Kara no Kyoukai/The Garden of Sinners [Ch. 2-A study in murder part 1]

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A Study in Murder (Part 1) 殺人考察(前

Alternative title: 空の境界 (Japanese)

Genre: supernatural, mystery, thriller

Date released: 29th December 2007

Adapted from a light novel

Author: Kinoko Nasu

Illustrator: Takashi Takeuchi

Studio: Ufotable

Running time: 58 minutes

Theme song: Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete yuku performed by Kalafina

Screen shots:

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Thoughts:

Who knew Shiki used to have split personality because she didn’t show it on the first chapter. This chapter is far more interesting than the first one because I really wanted to know Shiki’s past. The violents in this chapter is also more gruesome and the moonlight scene never fail to amaze me.

The next chapter is going to be about a clash between families and how Shiki lost her left arm.

Kara no kyoukai/Garden of Sinners [Ch. 1-Overlooking View]

Overlooking view (俯瞰風景)

Alternative title: 空の境界 (Japanese)

Genre: supernatural, mystery, thriller

Date released: 1st December 2007

Adapted from a light novel

Author: Kinoko Nasu

Illustrator: Takashi Takeuchi

Studio: Ufotable

Running time: 49 minutes

Theme song: Oblivious performed by Kalafina

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Screen shots:

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Thoughts:

I’ve made up my mind to not write the summary of the movie so I’ll just post the screen shots. I don’t have any particular reasons. Seriously, I have to regret myself for avoiding the movie when it was being released on the internet but the animation caught my attention. I have to admit that this movie was absolutely fantastic. The animation was great, not to mention Häagen-Dazs appeared several times in the movie and the bloody part, arm dissection and the doll part gave me the chills eventhough it’s just a cartoon. The moonlight scene was the best and the character designs were decent. The part that surprised me the most was when Touko revealed that Shiki used to be a doll. Creepy.

Mikiya is actually one of the main characters but due to the fact that he’s in a coma in this chapter, he only had his part at the beginning. On the bright side, he’s going to play a larger role on the next chapter.