A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 94: A book makes a city depressed?

NHK, also known as the Japan Broadcasting Corporation.

As a public broadcasting organization, NHK provides nationwide news, cultural and educational programs and is one of the most influential media in Japan.

During the two weeks since the opening of the Asian College Literature League, according to statistics provided by the NHK Broadcasting Association:

Tokyo area.

The rate of depression among teenagers has increased significantly.

At first, the staff of the Statistics Department did not connect the two seemingly unrelated things, 'a sharp increase in the rate of depression among teenagers' and 'the Asian University Literature League'.

Until a teenager committed suicide by jumping into a lake in the Edogawa area of ​​Tokyo.

This attracted the attention of NHK Broadcasting Corporation.

According to information provided by the Tokyo Regional Police Department, the teenager who committed suicide by jumping into the lake in the Edogawa area was named Inoue Juichiro.

On his way home from school, without any warning, he resolutely chose to commit suicide by jumping into the lake.

If it happened under normal circumstances, this kind of "suicide" case, which is relatively common in Japan, might not attract the attention of the media?

However, it is worth mentioning that -

When Inoue Juichiro jumped into the lake, he was holding tightly in his arms the literary book "No Longer Human" written by the young Chinese writer Jiang Hai.

On the surface, these two things seem unrelated, but upon closer examination
Shouldn't there be no connection?

According to NHK professor Matsushita Ishii Hui's bold speculation, Inoue Jiro's suicide by jumping into the lake and Jiang Hai's book "No Longer Human" -

There is an indelible connection!
Since the Asian College Literature League started, No Longer Human has dominated the charts in Japan. According to data from Waseda University Psychology Department scholar Kazuo Takayoko, obtained from various psychological counseling rooms in Tokyo,
Tokyo area.

The percentage of depression among teenagers increased by 17.23% during the same period!

Among them, the youth suicide rate has increased from 3.24% in previous years to 6.94% today!

This is almost equivalent to doubling the data!

However, there is no substantial evidence to show that "No Longer Human" has a clear relationship with the increase in depression and suicide rates among Japanese teenagers!
However, Japanese experts and scholars still made an appeal regarding this incident.
"Mentally immature teenagers should try to read "No Longer Human" as little as possible!"

"Office workers who are usually tired from work should try not to read No Longer Human!"

"If you encounter setbacks in life or your life is not going as you wish recently, try not to read No Longer Human! This is the advice from our experts and scholars to all readers."

“If you are tired and exhausted from work or study, please read more positive literature, such as Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.”

On the one hand, there is a warning from Japan's NHK Broadcasting Corporation.

On the other hand, there is news released by the Japan Animation Association.

This is according to Japan's TBS TV station, also known as the Mainichi Shimbun.

The Japan Anime Association invites

A series of well-known anime artists, including Harukawa 35, Shinkai Makoto, Miyazaki Hayao, and Oda Eiichiro, will work together to create an anime work that commemorates the history of literature for the great writers who have passed away in Japanese history. This special anime, created by many well-known cartoonists, has been named by the Japan Anime Association as:

"Bungo Stray Dogs"!
Among them, the hero Ota Ezo in "No Longer Human" created by Jiang Hai——

It is expected to be excerpted into "Bungo Stray Dogs"!
Currently, the Japanese Anime Association is communicating with Jiang Hai, the author of "No Longer Human", regarding derivative copyrights.
"Jiang Hai, what do you think of the evaluation of you by the Japanese media NHK, the Broadcasting Association?" Reporter Bing Bing glanced at the manuscript in her hand, then looked up at Jiang Hai, "Your work "No Longer Human" has made a city depressed."

"Do you have anything to say about this assessment?"

A book makes a city depressed?

Although this statement is indeed a bit exaggerated, it is undeniable
Since the release of No Longer Human in Japan, the depression rate in Tokyo has been increasing rapidly in an extremely obvious trend.
"First of all, I personally totally disagree with this kind of evaluation." Jiang Hai sat up straight and put away the smile on his face. At this moment, his eyebrows and eyes were slightly serious. "I have never thought that "No Longer Human" is a "depressing" work. In my understanding, "No Longer Human" is its essence."

"It's not 'depressing' but 'healing'!"

When Jiang Hai said this, reporter Bingbing almost couldn't hold it in.

You call a book that makes people want to commit suicide a healing book?

"Why do you say that?" Bingbing took out a small notebook and wanted to record it carefully. "Can you explain it in detail?"

"A pessimistic person will always be pessimistic no matter what he looks at." Jiang Hai sat in his seat and talked freely, "An optimistic person will always have goodwill towards the world no matter what he looks at."

“If you read No Longer Human and only saw the depression in it, but didn’t understand other truths, then I can only say…”

“You didn’t understand this book at all.”

The reason why "No Longer Human" makes you feel depressed is that it depicts an extremely dark and hypocritical world in the book.

There is no justice in this world!

All the people and things that appear in the book, none of them are innocent——

They are all guilty!

It is precisely because of the "everyone is evil" that when readers witness the dark world drawn by the author, they feel that the world is not worth living and even have an urge to die.
But! Extreme joy is sorrow, and extreme sorrow is joy!
If you can still face death and muster the courage to live again after witnessing this darkness that can be called hell on earth,
Then, you will be reborn like a phoenix from the ashes, and no difficulty will be able to knock you down anymore!
A book that can give you such insights after reading it.

If a work of this level cannot be called "healing", then what other book in the world can be called "healing"?

Can it be called a cure?
After a long silence, Jiang Hai became slightly serious when the content of the book "No Longer Human" was mentioned.

Bingbing raised her head and looked at him seriously:

"What you said makes sense. It seems that my previous understanding was too shallow. I have to go back and read No Longer Human twice."

in the coming time.

Reporter Bingbing also informed Jiang Hai of the news that the Japanese Animation Association is going to create an anime called "Bungo Stray Dogs" based on the protagonist of "No Longer Human", Oba Yozo.

Facing this news, Jiang Hai also expressed his attitude:

“I am very happy.”

Happy time is always short.

The interview started at six o'clock, and in a blink of an eye it had lasted an hour and a half, and now it is already half past seven.

In fact, for this interview, Bingbing herself feels
Overall, it’s quite pleasant?

Perhaps because we were all young, communicating with Jiang Hai was not difficult, on the contrary it was quite smooth.
Jiang Hai is not at all as rigid and serious as traditional writers.

On the contrary, Jiang Hai himself has a kind of humor and easy-going style that is completely different from traditional writers?
"Today's interview ends here for now!" Bingbing put down the notebook she had been holding in her hand, "Jiang Hai, thank you very much for your cooperation!"

"You're welcome." Just as Jiang Hai was about to get up, pack up his things, and leave his seat.

Unexpectedly, Bingbing called him again:
"I have finished asking questions from the TV station, but I have a personal question I would like to ask you -"

"I wonder if you could help me clear up my confusion?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hai patiently sat back down:

"Please tell me."

In fact, Bingbing herself is also a literature lover. When she was studying, she didn't want to be a journalist.
She once fantasized about becoming an author.

It's just a pity that due to her limited talent, she didn't become a writer as she wished.
Going into the media?

"If, I am if..." Bingbing raised her head and looked at Jiang Hai seriously, "If I want to become a writer as good as you, what do you think of my qualifications?"

“How long does it take to become enlightened?”

In fact, creation itself is very uncertain.
How many years does it take for you to become enlightened?

How can I say this well?

However, feeling Bingbing's focused gaze, Jiang Hai felt that it would be a bit awkward not to answer her directly.
He looked up and casually said a number to her:
"ten years."

ten years?

This time is a bit too long.

Obviously, he was not satisfied with this answer.

"What if..." Bingbing thought for a while, and then continued to ask Jiang Hai, "I gave up my original job, redoubled my hard work, and devoted myself to the path of creation. What if that's the case?"

“How long will it take me to become enlightened?”

Feeling Bingbing's serious gaze,

Jiang Hai's attitude gradually became serious:
"Twenty years."

It's okay if you don't work hard,
The time it takes for me to be enlightened is getting longer and longer?
Bingbing was obviously unwilling to hear this answer.

"If I write day and night, without sleep, for more than ten hours a day, and I can work overtime and stay up late, I can do it all year round."

"Then how long do you think it will take me to achieve results?"

Jiang Hai frowned even deeper after hearing this:

“Then you will never be enlightened.”

"Why?" Bingbing didn't understand at all, "Why have I tried so hard?"

“The time I have to achieve results is getting longer and longer?”

Facing Bingbing's doubtful questioning,
Jiang Hai slowly uttered a few words:

'You're rolling your mother'

(End of this chapter)