WATCH ORDER (IMO)

Apr 30, 2023 1:25 AM

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Gui_silva23

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I completely agree

Apr 30, 2023 2:02 AM

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buzz737

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Gui_silva23 said:
I completely agree

Thanks!

There is general lack of consensus about this, I asked around a bunch of people and they said any order but now I feel the wrong order may diminish most of the feelings about this movie. Didn’t want people to have a bad experience about it.

Hope this helps people who come looking for watch order in the future!

Apr 30, 2023 11:36 AM

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I don't think it's too important tbh. It maybe slightly changes how you think about things as they're happening, but at the end of both movies you have the complete story either way.

I personally watched Boku then Kimi, and feel like if I watched them the other way around, Boku would've been very anticlimactic as it's a fairly standard romance story. Kimi had a bit more to the story, and for me served better as a conclusion to complete and fill in the story gaps. (not to mention it also had the after credits scene with the "fin" card to mark the end)

But I know people who watched in the order you suggest can't understand how it would work in my order, and we'll never be able to experience it for the first time in the other order to really understand it.

Apr 30, 2023 11:59 AM

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Saracuse said:
I don't think it's too important tbh. It maybe slightly changes how you think about things as they're happening, but at the end of both movies you have the complete story either way.

I personally watched Boku then Kimi, and feel like if I watched them the other way around, Boku would've been very anticlimactic as it's a fairly standard romance story. Kimi had a bit more to the story, and for me served better as a conclusion to complete and fill in the story gaps. (not to mention it also had the after credits scene with the "fin" card to mark the end)

But I know people who watched in the order you suggest can't understand how it would work in my order, and we'll never be able to experience it for the first time in the other order to really understand it.

You are the first person who suggested the other order and actually made sensible arguments in favour of this order. Rest of the folks just went by I don’t agree and couldn’t really give me any solid reason.

The boku did feel anti climatic to me(felt very basic) and you are absolutely correct in saying I can’t possibly experience what you experienced in that order, I can at best only imagine. My whole problem lies with the letter scene, it just gives away the whole outline and you already know shiori’s fate devoiding the viewer of any emotional weight it would have carried had u not known about it.

I think the 2 movies adopted a interesting, rare concept of letting the viewer choose but also had the serious disadvantage of making the 2nd movie anticlimactic. Was it a creative decision or was it cash in more money to make the viewer go for the 2nd one? We will never know possibly…

Apr 30, 2023 12:10 PM

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Saracuse

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buzz737 said:

Saracuse said:
I don't think it's too important tbh. It maybe slightly changes how you think about things as they're happening, but at the end of both movies you have the complete story either way.

I personally watched Boku then Kimi, and feel like if I watched them the other way around, Boku would've been very anticlimactic as it's a fairly standard romance story. Kimi had a bit more to the story, and for me served better as a conclusion to complete and fill in the story gaps. (not to mention it also had the after credits scene with the "fin" card to mark the end)

But I know people who watched in the order you suggest can't understand how it would work in my order, and we'll never be able to experience it for the first time in the other order to really understand it.

You are the first person who suggested the other order and actually made sensible arguments in favour of this order. Rest of the folks just went by I don’t agree and couldn’t really give me any solid reason.

The boku did feel anti climatic to me(felt very basic) and you are absolutely correct in saying I can’t possibly experience what you experienced in that order, I can at best only imagine. My whole problem lies with the letter scene, it just gives away the whole outline and you already know shiori’s fate devoiding the viewer of any emotional weight it would have carried had u not known about it.

I think the 2 movies adopted a interesting, rare concept of letting the viewer choose but also had the serious disadvantage of making the 2nd movie anticlimactic. Was it a creative decision or was it cash in more money to make the viewer go for the 2nd one? We will never know possibly…

The letter scene was a bit odd for sure, but didn't lessen my enjoyment. I kinda feel similar in reverse, that having watched Kimi and seeing the intro to Boku, you know exactly where that movie is going too (although maybe less "on the nose" than the letter scene). I think it's just a slightly different way of coming to the same conclusion after both movies.

Apr 30, 2023 12:27 PM

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Saracuse said:

buzz737 said:

You are the first person who suggested the other order and actually made sensible arguments in favour of this order. Rest of the folks just went by I don’t agree and couldn’t really give me any solid reason.

The boku did feel anti climatic to me(felt very basic) and you are absolutely correct in saying I can’t possibly experience what you experienced in that order, I can at best only imagine. My whole problem lies with the letter scene, it just gives away the whole outline and you already know shiori’s fate devoiding the viewer of any emotional weight it would have carried had u not known about it.

I think the 2 movies adopted a interesting, rare concept of letting the viewer choose but also had the serious disadvantage of making the 2nd movie anticlimactic. Was it a creative decision or was it cash in more money to make the viewer go for the 2nd one? We will never know possibly…

The letter scene was a bit odd for sure, but didn't lessen my enjoyment. I kinda feel similar in reverse, that having watched Kimi and seeing the intro to Boku, you know exactly where that movie is going too (although maybe less "on the nose" than the letter scene). I think it's just a slightly different way of coming to the same conclusion after both movies.

Now that I think about it, if I had seen boku first, the letter scene would have definitely created a sense of curiosity in me as to who & what happened? But ultimately I would have known they are not getting together, I don’t think I would have felt the same emotions as not knowing the outcome since while watching it I always kept the element of hope within me but by knowing the outcome I couldn’t rely on hope.

But yes I do agree, same conclusion different routes and probably different feelings.

I am interested to know what the long term consensus will be though…

Apr 30, 2023 12:42 PM

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yeah yeah you are right

Aug 15, 2024 6:57 PM

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This order rally pique my interest. The only mechanism in the kimi one doesn't actually spoil anything in the boku one. The movies are really great btw with the great mix of romance, slice of life and paranormal. T

For a new anime watcher, I don't recommend watching these movies because the storyline really are heavy and if you felt bored quickly watching regular anime, you will think that this movie is boring because lack of action or whatever the reason. Not all anime require an action every time main character saves the heroine.

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