Kara no Kyoukai Movie: Mirai Fukuin

​Shiki Ryougi, Mikiya Kokutou, and Touko Aozaki begin investigating a bomber after they witness a nearby explosion. That same night, Shiki catches a glimpse of the bomber, and as a result, he becomes fixated on her. To get rid of her, the madman plays a game of cat and mouse in attempts to lure her to an empty parking garage. And bombs are not the only thing he has in his arsenal: he also possesses the ability to see the future, and he intends to bring an end to Shiki.

Elsewhere a few days prior, a student at Reien Girls' Academy, Shizune Seo, plans to head home for the summer. However, while exiting a bus, she has a vision of the future involving a nearby stranger's death. While trying to warn the stranger, she meets Mikiya—who succeeds in utilizing Shizune's information effectively.

Subsequently, an employee is sent on a job with his employer's 10-year-old daughter in tow. However, the subject of his investigation turns out to be a ghost from both of their pasts.

Mirai Fukuin tells the stories set during the main timeline of the Kara no Kyoukai films, as well as one set in the future.

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Ryougi, Shiki Main

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Kokutou, Mikiya Main

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Seo, Shizune Main

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Kamekura, Mitsuru Main

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Aozaki, Touko Supporting

Honda, Takako Japanese

Kokutou, Azaka Supporting

Fujimura, Ayumi Japanese

Ryougi, Mana Supporting

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Mifune's Mother Supporting

Kujira Japanese

Akimi, Daisuke Supporting

Touchi, Hiroki Japanese

Iwakami, Atsuhiro Producer

Kondou, Hikaru Producer

Oota, Katsushi Producer

Matsushita, Takuya Producer

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Mar 9, 2014

cra0

Recommended

Wow what can I say I've waited two/three years for this movie and I'm just speechless. Ufotable has done it again with Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin, for those who have seen the previous movies I'd suggest watching the remix video first to get a recap of what has happened. "Kara no Kyoukai - Remix - Gate of Seventh Heaven". I'm not sure what I can say without spoiling much but basically it's another mystery which Shiki and Mikiya get caught up in. The art is great and yeah just go watch it XD

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Mar 4, 2014

Stark700

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Here’s a curious question for fruits of thought: What would you do if you can foresee the future? Will you use your power for righteousness or will you follow a path of greed and destruction? The power to be able to see into the future is a phenomenon that has have adapted into many form of media. Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukin explores this power and formulates it into two sides: light and dark.

Taking place in the summer of August, the film serves as a side story based off the novel series. Divided into two parts known as Mobius Ring and Mobius Link, the ... movie explores an insight relating to the power of precognition. That’s what it is on the surface anyways. In essence, the movie composes of two worlds as the main character Seo describes – the present and the future. In retrospect, we see from her viewpoint the power that encompasses herself as a special individual. She is able to see into the future before an event and can respond accordingly. But as a young and shy girl, Seo lacks confidence in her powers to be able to deliver its message at first. It’s easy to tell since such a power can be viewed as both a gift and a curse. That doesn’t come easy for her until fate comes together with a young man named Mikiya Kokutou whom she meets. Their meeting marks a breaking point for Seo. It’s from this encounter that she realizes there’s more than just what meets the eye. Mirai Fukin deals with Seo’s understanding of her powers and its responsibilities.

On the other hand, we have a young man named Mitsuru Kamemura also possessing the ability of precognition to foresee into the future. Unlike Seo, he uses his power for twisted purposes. Adapting the role of a serial bomber, Mitsuru describes his bombs as “toys” and treats the world like a twisted game. In essence, he holds the controller to trigger the bomb and thanks to his foresee ability is able to cheat life and death. Representing the dark side of the movie, Mitsuru is a man that lacks compassion in Mobius Ring. From minute one that he enters the show, there’s a thrilling atmosphere surrounding his appearance. It stands out for the fact that he simply enjoys every kill and treats it as a game. At one point of the story, Mitsuru admits that he hasn’t had this much fun in a while until he meets Shiki. Returning from the previous Kara no Kyoukai movies, Shiki plays the role of a player in Mitsuru’s twisted game. But to defy against such a power takes guts and complexity. For Shiki, she is a cunning woman and stays ahead of the game. While not always able to solve problems in a civil way, Shiki comes off as a woman that can perceive death based on her own powers – the sacred Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. In retrospect, she shows her fearlessness and goes against destiny.

The remainder of the film revisits Mitsuru’s life. Only this time, he plays a different role with a young girl named Mana. Rather than killing others for the sake of the thrill, Mitsuru adapts more of a guardian role for this young girl. Fast forwarding to 10 years into the future, Mitsuru acts with care for Mana but also questions about his own future. It’s symmetric to the film’s power involving premonition. At the same time, there’s a concept involving salvation dealing with choices and regret. With such a power, one would think its way to change the world. But for people like Seo and Mitsuru, they use it for their purposes. And while contrasting in one another with their usage, they deal with the responsibility.

Throughout the film, a supporting character by the name of Ms. Diviner talks about destiny and what fate has in store for people such as Shiki. And it’s true too, because fate allowed Seo and Mikiya to meet one another. Through their bonding comes trust and more confidence. Mirai Fukin focuses on a more psychological aspect of its storytelling rather than shounen action. That is one part the movie lacks in terms of aspect. Action is minimal in the movie only involving the serial bomber Mitsuru as he uses his powers. But what we should be more focused on is Mitsuru’s motivations. It delivers a stellar execution as he tests the limits of his powers but not fueled by any significant goal such as revenge or bounty. He is more like a textbook with no answer key that is hard to read on the surface.

Regrettably the movie lacks spectacular action but it makes it up for its extravagant visuals. As expected from the studio ufotable, known for its other involvement of the previous films, it delivers its magnificent animation style to life. It triumphs not just in its visual production values but its ability to match with the atmosphere. The Kara no Kyoukai franchise has an eerie atmosphere and this latest installation adapts it like a charm even for morbid actions such as serial bombing. It also captures the moment of the setting with its dog days in the summer when it focuses on the background such as the plants and chilling nights. Some of the scenes involving the characters walking in a dark alley brings back some nostalgia from the previous movie to convey its eerie atmosphere. Character designs are also consistent that conveys Shiki’s cunning personality, Seo’s innocence, Mana’s ebullience, Mikiya’s wisdom, and Mitsuru’s ideologies. It holds it altogether with their visage.

While ufotable is known for its prowess with animation production values, the soundtrack of this movie is also not a pushover. From the introduction to the very ending minute, this movie seizes its every moment to bring the OST to life. It ranges from the eerie atmosphere, the intimidating tone with the cat-and-mouse game between Shiki and Mitsuru, and mature conversation in the café. I would also give praise especially to Mitsuru’s performance for his voice mannerisms that captures his calculating movements. Similarly, Shiki’s voice also conveys her sly personality as she is able to fight against fate on her own terms. The theme song by Kalafina as well as Yuki Kajiura’s performance also shows their talent in an elegant manner.

1 hour and 30 minutes. That’s all it needs for this film to deliver its message. But for such a power to be able to foresee into the future through precognition, there are infinite answers to its true purpose. What we know is that everyone’s ideologies fits somewhere like pieces to a puzzle. This movie presents its themes and ideas in tolerant manners that matches with its mysterious atmosphere. And as expected, ufotable adapts this atmosphere with consistency in both artwork and soundtrack. For a movie that serves a side story, I highly recommend this presentation as an appreciation to its previous installations. It’s a gem that shines with grace.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Oct 7, 2018

Theseus1

Not Recommended

Disclaimer: This review is not coming from a huge KnK fan. I do not dislike the series and thus far every movie had at least one unique and interesting thing to offer. This one however is easily the worst and I am honestly baffled that it has such a high score.

Characters: Well the usual suspects, Shiki, Mikiya and Touko are their usual selfes and do not get significantly challenged or developed, as to be expected of a side-story that is not needed to understand the main plot. The movie introduces quite a few new characters with two female ones feeling painfully bland and tropey, with ... one loli in particular just coming off as a ripoff of loli Rin Tohsaka (from the Fate franchise), which is especially disappointing, because of the position she has in the story. (to say more would be spoilery) The loli zettai ryoiki also clashes hard with the overall tone of KnK. Besides that the characters are basically entirely governed by the themes of this movie so talking about them as characters is barely necessary.

Themes: The themes center around future and past, about precognition, the despair it can bring and the determination that is needed to forge ones own path.
They are very TIRED and BASIC.
Of course somebody who foresaw a terrible event would essentially have to suffer twice.
Of course precognition could lead to a destructive dterministic mindset.
Of course precognition that obviously allows you to alter the future in directions you desire is actually a neat ability to have and so forth.

Honestly I can not imagine that any intelligent person who thought about the subject would be confronted with anything that is new or not obvious here. Prophecy is an element in so many fantasy stories that it would be hard not to gain an understanding of it that far exceeds this movie.

Presentation: In one word: lackluster. Both the direction and animation feel more basic than in other KnK movies, not helped by the fact that the movie is set mostly in normal anime daylight. There is still the occassional cool-looking shot, but thats about it. It is also the first KnK movie in which I did not take note and appreciate the soundtrack. These flaws make other elements common in the series stand out even more as negatives, like the exposition. A fair chunk of the movie is just Mikiya having a exposition scene in a bar, with some girl. It honestly strongly reminded me of Sword Art Online in that regard. The movie is also among the longer ones in the series, which lead to me getting more and more annoyed as it went on.

In comparison say Garan no Dou (the fourth movie) had at the very least as much to say about interesting themes of psychology, while progressing the overall story and with a better presentation, in half the running time, yet it somehow has a worse score.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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