I'm going to preference this before hand and say that I'm big type moon fan so semi biased. I do think though my thoughts a certain amount of weight, not going to say in truth because this medium is Very subjective. Now onto the actual movie Kara No Kyoukai/Garden of Sinners as a movie series (except movie 6 that movie is doodoo garbage) and they all form a cohesive journey of the main protagonist who has become my favorite protagonist of all time which I shall explain later. This is the conclusion to Kara No Kyoukai and everything after is an epilogue but I digress they should all be watched and taken into account (except 6 cause fuck that movie) as the whole story. Kara No Kyoukai to go into detail is bleak and dark there is no sugar coating what happens in these movies drug use, gore, sexual harassment and assault as well as the R word (don't want to trigger anyone) so do not watch this if you are sensitive to these things. Now while Kara No Kyoukai is dark, and bleak there was always that one character who always made me hope for the best. Shiki Ryougi is that character who gave me hope within this story of her being able to find herself and her place within the world and this movie reaches that answer.
Quick summary of the story
Murders are happening all over again just like before Shiki was run over a car 4 years ago and she must figure out who in order to save herself from the temptations of wanting to kill.
Shiki Ryougi (MAJOR SPOILERS FORWARNING)
I know I should talk about the other character and while I do like most of them I think personally this story is more about Shiki more than anyone else within the 7th movie. Shiki still suffering to an extent from her loss of her other personality is still trying to find her place in this world and the reason to keep on going. She wonders what it means to her to life without this part of herself that she used to always have and really the only one she had until Kokutou came into her life. These murders from the same killer spark that idea that she once had that if she can't find herself in a normal way maybe she a bad person maybe she's a killer just like that murder thus she goes out to find him, she's very loss in this movie never knowing really what to do or who Shiki Ryougi really is under that cold exterior shell. A lost soul who does not know what her purpose or why she exist. However Shiki comes towards the end of the movie that she is someone who will improve herself to be a better version of Shiki as well as become the person who she wants to be, and that she never really wanted to kill someone in the first place she was just trying to find a purpose some way. However for a moment that comes all crashing down when she's told Kokutou was killed she then becomes even more lost at that moment and then gives up, She kills and in that instance she blames herself for everything that happened all the problems in the other movies all the deaths, she places all that blame on herself and simply lies there in the snow. Kokutou is alive thought and knows while Shiki couldn't forgive that man for "killing" Kokutou she still did it and she still gave up. Thus we get to my favorite scene from all these movies combined the cold act drops and Shiki shows how vulnerable she truly to the person she loves, she never wanted to kill someone deep down inside she just wanted to find her place in the world, and Kokutou assures her she still can she always has been a good person underneath that cold exterior she just didn't want to accept it and thus she begins to cry. Shiki is my favorite protagonist cause of her journey in how she finally finds out who she is and it's really stuck to me personally in how well its done. I love this character her finally reaching the end of her journey to finally realize who she is one of my favorites of all time.
Literally everything else.
Ufotable animation is top tier even back in 2009. The soundtrack for this movie is one of my all time favorites and the main theme is beautiful and epic. Side characters are good for how they setup the story and their personality. camera work and direction are superb and really where it started for other studio's to pick up the quality of their camera work.
Verdict
This is definitely not for everyone, this is a dark and bleak series all around and you really need to pay attention to all the dialogue (except movie 6 lol fuck you movie 6) to understand characters and motivations since this is a heavy dialogue driven series. But underneath that cold dark exterior there's a nice warm story about a lost girl trying to find herself.
