Stumbled upon the Kara no Kyoukai movie series by happenstance while doomscrolling r/animesuggest at some point in time. Saw a lot of praise for the series online so I went into the series with rather high expectations.

For context, I have not read the light novels (yet). I have not seen any other Nasuverse works (maybe I will do so in time). I have not seen Mirai Fukuin (yet).

Despite my high expectations, Move 5: Mujun Rasen and Movie 7: Satsujin Kosastu (Go) absolutely blew me away. It's genuinely hard for me to pick a favorite. Probably because their strengths are so different.  The frenetic, unsettling, and infinitely thought provoking Movie 5 is the absolute peak of thematic cinematography, storytelling, and densely-packed worldbuilding, all the while narrating a truly inspiring single-movie character arc in Enjou Tomoe and the war for his human identity against Souren Araya. The disturbing, yet more introspective and emotional Movie 7 brings to a close the character arc of Ryougi Shiki, fully developing and resolving one of the most fascinating internal conflicts I've ever seen: the push and pull between her obsession with murder and her desire for humanity and normalcy.

As you can tell by my unadulterated glaze, Shiki is now one of my favorite characters of all-time in LN/Animanga. Better written than I expected, and again, my expectations were high. As for Mikiya, well, he perfectly fulfills his role in the show. IMO he is at least a bit overhated by the general community of individuals who have seen this movie series. As for Touko, I enjoyed her character a lot, especially her absolute badassery in Movie 5. As for Movie 6, I know it was a disastrous adaptation on all possible fronts.

Sorry that I don't have any original opinions or analysis to share about this show. I felt that the series was amazing and I had to share my thoughts somewhere. Plus this subreddit isn't that active, probably cause KnK is pretty old now, and I wanted to join in on the celebration of this work of art.

Kara no Kyoukai is Incredible