Ishii (石井 Ishii[?]) is an original character by Guchiry, and is the protagonist of the songs I want to live and die., Salvage from Garbage, and Cruciferous.
He is a character written for the novel I want to live and die by Jinsei Owatarou.[1]
Appearance[]
Ishii has black hair covering one eye that is also tied into a small ponytail, black eyes, and pale skin.
In the Mugenhouyou album preview, Ishii's hair and outfit is accompanied by a light purple shine and is slightly messier. He is shown wearing a plain white t-shirt with black pants and black suspenders hanging off of them from the side.
In Cruciferous, he is shown wearing the same outfit. However, in the MV, his hair has lavender streaks and no visible shine.
In Live Idly, his hair instead gets a red shine, and he is seen wearing a red turtle neck and a black cardigan.
Personality[]
Ishii is described as immature and unable to grow into an adult. His character is primarily based off of Jinsei Owatarou's own life.[1]
In Aosugita Orange, it is shown that he thinks "everything [he does] is half-hearted" and is not willing to try because he believes he "can't do [what he wants to do]". He says that he knows "what [he] want[s] to do", but due to him not willing to try, nothing he wishes to do is accomplished. He is aware of all of this, and states that he won't ever change, with him "the same in the past [and] the same in the future". [2]
In Cruciferous, Ishii believes that he does not have a destination to head to. He expresses a desire to "throw everything away" that he knows he cannot accomplish.
Relationships[]
Jinsei Owatarou[]
Ishii is merely a character written by Jinsei for her novel; however, he is also her way to write about her own experiences.[1]
Unnamed classmate[]
Ishii and them were old classmates back in school. Later, they meet together again as adults, and have a causal conversation that results in Ishii finally moving on from his past.[2]
Etymology[]
石 (Ishi[?]) means "stone" and 井 (I[?]) means "well".[3]
Story[]
Ishii is an original character by Jinsei Owatarou in her book I want to live and die.. He is based off of Jinsei herself.
Ishii is a dropout that "suffers from his own immaturity and [his own] inability to grow into an adult". Everything he does is half-hearted and does not last long, and Ishii himself is aware of this. He deeply regrets his unproductive life. One day, he meets an unnamed classmate and has a conversation with them. Though this was a casual exchange, Ishii's "past memories turned into painful ones". Being unable to do anything but regret, Ishii is implied to have ended his life.[2]
Later, he and his book appear to have been made into a film. [4][5]
Trivia[]
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://bsky.app/profile/bomless-race.bsky.social/post/3lb27sqglzs2b
Q: "石井さんは終太郎さんが彼の物語を元にタイトルを書いたことを知ってか？ もし知っていたら、彼はどう反応しましたか？/Does Ishii know that Jinsei wrote a novel based off his story? If so, how did he react?"
A: "『石井』は終太郎先生が作った小説作品『生きたくて死にたい』の主人公として終太郎先生が作ったキャラクターなので、モデルになった人物などはいません。/"Ishii" is a character created by Owatarou as the protagonist of her novel work "I want to live and die", so there's no real person behind him."
"というか、モデルは終太郎先生自身であり、自分の人生を思い浮かべながら自伝的小説を創作小説っぽく仕上げた…というイメージです。/Or rather, he's based on Owatarou herself who wrote an autobiographical novel that feels like a work of fiction... that's the image I have."
"ご質問くださった方、多分海外の方ですよね… このニュアンスうまく伝わるかな…/The person who asked this question is probably from overseas... I wonder if I can convey the nuance well..."
https://bsky.app/profile/bomless-race.bsky.social/post/3lb2jvpukec2c
Q: "つまり、石井と終太郎は実際には同級生ではないということですか？/So Ishii and Jinsei aren’t actually classmates?"
A: "やはりうまく翻訳されなかったか…/I guess it wasn't translated well after all... "
"『石井』は存在しないので、そうです 劇中劇みたいなもんです/Since "Ishii" doesn't exist, that's right. It's like a play within a play." - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://bomless-race-characters.localinfo.jp/posts/51784087
"作家「人生 終太郎」による、一人称視点で綴られる小説。 作家として若くして入賞した作品である、厭世的な作品。/A novel written from a first-person perspective by the author "Jinsei Owatarou". This is a pessimistic piece of work that won an award at a young age."
"落ちこぼれな“石井”は、未だ大人になり切れない自分の未熟さに苦しんでいた。 何をすれど長くは続かず、やることなすことすべてが中途半端。 そんな非生産的なこれまでの人生を悔やんでいたある日、偶然にも昔の級友と出会い、会話を交わす。 何気ないやり取りの中で、“石井”は過去の思い出が辛く苦しいものへと変わってしまう。 悪夢に苛まれ、ゴミのような過去をただ呪うことしかできなくなってしまった“石井”は、遂にその“非生産的な人生”を終わらせることを決意する。/The dropout "Ishii" suffers from his own immaturity and inability to grow into an adult. Yet no matter what he does, it doesn't last long, and everything he does is half-hearted. One day, when he was regretting his unproductive life, he happened to meet an old classmate and they had a conversation. During a casual exchange, "Ishii"'s past memories turned into painful ones. Tormented by nightmares and unable to do anything but curse his trashy past, "Ishii" finally decides to end his "unproductive life". "
"小説『生きたくて死にたい』主人公。/The main character of the novel I want to live and die
"何をするにも長く続かず、毎日を惰性で過ごす人生を送っている。/He doesn't do anything for long and lives a life of inertia." - ↑ https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/ishii/submitted
"From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well"." - ↑ https://twitter.com/bomless_race2/status/1756023107368919231
"厭世的かつ悲観的な作風で知られるあの大人気作家‘‘人生終太郎’’先生渾身の名著『生きたくて死にたい』が、なんと待望の映像化！原作者自ら監修の元、現在鋭意制作中…！/The long-awaited film adaptation of the masterpiece "I want to live and die" written by the popular author ‘‘Jinsei Owatarou’’, who is known for her pessimistic and depressing style! It is currently being produced under the supervision of the original author herself...!"
"みたいなこと告知でやりたかったけどタイミングがすこぶる悪いので控えることにした 年末から告知の文面考えてたんだけどな/I wanted to do something like this in the announcement, but the timing was really bad so I decided to hold off. I've been thinking about the wording of the announcement since the end of the year" - ↑ NicoNico like message
"人生終太郎著『生きたくて死にたい』が待望の映像化！第10話「クルシファラス」/The long-awaited film adaptation of the book "I want to live and die." written by Jinsei Owatarou is now available! Episode 10 "Cruciferous"." - ↑ https://twitter.com/bomless_race2/status/1589063384980676608
"俺の分身石井くん、ｻﾙﾍﾞｰｼﾞﾌﾛﾑｶﾞｰﾍﾞｯｼﾞにて再登場/My alter ego Ishii-kun reappears in Salvage from Garbage."