The dog also walks and hits an anime. No.33] "Ruler of Time" - Stylish action anime with family and time as keywords

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This time, we will introduce "Ruler of Time," which has been airing since July. The catch copy is "time manipulation stylish action. It is an action anime in which "Chrono Thruler," a ruler of time who fights by accelerating and decelerating time, fights against "Kei," a demon that eats people's time.

Based on a comic by Taiwanese manga artist Peng Jie. The Japanese version is serialized in the web manga magazine "Shonen Jump +. At first glance, it appears to be a typical battle of different abilities, but a closer look reveals something unique and interesting about this work.

The author, a regular reader of the web manga magazine "Shonen Jump+," will introduce some of the highlights.

The main pairing of a pick-up artist and a stiff is a father and son!

The lead duo, who fight against "Keiyo," a demon that eats people's time, is a boy with light blue hair, Vikt Putin, and a young man with black hair and glasses, Foggy Putin.

Vikt is a cheerful, friendly boy who is always making light jokes. His partner, Foggy, is stiff and serious, and is always annoyed by Vikt's words and actions.

In the first episode, they call themselves "brothers" when they first meet, but in fact they are "father and son," with Victor, who appears to be younger, being the father.

Although he looks about 15 years old, Victo is actually 39 years old; 12 years ago, when he was 27, he was bitten by a monster called "Kei" and his time was eaten away, and since then he has been getting younger by one day every day. Therefore, his current appearance after 12 years is around 15 years old. Since he has lost all memory of his appearance after the age of 15, he has no memory of the time he spent with his wife and son, Foggy.

In comics and anime, it is not uncommon to see characters who look too young to be older brothers or sisters, fathers or mothers of indeterminate age, or who look like young boys or girls but are in fact jibber-jabber. It is also common to see stories of children who time-travel to the past and meet their young fathers and mothers.

However, it is a bit unusual to see a father who is younger than his own age due to an accident in the present, and who also fights alongside his mother in a team.

Foggy's deep-seated frustration, which seems comical, is partly because Victo, whose personality does not match his own, is "his own father. At the same time, there is a sense of frustration and disappointment at the fact that he has lost the memory of being a father who spent time with his young son.

Victo does not seem to take his lost memories as seriously as Fog. In fact, however, he is very eager to get his memories of his family back.

The diary that he always keeps is a record of memories that he does not have in his own mind, and it is more important to him than life itself. It is because it is a proof that the past, which he cannot remember now, "certainly exists," a memory that he vowed to get back someday after defeating the totality that ate his memories.

Many tricks related to "time

The key word in this work is "time. There are tricks related to time lurking in various places.

The "total" is a monster that grows and evolves by feeding on human time. It appears to people who wish to return to the past and eats their time by pretending to fulfill their wishes. The time-eaten person loses his or her memory from the newer side, rejuvenates his or her body, and soon disappears.

It seems like a miracle, but time is never truly reversed. The fact that it happened cannot be changed.

The leader of Chronos, a beautiful woman named Aisleder, claims to be the "only legitimate descendant of Chronos, the god of time," and says she is a "god.

Although the word "god" sounds fishy, she is certainly no ordinary human being, as she seems to have been alive for at least 2,000 years and has a youthful appearance. They are immortal human beings who wield overwhelming power beyond that of humans. In other words, they are the "immortals" of Chinese legends.

Because they are immortals, they live in a world that is connected to that of human beings, and they have physical bodies that are seemingly the same as those of human beings. The characters' clothing gives the impression of a Western-style world, but when you think about it that way, the world is continental.

Mina, a mysterious girl who has appeared in the second episode, has lived for more than 500 years. She is seriously in love with Victo. Even if they become husband and wife, if Vikt were a normal human being, wouldn't he die before her in a flash?　No, is it because of the difference in the speed at which time flows that it is a burning love?　I want to intuit many things.

Fog wants Victo to recover his past, his memories of himself and his family. On the other hand, Meena says, "Instead of dwelling on the past, let's build a future together. Both have a point. What is more important in life, the past or the future?　It makes you think about it.

The time slip is exciting! The event waiting for Victo in "Kujur

The episode set in Vikt's hometown "Kujur," which began in episode 8, is an important episode that takes us into Vikt's inner world.

When he goes to Kujur to investigate, he finds that somehow the entire town has been transported back in time to 34 years ago, where Victor's deceased parents and a young Victor, aged 5, live.

Since the totality is somehow related and time seems to be going backwards, the fog is alarming, thinking it is a trap. However, when he sees his parents alive and exchanges a few words with them, Vikt is emotionally moved and confronts the fog. ......

As the father of the fog, Vikt is swayed here by his feelings for his parents as a son. The son tells his father to be calm. The multiple reversals of the composition are interesting.

What is the true identity of the deceased parents whom Vikt has met?　The truth about Kujur, who is wedged in the cracks of Vikt's heart, will be revealed at the climax of the film.

Is the theme "family"?　The Mysterious Team

This story seems to be about how Vikt regains his lost time and returns to his rightful family with his son, Fog. However, it is not clear what happens next, since it is suggested that even if it were possible to defeat the totality that ate up Vikt's time, it would be nearly impossible.

There is also a lot of mystery surrounding Meena, who claims to be "Victo's wife". She calls Vikt "darling" and never leaves him, but her attitude toward the fog leaves us in doubt as to whether she is really his mother.

The three of them, Vikt, Foggy, and Meena, are too out of the ordinary to be "father and son" and do not seem realistic.

Then there is Blaze, the "big villain" who has appeared in the third episode. He is an easy to understand character who is a fire-controlling, reckless fool, but he offers his cooperation to the fog, who takes pity on him and promises to be his "big brother" from then on (although the fog does not welcome this).

As these four team up and travel together, a strange pseudo-family is born. A father, a mother, an older brother and a younger brother. However, not everyone is convinced by each of them, and there is a sense of discomfort that seems to have been taken for granted, whether they are husband and wife, siblings, or parent and child.

That is why we wonder what kind of relationship they will have in the future. Because this is not an easy-to-understand, emotional family drama, it is impossible to predict where the story will turn out. That is what makes it interesting.

Royal action anime with gorgeous characters

The original work has been published up to two volumes of e-comics. However, the serialization on "JUMP+" started in May 2014, and as of August 2017, the series had reached over 60 episodes. If converted to comics, about six issues have already been published.

The gambler Victo uses a playing card as a medium for his techniques, while the stiff and cool Fog has dark glasses, uses a sword, and has the attribute of water. Meena, a beautiful girl in love with Victo LOVE, has twin-tailed pink hair, and Blaze, a hot-blooded simpleton, controls flames.

The very obvious and tempestuous setting is a bit old-fashioned, but it is so familiar that it does not feel out of place.

The cast does not disappoint, and the action scenes are filled with CG, color and movement, and cool jazz background music, making this an enjoyable anime for fans of the original work who have been waiting for the anime adaptation.

The catchphrase for the anime is "Secrets are the proof of our bond. The catchphrase of the anime is "Secrets are the proof of our bond.

(Text by YAMAYU)

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