Kara no Kyoukai 2: Satsujin Kousatsu is the 2nd movie to be released in the Kara no Kyoukai series and focuses mainly on the events between Shiki & Kokutou in their high school days.
Now, let me start by saying that the after watching the 1st movie, I was instantly hooked into the series and was eagerly waiting to know more about the characters which this movie did focus but the overall character interactions & developments were disappointing to watch.
Although at first interesting, the weird pacing of the movie makes the said interactions or developments between our two mc boring. Besides, the male mc ‘s decision to not report crime while supporting the female mc just cause he was in “love” was so out of place & frustrating to watch.
The story for the most part was ok but the pacing was all over the place. Also the movie ending abruptly and time jumping to the events before the 1st movie also didn’t help the overall pacing.
Furthermore, The mixture of cg and 2d animation were as always blended nicely and the soundtrack succeeded in creating the overall environment for the movie.
Overall, a huge let down for me from the first movie. Hope the future sequels will be more interesting and evenly placed.
Story- 4/10
Characters- 3/10
Art- 8/10
Sound- 9/10
Enjoyment- 5/10
Overall- 6/10
