KnK just feels like Nasu vomiting some introductory philosophy textbooks, specifically the Existentialism sections. It frankly annoyed me. I can say I only ever watched the movies for fan cred, lore tidbits, and the awesome music. That also might be the reason I read the novels after I learn Japanese, which WILL happen at some point.
Always! But just as long as I don't get in the way of your OTP.Originally Posted by Zurvan
drinking dreaming moon
Though abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed.
Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears.
Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity.
As much flack as KnK gets for armchair philosophy, I always found that its concepts work not because of their being particularly well written but because of the presentation. I can't really speak for the novels, seeing as I've only read coke no kyoukai, but even then I think that what I enjoy out of KnK doesn't come across outside of the films, the majority of which are examples of excellent filmmaking. It's why I'm so appreciative of the first movie in particular, there's nothing like it out there. I care a lot more about film than I do about literature, which is why the Kara no Kyoukai movies are by far my favorite TM works. I had high hopes for Shaft's Last Encore, and a couple episodes were very satisfying, but for the most part I was kinda let down. I'd love a 30+ episode adaptation of CCC by them, but I don't have much hope for it happening. Part of why I'd like Tsukihime (yes i know tsukihime never xd) to be adapted as moviess is because there's a lot that TV anime just won't do cinematographically and Tsukihime in particular would greatly benefit from a competent film adaptation.
The movies definitely elevated the content. If only the Oblivion Recorder actually used the original content, it would have been cool...
6 isn't great, but its shot comp is so fucking pretty that I can't be bothered whenever I rewatch it. It's the easiest and least demanding viewing (though I still prefer 1 for casual rewatching) while not being altogether exceptional, but I definitely find it cool.
6's OST is also absolutely glorious, and music is my main point of interest since I am a somewhat of a musician. I just wish they had used the novel's plot for this one and made Kurogiri the center stage.
It's for completely shallow reasons, but the only KnK movie I rewatch somewhat regularly is Paradox Spiral.
Is it for the Araya fight? I'd rewatch for that. Also, I think I would like to rewatch 7 and 3, 7 because it was a rather well-directed film, made the most sense, and had the most emotional gut-punches, and 3 because of the Asagami fight.
Not just the Araya fight, though that's a huge part of it. I also really like the Enjou plotline.
That's not shallow.
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I mean, his plotline is what makes the movie good, I would find it weirder if anyone rewatched the movie while not caring for it.
While Paradox Spiral remains categorically the better movie, I still have a soft spot for Remaining Sense of Pain solely because of that final bridge battle scene.
shit BL says
Once and always and nevermore.
I don't really care for the sudden cosmic horror introduced like last year where the universe doesn't hold enough energy so it just prune timelines considered 2bed or 2gudto advance.
I appreciate that it allowed the to finally show a typical utopia that the main characters of their work constantly fight against, but I thought the threath of the utopia is good enough to sell the stakes.
Do you really need a "BTW if Amakusa/Goetia wins the entire timeline will also be erased after a while"
Agreed. That, and "MAGARE!"
I watch KnK for Shiki's knife action and Touko's sexy aura.
I watch for Kajiura.
I mean... If Goetia won nothing would be deleted, he was going to change things starting from the beginning after all.
It's less to make these conflicts more threatening and more to introduce new, different conflicts into the story, I believe.
I like it because without this we'd be back to "EVERYTHING GOES BECAUSE KALEIDOSCOPE"
except that that was never actually a problem which needed to be resolved diegetically
かん汗ぎゅう牛じゅう充とう棟
Expresses the exceeding size of one's library.
Books are extremely many, loaded on an oxcart the ox will sweat.
At home piled to the ridgepole of the house, from this meaning.
Read out as 「Ushi ni ase shi, munagi ni mitsu.」
Source: 柳宗元「其為書，處則充棟宇，出則汗牛馬。」— Tang Dynasty
tell that to the great ignorance which is a fan psyche
"Only in my company, will you not be a monster"
anywhere than here
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