Kara no Kyoukai 1

There are two kinds of escape. One with a direction and one without. The former is called floating and the latter is called flight. You’re the one who decides which one your over overlooking view is.

Quick Review:

I would say that so far, this is the greatest anime movie I have saw EVAR! This anime, Kara no Kyoukai 1 has overshadowed and conquered my now ex-favourite anime movies like Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and other Miyazaki films that are too many to mention. Since its been N months that I haven’t watched an action-supernatural anime, I decided to watch this. And there is a very little possibility that I will like this kind of genre (Like the last action-supernatural anime I watched, Ergo Proxy which really sucked). Kara no Kyoukai has ‘that’ genre. But I really liked it in some way. With all that cool fighting scenes, ghosts, blood, what more could you ask for!? Going back to the story, the story is very very deep and brooding and very very serious (like duuh). It requires logic to understand this anime. I totally recommend this to otakus that has a lot of interest in action anime (Especially us boys). I certainly assure you that you will like this. Trust me.

The Protagonist:

Shiki Ryogi

The story revolves around this girl, a very brave and powerful girl (which kind of tomboyish XD). She has a rare power that I wouldnt tell you so that you will watch it.

She recently recovered from a two-year coma caused by a traffic accident. Prior to the traffic accident, she originally had two personalities, a male personality named Shiki (織, Shiki), and the original female personality Shiki (式, Shiki). Children born into the Ryougi family are generally male and are raised with two personalities, so the male personality is customarily called the “yang” personality, while the female is called the “yin” personality. It is easy to tell which Shiki is speaking at a given time because they both have a distinct style of speaking, most notably that the female Shiki refers to herself with the pronoun watashi (私, watashi), while male Shiki refers to himself as ore (オレ, ore). After waking from her coma, Shiki discovers that she can no longer feel the male Shiki’s presence and assumes that he died because of the accident. She also feels a detachment from her memories before the accident, and while she knows she is Shiki, she does not feel that she is. In the hopes of regaining herself and the “dead” Shiki, she puts on a cold façade that somewhat resembles the male Shiki’s and tries to act as the female Shiki did. Touko understands the sense of detachment Shiki feels, but considers the current Shiki a third, new personality.
-MyanimeList.net

Rating: 4/5