Comments on: Kara no Kyoukai #6: Boukyaku Rokuon (Oblivion Recording)

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:11:38 +0000

Frankly, there is a reason that Kurokiri Satsuki AKA God Word Mayday is a character that scares you. It’s not because he kills people in scary ways; it’s how he uses those things that you do not want to remember again; it’s the way he acts as a “person” while having that power that sends a deadly chill up your spine…That was my impression after reading the chapter 3 times trying to grasp exactly how he’s frightening.

By: Nanaya

Nanaya — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:13:59 +0000

I enjoyed it greatly, but I had serious issues with how much they sidelined Satsuki’s part – for some reason, this one had the most changes out of every other movie (that link to the other site gets in-depth over the differences from novel -> movie).

I can understand how some of the changes were necessary or wouldn’t have effected the plot in the slightest, but a few of them really harmed the overall flow of the movie…

http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~typemoon/rakkyo/06.htm <– a great summarization of what happened in the novels.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:47:20 +0000

I’ve never had cause for complaint with gg either, so I’m guessing (a mixture of conjecture and reading reviews from people more familiar with the novel than I am) that her background wasn’t fully explained in the movie. I didn’t understand what made her tick either really, unless it was revenge for the girl who was ostracised by her classmates. Here’s hoping Del Rey deliver on the novel later this year…

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:45:17 +0000

I really enjoyed the character chemistry too, but I agree that the lightness was a bit overdone. Reading around, the original text is A LOT darker and hard-hitting than what we saw here – as much as I appreciated the reprieve from gore and angst, I think it would’ve been possible to retain that and still have Asaka’s vivacious persona to sweeten the pill.

Considering how each film isn’t a set length – they all have different running times, basically being as long as they need to be – they can’t really use time constraints as an excuse to leave certaib plot points out. A shame that.

By: 2DT

2DT — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:56:39 +0000

It was a fun watch, but I had trouble understanding exactly what the deal was with the student council president. I wonder if it was a fault of the direction, or of the translation/fansubs I watched (which look to be the same as yours).

By: Hanners

Hanners — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:15:57 +0000

I think for me two things managed to kick this particular instalment of Kara no Kyoukai up from “run of the mill” to something rather better. Firstly, the dynamic between Azaka and Shiki really surprised me – I was expecting it to either be really annoying or a complete non-event, but it ended up being excellent realised as their relationship developed from mutual distrust/dislike into quite a natural understanding. Secondly, the whole “memories” theme really fascinated me, especially as it wasn’t given a heavy-handed treatment and simply developed alongside the plot and really served to provoke thought rather than simply serving up questions and then answering them like some kind of lecture.

Aside from those points, I think the biggest issue with this instalment is that it didn’t quite fit in with the darker themes of the series as a whole (which is odd given that it sounds as though it would have had the original novel been followed); even given the “interlude” standing in numerical terms of this movie it still felt almost as though it belonged to a different series or a spin-off of some kind. That wasn’t enough to prevent it from being an above average viewing experience with a lot going for it thankfully – It’s just a bit of a shame that it felt less like the “garden of sinners” and more like the “allotment of mild misadventure”.