Similarly, any art form is judged by aftertaste, such as movies, music and animation.
"Tea No.2 Middle School" has never been a national conscience. Its story is simple, there is no conflict, and the picture is not exquisite. Its producer is not an animation company with deep pockets, nor does it have publicity, nor does it have a strong seiyuu lineup.
But it's okay. It's real enough.
Tea No.2 Middle School tells the story of the period that every post-90s generation will experience, and it is also the type that domestic animation has been vacant.
It is too close to our youth: ugly uniforms; A fierce but kind-hearted class teacher; After school, packed game halls and Internet cafes; I don't see many handsome men and women; You'll never get into physical education class.
Tea No.2 Middle School is not a work that can make your eyes shine, but it is a work that reminds you all the time and makes you remember it.
It will remind you of that time, the breath of youth, and the deep homesickness brought by the endless dialects in the animation.
These emotions are particularly strong in the fourth season of Tea No.2 Middle School.
The last episode of the fourth season is the graduation ceremony of the third day of Tea No.2 Middle School. The teacher asked Wang Qiang and his colleagues to prepare a program for the seniors of the graduating class at the graduation ceremony.
Kolaco, a famous punk in Grade Three, is unlearned and disliked by teachers. Wang Qiang found Kolaco and asked Kolaco and himself to form a band and perform on the stage.
Kolaco's younger brother, Lai Er Fu, also found Kolaco, and he prepared a special gift for his boss-a photo album of flowers from all classes in Tea No.2 Middle School. At that time, there was such a dialogue between Kolaco and Lai Er Fu.
"Hurry to class"
"Don't skip class?"
"Why run away? How many classes are there? "
It was also from this conversation that the atmosphere of this animation suddenly became sad.
On the theme of parting, Tea No.2 Middle School did a particularly good job-it didn't show the sad theme of graduation season from the first perspective of the protagonist, but set off the parting atmosphere from the perspective of onlookers and extreme cases.
Many times we don't need to have strange world views and adventurous animations, even if they are wonderful. What we need is an ordinary but warm and touching story that happened around us. We waited for a long time, but we didn't wait for the fat school uniform and clean classroom.
Until "Tea No.2 Middle School" appeared.