AN OLD ENCHANTMENT

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jun 25, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English
  真実は仮面の奥に隠されてる 素顔と一
  The truth hidden behind the mask is the same as the real face
  本当のことを知らないと人は表面しか解らないから、悪い人の家柄が良ければその社会的地位に目がくらみ本質を見抜く事が困難になる。逆に、ヒロインのケースでは、現象のショッキングさに関心が行って、奥に潜むヒロインの家族愛が理解されなかった。HQ得意の、ヒロインに非がないのに彼から悪しざまに言われる設定だが、このストーリー周辺の人間たち誰一人として、ヒロインの負ったことが何だったかを知らない。悪者としか見ていない。この環境は辛いだろう。しかし、勇気をもって冷たい目を覚悟で帰ってきた。ヒロインに非はなかったのだからそれでいいはずなのに周囲の態度に、知らないということの残酷ぶりがくっきり。彼の態度は、悪口雑言を浴びせる数あるHQヒロインのお相手のなかでもひときわひどい。この類の話は誤解して傷つけてしまってゴメンという、浴びせた言葉やぶつけた態度のひどかった人間総懺悔のシーンがほんとは欲しいのだが、えてしてヒロインは充分名誉回復されずじまい。この話も幸せになれるんだからいいでしょ、とでも言いたいのか言いっぱなしの人たち、邪険にした人たち、妹を除き反省の場面など用意してない。恋愛成就と怨恨の解消は相殺項目じゃないのに。でも、主題は、相手のことをどんなに嫌な人間だと思っても魅力を感じてしまうどうしようもない感情の存在だ。仮面の奥を見れれば解ったこと。それは、仮面舞踏会の二人の本心に限らない。人は仮面を被っている。身近でも悪い人のことが知れ渡ることなく誉められてたりなどの現象は珍しいことではない。このストーリー、真実を当人が口にするまで周囲が、なかでも彼が、知ることがずっとなかったという妙にリアルな側面を持つ。普通は、言っても真の姿なんて誰にもわかってはもらえない。仮面の奥にあるものは、本人が仮面をはずすか、確かめに仮面の奥を見る行動をとらない限り、わからない。仮面舞踏会の仮面は、このストーリーの組立の丁度メタファーとしての存在だが、これを使ってあの夜をやり直すというなら、７年の歳月の間ヒロインには生きる励みとしてた仮面の彼との思い出を暗転の悲しみに遭らせたショックを、再び幸せなものとして上書きする埋め合わせ描写が見たかった気がする。

  If you don't know the truth, people can only understand the surface, so if a bad person has a good family, you'll be blinded by their social status, making it difficult to see through the essence. Conversely, in the case of the heroine, there was interest in the shocking nature of the phenomenon, and the heroine's family love lurking behind was not understood. It's a setting where the heroine is good at HQ and is said ill of him even though he's not at fault, but none of the people around this story know what the heroine owes. I only see him as a bad guy. This environment is going to be difficult. However, he came back courageously prepared to have a cold eye. There was nothing wrong with the heroine, so that should be fine, yet the cruelty of not knowing is clear in the attitude of those around her. His attitude is particularly terrible even among the many HQ heroine opponents who shower bad words. I really want a scene of Total Human Repentance, where I'm sorry for being misunderstood and hurt by misunderstanding this kind of story, where the words showered and the attitude of being abused were terrible, but at least the heroine's honor wasn't fully restored. There are no scenes of remorse except for the people who keep on saying this story because it makes me happy, the people who made it evil, and my sister. Love fulfillment and resentment aren't offsetting items, though. However, the subject is the presence of helpless feelings that make you feel attracted no matter how disgusting the other person is. If I could see the back of the mask, I could understand it. It's not limited to the true intentions of the two people at the masquerade ball. People are wearing masks. Phenomena such as being praised without being known about someone close to you is not unusual. This story has a strangely real aspect that his surroundings, and above all, he never knew until the person in question told the truth. Normally, no one can understand what it really is, even if you say it. What is behind the mask is unknown unless the person himself removes the mask or takes action to look behind the mask for sure. The mask from the masquerade ball exists just as a metaphor for the assembly of this story, but if I were to use this to start over that night, I feel like I wanted to see a compensating depiction where the heroine overwrites her memories with the Kamen guy, who had been an encouragement to live for 7 years, and the shock that caused her to experience dark sadness again as something happy.

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