Every time I watch Quiba, I feel restless and want to share this anime. At the end of the year, there will also be a serialized anime and the final animated movie.
"Kuiba" should have released its prequel earlier, so that the story has its background. I actually became fascinated with Quiba after reading the novel "The Book of Quiba". So here is a brief introduction to the background of the entire story.
First explain the origin of the name "Quiba". In fact, the name Quiba was not something he was born with. As a creature born in this world, Quiba, like others, was named by his parents. But Kuiba has no biological parents. He is a creature that is born every four hundred years in the earth. Similar to Sun Wukong. Jumping out of the stone. "Quiba" literally means to take the lead. This name was given by his subordinates and spread throughout the earth and even the heaven. Because Kuiba is indeed the most powerful creature in the entire heaven and earth.
In "The Book of Kuiba", which is the upcoming serialized animation "Quiba's Different Path", a complete introduction to the entire world background of the animation is given. This story unfolds with the protagonist, the fourth generation Kui Ba, as the main line.
It writes about the fate of Kuiba, a special creature, as well as the fate of the earthly creatures and the gods that are intertwined with him.
Man Ji, the sixth generation Kuiba, was named after his adoptive father, Man Xiaoman. Both the fourth generation Kuiba and the sixth generation Kuiba met when they were young, a good father. The fourth generation of Kui Ba Ni Lin grew up next to the expelled Dragon Kingdom prince Zhu Yun. To put it simply, apart from the special creature Kui Ba, Zhu Yun was the number one in the world. He was expelled from the Dragon Kingdom, and this experience had a lot to do with the fact that he went to study with the Gods and had his memory erased by the Gods after thinking about some issues that were not conducive to the Gods. In other words, in addition to being good at martial arts, Zhu Yun also has intelligence that is different from ordinary people. He is the kind of person who shows maturity and great wisdom in face of everything.
Zhaoyun and Milin have the same relationship as Manji and Manxiaoman, they share the same love as father and son. Although Man Xiaoman is not a god among men like Prince Zhuyun, he is ordinary and a bit silly, but he has many good qualities, and from time to time he tells some wise truths, and he really knows how to do so. In the setting of this story, two generations of Kuiba grew up around such people, and they are the people Kuiba loves most. Quiba is actually a very simple creature. He doesn't have any distracting thoughts that humans have, just like the people of the gods. But unlike the gods, Kuiba has human emotions.
This is how the battle of the fourth generation Kuiba was triggered. Mi Lin saw a girl one day and fell in love at first sight. But as he followed, the girl suddenly disappeared (actually she was a member of the Protoss, and they were together for a while in the second half of the book). He went back and told Zhu Yun about it, and Zhu Yun's answer was also very interesting, " Let’s find her together.”
They walked to a cottage where the girl disappeared. Zhu Yun and the people in the village said that they wanted to find someone and wanted to go into the village to have a look. Here is a background: they live in Lingshan in the Kingdom of Beasts, a country known for its martial arts and a bit of the "bushido spirit." For these mountain villages in the Beast Kingdom, it is an insult to outsiders to enter like this, which is equivalent to the entire village surrendering. So inevitably, they had a duel. Of course, Zhaoyun and Milin won. After entering the village, they found that there was no one they were looking for.
The turning point of the story begins. Although the people in this village were defeated, they liked or admired them both. So I helped them go to other villages to look for them. Repeatedly, the entire Lingshan was defeated by Zhuyun and Milin. This small-scale war aroused a contradiction among the world's creatures, which is the Wenyao system, which is similar to the feudal social class system in our history. As a result, the conflict between Zhu Yun and Mi Lin and the government forces escalated. It means that the government formulates a system to allow you to live, and if you object, you will definitely have to fight with swords and guns.
In fact, Mi Lin himself wanted to find that girl from the beginning. Later, this goal was forgotten and became aimless. In addition, he had nothing to do all day long. It can be said that Mi Lin was involved in this war by the creatures of the earth.
The creatures on the earth are warlike and do not like ordinary and boring life. Coupled with the hatred of the unequal Wenyao system, as well as various interest entanglements between them, this world war was triggered.
I won’t go into too much detail about the storyline in the book. In short, Mi Lin and Prince Zhuyun fought their way out. Too many people who have fought against Mi Lin will fall in love with him and are willing to follow him to fight. Mi Lin was neither a general nor a king. There was a general in the army, Lang Yong, who was good at arranging troops, so Mi Lin asked him to direct where he would fight. Wherever Milin is needed, he will appear. But Mi Lin is indeed the most powerful. This logic is unreasonable among earth creatures, that is, the logic of our human society. Because he is not simply strong in combat, his abilities are superior to those of earth creatures and even the gods. The Protoss finally developed a pulse frequency weapon to attack him, using something with the same frequency to emit a buzzing sound. I don't remember this.
In "The Book of Kuiba", all the races in the land are introduced through the route of the Kuiba army war between Mi Lin Zhaoyun. The content is also taken from various characteristics of human beings, or people from various fields in human society. Amplify or add to it.
Quiba’s story moved me in so many ways, such as the story of Yumi Kuang of the Mist Demon Clan and his five sacrificed subordinates in the anime movie. For example, the famous quote from The Scaled Demon Hai Wenxiang: "Be this person's warrior and go through and fail with him." For the twelve demons, the fourth generation of Kui Ba is their belief, and they like to be with Mi Lin. Most of them have stories about how they met and became familiar with Mi Lin. Therefore, what netizens say about "Kuiba killing old ministers from generation to generation" does not exist. Manji and Milin are both Kuiba, but they are two different people. Have different growth experiences.
There is also Captain Yuanlang who will never leave Qujing No. 1, always carrying the obscene poems written to her by her pirate brother. Because there is a sea map hidden in the poem that helps her escape from the twists and turns.
That's all I can think of right now. Of course, there is also a little poem in "The Book of Kuiba" when Prince Zhuyun was old and about to die, "The season of wild melons has passed, why is there still the fragrance of wild melons?" Zhaoyun is blind and has never seen Milin's face. His memory of Milin is that when they first met, little Milin always stole Zhaoyun's food and then returned a wild melon.
It may be an exaggeration to say that "Kuiba" is the best Chinese comic, because an animation has many criteria for judging besides the story. But it is my favorite anime.