Audience reviews
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ReapWhatUSow
This is my first review of the series but Ill be commenting on this one. I really really love the dark gritty tone of this series I wish they made more like this. For 2 hour long episode it had some good stuff pact here. Just like the rest of the series this is great. It was uniquely dark, good dialogue and all. This series can be as immersive as reading percy jackson series back in the day. I loved fate/zero and this series is exactly like that but even darker. I dont know why my post is not posting so I am adding random text here to artificially manipulate my sentences and paragraphs to extend my thoughts and posture make sure you are sitting correctly in your chair because having good posture is very good for you just like watching this show.
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Wow. Just... Wow.
The Kara no Kyoukai series has been on my radar for quite some time, mostly due to its connection with Tsukihime and the rest of the Nasuverse. Up until this point, the series as a whole had been a solid 8, something I'll remember going forward but nothing to write home about. Mujun Rasen, or Paradox Spiral, is another matter. This movie is smarter than I am, and I don't say that lightly or to make fun of it. I sincerely mean that this film is more thought-provoking than I was able to comprehend.
As far as the writing goes, this is the first time I've seen any anime property in the Nasuverse really dive into the metaphysics of the Counter Force and the Root of Akasha, but it was woven into the story very well. The characters are all very well written with no real exce…
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Tomoe is just killing someone.
He's either too paranoid to keep a straight mind or too caught in the act, but for some reason, he couldn't stop stabbing the woman in her belly. And she is, his mother. He kept stabbing on and on, and at one point, he took out her intestines and finally confirmed, that he really did committed matricide, and runs away. When a postman arrives to the dead apartment with not a single soul around, he calls the cops. But when a cop arrived, the woman of the apartment, aka Tomoe's mother, simply asks them,
"What's wrong?"
One of the key characters is seen committing matricide as the film begins. What unsettles us in this scene more than the act itself is this strange feeling of terror lurking around which makes it potentially worse for our confused Tomoe. Througho…
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Tomoe is just killing someone.
He's either too paranoid to keep a straight mind or too caught in the act, but for some reason, he couldn't stop stabbing the red lights out of the woman in front of him. And she is, his mother. He kept stabbing on and on, and at one point, he took out the intestines that fed him when he was in her womb and finally confirmed, that he committed matricide. But something's not making sense. What pushed him so far? Why can't he find the color red anywhere?... What just happened?
The fact that this movie is an actual fucking 2-hour movie is one of its many enjoyable aspects. All four of the previous films didn't feel like "Films"; rather, they were more like haphazard OVAs, 40-minute shorts, or prologues with high production qualities at the time of release. Spea…
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I will never understand why this show isn’t popular. How can a masterpiece like this get swept under the rug? I can’t describe how much this bothers me. Anyways lets me share my thoughts on this gem
~Animation – 10/10
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Honestly, the animation on this is divine! Like explain to me – HOW? How is an anime from 2007/2008 sooooo much better looking than most anime today? How does something almost a decade and a half old have better fight scenes and more dynamic movement than 90% of shows today? I swear, out of all the shows I have watched, the only ones that have even comparable animation are other Ufotable anime and a select handful of other shows
~Soundtrack – 10/10
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I wish my writing was better so I could do justice to the soundtrack Yuki Kaijura did for this one. Absolute master class. T…
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After 4 movies of flat characters and incomprehensible plotlines, I am happy to say that knk 5 is actually good. This is the first knk with: 1. An actual not trash antagonist 2. Engaging characters 3.Interesting fights 4. dark themes that are actually conveyed well rather than unrelatable boring characters just suffering (fujino). However, I honestly don't think the first 4 movies added anything to this. The best character here, discount shirou, only appears in this movie and carries it pretty hard. If I had knew beforehand about this series' nonsensical organization and pacing, I would have just read plot summaries of the first four movies and watched this one. This is also the first time I've liked Touko because she gets some development here. Shiki and Mikiya are honestly still pretty b…
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When I started watching Kara no Kyoukai I just thought "oh wel...these movies are entertaining" and nothing more but it was until I watched the movie 5 that I understand the concepts and elements that this movie series really has to offer. It's in this point that I actually thought that Kara no Kyoukai, with all its flaws, it's a really good franchise of movies.
This review will contain spoilers
This movie is centred In a case that occurred in an apartment where Tomoe Enjou claims to have murdered his mother, in his escape and dealing with his old friends he manages to meet the protagonist, Ryougi Shiki, it will then be under that presumption by which the plot of this will move movie, focusing on Enjou and the mystery behind the apartment where he lived and murdered his parents.
First…
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First four movies left us guessing a lot, so I expected a final info of some sort but didn't happen. A lot of raw information was displayed and it didn't quite catch my attention, as a result I wasn't fully invested.
Animation and Sound were amazing in this movie, there are some very nicely animated scenes and the music was straight outta SAO which is really good, the relationship between the characters wasn't so bad either.
Overall, it's a 6 (fine) for me, because I didn't understand the motives of the main villains, the magic powers of magus weren't explained at any point, but were teased at points in a slightly edgy way.
I understand that there is a certain charm in keeping the viewers guessing, but there are limits.
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This review is focused solely on "Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen", not on "KnK" anime adaptation in general.
As with every other "KnK" movie, Part 5 follows the storyline as it is in the light novel. Thus, this film takes place after the events of the "Kara no Kyoukai 1". However, the events of the following movies(Part 6-7 with the exception of Part 8) start to go in a proper chronological order.
Now, a brief characteristic of the storyline so far. When watching the film for the first time, it may seem very confusing, as in the very beginning they give us a quick slideshow of events, that take place later in the story. Overall, the order of things happening is somewhat distorted and messed up. Thus, only at the very end everything should become clear for the viewer. Is it a bad thing? I…
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idk man i watched that movie now and i feel weirdly depressed after that. i dont know what it is about those movies but they just leave me confused and unsatisfied. when i watched the first 3 movies i still had hope, educated myself on the storyline, tried to see through all this mess and understand the plot better. but now after the 5th movie where you would expect some kind of satisfaction and knowledge, it still feels unfamiliar and strange to me.
the plot unfolds in a very chaotic manner and stuff happens at random times and only in the end it happens to make some kind of sense. normally irregular storytelling is not a problem at all and the moment you understand everything and can bring the pieces together you'll get a feeling of satisfaction and understanding. but even if i understa…
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Why do I watch anime? While I can’t necessarily speak for others, I watch it because of two big reasons: One, because there is such diversity in the medium that there are so many different unique ways of illustrating a story, and two, because I have been subject to a much greater range of emotions when watching anime than I have watching other mediums. And if someone were to ask me what is the best example illustrating these characteristics, a good contender would be the fifth Kara no Kyoukai movie, Mujun Rasen, a.k.a. Spiral Paradox.
Story (9/10):
The way the story was presented was, for me, both a plus and a minus. While I love having to think about what is happening on screen, and can make for an intense ride, at certain points I feel like it can detract from the experience. For me tho…
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Spent the whole week finishing the Kara no Kyoukai series 1-7+Mirai Fukuin+Extra chorus
And honestly this movie stood out the most just in every way! It really just test your ability to follow along with a story and the amount intelligence thrown at you that you can handle. The twist and turns and pay off in the end is well worth the watch whether you're a fan of the series or not this is one not to miss!
Long story short... I would compare this movie to something like "Death Note" not to much hack and slash action but the smartness of the movie and plot twist they have for you are what'll keep you buckled in for the 2 hour ride.
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This is part 5 of the KnK series
People told me that the 5th (and 7th) movie of the KnK series is the best out of the 7. After finishing the 4th movie, I watched the 5th movie immediately and they were right. 2 hours of my life....well spent.
[Story]: (10/10)
After getting 3 sequels of a prequel to the 1st KnK, the series finally moves on past the events of the 1st KnK. The 5th movie now takes place 2 months after the events of the 1st KnK. The movie focuses on Shiki, as she meets a boy named Tomoe, a runaway teenager who claims to be a murderer. Later, Tomoe see's her mother whom he's sure he's killed. Shiki and Tomoe now investigates the building where her mother was killed.
The story, in my opinion, is a lot better than the previous 4 movies. The first 10-15 minutes of the movie were…
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Given that I haven't rated any of the other Kara no Kyoukai movies below an 8, the harsh drop here certainly disturbs the graph. Indeed, a 6 might seem incongruous—and for the acclaimed fifth movie of all things! Rather than waste everyone's time by ill-advisedly trying to compress this movie's problems into a pithy introductory hook, I'll simply quote the antagonist, Souren Araya, as he expounds upon his villainous motivations in a dying speech near the end of this movie, the second-lengthiest in the Kara no Kyoukai franchise. Read aloud in sonorous tones for full impact.
"Humans are hopeless. This is a story from long ago. You can't save every human, so how can you save the ones who weren't saved? There is no answer. But if I can open [the spiral of] origin and end the world—if I can re…
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This anime in particular managed to get a 10/10 compared the to rest of this series. The series while great (disregarding 6), had multiple issues that were much less present in Paradox spiral.
Story: 10/10
Firstly the story is told a way that at times is confusing, is still understandable. you may not be able to tell entirely whats going on, you still have a general idea. As a result this show also has a ton of re-watchability.
The story also does a lot of this series typical philosophy that in pretty much every other episode in this series tried, but ended up pretentious. The others try to tackle themes that were either irrelevant or didn't have enough character development to make us actually care about what they were trying to say.
However, this move had deeper themes of meta-physic…
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Overall: 9
This is a great film that I can recommend to almost any anime watcher, even those who have yet to see any of the other Kara no Kyoukai movies. Mujun Rasen (Paradox Spiral) has a lot of "popcorn" action and suspense while still being fully immersed in Kara no Kyoukai's dark world. Be sure to watch it on Blu-ray quality video.
Story: 8
The story is much faster paced than the first four movies, which was sorely needed. One fault of the Nasuverse (the deep and underlying mythos of Fate, Tsukihime, and KnK) is that some concepts (such as the "counter-force") are hard to grasp, and this film is so focused on its quick pace that it leaves a somewhat ambiguous explanation of the concept. This isn't a huge detriment to the plot, and the climax of the movie does not rely upon those con…
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The fifth installment of the Kara no Kyoukai of the movies but in chronological its a continues of the first movies kara no kyoukai 1:fukan fukei......at his movies,viewer will facing a really confusing while watching it,some scene will suddenly appeared that not follow the route of the whole story,that really make the viewer think ''what happens''.''how that happens'' and ''when that happens'',the unique about this movies is that 2 story but with different scene being combine to 1 story that really answered whole the story of it....at this movies,viewer will be introduce with the mastermind whose responsibility for whole the tragedy and and why he doing thats...and some fighting action between magic/supernatural and the puppet master....
The art,background and the environment was awesome…
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Welcome, My Friends to film festival week. For those of you who don't remember, I did this in February of last year looking at Kara no Kyoukai 2 & 3, Ghost in the Shell, Animal Crossing, Blood the last Vampire, Night on the Galactic Railroad & End of Evangelion. This year I'm going to start out the same way I did last year, with another look at Kara no Kyoukai. To give a brief recap of how the series has scored so far, the first film was slow and incredibly stupid. The second film was suspenseful and good. The third film was okay but could have handled its darker content better. The fourth film was excellent with only a few problems. The scores were 2, 7, 6 and 9. So, let's take a look at the fifth installment and see how it fares.
Story:
Our tale begins with a burglar breaking into an…
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I reviewed the first film and I was like, alright this will be like a review of the whole series. Well I just cannot resist but write something again after watching the fifth film.
I didn't think this would ever happen. For years my favorite anime was Neon Genesis Evangelion, mostly for the deep thoughts inside. Now I have to add Kara no Kyoukai on the first place. This is the only anime worth sharing the first place with NGE :D.
My mind is totally blown up. After each film when the credits start I am just staring with an opened mouth. Such an mindblowing and incredibly awesome ideas and thoughts wooow!!!
This fifth film is definitely the best one so far. But it would be a nonsense to watch it just like that. It's a part of the whole Kara no Kyoukai series and it's perfect only when vie…
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As far as anime movies go, one of my all time favorites. While the entire Kara no Kyoukai isn't a "10" in my opinion, part 5 definitely is. The way time is portrayed is pure genius, and the main antagonist is absolutely perfect.
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