Here I am..the final part. Can't believe I managed to watch most of the movies without feeling bored. I never even thought of dropping KnK because they were so good.
(There will be some SPOILERS in my review)
[Story]: (9.5/10) (SPOILERS)
The 7th movie of the Kara no Kyoukai series now takes place a month after the events of the 6th KnK. Shiki has awoken from her coma and is now living her new life. During this time, a series of murders are occurring after 4 years of silence. Shiki launches an investigation and searches for the suspect. Meanwhile, Mikiya launches an investigation on his own.
I seriously had high hopes that the this movie will beat the 5th movie out of the water but unfortunately, it didn't. Don't take this the wrong way. I still love the 7th movie and I think it's a great finale to the KnK series but it didn't have that......vibe... that made the 5th movie a perfect one.
The pacing of the first half is extremely slow. It wasn't until the 2nd half where the plot finally gets moving at a normal pace. I gotta admit though, I do love the interaction between the main characters at the first half.
There were scenes in the movie that, again, I found disturbing. This time, Shiki was being raped and it's not as explicit as the 3rd movie. At this point, I was hoping that Mikiya comes to the rescue but my god was he slow. Not a very useful boyfriend if you ask me.
The ending of the movie was great and satisfying but I was expecting a kiss. I mean, they are a couple right? What a pity. I guess a hug will do.
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[Art/Animation]: (10/10)
This is my final review for the KnK series so I guess I'll just write the same thing like I did with my past review of the animation.
The animation is perfect, it's very well done, and it's visually stunning. As of right now, I don't think any company can beat ufotable in terms of visuals and animation. Just like the previous movies, the character movements and the fighting scenes are fluid.
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[Sound]: (9/10)
The soundtrack wasn't as great as the 5th movie but I still love the background themes and the battle themes. The ending theme is "Seventh Heaven" by Kalafina. I was quite disappointed that the song didn't really stand out like the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th movie ending did but I still like the song. All the VA's are still the same and they have done their jobs very well.
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[Characters]: (9/10) (SPOILERS)
No new characters were introduced for this movie but what we get is more focus on Mikiya and Shiki. Truth be told, it's more focused on Shiki and I'm glad they did that. They finally explained and showed us exactly how Shiki got involved in an accident and why she or rather, "he" got hit by a car. We also learn a lot more about Shiki and her "murderous lust". Notice the quotation marks? Mikiya and Shiki's relationship was also shown here and it shows that they pretty much care for each other. Not the best relationship(compared to other romance I've seen) but it's satisfying enough to watch.
The antagonist of the movie is Lio Shirazumi, an asshole who has a crush on Shiki and he even proceeds to rape her. I still liked Araya as the villain of the series. I just don't like this villain, to be honest.
I just find it a bit disappointing that Touko is taking a backseat on this film. Her use of magus power would have been interesting to see but she's literally just sitting on her office and smokes like usual.
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[Enjoyment]: (9/10)
I would be lying if I said that I perfectly enjoyed this film. Compared to the 5th film which balanced dialogue and action, this film is mostly them talking. I still managed to listen all the way through but the lack of action really bothered me.
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[OVERALL]: (9.1/10)
This was a fitting end to the Kara no Kyoukai series. It may not be better than the 5th movie but this movie is placed on my Top 3 favorite KnK movies. 5th being the first one and this film on second place.
