Directors: Tatsuya Oishi & Akiyuki Shinbo (chief director)
Release date: 2017
Contains spoilers
The last of the Kizumonogatari trilogy (you can read also the reviews of Part 1 and Part 2) this was the longest of the three features and, for me, spent too much time on character. This might seem an odd thing to say but as it only contained (essentially) the characters we already knew from the first two films there might have been a view that less is more. However the final fight – which was well done – was not enough in and of itself to carry the film and perhaps a cut of the three films together might have got the balance a bit better. I also felt this episode didn’t make use of the art (especially around the backgrounds) as well as the previous instalments.
Nevertheless it does bring us to the end of the origin story of Araragi (Koyomi Araragi), which will take us into the Bakemonogatari story. It starts with Araragi sat with Meme Oshino (Takahiro Sakurai) – the aberration specialist who has been helping him through the films. He has won Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade’s (Maaya Sakamot) limbs but something worries Araragi.
He cannot fathom how he was able to best the three hunters and yet the older vampire was defeated by them. Meme reveals that she also lost her heart – something he had taken and gives this to Araragi also. The young vampire restores the older one and we get a story within a story as she reminisces over her previous minion (entitled Furukizomonogatari). Araragi suggests eating before he is restored to humanity and goes to the store. When he gets back Kiss-Shot is eating the dead Guillotinecutter, who came for her when he was out.
It is all too clear that when she referred to rations she meant people and expected him to bring her Hanekawa (Yui Horie) as a meal. It eventually transpires that the only way to restore Araragi’s humanity is for him to kill Kiss-Shot (her previous minion was a suicide when she would not restore his humanity). This keys us up for the battle at the climax of the film with two vampires who can instantaneously regrow, not only limbs, but heads.
Necessary to finish the series (and the final battle is great) it seems almost churlish to have looked at the three films separately. However, that is what I’ve done and this felt padded, certainly compared to part 2. Nevertheless it isn’t a bad anime – though it would be difficult to watch out of context (whereas I think you could watch part 2 as a standalone). This one I’ll offer a score of 6 out of 10 to.
The imdb page is here.
On Demand @ Amazon US
On Blu-Ray @ Amazon UK
The last of the Kizumonogatari trilogy (you can read also the reviews of Part 1 and Part 2) this was the longest of the three features and, for me, spent too much time on character. This might seem an odd thing to say but as it only contained (essentially) the characters we already knew from the first two films there might have been a view that less is more. However the final fight – which was well done – was not enough in and of itself to carry the film and perhaps a cut of the three films together might have got the balance a bit better. I also felt this episode didn’t make use of the art (especially around the backgrounds) as well as the previous instalments.
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| Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade |
Nevertheless it does bring us to the end of the origin story of Araragi (Koyomi Araragi), which will take us into the Bakemonogatari story. It starts with Araragi sat with Meme Oshino (Takahiro Sakurai) – the aberration specialist who has been helping him through the films. He has won Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade’s (Maaya Sakamot) limbs but something worries Araragi.
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| vampire's heart |
He cannot fathom how he was able to best the three hunters and yet the older vampire was defeated by them. Meme reveals that she also lost her heart – something he had taken and gives this to Araragi also. The young vampire restores the older one and we get a story within a story as she reminisces over her previous minion (entitled Furukizomonogatari). Araragi suggests eating before he is restored to humanity and goes to the store. When he gets back Kiss-Shot is eating the dead Guillotinecutter, who came for her when he was out.
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| beheaded |
It is all too clear that when she referred to rations she meant people and expected him to bring her Hanekawa (Yui Horie) as a meal. It eventually transpires that the only way to restore Araragi’s humanity is for him to kill Kiss-Shot (her previous minion was a suicide when she would not restore his humanity). This keys us up for the battle at the climax of the film with two vampires who can instantaneously regrow, not only limbs, but heads.
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| Kiss-Shot, again |
Necessary to finish the series (and the final battle is great) it seems almost churlish to have looked at the three films separately. However, that is what I’ve done and this felt padded, certainly compared to part 2. Nevertheless it isn’t a bad anime – though it would be difficult to watch out of context (whereas I think you could watch part 2 as a standalone). This one I’ll offer a score of 6 out of 10 to.
The imdb page is here.
On Demand @ Amazon US
On Blu-Ray @ Amazon UK
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