Saturday, February 13, 2016

Kara no Kyoukai: Future Gospel - Extra Chorus / The Garden of Sinners (Anime Review)

Greetings everyone! It has been a while since I have posted my last anime review, but there were many reasons for my disappearance. If you have read my last post you might know that I travelled to Japan and that took most of my time. After returning I was busy with my work, social life and had literally no time to watch any anime at all. Well, life happened :P

Anyway, I had some free time on New Year's Eve so I decided, hell why not? Let's watch the last KnK movie. Most of you who probably already know me will surely remember that Kara no Kyoukai is my one and only, my special anime. It's like the pinnacle of perfection for me. I have watched several KnK movies more than once, some only once, my favourite is Paradox Spiral, but the rest are also 10/10 for me.

So anyway, I have many feelings for this show. When I went to a bookstore in Japan, the first thing I asked for was the light novels of Kara no Kyoukai and I bought them without even giving it a second thought!

But let's not talk too much about what I feel for the whole KnK franchise and return to the Future Gospel movie itself. You might be wondering, why me, a diehard fan of the series has watched the movie THREE YEARS AFTER ITS RELEASE!! Well I won't keep you wondering. Because it was precious to me...

When the last two movies were released I was overjoyed to a point I was jumping and chanting "yaaay". I watched the Future Gospel movie as soon as it was released, but didn't dare to touch Extra Chorus for over two years. It was the last thing to be released under the Kara no Kyoukai title and I didn't want it to be the end. I somehow managed to delay this end for two years but had to finally face it.
And here is what I think.


Kara no Kyoukai: Future Gospel - Extra Chorus


For starters, the thing that amazed me was that the movie ended with Shiki and Kokutou visiting a shrine for the New Years. I mean hell! I watched the movie on the New Years Eve! And this made it so much more special!

This movie was a bit different from the others, we got to see Shiki's and Kokutou's relationship revolve, and what I loved the most is that we got to see Shiki's cute side. And damn she was so cute I couldn't stop grinning! I mean look at her face! Look at her blush! ohmygwadsocwuute! >__<


Now, that we have already watched the Future Gospel movie, we know that Shiki and Kokutou will get married and birth an adorable little girl, this movie was just there to reaffirm their relationship and their feelings for one another.
I always thought of Shiki as some weird sort of Tsundere, She would never accept her feelings towards this guy, but in this movie she finally did. The movie also presented her as a person who is like a cat. I really liked the parallel that they drew :) S'adorable!


I liked how nostalgic this movie was. Presence of Fujino Asagami was the key factor to this. I admit, she was different from the second movie, but then again it was the same Fujino, furious, yet in some sense gentle, caring and *scary*. I loved the part she played in this movie, it contributed a lot to the whole atmosphere.



On another note, music was amazing as usual! Kudos to Kajiura Yuki-sama! Her music is gorgeous! And seriously, if you don't know her music go check out her Fiction and Fiction II, those albums are amazing!

They were able to keep the whole mood and atmosphere of the previous movies perfectly.
After watching this last movie I had no regrets for delaying it for whole two years. Thanks to this I was able to go through an amazing experience and I loved every single second of it!

But with this movie, my journey in the world of Kinoko Nasu Sensei ended for good. It was a great ride, and this movies will always have a special place in my heart.

With this I will end this review-like writing. I certainly rate it 10/10. If you're up for some dark modern fantasy thriller go ahead and watch the series, I assure you, you'll love all of the movies!

Thanks for reading my review and see you soon!