Early candidate for best series for 2011 and one of the best ever
2011年最佳和史上最佳之一的迅速入圍者
By sortoffaerygirl on Jan 19, 2011
來源:http://www.crunchyroll.com/hourou-musuko-wandering-son#s=/hourou-musuko-wandering-son/reviews
When people ask me, a PhD candidate in Literature who has spent a lifetime reading Shakespeare, Melville, Woolf, Wilde, Austen, and many other "great" authors, why I watch anime, a show like Wandering Son is usually the answer. I am not saying that this is some how on par with literary greatness; in order to be that, it takes time and staying power (401 years after his last new play, they are still making movies out of Shakespeare) to be eternally great, but Wandering Son has what so few shows, movies, and media have these days: the guts to go where people don't want you to go because they would prefer to not know.
當人們問我——一個將生命耗費在閱讀莎士比亞、梅爾維爾、伍爾芙、王爾德、奧斯汀等“偉大”作家的文學博士生——為什麼會看動畫？一部像《放浪息子》這樣的作品可以算是一個回答。我不是要說這部動畫確實在某種程度上能比肩那些文學鉅著，要成為不朽的名著需要時間的積澱（雖然距莎士比亞最後的劇作問世已經401年了，但人們依然在根據他的作品製作電影 ）。但是《放浪息子》確實有一些現今的電視劇、電影和其他媒體少有的品質：涉足某些禁區的勇氣。這些領域有的人不願意瞭解，也不想讓其他人接觸，
In the last half century, there has been an increasing interest in LGBTQ media. Books, movies, and TV have all been slowly but steadily finding ways to introduce LGBTQ issues into our world. Most of the time, people are fine with it so long as it stays in the realm of adults. The reality is that many LGBTQ people don't suddenly become "queer" when they reach adulthood. Instead, they struggle with it early in life, into adolescence, and often times, well into adulthood. What LGBTQ media often lacks is addressing those early years and the struggle that it is to be different when young, especially in societies that frown upon it. It is a struggle that for some becomes too much and this struggle is why there is why suicide is such a risk for LGBTQ youth. Part of the problem is that there is nothing out there, in almost any media, telling them that there are other people like them, who also struggle, but can still find friends, acceptance, and even happiness. There is nothing out there to give these young people hope.
近半個世紀裡，人們對LGBTQ題材的興趣不斷上升。書籍、電影和電視緩慢但穩定地發掘著，將LGBTQ引介給公眾的方式。一般來說，只要這個話題侷限於成年人的世界，人們覺得還能接受。但事實是，許多LGBTQ人群並不是在成年後突然才成為“酷兒”的。相反，他們在人生的早期就為此飽受折磨，然後步入青春期，這種掙扎持續不斷，然後才是成年。媒體上關於LGBTQ的作品所經常缺失的，是描寫這些人童年的生活和掙扎——幼年時的困境和成年時的困境是完全不同的，特別是在一個對此並不寬容的社會環境中。對其中一些人來說，這種掙扎太難以承受了，這就是為什麼在年輕的LGBTQ群體中，始終存在著自殺的風險。這個問題可以部分歸結於，這是一個空白的領域。基本上沒有任何媒體告訴這些人，還有一些和他們類似情況的人也在為此飽受折磨，但他們仍然結交到了朋友，獲得了接受，甚至幸福。沒有人在這個問題上給這些年輕人希望。
Enter Wandering Son, which may be the first thing on television anywhere dealing with pre-adolescent transgender issues as the focus of a television series drama, be it animated or live-action. This is why I watch anime; to see shows that are willing to go places that other mediums are afraid of and to find there stories of heart and courage. The characters you find here will pinch your heart, which is the only way I can describe the feeling I had while watching episode 1. Each of them is real in that they seem not like characters, but actual people, complex and confused. This is the strength of Takako Shimura's writing: she knows that she doesn't have the answers to life and that the struggle to form the question is what most of us deal with. Her characters always seem authentic (see Aoi Hana) because she remains aware of this and her characters demonstrate this awareness. You don't have to be an LGBTQ person to understand these characters or to like the story; you only have to know that you have a heart and that you can feel for people who suffer and hope for the end of their suffering. I bet that there is not a single person reading this review who doesn't know what that is like and how overwhelmed and amazed one feels when great suffering is eased, even if it's just a little bit.
回到《放浪息子》，這可能是世界上第一部，在電視媒體上將青春期早期的跨性別問題當作主題涉及的電視劇——無論動畫還是真人劇。這就是為什麼我會看動畫：涉足那些其他媒體懼於涉足的領域；感受故事中蘊含的感動和勇氣。我只能這樣描述我在看本片第一話時的感受：劇中的角色在揪緊觀眾的內心。劇中的每個角色都是如此真實，以至於他們看起來都不像是角色，而是真實的人，複雜並且迷茫。這就是志村貴子劇本的力量：她知道她沒有生活的答案，她也知道與某種問題進行抗爭，是我們大多數人都在面對的生活。志村貴子筆下的角色總是顯得真實可信（比如《青之花》），就是因為她自己一直保持著這種認識，她的角色們也體現出了這種認識。你不一定非要像LGBTQ一樣理解這些角色、喜歡這個故事。你只需要知道你也是人，也能感受到那些承受痛苦，並且希望結束自身痛苦的人的感受。我打賭不是所有閱讀這篇評論的人都清楚這種感受：當巨大的痛苦得到緩解時那種無與倫比的美好，即使這種緩解只是杯水車薪。
This is a character driven story, so the plot is a standard slice-of-life that will be revealed through the day-to-day lives of the characters in the series. If slice-of-life is not your cup of tea, give this a chance anyway. Wandering Son may be a genre defying show in bringing serious story to slice-of-life in a way that does not become trite or cliche. As opposed to comedy slice-of-life, don't expect this to be light, and expect to cry. The music and art, much like Aoi Hana, sets the mood beautifully and pulls you out of the world you live in and brings you right into the world of the characters. You will lose yourself in the art of this show.
這是一個以角色驅動的故事，所以它的情節是標準的日常生活，通過角色們日復一日的生活展開劇情。如果日常生活劇的風格不合你的口味，無論如何請嘗試一下。《放浪息子》可能算是一部顛覆傳統類型的作品，它把一個嚴肅的劇本置於日常生活劇的框架中，沒有重複陳腐和爛俗的橋段。不同於輕喜劇風格的日常生活劇，別期待這部片有多麼歡樂，更應該期待的是感動。這部動畫的音樂和畫面風格很像《青之花》，能製造出美妙的氛圍，將你抽離出你所生活的世界，帶你進入劇中人的世界。你會在這部動畫的氛圍中迷失自我。
At only 11 episodes, you really don't have an excuse for not watching this show. Wandering Son will restore hope in the heart of the most jaded anime fan and it will leave you wishing there was more of this story, or at least more stories as well done as this. While the subject matter is mostly what I focus on, that aside, Wandering Son is an amazingly beautiful show that demonstrates the power that animation can have. Disney and Pixar should take notes from this series.
考慮到僅有11話，你真的沒有理由拒絕試試這部動畫。《放浪息子》能恢復許多厭倦膩味的動畫愛好者的信心，讓你希望能有更多這種作品，或者至少和這部片同樣水準的作品。雖然這部動畫的主題恰好是我所關注的領域，但就算不考慮這點，《放浪息子》也仍然是一部驚豔的作品。它證明了動畫這種藝術形式所能夠擁有的力量。迪士尼和皮克斯也應該看看這部動畫。
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作為一篇評論，讚美過於空泛，這點並不太好。而且很多觀點我並不同意，比如我並不認為《放浪息子》是一部真正處理敏感題材（GLBT）的倫理片，我更傾向於認為這是一部涉及敏感題材，但以青春、生活和成長為主的現實主義群像片。最後提到迪斯尼和皮克斯也略囧，這些商業片大廠基本不會碰這種敏感題材的。《放浪息子》也沒有特別值得一提的技法創新。但我對這篇評論感興趣的東西在於東西方國家對這部作品不同的反映和態度，這篇文章就成為這樣一個典型了。日本人基本上除了罵兩句變態，很少有從LGBT角度出發的看法，這顯得日本整體上對LGBT處於一種完全不接受不了解的狀態。而志村貴子從《放浪息子》到《青花》的題材總是圍繞LGBT相關的邊緣題材（雖然女校裡的百合情節在日本算是主流倫理題材之一），而以同性戀問題為主的LGBT問題算是歐美社會、政治和倫理的主要政治敏感點之一，這導致志村貴子顯得在歐美語境裡更容易獲得理解。要知道《放浪息子》在美國甚至被圖書館聯盟推薦為青少年最佳圖書的候選作品，漫畫原著很早就被引入美國（雖然只引進了兩冊），以至於動畫播出時原著黨的比例居然驚人的高。考慮到志村貴子後記裡編輯說她對歐美藝術和文化相當喜愛和熟悉，這種看起來像是“生活在本國的外國人”的現象在藝術家裡並不是不能理解。
2011年最佳和史上最佳之一的迅速入圍者
By sortoffaerygirl on Jan 19, 2011
來源:http://www.crunchyroll.com/hourou-musuko-wandering-son#s=/hourou-musuko-wandering-son/reviews
When people ask me, a PhD candidate in Literature who has spent a lifetime reading Shakespeare, Melville, Woolf, Wilde, Austen, and many other "great" authors, why I watch anime, a show like Wandering Son is usually the answer. I am not saying that this is some how on par with literary greatness; in order to be that, it takes time and staying power (401 years after his last new play, they are still making movies out of Shakespeare) to be eternally great, but Wandering Son has what so few shows, movies, and media have these days: the guts to go where people don't want you to go because they would prefer to not know.
當人們問我——一個將生命耗費在閱讀莎士比亞、梅爾維爾、伍爾芙、王爾德、奧斯汀等“偉大”作家的文學博士生——為什麼會看動畫？一部像《放浪息子》這樣的作品可以算是一個回答。我不是要說這部動畫確實在某種程度上能比肩那些文學鉅著，要成為不朽的名著需要時間的積澱（雖然距莎士比亞最後的劇作問世已經401年了，但人們依然在根據他的作品製作電影 ）。但是《放浪息子》確實有一些現今的電視劇、電影和其他媒體少有的品質：涉足某些禁區的勇氣。這些領域有的人不願意瞭解，也不想讓其他人接觸，
In the last half century, there has been an increasing interest in LGBTQ media. Books, movies, and TV have all been slowly but steadily finding ways to introduce LGBTQ issues into our world. Most of the time, people are fine with it so long as it stays in the realm of adults. The reality is that many LGBTQ people don't suddenly become "queer" when they reach adulthood. Instead, they struggle with it early in life, into adolescence, and often times, well into adulthood. What LGBTQ media often lacks is addressing those early years and the struggle that it is to be different when young, especially in societies that frown upon it. It is a struggle that for some becomes too much and this struggle is why there is why suicide is such a risk for LGBTQ youth. Part of the problem is that there is nothing out there, in almost any media, telling them that there are other people like them, who also struggle, but can still find friends, acceptance, and even happiness. There is nothing out there to give these young people hope.
近半個世紀裡，人們對LGBTQ題材的興趣不斷上升。書籍、電影和電視緩慢但穩定地發掘著，將LGBTQ引介給公眾的方式。一般來說，只要這個話題侷限於成年人的世界，人們覺得還能接受。但事實是，許多LGBTQ人群並不是在成年後突然才成為“酷兒”的。相反，他們在人生的早期就為此飽受折磨，然後步入青春期，這種掙扎持續不斷，然後才是成年。媒體上關於LGBTQ的作品所經常缺失的，是描寫這些人童年的生活和掙扎——幼年時的困境和成年時的困境是完全不同的，特別是在一個對此並不寬容的社會環境中。對其中一些人來說，這種掙扎太難以承受了，這就是為什麼在年輕的LGBTQ群體中，始終存在著自殺的風險。這個問題可以部分歸結於，這是一個空白的領域。基本上沒有任何媒體告訴這些人，還有一些和他們類似情況的人也在為此飽受折磨，但他們仍然結交到了朋友，獲得了接受，甚至幸福。沒有人在這個問題上給這些年輕人希望。
Enter Wandering Son, which may be the first thing on television anywhere dealing with pre-adolescent transgender issues as the focus of a television series drama, be it animated or live-action. This is why I watch anime; to see shows that are willing to go places that other mediums are afraid of and to find there stories of heart and courage. The characters you find here will pinch your heart, which is the only way I can describe the feeling I had while watching episode 1. Each of them is real in that they seem not like characters, but actual people, complex and confused. This is the strength of Takako Shimura's writing: she knows that she doesn't have the answers to life and that the struggle to form the question is what most of us deal with. Her characters always seem authentic (see Aoi Hana) because she remains aware of this and her characters demonstrate this awareness. You don't have to be an LGBTQ person to understand these characters or to like the story; you only have to know that you have a heart and that you can feel for people who suffer and hope for the end of their suffering. I bet that there is not a single person reading this review who doesn't know what that is like and how overwhelmed and amazed one feels when great suffering is eased, even if it's just a little bit.
回到《放浪息子》，這可能是世界上第一部，在電視媒體上將青春期早期的跨性別問題當作主題涉及的電視劇——無論動畫還是真人劇。這就是為什麼我會看動畫：涉足那些其他媒體懼於涉足的領域；感受故事中蘊含的感動和勇氣。我只能這樣描述我在看本片第一話時的感受：劇中的角色在揪緊觀眾的內心。劇中的每個角色都是如此真實，以至於他們看起來都不像是角色，而是真實的人，複雜並且迷茫。這就是志村貴子劇本的力量：她知道她沒有生活的答案，她也知道與某種問題進行抗爭，是我們大多數人都在面對的生活。志村貴子筆下的角色總是顯得真實可信（比如《青之花》），就是因為她自己一直保持著這種認識，她的角色們也體現出了這種認識。你不一定非要像LGBTQ一樣理解這些角色、喜歡這個故事。你只需要知道你也是人，也能感受到那些承受痛苦，並且希望結束自身痛苦的人的感受。我打賭不是所有閱讀這篇評論的人都清楚這種感受：當巨大的痛苦得到緩解時那種無與倫比的美好，即使這種緩解只是杯水車薪。
This is a character driven story, so the plot is a standard slice-of-life that will be revealed through the day-to-day lives of the characters in the series. If slice-of-life is not your cup of tea, give this a chance anyway. Wandering Son may be a genre defying show in bringing serious story to slice-of-life in a way that does not become trite or cliche. As opposed to comedy slice-of-life, don't expect this to be light, and expect to cry. The music and art, much like Aoi Hana, sets the mood beautifully and pulls you out of the world you live in and brings you right into the world of the characters. You will lose yourself in the art of this show.
這是一個以角色驅動的故事，所以它的情節是標準的日常生活，通過角色們日復一日的生活展開劇情。如果日常生活劇的風格不合你的口味，無論如何請嘗試一下。《放浪息子》可能算是一部顛覆傳統類型的作品，它把一個嚴肅的劇本置於日常生活劇的框架中，沒有重複陳腐和爛俗的橋段。不同於輕喜劇風格的日常生活劇，別期待這部片有多麼歡樂，更應該期待的是感動。這部動畫的音樂和畫面風格很像《青之花》，能製造出美妙的氛圍，將你抽離出你所生活的世界，帶你進入劇中人的世界。你會在這部動畫的氛圍中迷失自我。
At only 11 episodes, you really don't have an excuse for not watching this show. Wandering Son will restore hope in the heart of the most jaded anime fan and it will leave you wishing there was more of this story, or at least more stories as well done as this. While the subject matter is mostly what I focus on, that aside, Wandering Son is an amazingly beautiful show that demonstrates the power that animation can have. Disney and Pixar should take notes from this series.
考慮到僅有11話，你真的沒有理由拒絕試試這部動畫。《放浪息子》能恢復許多厭倦膩味的動畫愛好者的信心，讓你希望能有更多這種作品，或者至少和這部片同樣水準的作品。雖然這部動畫的主題恰好是我所關注的領域，但就算不考慮這點，《放浪息子》也仍然是一部驚豔的作品。它證明了動畫這種藝術形式所能夠擁有的力量。迪士尼和皮克斯也應該看看這部動畫。
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作為一篇評論，讚美過於空泛，這點並不太好。而且很多觀點我並不同意，比如我並不認為《放浪息子》是一部真正處理敏感題材（GLBT）的倫理片，我更傾向於認為這是一部涉及敏感題材，但以青春、生活和成長為主的現實主義群像片。最後提到迪斯尼和皮克斯也略囧，這些商業片大廠基本不會碰這種敏感題材的。《放浪息子》也沒有特別值得一提的技法創新。但我對這篇評論感興趣的東西在於東西方國家對這部作品不同的反映和態度，這篇文章就成為這樣一個典型了。日本人基本上除了罵兩句變態，很少有從LGBT角度出發的看法，這顯得日本整體上對LGBT處於一種完全不接受不了解的狀態。而志村貴子從《放浪息子》到《青花》的題材總是圍繞LGBT相關的邊緣題材（雖然女校裡的百合情節在日本算是主流倫理題材之一），而以同性戀問題為主的LGBT問題算是歐美社會、政治和倫理的主要政治敏感點之一，這導致志村貴子顯得在歐美語境裡更容易獲得理解。要知道《放浪息子》在美國甚至被圖書館聯盟推薦為青少年最佳圖書的候選作品，漫畫原著很早就被引入美國（雖然只引進了兩冊），以至於動畫播出時原著黨的比例居然驚人的高。考慮到志村貴子後記裡編輯說她對歐美藝術和文化相當喜愛和熟悉，這種看起來像是“生活在本國的外國人”的現象在藝術家裡並不是不能理解。
