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Kara no Kyoukai/Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording (Sub) Status: COMPLETE
Movie
It's been very up and down for the Kara no Kyoukai series, hasn't it? Let's take a look at what we've seen so far and see if we can predict the outcome of the next movie, shall we?
We started with a bad movie, then an okay movie, then we had a good movie.
We had another bad movie, the next one was okay again, so the next movie should be Pretty Good, right?
Well, let's see, 4 minutes and 15 seconds in we get an inner monologue from a new female character who identifies herself as Azaka, Kokutou's sister, Touko's apprentice, and Shiki's rival in love-wait, what?
I'm not liking where this is going...
O-okay... *closes eyes, clenches teeth, turns away*
Movie
It's been very up and down for the Kara no Kyoukai series, hasn't it? Let's take a look at what we've seen so far and see if we can predict the outcome of the next movie, shall we?
We started with a bad movie, then an okay movie, then we had a good movie.
We had another bad movie, the next one was okay again, so the next movie should be Pretty Good, right?
Well, let's see, 4 minutes and 15 seconds in we get an inner monologue from a new female character who identifies herself as Azaka, Kokutou's sister, Touko's apprentice, and Shiki's rival in love-wait, what?
Originally Posted by Azaka
I'm what you would call a troubled young lady.
Originally Posted by Azaka
I'm going to explain myself so there won't be any misunderstandings.
Originally Posted by Azaka
I'm not troubled by the fact that I love my own brother.
DAMMIT KARA NO KYOUKAI, I'VE USED
WILLY WONKA 3 TIMES NOW
WILLY WONKA 3 TIMES NOW
Alright, this may be a bit premature, but I don't care, let's slap a rating on this stupid ****:
Final Verdict: [Friggen' Awesome][Pretty Good][Meh...][Just... Bad][Irredeemably Awful]
Yeah. I know. I've barely seen 5 minutes of it so far, but let's actually look at this movie and see if it doesn't already earn a "Just... Bad" anyway, huh?
Alright, so let's talk about our new character: Azaka.
She's a nun.
She's an annoying brat.
And she's literally has no good reason to like Kokutou.
I'm not kidding, an actual plotpoint of this movie is that she can't actually remember why she likes Kokutou. Not only that, but Kokutou has so little presence in this movie, that he literally never demonstrates a single positive thing about his character to even give her the opportunity to say, "SEE, THAT, I LIKE THAT PART ABOUT HIM", no, he doesn't do anything throughout this whole movie that isn't making a flat observation about something or complaining.
He doesn't even emote... WHICH WHY SHE ACTUALLY LIKES HIM.
Seriously, the whole "Oblivion Recording" title is in reference to lost memories, and the one memory she lost which explains why she loves Kokutou and essentially orients her entire life around him is because...
He didn't cry at a relative's funeral.
Swell character development there, guys, way to amp it up. Kokutou's just so gosh darn attractive because he's so TOTALLY DEVOID OF ANY SORT OF PERSONALITY...
...you know what let's NOT talk about The Hollow, huh?
I'm sure most people are inclined to call foul at the first sign of incest, but I literally do not care about that in the slightest.
If they want to develop a meaningful romance between a brother and sister, I seriously wouldn't have any issues with that. It's not the brother and sister part that bothers me, it's the MEANINGFUL ROMANCE PART.
GAG ME.
I want to punch these kinds of characters in the face because they're not really characters, they're tools for masturbation aimed at the viewer surrogate, and the viewer surrogate is and always has been Kokutou.
Azaka openly admits to Shiki in one scene that she has a fetish for incest on top of the fact that she doesn't remember why she loves him.
Azaka is only attracted to Kokutou because he's her brother and she wants to have sex with her brother. That's a pretty ****** main character, and YES you read that right, MAIN CHARACTER, because the other 3 main characters take a back seat to this plot!
It doesn't even make sense, the story, once you put even the slightest amount of thought into it. Fairies are supposedly to blame for a student committing suicide, but since AZAKA CAN'T SEE FAIRIES, she's forced into the awkward position of accepting help from her "rival in love", Shiki, who just seems bored out of her mind if not uncharacteristically accepting of the fact that she has to play nun and attend a boarding school for several days to investigate this stuff (this is the woman who says if she doesn't kill people regularly she'll lash out and kill somebody at random).
Thing is, once the culprit manipulating the fairies is figured out and Shiki's nowhere in sight to use the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, AZAKA CAN SEE FAIRIES. What was the point in inviting Shiki to this party if Azaka can kill spirits all by herself? NONE.
None except for the surprise Very Definitely Final Boss who comes out of friggin' nowhere.
Final Verdict: [Friggen' Awesome][Pretty Good][Meh...][Just... Bad][Irredeemably Awful]
Yeah. I know. I've barely seen 5 minutes of it so far, but let's actually look at this movie and see if it doesn't already earn a "Just... Bad" anyway, huh?
Alright, so let's talk about our new character: Azaka.
She's a nun.
She's an annoying brat.
And she's literally has no good reason to like Kokutou.
I'm not kidding, an actual plotpoint of this movie is that she can't actually remember why she likes Kokutou. Not only that, but Kokutou has so little presence in this movie, that he literally never demonstrates a single positive thing about his character to even give her the opportunity to say, "SEE, THAT, I LIKE THAT PART ABOUT HIM", no, he doesn't do anything throughout this whole movie that isn't making a flat observation about something or complaining.
He doesn't even emote... WHICH WHY SHE ACTUALLY LIKES HIM.
Seriously, the whole "Oblivion Recording" title is in reference to lost memories, and the one memory she lost which explains why she loves Kokutou and essentially orients her entire life around him is because...
He didn't cry at a relative's funeral.
Swell character development there, guys, way to amp it up. Kokutou's just so gosh darn attractive because he's so TOTALLY DEVOID OF ANY SORT OF PERSONALITY...
...you know what let's NOT talk about The Hollow, huh?
I'm sure most people are inclined to call foul at the first sign of incest, but I literally do not care about that in the slightest.
If they want to develop a meaningful romance between a brother and sister, I seriously wouldn't have any issues with that. It's not the brother and sister part that bothers me, it's the MEANINGFUL ROMANCE PART.
GAG ME.
I want to punch these kinds of characters in the face because they're not really characters, they're tools for masturbation aimed at the viewer surrogate, and the viewer surrogate is and always has been Kokutou.
Azaka openly admits to Shiki in one scene that she has a fetish for incest on top of the fact that she doesn't remember why she loves him.
Azaka is only attracted to Kokutou because he's her brother and she wants to have sex with her brother. That's a pretty ****** main character, and YES you read that right, MAIN CHARACTER, because the other 3 main characters take a back seat to this plot!
It doesn't even make sense, the story, once you put even the slightest amount of thought into it. Fairies are supposedly to blame for a student committing suicide, but since AZAKA CAN'T SEE FAIRIES, she's forced into the awkward position of accepting help from her "rival in love", Shiki, who just seems bored out of her mind if not uncharacteristically accepting of the fact that she has to play nun and attend a boarding school for several days to investigate this stuff (this is the woman who says if she doesn't kill people regularly she'll lash out and kill somebody at random).
Thing is, once the culprit manipulating the fairies is figured out and Shiki's nowhere in sight to use the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, AZAKA CAN SEE FAIRIES. What was the point in inviting Shiki to this party if Azaka can kill spirits all by herself? NONE.
None except for the surprise Very Definitely Final Boss who comes out of friggin' nowhere.
The culprit's motives don't even make a lick of sense either. Her sister or something was the one that committed suicide because in an extremely confusing combination of disconnected flashback and dialog we assume she somehow died because:
She set herself on fire...
And she wants to avenge her sister by:
Removing the shame of her life from their memories...
The given excuse seems to be that "because they stood by and did nothing they deserve to be punished".
Right.
Alright, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to try and explain this in a way I think you'll understand, okay? Here we go:
If you see some whacked out junkie sitting all alone in your class, foaming at the mouth, rockin' crazy eyes, and insanely muttering about "fairies coming to get me", you DO NOT APPROACH THIS PERSON.
Least of which do you assume that because they're not approaching you for help that you even have any help worth giving them. IT'S THE TEACHER'S JOB, and it's not the classmates' fault for not figuring out that,
"Hey, she's talking about fairies!
Fairies are illusions!
Illusions are a side effect of drugs!
Our teacher is a Chemistry Professor!
OMG IT ALL FITS TOGETHER"
Azaka even has a moment where she wakes up after the culprit has knocked her out and realized that she still remembers the whole situation even though Azaka gave the culprit every reason to silence her, steal her memories, and entirely eliminate the possibility that she could ever return to ruin her plans in time. WHICH SHE DOES.
This movie's friggen stupid and the only reason I don't rate it lower is because the music's decent and it's not hard to look at. Other then that, total waste of time.
She set herself on fire...
Okay...
because she was on drugs...Umm, okay...
which her teacher forced on her...Uhhhh...
for some reason.Oh, for ****'s sake.
And she wants to avenge her sister by:
Removing the shame of her life from their memories...
Okay I think I get it.
...and then setting them on fire...What!? WHY!?
for some reason.Her classmates didn't force drugs on her!
The given excuse seems to be that "because they stood by and did nothing they deserve to be punished".
Right.
Alright, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to try and explain this in a way I think you'll understand, okay? Here we go:
If you see some whacked out junkie sitting all alone in your class, foaming at the mouth, rockin' crazy eyes, and insanely muttering about "fairies coming to get me", you DO NOT APPROACH THIS PERSON.
Least of which do you assume that because they're not approaching you for help that you even have any help worth giving them. IT'S THE TEACHER'S JOB, and it's not the classmates' fault for not figuring out that,
"Hey, she's talking about fairies!
Fairies are illusions!
Illusions are a side effect of drugs!
Our teacher is a Chemistry Professor!
OMG IT ALL FITS TOGETHER"
Azaka even has a moment where she wakes up after the culprit has knocked her out and realized that she still remembers the whole situation even though Azaka gave the culprit every reason to silence her, steal her memories, and entirely eliminate the possibility that she could ever return to ruin her plans in time. WHICH SHE DOES.
This movie's friggen stupid and the only reason I don't rate it lower is because the music's decent and it's not hard to look at. Other then that, total waste of time.