Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san Movie

4 years ago I watched the first season of "Teasing Master Takagi-San" It was such a comforting piece of Media, certainly a "feel good" show. I begged for a second season at that time, now I'm here 3 seasons later watching "Takagi-San" on the big screen with the dumbest grin on my face. Takagi in all of it's light-heartedness is a character driven story at its finest. This film delivered everything it was supposed to, it handled it's serious undertones well, delivered it's fan service (Not lewd ya weirdo) masterfully, it's animation, background scenery in all of it's fluidity had a consistent sense of quality ... throughout, a spectacle on the big screen. It's soundtrack is fun and ecstatic, though some tracks were overused, my theatre also had a terrible stereo system. I was smiling the whole film and even hit the person sitting next to me upon the post credit scene. It's a youthful explosion, even though the runtime is tragically short, I believe it to be a masterpiece. If you're a fan of the show, please go out and watch this film on the big screen, it truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity. If you haven't seen Takagi-san, please seek it out, I'm sure it'll bring a smile to your face atleast once, If you have no interest in the previous seasons, but still want to watch the film, do it. while some context is missing, this film is just as much as a starting point than the previous seasons.

This may be the end of the youthful adventure of Teasing Master Takagi-San, but that's okay, because it's bound to make you happy forever.

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san Movie (2022)

Not the ending we wanted but the one we got. This seems to have adapted its own version of how to end things from what I remember of the manga. The writers also seemed to have forgotten about the teasing and let two very young characters become a serious romance.

The art looks fantastic for its style, it is very similar to what we are used to and that is perfect.

The sound is pretty impactful when it needs to be and has a lot of nice tear-jerking cues from the soundtrack.

Characters if you don't know them you don't ... deserve to know them. Go and watch the rest of the series and come back. Many other characters and interesting side routes are left wide open with no end or outcome which is disappointing.

The movie was deep and impactful and like I said without much of the teasing on the normal level. I get the feeling the producers realized that it would not survive much longer before perhaps its rating dropped beyond repair so they made the decision to end it. I am glad they ended it since it definitely isn't a show that needs season after season. It is however a movie that didn't really follow its own premise and left me feeling slightly empty. It is not how I expected it to go and definitely not how the manga looks in how it would build up. As a teasing master 4.10 but as a deep and complex romance film 9/10,

All three seasons of the anime were very good, but this movie failed miserably to deliver what it should have. While some people may disagree with me, I feel compelled to express my overwhelmingly negative feelings about it. I recommend that people simply read the final 2-3 chapters of the manga, which offer a far better ending to the series.

The anime "Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san" boasts exceptional art, solid direction, and great music. It may not be the funniest anime, but it captures the joyfulness of the characters, and had me cheering for Nishikata every step of the way in his interactions with Takagi. The ... lighthearted and charming dynamic between Nishikata and Takagi was the highlight of the entire anime.

This movie was supposed to conclude the series, provide entertainment, and allow everyone to witness the long-awaited confession from Nishikata. Unfortunately, it veered off course.

Issue 1: She is not Takagi.
Takagi-san is the reason people watch the anime. She is cute, smart, calm, and mysterious. Some of the best moments in the anime are when Nishikata surprises Takagi and breaks her usual poker-face smile. However, this movie didn't showcase the Takagi we know. She didn't tease Nishikata even once after the main plot began. Every trace of the Takagi we adore was absent; she wasn't smart, calm, or mysterious like the Takagi we once knew. If she were a generic anime girl, it would be fine, but she is the TEASING MASTER Takagi-san, so it's not!

Issue 2: The awful confession.
The past 3 seasons were building for this moment, and the confession ending is incredibly lackluster. For those who have seen it, it's like if, in "Love is War," Shirogane confessed to Shinomiya after she was attacked by a group of thugs, and his confession sounded like, "Oh, I will protect you!!!".
Instead of having a grandiose and flashy confession like "Love is War" or a fun and cute confession as the anime ALWAYS did, the movie chose to have Nishikata confess in sadness and sorrow. The confession lacked teasing, fun, blushing, character dynamics, challenges between them, and everything that made the original anime enjoyable. It felt like the director didn't want to make a Takagi movie. They wrote a lazy, uninspired, generic ending without any consideration for why people liked the anime in the first place.

In conclusion, while this anime boasts good art, music and it's still Takagi, the lazy ending, uncharacteristic character portrayals, a dull main plot, slow sub-plot, and the disappointing confession are all too significant to ignore. If you haven't watched it yet or disagree with my assessment, I recommend revisiting the original anime, reading the manga's ending, and forming an objective view of this movie without letting your appreciation of the original three seasons interfere with your judgment.

Imagine how much better this movie could have been if they cared about what makes this anime great.

That's why, in my opinion, this movie is subpar and deserves no more than a 4/10 rating. I can't fathom why so many people liked it.