Sep 9, 2014
Well, what can I say.. I haven't read the manga. Some months ago, I found out about Heavens Lost Property and watched the series. I was astonished by the plot, the characters and the comedy it offers. Its really a great anime. Then, I found out about the first movie - The clockwork angeloid. It was a nice and emotional movie, however it did not live up to my expectations. And then we got this.. Eternal my master.
Being one of the very few that have not read the manga, this movie was a disaster. Even though I really had NO idea what was going on
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at the first scene, I was confident that they would fill it up somehow.
Boy, how wrong I was.
After that scene, we are returned to the classic mood and style of HLP. Some Ecchi's we all know and love from the series, lots of fun times and that obvious, but entertaining harem part of the anime were all present. I liked the emotional part with Ikaros throughout. However, just after that part of the plot ends, the horror kicked in..
SPOILER ALERT AHEAD. STOP READING IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED YET. OVERALL, ITS BETTER NOT TO WATCH THE MOVIE IF YOU'VE NOT READ THE MANGA LIKE ME. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
To my unpleasant surprise, the first scene continues, and we see Ikaros with Tomoki up in the sky. Ikaros keeps on burning, and Tomoki keeps on screaming for her to go back. Ikaros, out of the blue, tells him she's in love, and for the first time ever, we see her smile. She throws Tomoki into synapse and she gets destroyed. Then the movie ends.
Yes. Just like that. Astrea was probably already dead on the first scene, Nymph died at that very time, I have NO idea what zeus is, I dont know why Sugata is hurt, I never learned what happened to the blue-haired girl, I don't know how Hyiori remained alive, and finally, I have NO IDEA why Ikaros sacrificed herself to get Tomoki into synapse. What hurt me the most is that they killed off the ENTIRE cast without telling us why. This not only ruined the manga for me, because now I know that after some emotional struggles Ikaros will die, but it ruined my overall impression of the anime. I liked the characters. I knew they would probably die, but skipping the final battle, skipping Tomoki's actions after Ikaros died, skipping Astrea and Nymph's deaths, skipping Sugata's injury, skipping EVERY MAJOR PLOT POINT in a movie and expecting it to turn out good is simply unacceptable.
A big, big disappointment overall.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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