There is a folk legend, called "civet for prince". Although this story has nothing to do with what this article wants to introduce, when I first saw the title of this story as a child, I thought that civet cat probably has the same ability to change as Monkey King. Otherwise, it could not replace the prince. Although I didn't know it was a horror story (for children) until I really understood the legend.

Fortunately, this introduction is not a horror story, but the civet family in Mihihiko Mori's "A Family with a Sky".

Cover: Youtian Family/Ronin # pixiv

brief introduction

If I had not seen the "Four fold Half Mythology Series" and the "Spring Festivals Are Short, Let Girls Go Forward" supervised by Tang Qian Zhengming, I would not have known Moriyama Miyiko, let alone "There Are Heavenly Families". It can be seen that this animation is so unpopular. But it was such an unexpected animation that made me write so many words.

The Family with a Sky is a novel written by Miyiko Mori, and P A. TV animation produced by WORKS. The novel was published in Japan in 2007, and the first season of animation was produced and broadcast in 2013. In 2015, the production team released the second season of the sequel, The Return of the Second Generation of the Heavenly Family, in 2017. Because I only watch animation, I mainly focus on animation.

set up

Humans live in the marketplace, civet cats crawl on the ground, and Tengu soars in the sky. Humans, Tengu and civet cats stand in a tripartite confrontation. They rotate the huge wheel of the city and look at the rotating wheel, which is more interesting than anything else.

At the beginning of the animation, we roughly introduced such a setting. However, it is difficult for me to accept the setting of what the dog is and how the civet cat should take them as the protagonists at first sight. But I remembered that the author was an interesting person, and his work would not be obscure, so I had to bear with him and continue to read. As the story goes deeper, the whole world view becomes clearer.

Heavenly Hound

Tiangou is so powerful that it can freely call the wind and rain, and it is also easy to resist the wind. Human beings are like ants in the eyes of Tengu, and the little civet cat has to bow down. But it is better than the pharmacist, teacher Fang Hongyu, who was taken away from the mountain by the pommel horse Tengu, and his son did not associate with him. After losing the first battle, he fled abroad, and the new disciple Bian Tian left him after learning his skills. The current ruby has lost its flying skills and suffered from back pain, so it can only live in the "shabby room in the back lane of Chucho shop street" and be taken care of by the little civet cats.

Teacher Hongyu
Teacher Hongyu

human beings

Human beings are the most complex and changeable creatures among the three. Although it is not as good as Tiangou, "Eating civet hot pot" still shows its position above civet. Cunning as Old Man Shou, although it is the last year of life one He was supposed to take care of himself, but his heart was like a hell, so he relied on a spider silk left by the Buddha to seek comfort two 。


Old Man Shou not only plays with human beings in his hands, but also shows no mercy to civet cats. Although his position is like that of the Tianhu in human society, he still cannot defeat the real Tianhu. Without the Hell Map, he is just an ordinary human.

When it comes to the complexity of human beings, Professor Dianchuan is a perfect example. He was originally a member of the Friday Club and talked about the delicacy of civet meat. His love for civet cats made him want to taste the delicacy of civet cats. But after he rescued a wounded civet and showed his compassion for her, he changed his previous idea. Forcible civet cat at the tail tooth banquet, and was expelled from the club in a muddle headed way (probably because his memory was erased). After that, he was also ostracized by his colleagues, but his love for civet cats continued unabated. He even set up a "anti civet hot pot" Thursday club with great fanfare to oppose the stale "civet hot pot" and saved two civet cats by pretending to be "civet masks" when it was urgent.


Invincible Benten ( biàn ti ā n ) , intermingled between human and Tengu, sometimes human, sometimes Tengu. It seems that the scenery is infinite, but in fact, he is a sad person.


When she was called Suzuki Congmei, she was just an ignorant ordinary rural girl. She was forcibly abducted to the world of Tiangou by Hongyu teacher. After seeing the ability (or status) of Tiangou, she admired it, learned its ability and abandoned human identity. But after getting these abilities and realizing the extreme loneliness on high, her mood changed. It was teacher Hongyu who took away everything that belonged to human beings. Because of this, she took everything from teacher Hongyu.

Biantian joined the Friday Club to get to know the elderly and eat civet hot pot, as if she could return to human life. But as a result, her scars did not diminish. She envied Yajiro and wanted to find the carefree life of Suzuki Congmei in Yajiro, but she could not accept the survival concept of civet cat. She wandered among people, dogs and civet cats, playing with the world. Until she found that all these things could not be changed, her sorrow could not be solved. Only one person could weep at Yajiro at the bottom of the well, or hide on the island in the backyard and cry. Maybe Yamashiro can understand her pain, but they can't snuggle up with each other because of their different races.

Civet cat

Civet cats, alluding to real life, are probably the most common people at the bottom. They are afraid of power and just want to live an ordinary life, but they are unwilling to be bored and seek for fun in life. However, no ordinary human can regard life and death as so "plain" - civet cat is going to become a hotpot, which is the fate. Now that it comes, it can only face it calmly. Therefore, the survival values of civet cats in animation are not easily accepted.
In fact, they are not all submissive. Although they are not as enthusiastic as the "My life depends on me" in the recent hit "The Devil Child of Nezha Comes to Earth", it does not mean that civet cats have not made efforts for their own life safety.

Either civet cat or dog will fall sooner or later. Civet cat crawls on the ground, and will fall into the hot pot of human one day; If the dog flies in the sky, it will fall on the roof one day. So it's not surprising that civet falls into the hot pot. It is civet's destiny to be made into hot pot, which is the way every civet will go. Accept this fact and face Hot Pot ( death ) So we have no fear.

This is the style of the head of Xiaya's family, General Yilang. He not only accepted the fact that he had become a hotpot, but also wondered whether he was delicious. However, I can't see the way of life thoroughly with my current experience, so I can only think about it another day.

just as The Heaven Family ( うちょうてんかぞく ) three The title of this film is the same. Even if he becomes a hotpot, he still talks about "it's the blood of a fool" and never regrets it.
General Ichiro has passed away. Fortunately, the four hair balls of Xiaya's family have well inherited his father's "fool" blood. Their lifestyle is ordinary and interesting, and people can benefit from it.

The boss went down to Yaya Ichiro to inherit his father's sense of responsibility. He takes care of his family and younger brother, and tries hard to become a pseudo right-wing man, but his character is too straightforward. General Ichiro advised him that his honest character "is easy to make friends, but also easy to make enemies. Every enemy, you should make a friend. Even if there are half of the enemies, there are also half of the trusted people around. Anyway, as long as you have family around, you will be able to overcome the difficulties".

Yajiro inherited his father's carefree personality. He is delicate in mind, but unable to make self judgment. He was distressed by his love for his brother's fiancee, and wanted to escape the complicated feelings by traveling alone. Although he opened up a little after talking with his father, he became more anxious about his father's becoming a hotpot, so he simply turned into a frog at the bottom of a well to escape from the world.


It was also because he became a frog at the bottom of a well that he accidentally saw some scenes that could not be seen outside the well, and heard the sadness that others would not say in their hearts.
He thinks:

"Although the view from the bottom of the well is very limited, the sky and stars can be seen very clearly. Although my world is small, I look at the universe every night, so I am a frog who has always had a view of the universe. When I look up at the sky alone like this, I feel my mind becomes clear and has increased a lot of wisdom."


Maybe this is the "fool blood" flowing in the body playing a role, otherwise how can a frog's world view be convincing? Just like his father knew that he would escape into the well, he arranged these things to teach him to open up his mind, and also let him meet Xinglan, a hole digging expert.

Yajiro inherited his father's innocence. For the only "backer" with a stable income in his family, he is still young and does not need to worry about family affairs, so that he can display his talent - science.


Although naive character is easy to be deceived, but with the protection of other brothers, they can use these skills flexibly when they grow up and embark on a different life path from their families.

Yamashiro inherits his father's foolishness, and he is the most like Koichiro among the four children. Saying it is stupid is actually daring to take risks. He dares to fight against Tiangou and human beings, and has a shrewd mind that other brothers do not have.

Life in the world will waste more time, meet with things that are not satisfactory is often. It is also an optimistic way of life to abandon excess desires, enrich your life, learn from civet cats' life spirit, and regard making life fun as the goal of life.

If you see it here, you will find that the article is a bit anticlimactic. Thank you for reading it carefully, and then I apologize. After watching the animation, I have many feelings and want to write them out. But I just write a little every day. The excitement disappeared... so I had to wait until I finished reading the novel and then fill in the details and the end. Ha ha

  1. "Shangshou" at the age of 120 ↩
  2. Part II Episode VII ↩
  3. "Have the sky" means "be elated and overjoyed" ↩

Author: mikusa

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