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這是www上一篇有關KEY THE METAL IDOL的評論文章
寫的真是太好了，害我都不敢翻譯.....
希望能藉著這篇文章，讓更多人願意接觸KEY這部超級OVA鉅作
不過對於沒看過KEY的人，這篇文章可能很艱澀
先說聲抱歉了!!
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KEY THE METAL IDOL      �
         
                by Eric 'Scanner' Luce

  KEY THE METAL IDOL is a fifteen part
  OVA series released by Pony Canyon.
  Each of the first thirteen volumes is 25
  minutes long, while the last two episodes
  are supposed to be ninety-five minute
  features. The first of these will be out this
  month.
     What is this story about? The story is
  based on a Pinocchio scenario. We have a
  robot that is trying to become human. But
  it is not so simple. There are a number of
  twists and turns in this OVA series, and only 
  some of them are in the actual story itself!
     Complications abound. First, there are the 
  relationships that Key is gradually becoming 
  entangled in. Further, Key must deal with the company
  that is attempting to track her and her mysterious 
  method of operation. And finally, there is her 
  quest: alone, she must gather the power of thirty
  thousand friends in order to become human, and she 
  must do so before her "battery" runs out.
     How can she possibly accomplish this? Somehow, 
  after seeing Miho, Japan's top idol singer, Key fixates
  on becoming an idol. This ends up leading to a story with
  many sides. We have Key attempting to become an
  idol singer with her friend, Sakura's help. 
  We have the relationship between Sakura and Tataki
  who happens to be the president of the Miho fanclub.
  We then have the evil corporation that was somehow 
  involved in Key's grandfather's (her creator) death 
  and also appears to be the controlling power behind 
  Miho, who may not be what she seems.
     The story develops more twists as each new 
  character is introduced. Each character then undergoes
  at least one transformation in our eyes as we
  learn more about that character.

  All of the characters' plights are
  somewhat symbolic of their own problems
  that they face. Key must be human to
  become human. Sakura exists in self-denial
  of herself as well as being forced early on
  to fend for herself in Tokyo. Tataki, the
  Miho fan club president, must face some
  disturbing truths about his idol as well as
  come to realize what Sakura feels for him.
  Ajo, the power that rules Ajo Heavy
  Industries with an iron fist, is simply twisted
  and powerful. There are still hundreds of
  questions revolving around the mysterious 
  employee that Ajo calls Serugi, yet everyone 
  else refers to him as "D".
     What makes this series compelling? The story 
  alone would draw a number of us: the hopeless journey 
  of a character forging on to a goal that may seem 
  downright unachievable, but in the face of its 
  impossibility she continues to march forward. The 
  relationships and the angst that develop between Sakura
  and Tataki as Key blunders in to the middle of their lives.
  The sheer twisted evil and genius of Ajo as he attempts 
  to create his own form of machine and human perfection. 
  "D" appears as a twisted shadow springing out from Ajo, 
  as a dangerous and often uncontrollable extension of 
  Ajo's will. We see the further darkness of Ajo's 
  influence in the story of Miho. She is Japan's top 
  idol singer, yet is little more than a lifeless
  automaton. Each performance that she conducts seems to 
  drain her of her life.
     The story is not all there is to this series. 
  The direction itself is visually stunning. Each scene cut
  is carefully placed. The careful art of how the progression 
  of scenes occurs is itself a part of the story. The preludes
  intrigue you with what you do not know yet. This method of 
  direction serves as a hook to draw you in to the story. 
  At each mysterious scene cut you get a few clues, but no 
  real answers. You end up having to watch more of the story 
  to try to get a better explanation of what is happening.

     The music fits with the style of
  direction in an irresistible fashion. The
  opening song ("In the Night") and the
  opening credits mesh together, giving brief
  glimpses of parts of the story before cutting
  in a surreal fashion to the next bit of
  imagery. The music haunts the viewer with
  a feeling of loneliness or incompleteness as
  Key seems to be tugged along from scene
  to scene in the opening credits as if she
  were dreaming.
     The ending song, "Watashi ga soba ni
  iru" (I am by your side) is slower paced
  and haunts you with the feeling of a high 
  school summer that has long since passed. 
  This ending song also comes to haunt you as
  you watch more of the series because it will
  always start playing shortly before the ending 
  credits roll, telling you that the current 
  episode and that you will only see a few seconds
  more of story.
     This music becomes even more frustrating when 
  it starts in what seems to be the middle of the 
  episode. Having been drawn in to the story, it is
  quite a shock to discover that this is indeed as
  far as the story will progress in this episode and
  you must now consign yourself to wait for the next one
  to come out.
     The story has also provoked a lively bit of 
  discussion about whether Key is actually a robot 
  or a human that thinks she is a robot. Well, viewers
  will have to decide for themselves on that one as it 
  does remain unclear up until later in the series.
     This is a series that grows on most viewers. 
  Many people will see the first episode and end up 
  puzzled and a bit confused about how this series
  will play out or what even the point is. There are 
  so many scenes that occur as flashbacks or as asides 
  that do not make sense if the story is as simple as
  it may seem. Then the first episode ends in the middle 
  of a chase scene. This gives a number of viewers enough 
  incentive to turn the LD over to the second side, which
  is when the story becomes even more compelling. We are 
  wondering just how Key was made, why she was made, and what
  relationship does her creator have with your typical evil 
  seeming corporation. By the end of the third episode many 
  viewers are left gasping in pain as the ending credits 
  start (in the Japanese import LD releases, the first LD 
  contains the first three episodes.)
     By the middle of the fourth volume, most viewers are 
  hooked. This reviewer and his friends are waiting in 
  anguish for episode fourteen to come out in a month. 
  It has been since this summer when episode thirteen of Key
  came out leaving us with an ending that was puzzling and 
  incomplete. Now we are finally able to look forward to a 
  ninety minute feature hopefully explaning more of the story.
     One important thing to note is that Viz Communications 
  has the US rights to KEY THE METAL IDOL and are working on
  the dubbed version. Their objective is to release this before 
  the summer of 1997.

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正在觀賞本片的你
正是可讓KEY美夢成真
三萬人其中的一個人
由於你的熱心
能使KEY從機器人變成真人

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