Kyoukai no Kanata Movie 2: I'll Be Here - Mirai-hen

After Akihito Kanbara reunites with Mirai Kuriyama—whom he believed had vanished after defeating Beyond the Boundary—he discovers a heartbreaking fact: Mirai has lost all memory of him, their friends, and her past as a Spirit Warrior. Akihito is utterly devastated, but realizes that she has a unique opportunity. Mirai can finally live the life of a normal girl—where she'll be completely devoid of the supernatural society that both shunned and used her. While it's all for the sake of Mirai's happiness, the price is costly—Akihito and his friends must keep her true origins a secret from her, and as a result avoid befriending her.

However, the troubling memories of Mirai's old life gradually begin to resurface, and a mysterious new evil leads a group of shadow-like creatures into the city with the goal of seeking her out. As the situations become dire, Akihito must fight to protect himself, his closest friends, and Mirai—the bespectacled beauty he holds most dear.

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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

Ishidate, Taichi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

Tsuruoka, Youta Sound Director

Chihara, Minori Theme Song Performance

Takemoto, Yasuhiro Key Animation

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Oct 11, 2015

PooksinBoots

Recommended

This movie was amazing! I was a big fan of the series, so this movie was long anticipated. After six long months of waiting for the sub to be released (with the bluray/dvd release) it's finally out.

First things first, the story. They did an excellent job tying the story back together. While there was some disappointment with the ending of the series, this movie brings it all home. I was surprised by how many small points in the show were actually significant events what would be referred to in the movie. The show was a bit of a wild ride, but I absolutely love ... the story, theme , and setting. Everything about it is fantastic. However at points it can be hard to follow but it all ends up making sense.

Next the art. They did an amazing job with the art style of this movie. It is not unlike the original series, with exception of amazing well animated fight scenes and a few amazing animations. I'm picturing a certain scene, which you will know after watching the movie.

The sound quality was also amazing. Usually, I could care less, as long as it doesn't sound like someone talking through a paper towel tube. But this movie had some amazing points in which I found my headphones rattling. It really blew me away. Some of the scenes sounds like a huge budget action movie. So more than I could ever ask for.

The characters were as good as always with some amazing depth. They really touched on all the main characters well, and even some side characters. The story is very intricate and will not leave you hanging. I would love to go more into detail, but I'd prefer not to spoil anything.

Overall, it was an amazing movie, that inspired me to watch asap, and here I am writing my first review on MAL so that should say it all. Thanks for reading, and enjoy the movie!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 11, 2015

chito895

Mixed Feelings

Mirai-hen is out now, and I watched it. The result? Well, it could've been better.

It is impossible to say anything about the story because the first thing you watch is a major plot twist about the end of the anime series, and everything goes around that twist. A minor hint, though: the movie is full of Akihito and Mirai tears.

My problem with the anime series was its drama, and how it wanted to force you to feel sad or be sympathetic with its characters. That problem continues in this movie. As the movie takes itself seriously, the drama I really didn't like is everywhere. ... I didn't grow emotionally attached to these characters, so for me the drama presented here is just there and nothing else. And the worst part is that what made the anime so enjoyable for me, i.e. the slice-of-life, comedy moments between the characters, just got in the way of that drama, making them out of place and very uncomfortable (or in the words of Mirai, fuyukai desu).

One of the reasons why the comedy didn't work was the background music. The OST was made to make you feel sad, and basically the same sad violin song is played all along the movie: during the emotional parts, during the lighhearted parts, during the battles, during everywhere! Seriously, it is impossible to laugh at how Mirai fails to hit a tennis ball if funeral music is being played in the background. The ED song was good though. Minori Chihara has an amazing and beautiful voice, and the song is really connected to the events of the movie.

The characters also got some mild development. Even though the characterization is attached to the emotional parts of the movie, it at least answer (in a way) very good questions posed by the anime series: how Mirai got her ring, information about her mother, some mild explanation about Akihito's mother. Hiroomi continues being awesome and keeps a bit of his main character quirks. Unfortunately, Akihito and Mirai spent most of the movie crying and suffering, and we didn't get to see a lot of what made them really likeable in the series (although that is supposed to happen, given the main plot of the movie), and Mitsuki continues to be the useless, Senjougahara wannabe I've got to know.

There is little to say about the animation and art, only that it was, once again, absolutely gorgeous. Is Kyoto Animation, what can you expect?

Although I didn't hate the movie, I didn't get to enjoy it that much. It suffers from lots of the flaws of the anime series, and neither the character development, nor the amazing animation, nor Hiroomi being the best character of the series could save the movie for me.

HOWEVER, if you happen to be reeeeeeally attached to the characters, especially to Akihito and Mirai, and if you liked the drama of the anime series, then this movie would most likely be a 10/10 for you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Nov 28, 2017

psychpth

Not Recommended

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WARNING: This review contains explicit language.
💯 SPOILER FREE

"Wow, okay. No wonder I still felt empty after watching the series. I thought something was missing but there's actually a sequel! Nice. Maybe I'm gonna find my closure after watching this." — Or so I thought.

The 12-episode series was a supposed to be a beautiful, heartwarming, tearjerker story— if there weren't huge-ass question marks all over it. So after finding out about the sequel I thought it was a dramatic touch, the answer to all the questions left by the series. It wasn't.
Instead of giving me answers, what it gave me was even bigger questions. And ... what was once complicated is now even more complicated.
I've realized that watching KNK is like having sex, your partner is so close to hitting the right spot, it builds up and builds up but then you notice that it going nowhere so instead of having a good time, you just end up frustrated and thinking you never want to do this ever again. Did I and my review make sense? No? Well so did KYOUKAI NO KANATA!

"Maybe the story concluded this way because they intended to have another sequel?" — As of now, I couldn't care less. I feel trolled, honestly.

Overall: 3
Watch it or not, nobody really cares. Its your time that you're about to waste. At least you've been warned.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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	Akihito's mother - The most influential character to the whole plot. Gunkan2213 - Oct 6, 2021	0 replies	by Gunkan2213 »» Oct 6, 2021 2:57 AM