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jfrog
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I really need to get around to watching this. The TV series and manga were pretty enjoyable, but if it matches the ending of Maison Ikokku in emotional impact, then I'm sold.
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Godaistudios
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Well, it's good... but it's nowhere as good as the manga. In fact, spoiler[it makes Kyosuke into more of an asshat, and gives Hikaru the "fatal attraction" scenario. I much prefer the manga ending. End it with a slap, have Kyosuke stay in character and let Hikaru keep her dignity.] It's not to say I didn't enjoy the movie... I really enjoyed it a lot when I first saw it. But I had the (mis)fortune of seeing it before I saw the TV series or had any exposure to the manga either. |
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Circle
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This review nailed it right on.
I couldn't have thought of a better way to describe the series. Successful love-triangle stories are tragedies for the ones left alone in the end, and the viewers feel for that person. So because KOR developes the 3 characters so well, there's no way you can't feel sad for the 3rd person. Watch some (if not all) of the TV first before this movie, of course. And Jingoro is one cool cat. I've read the manga too, they're pretty much the same but I like the movie ending more. More Angst  .
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abunai
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Oh, come on! Sure, it's an artistic touch. Sure, it works great. But it's also literally the oldest trick in the book, as far as B/W and colour is concerned. When I say, "oldest trick in the book", I mean it. The technique described was used in the beginning of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Initially shown in sepia-toned B/W, Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) is transported to the magical land of Oz - and as she steps out into Oz, the film transforms to full Technicolor. The effect is dazzling. - abunai |
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Iria51
 Posts: 138 Location: San Antonio, Tx |
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In my opinion, this is one of the best love triangles in anime. The TV series did a very good job building up the emotion and the story, and the movie gave the series the dramatic and emotional ending that it deserved. I am proud to say that this movie always chokes me up when I see it.
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Mohawk52
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The old one's are the best. 
Is that picture of the cover for the movie a VHS cover? A bit thick for a DVD case but maybe that's just the way it scans. I have the OVA and first movie on VHS as that was all that was available at the time. I too agree to all that Santo's said This is one of the few anime's that has a more realistic plot. Okay he has a gift of being an ESPer but that is played down rather than the be all and end all of the story. The story IS the relationships between the three. I wish there were more titles like it really. I'm just an old romantic myself. 
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Cloe
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I've never seen the KOR TV series or any of the OVAs, but I DID see Summer's Beginning and liked it quite a bit. I guess that makes it kind of pointless for me to watch the series now, since I know who Kyosuke ends up with. I'd really like to see it, though.
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Mohawk52
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jfrog
Posts: 925 Location: Seattle |
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Last night I rented this instead of studying like I should have. I have to say that while a good movie, it's rather overrated. The director had talent, I can see why Ghibli became interested in him, but it's not the tearjerker everyone says it is. I dunno, I guess I'm just more of a Maison Ikokku guy.
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Mohawk52
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jfrog
Posts: 925 Location: Seattle |
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I haven't seen the OVA. I've seen the TV series and read a couple volumes of the comic, that's it. And Godaistudios is right about what happens to the characters.
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Mohawk52
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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They aren't canon per se... although they kinda fall in line (one being the first of 2(?) novels written) for afterwards, it is not the same as the original manga ending. |
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jfrog
Posts: 925 Location: Seattle |
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I don't care about what's canon and what isn't. I'm a Leiji Matsumoto fan, after all.
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