哈囉!哈囉!
終於有機會更新一下了。
原來對上一篇的介紹序發佈後,轉眼間是已經兩個月前的事,以光陰似箭來形容一點都不誇張,在這兩個月裡,大家可有經歷了什麼難忘的事嗎?
過去兩個月裡ACG的世界一點也不寂寥,Mario大電影搬上大銀幕,破了多項上畫記錄,高達【水星的魔女】第二季開播,虐心的劇情教人心疼,剖開了以女性為主導的感情戲讓人難忘,繼而是菲律賓真人版V形電磁俠,首集開播便風靡了無數70後大大叔,爭相討論及懷愐一番,還有很多很多,反正疫情漸漸被淡忘,創作人的腦袋及行動馬上也活躍起來,追回失落了的時光。
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看一看標題,小士今天反而是想談一談一部近期較少人談論的「海賊王」。對,是連載超過了二十年的王道漫畫,想成為海賊王的小子路飛,和他一班同伴的冒險故事。
首先澄清小士並非鐵粉,但也算是又愛又恨的那一批,捨而不棄,也不知該如何解釋,熱情退卻就是退卻了,剩餘的或許是一絲牽掛吧。
今天的切入,想從創作的點子上分享。
首先,海賊王的故事從一開始便是走王道的風格,冒險加打鬥,主人翁頭腦簡單,一擔趣事令人發噱是令其起步順風順水的主因,畫風反而談不上是王道向,卻予人是在鳥山明後,以趣怪的畫風打開了另一篇章,浮誇的表情及不按比例的身體,套在故事上生動有趣,令不少老漫迷想起了多姿多彩的鳥山明名作IQ博士(Dr.スランプ)。
相比起其他漫畫家,尾田榮一郎的畫藝並沒受到太大的推崇備至,細緻度與三浦建太郎差天共地,亦不如大家熟悉的井上雄彥,更談不上藝術性如Jojo的荒木飛吕彦,分鏡上更難與富樫大神比肩,但事成必有其因,而終究其成功的地方,大家認為會是什麼呢?
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小士不是行內人,也沒認識接近行內的朋友,沒法提供獨具慧眼的分析,只是在經營了數百萬字的搬字創作後,明白了一個有關創作長篇故事的竅門,就是「天馬行空」。小士認為「海賊王」的成功之處,在於其天馬行空的設定,無論是人物、時空、及地方的設定,皆讓讀者群驚喜無限,可以用應有盡有來形容,在首十年的連載,創作者絕對交足了功課,漫畫榮登多年的銷售冠軍是實至名歸的。
但近況又如何呢?
曾經有位港漫前輩分享過一點心聲,就是指出漫畫不是藝術品,到最終,故事的本質才是最重要,而港漫的未落,就是因為故事乏善足陳,令讀者再提不起買書的興趣。
這現象歸咎於什麼方面呢?
以小士所知,港漫該是畫寫分工的,編故事是由主編(或團隊吧)來負責,主筆可以把大部份精力放在構思畫面及分鏡上,在各安其份下合力完成出品,不用由作者一力承擔,為何仍抓不緊讀者的心呢?
可惜的是,同樣事情發生在海賊王身上,"和之國"篇過於沉長的詬病,令長期的擁護者變成了牢騷王,因為他們最有發言權,二十年來投放的感情絕對不是一般的霧水情緣,作品沒有預期的好看,不復當年勇,總教人心痛惋惜。但作為創作獨立的原則,筆者自有其權力去主宰故事的導向,在宏宏的意見中,千千萬萬的讀者反譴,又如何能滿足得了所有人呢?
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小士有一個看法,不管港、美、日的長期連載漫畫,大家都有一個共通的問題是:"主角沒有和讀者一起成長。"
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請大家想一想,由當時十多歲的少男少女追看的一本作品,經過了二十年的苦讀,即使沒有成家立室,思想也會隨著踏入社會有所成長吧,如要繼續鎖緊讀者的情懷,小士認為,主人翁本身也必須在故事中成長過來,在平衝時空的虛構故事中,要與讀者們有一種緊扣的呼應,兩者間方能找到踏實的情感交流來維繫,產生化學作用。
我們不是要主人翁要和現實的時間並進,而是經歷了相當情節後,也不能如當初般毫無長進。小士認為,對海賊王的跳船主因,在於路飛沒有成長過,他的心路歷程,自‘頂上戰爭’後作者便沒有再深入描寫了,大家可以回想一下(如果閣下是賊迷),當年ACE的死帶來的震撼是多麼的巨大,這一轉折令劇情推上了高峰,實在應記一功(即使萬般不捨這角色死去),但之後呢? 路飛的內心戲愈來愈少,枝葉太多,索羅、娜美等主要成員變成了陪襯品,每每曇花一現,然後不停接受各式各樣的伏線,數年後直是無從考究,那要讀者如何追看下去呢?
(畫於約兩年前,用了不同號數的黑頭筆。)
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而在技術上,小士認為錯不在美田榮一郎,而是作為一間工作室的整體,其實應否回到初心去仔細想一想呢?
去年電影版「RED」的大賣,實情是把紅髮搬出來孤注一擲,其實對整件事情幫助不大,主線故事的發展及路飛一夥人的著墨,才是一眾讀者期待的東西,他們將會面對的強敵,如何一起跨越每一個難關而向夢想邁進,對小士來說,這才是故事的初心吧?。
商業化操作不難理解,但總不能成為了支配創作的動力,小士相信跨越了創作上的心魔,尾田榮一郎作為冠軍級人馬的頂端漫畫家,定能抓回創作上的初心,如主人翁路飛一樣,回顧當初開著小船離開小鎮時的心境,牢牢找緊成為海賊王的目標,在臨近最後的篇章,繼續為讀者帶來真正去蕪存菁的精彩故事。
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