Review of Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Future
let me judge the movie in one sentence: it is so much better than the anime! the anime that is the story before this movie was alright. fancy art but full of plot hole and unexplained details as the story progresses. I'm sure all of you who are reading have already seen the prequel so allow me to do some complaints. firstly, who is Akihito's dad? then secondly, why is Kuriyama so bloody damn strong then finally and most importantly, where the heck did Kuriyama come back from, she literally died twice and came back from like another dimension 2 times as well! then do youexpect me to say: oh, don't worry, they will all be explained in the movie! No, none of these is explained anywhere in both the anime and the film. although we did know who Akihito's mom is which really isn't important for any plot, and I hope it doesn't count as a spoiler for you. anyway, back to the point, even though the film didn't explain all those big ass plot holes that can only be left to our imagination, it did a really good job at covering its own story plot. though, there wasn't really a bad guy they are just kinda trying to conquer their own darkness in their heart. the film talked about the MCs past that was not really mentioned in the anime, even though it is a tiny bit cliche, personally, I just enjoyed it a hell lot for some reason.
Story - 9/10: the story takes place one year after the ending of season 1, where Kuriyama is appeared out of nowhere. as I have said before, the story in the film was really nicely plotted, in the beginning, it was more of a slice of life than any action that we saw in the previous series. firstly everyone leads a happy life, then romance and PTSD happened and somehow they are all crying then fighting and the end, they live happily ever after. (going out finally)well, it is just some nice story.
Art - 10/10: ok, now, you cant say crap about Kyoto animation's art cuz it is just too good for me to judge, so I'm going to save all my trouble and give it a 10/10.
Sound - 9/10: the OSTs in the film were nice, and that's it. there was nothing special and nothing that stands out. but I'm not saying it just son plain and bad, they all fit wonderfully in their particular scene so no music seems to be out of place and the art of characters and landscape are just too good that you forget about the music in the background. XD
Character - 8/10: the characters I gave an 8, it is still pretty good but compared to their art and music's quality, characters are just pretty boring. but I have to say they are better than a lot of other main character couples. they don't go into seizure mode when they are about to do something to their partner and they are quite decisive which is an aspect I like a lot of anime character these days. but then again, they do go wild sometimes like you can see a ring falling with a ton of rocks 50 metres away from you and go into justice plus debating mode that conquer anyone's heart in one sentence. but overall it was pretty well made.
overall, I just want to say, if you watched the anime series and didn't feel satisfied, feel free to try this sequel because I promise this is a lot better than the anime and of course, you gotta see what happened to the crazy dude in glasses and izumy after she jumped into nowhere as well.