SPIRIT's Diary

Some time ago, I said I don’t like “The Seven Secretary” , because the structure that “The top citizens are evil” and “The bottom citizens are good” is too obvious. In Hakkenden, there are good lords such as Satomi clans and also evil persons in low social position. Among them, Aboshi Samojiro has been very popular since Edo period despite a poverty ronin and a small villain.     ・ Aboshi Samojiro’s Character     He's a beautiful man specializing in singing and dancing. He's an urbanized playboy, rare in Hakkenden. But he's somehow clumsy. He was an entourage of Ougigayatsu clan, Kanto Kanrei, but was expelled from it and became a poverty ronin and lived nearby Inuzuka Shino, a first hero in Hakkenden. He was illicitly and one-directly loving to Hamaji, the fiancé of Shino. To marry with Hamaji, he flattered to the greedy shouya(the village leader), the enemy of Shino, and stole Murasame Sword, Shino's Treasure. However, he was immediatel...

Hakkenden is the story, that Hakkenshi, eight justice samurai, destroy evils and revitalize Satomi Clan. But some people says that villains in Hakkenden are more fascinated than heroes in Hakkenden. In this point, it's similar to Disney Villains. Many people prefer Disney Villains to Disney Hero and Princess. In common points, of villains in Hakkenden and Disney Villains, ・Commonly, they're loyal to their own greed. ・Some has "fascination of darkness" because they're thoroughly evil.(Funamushi in Hakkenden, Scar in Lion King and so on) ・The other has "cute fascination" because they're somehow stupid and can't be hated thoroughly.(Aboshi Samoziro in Hakkenden, Captain Hook in Peter Pan and so on) By the way, Aboshi Samoziro in anime "The Hakkenden" rather has fascination of darkness. I think Mother Gothel in Tangled has "cute fascination" rather than "fascination of darkness". People can't live thinking only good ...