Man I was super impressed with Beyond the Boundary. That beautiful Kyoto Animation shure shines through. Considering I bought this on a whim with very little prior knowledge about this show, I was pleasantly surprised to find a top notch anime series unfold in front of my eyes. Beautiful visuals coupled with compelling characters seems to be Kyoto Animation's calling card. I highly recommend anyone to watch this hidden gem of a series. More people should watch this one in my opinion.
Beyond the boundary has been my favourite anime since I first watched it, I cried so hard at the end and even harder when I first watched the movie. In any case, it is so underrated it is criminal.
Very good critique and analysis of the series. I just finish it today. Movie, ova, everything. I’m glad you bought up all the other unnecessary stuff like what the “antagonist” want or how the world actually work doesn’t really affect the quality of the show. Because what they did right, and that is the relationship between the main cast, the animation, the voice acting MY GOD THE VOICE ACTING IS PHENOMENAL!, is so excellent that all the loose end just get swept under and you don’t need to question it. This show is such an emotional experience for me. I didn’t really care about the main relationship like more than half way in. And the last 3-4 episodes make me invested so much in them. Certainly glad I picked this up. My top 5
At 8:04 you undersell that episode a bit. Not only did it do an idol routine, it even did what most most Idol anime do in a few static flashback images of things that didn't happen animated. They accomplished an idol anime within like half an episode. Also you are absolutely correct with the villain being bad in the way that we don't really learn much about him, which I just realized thx to you. Regarding the sequel movie, I think it's soundtrack is an improvement on the series, though a lot of the songs sound pretty similar (I know very well, I've listened through all of them several times). Still the songs serve the scenes they're in perfectly. Along with this, I cannot begin to explain how incredibly beautiful of a scene it was when Akihito had that flashback before seeing this: i.redd.it/4sjeivkahn071.png Akihito sees in a flashback a boy and a girl going together, before the girl gets hurt and begins crying, after which the boy after some hesitation goes to help the girl back up before cutting to the scene with Akihito in the same position as the boy, while the girl, in this case Mirai, is nowhere to be seen(instead there is an ever so vague outline of lighter are, where Mirai should be). This along with track 19, a song which perfectly captures the feeling of loneliness (which I know from experience) create the most beautiful scene in terms of feels and visual storytelling imo, after the climax scene of Akihito at last saving Mirai. The boy and the girl in the flashback symbolize Akihito and Mirai and they basically foreshadow what will happen with the boy helping the girl up, which then occurs both when Akihito saves Mirai and more exactly the very same thing happens when Akihito helps Mirai up at the hills of yellow flowers(fun fact, this location was foreshadowed in Mirai's book of things she liked very early in the movie). It shows to both the audience and Akihito, that he needs Mirai, and that Akihito needs to save her. It culminates in Akihito standing alone with a night sky(helps emphasize the loneliness, as the stars in the sky are all so far apart from each other plus space is really lonely) and an empty aura before him, where Mirai should be.
That's right, they totally do add all those flashback portraits don't they? They were really committed to the idol bit. I also didn't realize how bad the villain was myself until I was in the middle of watching the fight between him and Izumi at the end of the show. I asked myself why I didn't care about what was happening, and after a little thinking I connected the dots. I ended up listening to every track from the movie in order to pick what to use for background music, and I agree that it's pretty repetitive. Tracks tended to fall into either "tense/suspenseful music" or "sad piano music". There was some really good stuff there though. That description of the vision Akihito saw was great. KyoAni has always been phenomenal at visual storytelling. I actually noticed the flower field callback while rewatching the film and intended to mention it somewhere in the video, but it never came to pass. Thanks for taking the time to write this much! It was really fun to read
as an outside viewer in a world written by someone else, it's really not our place to question their way of showing their story, you just don't tell every detail of a story it be boring otherwise. But yeah, your right, this adaptation seemed to have been rushed, and they might not have been faithful to the source, but that's normal considering its age, but from what I know the stuff they produce now really do connect with their roots. 7:12 Their song rocks even though it's hard to understand because it's Japanese. 8:01 They were really building up that twist in the end, I'm not sure if it was good or not. 10:40 Good video not as comprehensive as what I was looking for but good enough here's a like. I'm 65.
I'm proud to call this my favorite KyoAni show that (I thought) no one else likes. Ordinarily, I'm not a fan of the notion that visuals and themes trump story. But Beyond the Boundary is such a profoundly sincere series, with the utmost commitment to its characters and message, that I'm more than willing to forgive it in this case.
This put into words why I liked it so much as well. It's not about the plot, the characters, or all that stuff. It's the fact that the story has a tremendous amount of heart put into it. Far more than most
Oh wait!!!! I have seen this!! At lest the first episode. The first time she stabs the guy... that triggered a flashback to watching that scene! I never really watched past the first episode though. Or if I did it’s been too long and I don’t remember. Looks like I missed out.
I don't know why I wasn't notified about these comments, but regardless I'm glad you remembered the show by watching the video. Thanks again for watching!
@@Totaraum of course! You’ve been making amazing content and it’s been a blast to watch! This video itself had me going back to watch try this show again. It’s so nostalgic to that time era, even if I didn’t complete it back then. Thanks again for the content!
The number one thing I remember from this show is their use of the mise en scene. The cinematography blew me away, with the beautiful colours, shot composition and symbolism riddled in many areas. That, and the gorgeous sound effects selling action after action more and more. That alone would be enough to get me emotional, even if the story was utter crap (which it isnt imo, just to be clear lol)
(This ended up being a long rant but I hope you’ll still read it) Man, it’s great that you enjoyed the movie, because I didn’t at all. It quite literally ruined the series(?) for me. I was already mad at the conclusion for ass-pulling Mirai back other than “movie”, but literally all the conflicts in the movie are from ass-pulls too. The eldest sister having to fight their siblings? Yeah, magic parasite. Mirai fighting Akihito? Also from weird parasite powers. The entirety of the emotional drama between the two main characters? An out of nowhere revival and amnesia. It breaks my immersion so hard and I just can’t get invested at all. And that last ass pull is the worst offender for me. Deaths in stories need to have meaning, it can represent loss, sacrifice, stakes, etc. By reviving Mirai without any good reason, any and all emotion you’re still trying to take in by the end of the show is just ruined because her death, the main foundation of the ending for the show, suddenly lost all meaning. But ok, I’m sure some people would be happy for a happy, if not forced, ending. But then they have to put in the plot point of amnesia. And it’s not partial amnesia, it completely wiped her. All her backstory, her inner struggles, emotional growth, character development, all gone. To me, that isn’t Mirai anymore. Because Mirai is the character whose growth I was invested in, who turned from not confident to someone brave enough to sacrifice herself for her love, not just the pretty girl with the glasses. She was just a brand new character with Mirai’s body. Then, I ask, what is the point of the damn revival? All it did was to give Akihito a reason to be all sad and gloomy and generate conflict from that. I don’t think that justifies how much it ruins the ending of the show. They literally played with our emotions back-to-back for no good enough reason other than “we need emotional conflict”. Sure, the imagery of the emotional climax of the movie was very nice. Of course it was, it’s KyoAni. But the message I got from that beautiful imagery was, “hey, you see all this sakuga right now? Yeah, it’s emotional time baby, drop your complaining about our duct-taped together plot and feel sad.” Which really rubs me the wrong way. I really really love the show, I was in love with the dynamic the main duo had. I even looked past the poorly explained mechanics behind Beyond the Boundary (the youmu) because it brought such strong emotional beats, those that were built up from previous episodes. Which is why I feel so offended by that ending and the entirety of movie, because of the ass pulls and deterioration of storytelling yes, but mainly because it practically erased one of the characters I loved so much and restarted her from a blank slate that I’m just supposed to be invested in immediately. I so wish I could erase the show’s end scene and the movie from my head and just let me savour the sad ending of the show. That’s my perspective. It’s nice seeing people talk about this show this many years later so, thanks for doing this video. Again, I’m glad you enjoyed the movie, but I just can’t say I agree at all.
Thanks for sharing all your thoughts! It was a fun read. I also really wish the show ended with Mirai dead, and if it meant this movie was never made I suppose it would've been a fair trade off. I agree that the world has some pretty poorly explained mechanics, which is why I just kind of rolled with the whole amnesia and parasite thing. Also, I believe the parasite was foreshadowed in the show? Particularly during Izumi's confrontation with the bad guy whose name I can never remember. The amnesia is unexplained, but the revival has to do with her ring and her mom, but I'd have to rewatch the film to fully remember. Either way, to me it doesn't really matter how the characters get into a situation, but how they handle it does. I really loved the dynamic of Akihito reluctantly pushing away a curious and friendly Mirai. I liked watching her rediscover her powers and seeing how scared and defeated that made Akihito. Basically since I loved the characters, the movie was fun to watch because it flung them into an interesting and dramatic scenario. Also, I do agree that kyoani has a habit of making "cry here" moments feel a little too obvious. It must be especially annoying if you aren't enjoying the film already
@@Totaraum Here’s the funny thing, if they wanted to make the movie no matter what, they could’ve went for a generic happy ending in the first place. It would’ve made for a less impacting ending, but at least that wouldn’t have played with our feelings and let us think the show’s ending could have been better than how it was. I’m going to be honest, you could be right about the parasite and amnesia thing, because I also watched the movie very long ago. But I do remember being actually bored at the really supposedly emotional parts because I was so not immersed. So maybe I missed out on the explanations and foreshadowing because I was just so mad and frustrated about the whole revival at the end of the show, and held that feeling going into the movie. You know, I agree with you on how the character dynamic was very nice in the movie. They flipped the roles and made Mirai the one to actively try to get close to Akihito. I think that’s great! But I don’t think full, complete amnesia is the right way to that approach. Like I said, I had no way to get invested in what was a essentially a new character that they expected me to feel strongly about because “hey, you watched the show right?” Personally, I’d think an easy fix would just be to give her partial amnesia. Maybe Beyond the Boundary made her forget all about itself, causing Mirai to forget about Akihito being half BtB? Maybe Mirai only remembered events up until a certain part of the show where their relationship was going strong? I’m sure they could come up with something. Point being, we would still see Mirai wonder what happened to Akihito to make him distance himself (reason still being he is still half BtB and don’t want Mirai to get involved with him again since he saw what could happen to her again if he does), and we would get the same, if not even better drama surrounding the two on that same premise, because this time it actually involves a character that we know and loved for 12 episodes. Just imagine that sense of betrayal Mirai would feel besides from just her pure confusion that was in the movie. In the end, a 50% Mirai could build herself to be 100% Mirai again, but 0% could never do that in a believable way. (But they didn’t even try to give us original Mirai back through spoopy youmu magic!) I’d still be mad about the revival if she got partial amnesia instead, but I’d feel less betrayed because I wouldn’t think we’re getting more Mirai when in fact we technically weren’t. And yup, those “cry here” moments are two way streets. It could elevate a great plot and give a huge payoff to all the build up it had, or in this case, have me let out a huge sigh because of all the missed potential I saw in the plot. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me though!
Fun fact (potentially): the idol episode was just something they did for fun cuz they had extra funds at the end of the serie... If this is true (ive only read comments saying so), do with that info what you want ^^
Imagine being someone who thinks KyoAni hasn't been great since 2008 - that's not a person, that's a case study on the mental illness known as pee pee poo poo brain
The last time I rewatched this show was 3 years ago, maybe I'll rewatch it sometime, cause I remember liking the first half, starting to waver for ep 7 to around ep9/10, then finding the ending really disappointing. I straight-up forgot what the movie was even about. I think there was something retconny. Seeing this video, it was an almost immediate "Oh yeah!..." There's so much I like with Kyoukai, but it can get really bad. Out of all the KyoAni stuff I've watched, it's a bit above Air (At the bottom) and quite a lot behind Amagi. (I have yet to watch Phantom World, I've heard that it's infamous)
There's a lot to groan about with Kyoukai, but I still think it's worth a watch. If you turn your brain off a bit it's easier to just enjoy the ride also you might want to just skip phantom world lol
I just finished the movie after finishing the anime like 1 or 2 weeks ago, but before watching the movie I came to watch this video. Of course i stopped when you started talking about the movie. And then i returned to finish. Yes, this anime is a mess. To be fair it's almost 12 am and my understanding of life in general is not on point as I normally go to sleep at 11pm. Yet, I didn't understand much of this anime, neither in the series nor in the movie. Besides that cryingly scene when they decide to be together forever (so cliche btw) it's pretty mid and not that interesting The animation though, what a piece of pure art, I loved it But yeah for me is a 7/10 I guess, and I appreciate animes long term from 8.5/10 and above sooo.... Time to watch tamako market I guess
I’m planning on doing that one some day, but it won’t be for a while. Truth be told I don’t really get the humor of that show so I’m hoping I’ll grow to like it with a rewatch. Thanks for the suggestion!
While it's far from being my fav kyoani work(not my least favourite either since that honour goes to Chuunibyou), KnK was still a pretty enjoyable series. Tho I didn't actually like it until I watched the movie. Hiroomi is probably my fav character, tho I have to give an honerable mention to Izumi Nase who I thought was hot af.
Ah no way I really liked Chuunibyou. I need to rewatch it soon. As for those characters Hiroomi had some pretty good moments, and you're right on the money with Izumi lmao. I definitely wish the characters outside of the main four had a little more development
@@Totaraum for all the other kyoani series I've watched, smth from the series stuck with me. But in Chuunibyou's case, nothing really stuck with me and the series kind of felt like a waste of time. I didn't particularly care for the characters and the story didn't really intrigue me.
@@thecoolestfaisal I can see that. I think what makes Chuunibyou stand out slightly is the way it handles the romance and the fact that half of the characters are crazy. It doesn't do too much different from the other shows but I think there's something comforting about that
Okay this question is before watching the video but Can someone please tell me how to watch in order-? Like i just finished the series and the movies how do I watch them? And if it's best if i watch the specials before? Im so stuckkkkkkkk ahh-
If you’ve finished the series then you can watch Kyoukai no Kanata Movie 2: I'll Be Here - Mirai-hen. The first one is just a recap of the series. You can watch that if you’d like, but it’s not necessary. The ova is a prequel to the series and also isn’t necessary to watch but if you’d like to see how Akihito met Mitsuki and hiroomi it’s there for you to watch. I hope that helps!
Ah, this series is criminally underrated, and overall great, but I wouldnt call it the greatest kyoani work.
Absolutely not, but it's still great in its own right
Hyouka and violet evergarden or even silent voice would make sense being called 'greatest kyoani work' but btb is pretty good ngl
It's well rated
Man I was super impressed with Beyond the Boundary. That beautiful Kyoto Animation shure shines through. Considering I bought this on a whim with very little prior knowledge about this show, I was pleasantly surprised to find a top notch anime series unfold in front of my eyes. Beautiful visuals coupled with compelling characters seems to be Kyoto Animation's calling card. I highly recommend anyone to watch this hidden gem of a series. More people should watch this one in my opinion.
Always a great analysis, this channel is criminally under watched
Happy to hear you think so as always!
Beyond the boundary has been my favourite anime since I first watched it, I cried so hard at the end and even harder when I first watched the movie. In any case, it is so underrated it is criminal.
Yeah, unfortunately it's one of kyoani's most forgotten works
Very good critique and analysis of the series. I just finish it today. Movie, ova, everything.
I’m glad you bought up all the other unnecessary stuff like what the “antagonist” want or how the world actually work doesn’t really affect the quality of the show. Because what they did right, and that is the relationship between the main cast, the animation, the voice acting MY GOD THE VOICE ACTING IS PHENOMENAL!, is so excellent that all the loose end just get swept under and you don’t need to question it. This show is such an emotional experience for me. I didn’t really care about the main relationship like more than half way in. And the last 3-4 episodes make me invested so much in them. Certainly glad I picked this up. My top 5
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! Always good to see more people giving this show a try
Absolutely great video. Now I wanna rewatch Beyond the Boundary.
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it
At 8:04 you undersell that episode a bit. Not only did it do an idol routine, it even did what most most Idol anime do in a few static flashback images of things that didn't happen animated. They accomplished an idol anime within like half an episode.
Also you are absolutely correct with the villain being bad in the way that we don't really learn much about him, which I just realized thx to you.
Regarding the sequel movie, I think it's soundtrack is an improvement on the series, though a lot of the songs sound pretty similar (I know very well, I've listened through all of them several times). Still the songs serve the scenes they're in perfectly.
Along with this, I cannot begin to explain how incredibly beautiful of a scene it was when Akihito had that flashback before seeing this: i.redd.it/4sjeivkahn071.png
Akihito sees in a flashback a boy and a girl going together, before the girl gets hurt and begins crying, after which the boy after some hesitation goes to help the girl back up before cutting to the scene with Akihito in the same position as the boy, while the girl, in this case Mirai, is nowhere to be seen(instead there is an ever so vague outline of lighter are, where Mirai should be). This along with track 19, a song which perfectly captures the feeling of loneliness (which I know from experience) create the most beautiful scene in terms of feels and visual storytelling imo, after the climax scene of Akihito at last saving Mirai. The boy and the girl in the flashback symbolize Akihito and Mirai and they basically foreshadow what will happen with the boy helping the girl up, which then occurs both when Akihito saves Mirai and more exactly the very same thing happens when Akihito helps Mirai up at the hills of yellow flowers(fun fact, this location was foreshadowed in Mirai's book of things she liked very early in the movie). It shows to both the audience and Akihito, that he needs Mirai, and that Akihito needs to save her. It culminates in Akihito standing alone with a night sky(helps emphasize the loneliness, as the stars in the sky are all so far apart from each other plus space is really lonely) and an empty aura before him, where Mirai should be.
That's right, they totally do add all those flashback portraits don't they? They were really committed to the idol bit. I also didn't realize how bad the villain was myself until I was in the middle of watching the fight between him and Izumi at the end of the show. I asked myself why I didn't care about what was happening, and after a little thinking I connected the dots. I ended up listening to every track from the movie in order to pick what to use for background music, and I agree that it's pretty repetitive. Tracks tended to fall into either "tense/suspenseful music" or "sad piano music". There was some really good stuff there though. That description of the vision Akihito saw was great. KyoAni has always been phenomenal at visual storytelling. I actually noticed the flower field callback while rewatching the film and intended to mention it somewhere in the video, but it never came to pass. Thanks for taking the time to write this much! It was really fun to read
as an outside viewer in a world written by someone else, it's really not our place to question their way of showing their story, you just don't tell every detail of a story it be boring otherwise. But yeah, your right, this adaptation seemed to have been rushed, and they might not have been faithful to the source, but that's normal considering its age, but from what I know the stuff they produce now really do connect with their roots. 7:12
Their song rocks even though it's hard to understand because it's Japanese. 8:01
They were really building up that twist in the end, I'm not sure if it was good or not. 10:40
Good video not as comprehensive as what I was looking for but good enough here's a like. I'm 65.
Lets goooooooooo I absolutely adore Kyoukai no Kanata
First time you are talking about a series I haven’t watched so I am going to watch it after the video
If you like what you saw in the video then I highly recommend it, hope you enjoy!
I'm proud to call this my favorite KyoAni show that (I thought) no one else likes. Ordinarily, I'm not a fan of the notion that visuals and themes trump story. But Beyond the Boundary is such a profoundly sincere series, with the utmost commitment to its characters and message, that I'm more than willing to forgive it in this case.
This put into words why I liked it so much as well. It's not about the plot, the characters, or all that stuff. It's the fact that the story has a tremendous amount of heart put into it. Far more than most
@@Totaraum the ending still confused me did they both die together or did they both live?
This show is underrated in my opinion
I agree!
@@Totaraum have you seen Anohana and Plastic Memories?
If you haven’t I recommend watching them both
@@Jeff_-si4mh I’ve been recommended both of those before but I haven’t seen either yet. I’ll make sure I check them out soon
Man great analysis bro. Underrated channel. I'll go watch the movie now
Thank you, and please do! It’s a great time
Haven’t seen this one yet... or really looked into it. Needless to say your video once again is amazing. Loved it. Thanks again!
Oh wait!!!! I have seen this!! At lest the first episode. The first time she stabs the guy... that triggered a flashback to watching that scene! I never really watched past the first episode though. Or if I did it’s been too long and I don’t remember. Looks like I missed out.
I don't know why I wasn't notified about these comments, but regardless I'm glad you remembered the show by watching the video. Thanks again for watching!
@@Totaraum of course! You’ve been making amazing content and it’s been a blast to watch! This video itself had me going back to watch try this show again. It’s so nostalgic to that time era, even if I didn’t complete it back then. Thanks again for the content!
The only damn video on this. Thank you! Lol. End of s1 I was like wtf did I miss??!
To the movie I goooo
The number one thing I remember from this show is their use of the mise en scene. The cinematography blew me away, with the beautiful colours, shot composition and symbolism riddled in many areas. That, and the gorgeous sound effects selling action after action more and more. That alone would be enough to get me emotional, even if the story was utter crap (which it isnt imo, just to be clear lol)
Like I said, top of their game with this one
How (not) unpleasent.
(This ended up being a long rant but I hope you’ll still read it)
Man, it’s great that you enjoyed the movie, because I didn’t at all. It quite literally ruined the series(?) for me. I was already mad at the conclusion for ass-pulling Mirai back other than “movie”, but literally all the conflicts in the movie are from ass-pulls too.
The eldest sister having to fight their siblings? Yeah, magic parasite. Mirai fighting Akihito? Also from weird parasite powers. The entirety of the emotional drama between the two main characters? An out of nowhere revival and amnesia. It breaks my immersion so hard and I just can’t get invested at all.
And that last ass pull is the worst offender for me. Deaths in stories need to have meaning, it can represent loss, sacrifice, stakes, etc. By reviving Mirai without any good reason, any and all emotion you’re still trying to take in by the end of the show is just ruined because her death, the main foundation of the ending for the show, suddenly lost all meaning.
But ok, I’m sure some people would be happy for a happy, if not forced, ending. But then they have to put in the plot point of amnesia. And it’s not partial amnesia, it completely wiped her. All her backstory, her inner struggles, emotional growth, character development, all gone. To me, that isn’t Mirai anymore. Because Mirai is the character whose growth I was invested in, who turned from not confident to someone brave enough to sacrifice herself for her love, not just the pretty girl with the glasses. She was just a brand new character with Mirai’s body.
Then, I ask, what is the point of the damn revival? All it did was to give Akihito a reason to be all sad and gloomy and generate conflict from that. I don’t think that justifies how much it ruins the ending of the show. They literally played with our emotions back-to-back for no good enough reason other than “we need emotional conflict”.
Sure, the imagery of the emotional climax of the movie was very nice. Of course it was, it’s KyoAni. But the message I got from that beautiful imagery was, “hey, you see all this sakuga right now? Yeah, it’s emotional time baby, drop your complaining about our duct-taped together plot and feel sad.” Which really rubs me the wrong way.
I really really love the show, I was in love with the dynamic the main duo had. I even looked past the poorly explained mechanics behind Beyond the Boundary (the youmu) because it brought such strong emotional beats, those that were built up from previous episodes. Which is why I feel so offended by that ending and the entirety of movie, because of the ass pulls and deterioration of storytelling yes, but mainly because it practically erased one of the characters I loved so much and restarted her from a blank slate that I’m just supposed to be invested in immediately. I so wish I could erase the show’s end scene and the movie from my head and just let me savour the sad ending of the show.
That’s my perspective. It’s nice seeing people talk about this show this many years later so, thanks for doing this video. Again, I’m glad you enjoyed the movie, but I just can’t say I agree at all.
Thanks for sharing all your thoughts! It was a fun read. I also really wish the show ended with Mirai dead, and if it meant this movie was never made I suppose it would've been a fair trade off. I agree that the world has some pretty poorly explained mechanics, which is why I just kind of rolled with the whole amnesia and parasite thing. Also, I believe the parasite was foreshadowed in the show? Particularly during Izumi's confrontation with the bad guy whose name I can never remember. The amnesia is unexplained, but the revival has to do with her ring and her mom, but I'd have to rewatch the film to fully remember.
Either way, to me it doesn't really matter how the characters get into a situation, but how they handle it does. I really loved the dynamic of Akihito reluctantly pushing away a curious and friendly Mirai. I liked watching her rediscover her powers and seeing how scared and defeated that made Akihito. Basically since I loved the characters, the movie was fun to watch because it flung them into an interesting and dramatic scenario.
Also, I do agree that kyoani has a habit of making "cry here" moments feel a little too obvious. It must be especially annoying if you aren't enjoying the film already
@@Totaraum Here’s the funny thing, if they wanted to make the movie no matter what, they could’ve went for a generic happy ending in the first place. It would’ve made for a less impacting ending, but at least that wouldn’t have played with our feelings and let us think the show’s ending could have been better than how it was.
I’m going to be honest, you could be right about the parasite and amnesia thing, because I also watched the movie very long ago. But I do remember being actually bored at the really supposedly emotional parts because I was so not immersed. So maybe I missed out on the explanations and foreshadowing because I was just so mad and frustrated about the whole revival at the end of the show, and held that feeling going into the movie.
You know, I agree with you on how the character dynamic was very nice in the movie. They flipped the roles and made Mirai the one to actively try to get close to Akihito. I think that’s great! But I don’t think full, complete amnesia is the right way to that approach. Like I said, I had no way to get invested in what was a essentially a new character that they expected me to feel strongly about because “hey, you watched the show right?”
Personally, I’d think an easy fix would just be to give her partial amnesia. Maybe Beyond the Boundary made her forget all about itself, causing Mirai to forget about Akihito being half BtB? Maybe Mirai only remembered events up until a certain part of the show where their relationship was going strong? I’m sure they could come up with something. Point being, we would still see Mirai wonder what happened to Akihito to make him distance himself (reason still being he is still half BtB and don’t want Mirai to get involved with him again since he saw what could happen to her again if he does), and we would get the same, if not even better drama surrounding the two on that same premise, because this time it actually involves a character that we know and loved for 12 episodes. Just imagine that sense of betrayal Mirai would feel besides from just her pure confusion that was in the movie. In the end, a 50% Mirai could build herself to be 100% Mirai again, but 0% could never do that in a believable way. (But they didn’t even try to give us original Mirai back through spoopy youmu magic!) I’d still be mad about the revival if she got partial amnesia instead, but I’d feel less betrayed because I wouldn’t think we’re getting more Mirai when in fact we technically weren’t.
And yup, those “cry here” moments are two way streets. It could elevate a great plot and give a huge payoff to all the build up it had, or in this case, have me let out a huge sigh because of all the missed potential I saw in the plot.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me though!
Fun fact (potentially): the idol episode was just something they did for fun cuz they had extra funds at the end of the serie... If this is true (ive only read comments saying so), do with that info what you want ^^
This sounds right to me, but I’d be surprised if they had extra funds after making the show look as great as it does
@@Totaraum one word... Kyoani
Imagine being someone who thinks KyoAni hasn't been great since 2008 - that's not a person, that's a case study on the mental illness known as pee pee poo poo brain
The correct scientific term is actually doo doo caca brain
The last time I rewatched this show was 3 years ago, maybe I'll rewatch it sometime, cause I remember liking the first half, starting to waver for ep 7 to around ep9/10, then finding the ending really disappointing.
I straight-up forgot what the movie was even about. I think there was something retconny. Seeing this video, it was an almost immediate "Oh yeah!..."
There's so much I like with Kyoukai, but it can get really bad.
Out of all the KyoAni stuff I've watched, it's a bit above Air (At the bottom) and quite a lot behind Amagi. (I have yet to watch Phantom World, I've heard that it's infamous)
There's a lot to groan about with Kyoukai, but I still think it's worth a watch. If you turn your brain off a bit it's easier to just enjoy the ride
also you might want to just skip phantom world lol
Top Notch anime
Hell yeah
I just finished the movie after finishing the anime like 1 or 2 weeks ago, but before watching the movie I came to watch this video. Of course i stopped when you started talking about the movie. And then i returned to finish.
Yes, this anime is a mess. To be fair it's almost 12 am and my understanding of life in general is not on point as I normally go to sleep at 11pm. Yet, I didn't understand much of this anime, neither in the series nor in the movie. Besides that cryingly scene when they decide to be together forever (so cliche btw) it's pretty mid and not that interesting
The animation though, what a piece of pure art, I loved it
But yeah for me is a 7/10 I guess, and I appreciate animes long term from 8.5/10 and above sooo.... Time to watch tamako market I guess
One of my favorite anime oat tbh
I agree, it’s got a ton of great tracks
Do my journey through Nichijou next?
I'm curious to hearing your thoughts on that show.
I’m planning on doing that one some day, but it won’t be for a while. Truth be told I don’t really get the humor of that show so I’m hoping I’ll grow to like it with a rewatch. Thanks for the suggestion!
10:56 oof that did not age well
LMAO very true
Beyond the boundary is the name (?)
While it's far from being my fav kyoani work(not my least favourite either since that honour goes to Chuunibyou), KnK was still a pretty enjoyable series. Tho I didn't actually like it until I watched the movie. Hiroomi is probably my fav character, tho I have to give an honerable mention to Izumi Nase who I thought was hot af.
Ah no way I really liked Chuunibyou. I need to rewatch it soon. As for those characters Hiroomi had some pretty good moments, and you're right on the money with Izumi lmao. I definitely wish the characters outside of the main four had a little more development
@@Totaraum I mean I don't dislike it. I just think it's a very weak series when compared to a lot of kyoani's other works
@@thecoolestfaisal That's fair enough
@@Totaraum for all the other kyoani series I've watched, smth from the series stuck with me. But in Chuunibyou's case, nothing really stuck with me and the series kind of felt like a waste of time. I didn't particularly care for the characters and the story didn't really intrigue me.
@@thecoolestfaisal I can see that. I think what makes Chuunibyou stand out slightly is the way it handles the romance and the fact that half of the characters are crazy. It doesn't do too much different from the other shows but I think there's something comforting about that
18:46 same
Can someone explain what his mon is
Okay this question is before watching the video but Can someone please tell me how to watch in order-? Like i just finished the series and the movies how do I watch them? And if it's best if i watch the specials before? Im so stuckkkkkkkk ahh-
If you’ve finished the series then you can watch Kyoukai no Kanata Movie 2: I'll Be Here - Mirai-hen. The first one is just a recap of the series. You can watch that if you’d like, but it’s not necessary. The ova is a prequel to the series and also isn’t necessary to watch but if you’d like to see how Akihito met Mitsuki and hiroomi it’s there for you to watch. I hope that helps!
It helps so much thank you!!!
@@synthvx_ no problem!
@@Totaraum do you know where I can watch the movie? It's been a while since I've been looking for it. I cannot find it 😔
@@synthvx_ I looked into it, but it doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere right now. Getting it physically seems to be the only legal option
9:03-9:05
Ending doesn't make any sense
h u h ?
What?