Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 4 Midnight Fierce Bell

When it comes to Japanese horror movies, most people think of "Midnight Ring".

When thinking of "Midnight Ring", many people may think of a scene.

In the gloomy Japanese-style house, there is a TV set in the corner, and a video tape with ghost images flickering.

Coldness climbed up his spine.

Inside the TV, the white-clothed, barefoot, slender, pale-skinned Sadako the Resentful Spirit climbed out of the TV with a strange and distorted posture.

That's right, "The Ring at Midnight."

This is definitely an inescapable classic in the history of Japanese horror movies, and it can even be said to be the pinnacle of Japanese horror movies from 2000 to 2010.

A very intuitive data.

"Midnight Ring" achieved the feat of six consecutive shots on the mainland.

The first "Midnight Bell", the second "Sadako's haunting", the third "The Reappearance of the Ring", the fourth "Zhenxiang Dabai", the fifth and sixth "Sadako 3D", "Sadako 3D2 "——There are even remakes overseas.

Regardless of the plots of the subsequent films of "Midnight Ring", the feat of continuous shooting of six films, except for a few, is already a huge gap that many Japanese films cannot overcome.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Japanese of that era were dominated for an entire era by the resentful Sadako who climbed out of the TV.

There were various rumors circulating at the time.

There are rumors that "Midnight Ring" was too scary, so it was urgently returned to the factory for processing as soon as it opened.There are also rumors that people who watched the movie tied up the TV with chains for a week and dared not turn on the TV.

Among all these rumors, the most outrageous is the rumor that someone was scared to death of a heart attack while watching "Midnight Ring" in the cinema.

Put aside these rumours.

Whether or not "Midnight Ring" is scary and scaring to death is really two things, but its influence is indeed great.

This influence even exists in the Celestial Dynasty in 2020, where Higashinoji lived in his previous life. There are comic pictures about the image of Sadako on Twitter everywhere, and all kinds of female ghosts who climbed out of the TV. People from all over the world Freelance creators love this classic Japanese female ghost image.

But there is no "Midnight Ring" in this era.

So Higashino thought for a while, then slapped the table, made up his mind, and decided to draw "Midnight Bell" to harm Japanese friends.

Yes!The day that makes the Japanese tremble is coming.

However, although the rumors of "Midnight Ring" are very mysterious, the plot structure of this film is actually very simple.

Looking at it from a future perspective, it is nothing more than the investigation of the dead, the protagonist, the protagonist's death, the discovery of the problem, and the search for the truth behind the tragedy.

This set of storytelling methods is interlocking, and the plot is clear and compact, and the main line is promoted throughout the whole process, which is a standard Japanese narrative routine.

In particular, there is a date reminder at the bottom. If the time is up and the truth of the matter is not known, the protagonist will be killed by the wraith. Heart.

The plot goes with the flow, and the sense of fear climbs into people's hearts, and everyone is curious about what is waiting for the protagonist after the time is up.

At the end, Sadako climbed out of the TV screen, and the foreshadowing and natural horror that had been buried before instantly became three-dimensional.

Countless Japanese tremble and live under its shadow.

No bloody scenes.

No surprise music either.

Fear is only slowly eroding the human heart.

The script, shooting, and soundtrack of "Midnight Ring" are undoubtedly excellent.

But "The Ring" is a movie after all.

The manga does not have such a thing as filming or soundtrack.

Without background music and movable characters, the excitement of "Midnight Ring" will definitely be reduced, because it will lack a sense of substitution.

But this is not a problem for Higashino Division at all.

He glanced at the system page in his field of vision.

Skipping items such as name and physical fitness, his eyes stayed on the column of main skills.

Main Skill: Empathy

To put it simply, after using this skill, others can feel tension, sadness, joy and other emotions from the behavior of the characters in the painting when they look at Higashinoji's paintings.

This is the strongest sense of substitution!

Can capture the whole person into the world of "Midnight Ring"!

Experience the fear and despair of the characters inside

Higashinoji used this main skill today when he painted a full-body portrait of Ayakako.

The result is that Ayoyako is attracted by the whole picture, as if bewitched.

And this is also the reason why Higashino Division mailed "Midnight Bell" to Urashima Publishing House a few days ago.

The "Midnight Ring" in his hand is really terrifying!

Even if the original author Dong Yesi went to see it, he would feel an inexplicable wind blowing up his back, and he was terrified in his heart, and his whole body panicked.

The sense of terror that can directly pull people into it has stunned him, the original author!

It is no exaggeration to say that this is not inferior to the movie version of "Midnight Ring" he watched in the previous life, even better in terms of sense of substitution!

If someone was timid, it would probably be more than a simple matter of going to the toilet and asking someone to accompany him.

Higashino guessed that at that time, there would be Japanese friends who would lock the TV with a big iron chain and live under the domination of his horror comics.

have nothing to say.

Because even Division Higashino hesitated for a long time when he mailed the manuscript to the publisher.

But after hesitating and hesitating, he finally slapped the table and had an idea in his heart.

This has already been drawn. If I don’t contribute and use it to harm my Japanese friends, wouldn’t my efforts be in vain?

Besides, isn't there such a group of people in this world?Obviously as timid as a mouse, but he especially likes to watch horror-themed things.

Why don't you take this opportunity to give them a break, lest they see something terrible one day and die suddenly from a myocardial infarction?Exercise their courage with the Sadako scourge in "Midnight Ring"

This can be regarded as a win-win situation.

Higashino has to think about the publishing house that contributed to "Midnight Ring", Urashima Publishing House

If the method of drawing comics is really not feasible, he has to think of other methods.

Why don't you also learn from the master of the previous life to 'shoot ink', or go to Shibuya station with a mop to 'ghost painting'?

He will do this too!And make sure to shoot beautifully and accurately!

Coupled with the appearance of the original owner, it is guaranteed to attract a group of young girls to watch.

Maybe at that time, I will be able to go to the Tokyo media and accept interviews.

After all, the routines of the Chinese people are intertwined, and ignorant Japanese friends must have never seen it.

Let them meet then.

Although the current situation is very difficult, Higashinoji is quite optimistic.

Before that, however, it is necessary to take a look at the current situation.

(End of this chapter)