Review of Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Future
Three words: its not unpleasant. Well basically, a lot of the answers I had at the end of all the 12 episodes have mostly been answered. There are A LOT OF AKIRAI OTP MOMENTS AND THATS MY KIND OF SHIT AYYY. Its not a stunning 10/10, and honestly if you were look through the eyes of a non-crazy person, it would probably be a 7/10. Warning this review will be slightly biased because I am an avid fan of the knk series and I have a Mirai complex. Story 8/10. I suggest you skip if you dislike spoilers. The story is completely confusing if you haven't watchedthe main series of course, but why would you be watching the "future" if you haven't seen the "past". Its honestly a huge roller coaster. It takes you up and down and you forget about reality and everything else. I was so drawn into it I fucking forgot Akkey was immortal !! Its very akirai focused, but it still shows you a lot of backstory about others like the Nase siblings.
Art: 7/10. Its KyoAni so no question about that.
Actually, this part kind of disappointed me. KyoAni's reputation is really beautiful animation art with basic story lines so if you don't get dazzled by the art then its kind of a let down. There are so many better KyoAni animes so if you have high expectations for KyoAni art, there are better choices. Either way, the battles are beautifully animated, as are the special effects in the bg. There are a lot of blur/3-D effects that were somewhat overused but really added nice effect and drama to the situation.
Sound: 10/10. The ost's are beautiful and match really well with the scenes they go with. I love all the seiyuus (voice actors) and Mimori Chihara especially, a lot of her songs are on my iPod.
Character: 7/10. I say this because as the anime is very Akirai focused, the movie is only more Akirai focused. Not I didn't like that, but I wish there was more backstory about the Nase siblings and Aya and Ai. Although they did add Nase sibling backstory which I was so happy to see. Still very akirai focused. though. We get to see how Mirai is developing after *SPOILERS* losing her memory. We get to see how Akkey and co. react to Mirai's sudden loss of memories. And we get to see how it happens. AND WE GET TO SEE HOW MIRAI SURVIVED FROM HER BLOOD CLAN WHICH I HAVE WRITTEN SO MANY FANFIC/IDEAS ABOUT. HYPE.
Enjoyment: 10/10. I love how they introduce a huge plot twist and then calms the audience down with something soothing and sweet (along with some backstory). I will say though, this whole movie was just plot twists and me jumping out of my chair and screaming (literally).
Overall: 9/10. Its not the best, there are things that could be improved, like character development. It was very focused on backstory and how the characters changed from then to now. To be fair its kind of hard for character development in the time span of a couple days. If analyses the symbols like the ring and the dove. Before the movie I had no idea what the ring was all about and it bothered me a lot. I love how this movie has its own separate theme, happiness, that was not in the main series. I enjoyed this and I think if you like sad angst love stories and KyoAni you can't possibly go wrong