I’m going to skip the animation, sounds, ect. simply because they don’t differ from previous movie/seasons. I do want to focus on the story. I won’t spoil anything but I will discuss its layout. This movie uses the format where you start with the climax, show the story leading up to the climax, then finish with a resolution. Admittedly, the movie starts out strong. The climax seems exciting and important stuff has happened. Here is where the movie just becomes a jumbled mess. The middle part feels like a long episode. It answers no questions left over from the previous movie (it actually raises more). Even more galling is that it is completely disconnected from the beginning. I actually checked to make sure this was part of the movie and not some OVA that accidently got inserted.
This middle part has its own conclusion and then immediately jumps back to the beginning. This is where the resolution should happen. It doesn’t. We have absolutely no idea what lead up to the events in the beginning, which is tragic because they show some serious stuff and none of it gets addressed. Instead we are treated to a scene that no anime should ever end on. Then it ends. It’s not even a story. It’s barely a half-finished scene.
The best way to describe this movie is a climax with a random episode inserted in the middle and absolutely no resolution. Simply put, this is trash that should never have been released. Don’t even bother watching it. Now I have to go read all manga just to see how it should have ended and try to push the memory of this movie into the back of my mind.
