Depressive Screenwriter

Since the drama "April" started airing, Su Xiaoxiao has noticed that the plot is mainly divided into three parts:

The music competition part.

The campus daily life part.

And then there's the memory part that appears in almost every episode.

The main storyline is definitely the music competition and the emotional development between the male lead and Kaori Miyazono.

The side story is Tsubaki Sawabe's unrequited love for Kousei Arima in the campus storyline.

The memory part of the plot supplements the background of the previous two.

Since "April" started airing, what makes Su Xiaoxiao feel the most uncomfortable is Tsubaki Sawabe's plot.

She secretly loves Kousei Arima and hopes he will return to the path of music.

But in the end, she helplessly discovers that it is her classmate, Kaori Miyazono, who brings Kousei Arima back to music.

Moreover, Kousei Arima falls hopelessly in love with Kaori Miyazono in the process.

And she, knowing this, cannot let go, cannot be relieved, neither becoming a bad woman to snatch Kaori Miyazono away, nor willing to see her childhood friend Kousei Arima and Kaori Miyazono gradually getting closer.

Summer Kingdom's TV dramas rarely depict the psychology of a 'defeated dog' supporting character.

Or rather, the 'defeated dog' female second in Summer Kingdom's romance dramas is often a villain who has done all sorts of bad things, unable to evoke sympathy from the audience.

But "April" is different. Since its premiere, the encounters of the character Tsubaki Sawabe have been so real that Su Xiaoxiao wants to cry.

She seeks but cannot obtain, yet is unwilling to give up, feeling that there is hope if she persists, but in reality, she knows very well that it is self-deception.

Until the beginning of the eighth episode.

She clearly made up her mind to give up her feelings for Kousei Arima before agreeing to the confession of a senior from school, but in the end, she found that she couldn't forget him at all, and this was unfair to the senior who liked her.

The two's brief interaction stopped at the level of going to school and returning home together.

Looking at Tsubaki Sawabe covering her face in pain after the breakup.

Su Xiaoxiao felt a soreness in her nose.

Tsubaki Sawabe is definitely not sad about breaking up with the senior.

But she is sad that she can't forget Kousei Arima and also hurt another person who likes her, feeling annoyed at herself for this.

"No way, who told you your enemy is Kaori Miyazono! If Emi Igawa came to compete with Kaori Miyazono, I guess there would still be a chance. You, ah, you don't understand anything about music, how can you squeeze into Kousei Arima's music world?" Su Xiaoxiao thought to herself.

The plot continues to advance.

Kousei Arima decided to restart his musical life. He didn't neglect practice, competition, and learning.

But at the same time, while dealing with complicated academics and music competitions.

The plot interspersed with Kousei Arima meeting Nagi Aiza, the younger sister of Takeshi Aiza. A new character is unlocked in this episode, but in this episode, it's just a cameo.

In the middle of the eighth episode, Kousei Arima finally talked to Kaori Miyazono on the phone.

From being hospitalized due to illness in the previous episode to this episode, the plot did not explain her illness, nor did it explain when she would be discharged.

Only through her lively voice in this phone call did Su Xiaoxiao feel that she seemed to be fine.

But it only seemed that way.

After talking to Kousei Arima on the phone, Kaori Miyazono hummed a song cheerfully in the hospital corridor.

But the next second, her legs knelt down as if she had no strength.

Unable to exert strength.

No matter how she struggled, she couldn't even stand up.

Holding on to the handrail of the hospital corridor, she wanted to stand up, but she was powerless.

[Stand up, aren't you my legs! Stand up!]

Kaori Miyazono cried and beat her legs again and again in the hospital corridor under the dim light of the night.

This scene contrasted with the scene a minute ago when she spoke to Kousei Arima in a lively voice.

The character Kaori Miyazono has always been lively and cute since her appearance, with a personality that if I want to, then the dream will eventually come true.

But in fact, this is the first time that the TV series has broadcast the scene of her being alone, helpless, and emotionally out of control in the hospital to viewers like Su Xiaoxiao.

It's like a needle piercing the heart.

Su Xiaoxiao already felt the pain.

The background music became a little sad.

Kousei Arima and Kaori Miyazono met in April when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

But Kaori Miyazono was discharged from the hospital and reappeared in front of Kousei Arima in the season when the red maple leaves were falling.

The sky was full of maple leaves falling slowly, and the girl still smiled, waiting for him on Kousei Arima's way home.

Without revealing a trace of unease and sadness.

She just lightly used a smile to dispel the boy's unease about her condition.

[Hey, where's Watari? I'm waiting for him here on purpose!]

Kaori Miyazono said with a smile.

But.

This is a lie.

Su Xiaoxiao can feel that Kaori Miyazono is here waiting for Kousei Arima!

Or rather, anyone who seriously watches this drama will understand that Kaori Miyazono definitely, definitely doesn't like Kousei Arima's friend.

Why did she tell such a lie?

[Watari should be in the classroom!]

Kousei Arima said.

[Then you can be a substitute! You're fine.]

Kaori Miyazono looked at the boy, and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

There have been such conversations before, and Su Xiaoxiao thought Kaori Miyazono was really waiting for Ryota Watari at that time.

Now it seems that it's just an excuse.

Again, accompanying her to go shopping, eating delicious food, and buying toy dolls.

Then, when she was having fun, Kaori Miyazono couldn't even hold the juice bottle in her hand, and it fell to the ground.

At night, the boy rode a bicycle carrying the girl.

Under the starry sky, the girl hugged the boy, and the silent tears left on the back seat of the bicycle deeply pierced a large group of "April" fans, including Su Xiaoxiao.

"Hey, Su Yan, you old thief. What's going on with the atmosphere of this episode?" Su Xiaoxiao suddenly panicked.

To judge whether a drama is a tragedy, you have to see if the characters have any flag-raising behaviors before the final tragedy arrives.

For example, if a person is going to die, they must go to find the person they like and try to see some of the things they like as much as possible.

Kaori Miyazono sneaked out of the hospital and asked Kousei Arima to skip piano lessons just to have Kousei Arima accompany her to shop, go shopping, and then ride a bicycle at night?

Kaori Miyazono clearly watched Kousei Arima's music path like this, would she be so selfish?

Unless she already understands that now is the time when she must be selfish.

If she is not selfish now, she will have no chance to do what she likes with the person she likes in the future.

"No, no, no, don't think wildly. Old thief Su Yan's creative strength is above that of a senior drama fan like me. Maybe a series of my guesses are all smoke bombs thrown by old thief Su Yan." Su Xiaoxiao took a deep breath.

But the plot continues to advance.

In the hospital, Kaori Miyazono wanted to pick up her beloved violin, but found that her fingers couldn't even hold the violin bow.

She covered her face and cried silently on the hospital bed.

Then the next day, she greeted Kousei Arima, who came to see her, with a smile again.

But because she learned that Kousei Arima had not practiced the piano properly for several days because he was worried about her condition, she lost control of her emotions again.

The biggest climax of this episode is here.

At night, the hospital became deserted again.

The bright moonlight shone into the ward, and Kaori Miyazono looked out of the window blankly.

At this time, Kousei Arima pushed the door and entered the ward.

Because he was very uneasy.

Before his mother died of illness, she was also like this, sometimes gentle to people and sometimes irritable.

[No, she is not like mother at all.]

Kousei Arima said this madly in his heart to comfort himself.

But after looking at the girl's eyes on the hospital bed.

The appearance of his mother before her death emerged.

[You are really a weird person! You came to visit the patient, but you are silent.] Kaori Miyazono no longer pretended to be strong and smiled.

Her pupils looked at the silent, uneasy, and flustered boy in the darkness.

She said a sentence that shattered the hearts of Su Xiaoxiao and a group of TV drama viewers in Summer Kingdom.

[Will you elope with me?]

The ending song suddenly sounded.

The sweat on Su Xiaoxiao's palms made the remote control she was holding tightly fall out of her hand.

This sudden line made Su Xiaoxiao stunned for several seconds.

But then, elope?

What does Kaori Miyazono mean by this?

Is she directly stating that the severity of her condition has reached the level of death?

Hey, don't do this.

Old thief Su Yan, what is the direction of your plot?

Is life and death such a trivial matter in the hands of a screenwriter like you?

Although Kaori Miyazono is a virtual character.

But she should at least live in your heart first, right?

Are you a human being?

The drama "April" has never explained what Kaori Miyazono's illness is from beginning to end.

There are too many diseases corresponding to the symptoms of weak hands and feet and inability to walk normally.

Many fans with medical knowledge have been frantically searching for corresponding diseases during the broadcast of this episode.

But among them, some diseases are very mild and can be cured.

But some diseases are very serious, incurable diseases, and getting them is equivalent to being sentenced to death.

Many viewers panicked.

Before the eighth episode aired, everyone expected Su Yan to use the power of the creator god as a screenwriter in this episode to easily cure Kaori Miyazono.

But if Kaori Miyazono's disease is one of those incurable diseases in the setting, then there is no need to think about it, this drama will be 100% tragic.

In fact, Su Yan frantically searched for what Kaori Miyazono's disease was when he watched "April" in his previous life.

But until the end of the story, the original author did not announce the specific details.

This is to leave the suspense to the end, so that the audience cannot guess the final result of Kaori Miyazono's life and death.

But this is also the most important reason why Su Yan dared to say to Sakaki Ikumi that he could shoot a second happy ending.

He and Sakaki Ikumi control the overall situation of this drama and have confidence in their hearts.

But the fans don't have it!

They are very panicked.

Who among those who can watch this drama to the eighth episode has not been healed by the character Kaori Miyazono?

Now you screenwriter is talking about topics such as elopement and life and death.

Who can accept it?

"Old thief Su Yan, you've gone too far."

"I can't do it anymore, I'm going to abandon the drama, I don't dare to watch it anymore."

"Old thief Su Yan, please cure Kaori Miyazono's disease in the ninth episode, please."

"Yes, let the two of them play together again! Kousei Arima has now overcome his psychological obstacles and can play, how can you let Kaori Miyazono fall ill and be unable to play the violin?"

"I can't do it anymore, brothers, Kaori Miyazono's sentence 'Will you elope with me' is too lethal, I can't imagine what my mood will be like if this drama becomes depressing later."

"Su Yan said that this drama will give all viewers a satisfactory ending, and now this is the life-saving straw. If Su Yan is not lying, Kaori Miyazono's disease will definitely be cured by the end."

"I'm a little suspicious of life after watching the eighth episode. Why is Su Yan like this? Doesn't he love the characters in his pen at all?"

"Before there is death, don't draw conclusions. Kaori Miyazono is just sick, not dead!"

"If Kaori Miyazono dies, my heart will also die. From now on, I will be the number one Su Yan black in Summer Kingdom! No one can stop me!"

If a drama does not have a divine reversal or bizarre plot, its ratings will indeed stay at a certain height and will not rise again.

But it is obvious that this drama, "April", will give the audience a big reversal in almost every stage of the plot.

The foreshadowing in the second episode began to take effect in the seventh episode, and then the eighth episode completely detonated the plot explosion.

After the eighth episode of "Your Lie in April" aired, although it once again triggered a wave of abuse against Su Yan on the Internet.

However, the ratings data announced by Qingkong TV the next day is the real thing.

4.53%

Following the 4.4% level of ratings last week, the ratings of the eighth episode of "Your Lie in April" reached a new level.

The audience not only did not decrease but also increased.

The work continues to maintain the second place in the ratings.

There was a wailing on the Internet, and the screenwriter was scolded by tens of thousands of people.

In reality, the ratings are rising every week.

This strange phenomenon is really happening.

This is playing with fire on the tip of a knife.

A depressing theme will accidentally become a work that is scolded by thousands of people, and the score will be greatly reduced.

Normal screenwriters would not dare to do this again and again.

But Su Yan dares to do this every time.

Moreover, he always controls the plot at the limit of the audience's tolerance.

A group of colleagues in the Summer Kingdom's screenwriter industry were stunned.

Su Yan, you really dare!

But what they don't understand is that in Su Yan's previous life, there were many works that were depressing and were badly reviewed by the audience, and the word-of-mouth and results were a mess.

Like Summer Kingdom, dancing on the tip of a knife, accidentally being abandoned by the audience on a large scale.

But "April" has been tested by the market.

Others thought that Su Yan was stubborn, but in fact, the works that Su Yan took out were all killed from a group of tragic works by iron-headed babies in his previous life, and finally got recognized and became gods.

Su Yan knows very well.

Most of these viewers who scold him on the Internet will definitely not abandon the drama without watching the final ending.

And the audience's heated discussion caused by the controversial plot of "April" now, to some extent, is the audience spontaneously helping "April" to promote it.

Qingkong TV has an upper limit on its support for the ratings of "April".

If "April" really wants to reach the top in ratings this season.

It depends on the fans' publicity to expand the influence of "April" and break through this limit again.

"It's best to make more noise."

Su Yan turned off the computer in the middle of the night and thought so in his heart.