Kyoukai no Kanata

Mirai Kuriyama is the sole survivor of a clan of Spirit World warriors with the power to employ their blood as weapons. As such, Mirai is tasked with hunting down and killing "youmu"—creatures said to be the manifestation of negative human emotions. One day, while deep in thought on the school roof, Mirai comes across Akihito Kanbara, a rare half-breed of youmu in human form. In a panicked state, she plunges her blood saber into him only to realize that he's an immortal being. From then on, the two form an impromptu friendship that revolves around Mirai constantly trying to kill Akihito, in an effort to boost her own wavering confidence as a Spirit World warrior. Eventually, Akihito also manages to convince her to join the Literary Club, which houses two other powerful Spirit World warriors, Hiroomi and Mitsuki Nase.

As the group's bond strengthens, however, so does the tenacity of the youmu around them. Their misadventures will soon turn into a fight for survival as the inevitable release of the most powerful youmu, Beyond the Boundary, approaches.

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Kuriyama, Mirai Main

Taneda, Risa Japanese

Kanbara, Akihito Main

KENN Japanese

Nase, Hiroomi Main

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Nase, Mitsuki Main

Chihara, Minori Japanese

Nase, Izumi Supporting

Kawasumi, Ayako Japanese

Shindou, Ai Supporting

Yamaoka, Yuri Japanese

Shindou, Ayaka Supporting

Shindo, Naomi Japanese

Inami, Sakura Supporting

Toyota, Moe Japanese

Ninomiya, Shizuku Supporting

Watanabe, Akeno Japanese

Kanbara, Yayoi Supporting

Konno, Hiromi Japanese

Nakamura, Shinichi Producer

Saitou, Shigeru Producer

Senami, Riri Producer

Tanaka, Gou Producer

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Aug 20, 2022

simon31

Recommended

8/10 | The ending felt rushed, was confusing and felt like it had a lot of plotholes. Why am I giving it an 8/10 then? Because despite these flaws the emotional impact is amazing. The themes and message of the story still were very strong, despite the plotholes and other flaws.
The characters are also partially what saved this show. They're written full emotion and the voice acting can be amazing in some scenes.
The humor and comedic timing was fine as well, you might not be laughing at every joke, but you'll definitely pop an occasional smile.
The animation was flawless, as expected form kyoani. I love ... the artstyle and character design.

I definitely recommend you watch this anime.
Also the ending song is a bop.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 19, 2024

Cory0905

Mixed Feelings

Here I'll write a review without having it be 1000 words.

I liked most of it. The story was good and the characters were likeable because they were human. However it was a little bit too rushed so it leaves a lot of stuff unexplained. Some of the goals of characters just aren't explained well and the world building just also feels like it has too many important unexplained holes in it that it springs on you without ever giving you clues as to the world being this way. You just have to accept it as you go along. I mean it really is a ... shame I was going to give it an 8 and because it couldn't sensibly explain why it ended the way it did I felt a little upset because I wanted to be happy but couldn't because it contradicted what I had just seen...

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 16, 2024

Dark_Yagami

Not Recommended

Beyond the Boundary is a nonsensical attempt at an emotional rollercoaster starring strikingly designed and animated characters that viewers won’t care one lick about. Things are not as they seem Beyond the Boundary, but is this because of a well-written thriller, or an unorganized plot that jumps the shark every episode in the second half? Unfortunately it’s the latter. The central problem lies in the shows struggle to define spirit warriors, their organizations, powers, limitations, and relationship with Yomu (monsters). I typically enjoy anime where the negative emotions of humans manifest in some sort of tangible threat as BTB does with Yomu. This gives shows ... the ability to explore emotional stakes with visually striking fights…and BTB succeeds in the visually striking part with some of the most inventive fight sequences I’ve seen in a while. Where BTB fails is in those emotional metaphors being unable to strike a chord with its audience. Besides physically fighting the monsters, by the end it’s unclear how any of the main characters grew and overcame the negative emotions they were experiencing. Without real emotional stakes, what we’re left with is a guy with a glasses fetish having an unnecessarily complicated will-they/won’t-they with the new transfer student. So much time is spent playing up the two male characters fetishes for laughs that it obscures any personality that is hinted at later as having existed behind that. The humor falls flat most of the time. The character designs on the other hand are gorgeous and distinct. Each spirit warrior with their own unique fighting style, from fighting with a scarf that flows like a whip, to a tiny pet that dashes in the air on the warrior’s behalf, is choreographed exquisitely in their fight scenes.

I would show fight scenes of this to someone, but I wouldn’t want them to have to sit through the whole show.

Story: 3/10
Characters: 2/10
Animation: 10/10
Design: 9/10
Enjoyment: 5/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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