it with strength... Only by learning to find joy in suffering can you survive by deceiving yourself!

So...

Although the passionate comic plots have always been the mainstream of the weekly "Shonen Jumk", everyone understands that real life is sometimes extremely cruel... It is so cruel that even the optimistic idiots who are overwhelmed with passion will no longer have hope and only despair!

As for the depressing comics filled with violence and killing, which expand darkness to the extreme and distort human nature to collapse...

It can be said that this type of comics is largely derived from the creator's [persecution delusion] mentality!

As mentioned before, because of the influence of the living environment, even if the residents of East Continent have an optimistic and positive attitude, they still have worries in their subconscious! Worrying that an earthquake will destroy your living environment one day, worrying that a tsunami will take away everything one day, worrying that a volcano will erupt one day...

Destruction and destruction are the [root] of human beings!

Usually, due to the constraints of laws and morals, humans will restrain their behavior because they know the consequences of their actions...However, when the pressure reaches a certain level, a level that humans cannot bear, humans will untie their own shackles and vent their pressure through wanton violence and killing!

Faced with the pressure from all kinds of worries, the most common and habitual way for humans to relieve stress is to give up their own constraints...According to the current popular explanation, it is - let yourself go!

...

"Hey, Cheng, although I think everything you said today makes sense..." After sending off the [successfully brainwashed good friend combination of Shinzuma Eiji and Yashiro Mumenye], Uncle Dingding seemed to suddenly think of something, gently patted Takahashi Makoto on the shoulder, and said in a sympathetic tone, "But... have you considered the consequences of instigating everyone to go on a trip?"

"Humph! Dingding Jisan, do you also want to take a self-released trip?" Takahashi Makoto showed a disdainful smile on his face, "It's better to just bring up this kind of thing directly, the king allows it! The style of beating around the bush... Tsk, it really suits a scoundrel like you, Dingding Jisan!"

"No, what I want to say is..." Uncle Dingding said as he While tidying up the messy comic manuscripts on the table, he sighed helplessly, "If everyone goes on a trip because of your instigation, Cheng... Yoshida-kun may, no, will definitely bring the editor-in-chief to attack you!"

"Uh... just my cats and the new commander... Tsk, it's a little troublesome!"

"Huh? Just a little troublesome... huh? What about the huge number of readers who were stood up?"

"..." After a moment of silence, Takahashi Makoto lowered his head, his face was a little stiff, and he said with difficulty in a stern tone, "This... This is the choice of Steins; Gate!"

I don't want to write too much about some things, otherwise they will be complained about. Although a cat thinks that if they are complained about, they will win! ^_^!

Speaking of which, when a person is about to leave the world, should he torture the people around him, make them feel resentful and unreasonable, and use this method to replace the sadness and pain of the departure of his loved ones?

I don't understand, I don't understand, as a human being, should I be optimistic and ignorant or should I think too much?