2023/08/04 (Fri) gbf吐槽 #27

月末活动名为人鱼与海中沉睡的传说，预热语音明示要搞小美人鱼梗，根据官方推特的语气猜到是和往年的多数夏活一样走沙雕路线。旅行期间花了两个晚上看完了剧情，感觉比较微妙。
开头还是相当有冲击性的，女人鱼救了男青年后给出的cg第一次揭示了人鱼的形象（长着四肢的粉红色巨鱼），喜剧效果爆表。包括女人鱼威胁她爹帮她变形成人类的那段也很搞笑，让我截了好几张图。但后面的剧情虽然基本流畅，却称不上有趣。我觉得原因是重心偏移到相扑上了。（没错，这甚至不能说是人鱼活动，更确切的简称是相扑活动！）
虽然用相扑打败坏蛋解决纷争也可以写得很荒诞搞笑（用爆漫的说法就是严肃地搞笑），但这次的剧情用了很大篇幅讲男青年如何通过锻炼习得相扑技能，打败坏蛋解决纷争也纯粹是靠力量比拼，后期的锻炼过程却又很灵异（祖父显灵传功？？？），就……很怪，卡在平实和荒诞之间不上不下。
而且把相扑吹上天对外国玩家来说也挺尴尬的。我开始看剧情的几小时前，还在和家长吐槽，泥轰有几种文化是外国人无法理解的，比如小钢珠、赌马、相扑。结果当天晚上就发现新出的活动是个相扑活动！（手动笑哭）虽说通过游戏宣传本国文化无可厚非，但相扑真的太出戏了。这方面我能接受的上限是寿司和温泉，勉强算上拉面吧，黑道、暴走族和相扑让我退避三舍。
以及，偏重相扑导致故事的主角成了练相扑的男青年而不是女人鱼。女人鱼的戏份只是给男青年加油和身份暴露导致争执，争执后男青年自己醒悟，于是心意相通可喜可贺，然后就没啥了，打败boss（＝自己的爹）是男青年的功绩，没她什么事。她身上戏剧性的要素之一是外表的不协调，然而整个剧情看下来这么搞笑的立绘就真的只是为了让观众第一眼笑出来= =，人形立绘如此显眼的肌肉发达的手臂也没有起到作用，本来还以为会有她发挥武力的高光场面。要素之二是父亲与情人之间的仇恨，然而和男青年的争执是仅有的波澜，父女矛盾几乎只字未提，她本人全程也毫无纠结地站在男青年这边，这样很容易被批为恋爱脑啊姑娘。那么能拿来做文章的就只有爱情了，可是这爱也写得挺浅的，女方是一见钟情，男方是感恩和感动（好吧，这么说可能不太公平= =，原作的小美人鱼也是一见钟情），而且对爱情的描写被相扑完全压倒了。
结果小美人鱼梗只体现在前期的救人和变成人形这两点上。如果不扯相扑，明明也可以玩出其他和原梗一致或相反的花样，硬是掺入相扑，感觉很暴殄天物（？）。
其他角色也流于平淡，特别是暗龙的戏份插入得非常勉强，就像reddit许多人说的，肉眼可见是为了卖泳装角色而强行把暗龙拉出来刷一下存在感。
reddit上的一条评论说出了我的心声，并且这位想像的暗龙、阿莉莎和女人鱼应当可以展开怎样的剧情也让我非常赞同：

for an event called "the mermaid princess and the sea legend", with the previews focusing on how enamored said mermaid princess is, we sure get little love or romance. and what little we get wouldn't get even the most innocent maiden's heart beating. It really was just a sumo event with romance here and there, which is fine... but then, why didnt you sell it as such?

I liked thalassa. she was cute and lovely, and I'm sad she wasn't the focus. fuck, I'm sad she doesn't really... change? now, a character does not NEED to change, per se, but seeing her maybe go through something which steels her resolve and stuff would've been great.

Yes, fediel and aliza's swimsuits were literally fanservice and yes they werent in them long enough for it to matter, but both of them are wasted in this event. rather, they scrapped what could've been a nice break from all the HYAAAAAAAAAH! TRAAAAAINING! MUSCLEEEE! SUMO! that was this event. Thalassa, fediel, and aliza discussing love and maybe even being like "boys, am I right?" with thalassa and fediel could've been great. Like, something lighter with less shounen and more shoujo into it. Since Aliza's already in a relationship, her perspective as someone who used to be a maiden in love and turned into a partner might've been helpful to thalassa. Shit, it might've even served as an opportunity for fediel to see the complexities of love and better understand a woman's perspective. like, it's more than "we have sex and kid comes out"!

总之，这个活动不能说差，有一定的喜剧效果，但也没有达到梅格那期夏活的奔放沙雕（……）。从结尾老七的台词来看，应该会有后续剧情。嗯……如果是同一个作者写的话，我先降低一点期待。