Kara no Kyoukai

[Buffalobiian]

I really wanted Oblivious with vocals. It'd better come out some time.

[BioAlien]

The one from the ending of the first movie?
It's out already, since a long time ago.
http://www.gamemp3s.net/tracker/down...B%20ED.torrent

If you just want Oblivious, here, I uploaded it.
http://rapidshare.com/files/13546517...vious.mp3.html

[Buffalobiian]

*grabs them*

Thanks for posting those, BioAlien.

[Board of Command]

Thanks, BioAlien. I've had a 160 kbps version of Oblivious for a while now. I can finally replace that.

[Buffalobiian]

Where are those from? From the fourth movie?
Because other than 03 - oblivious (instrumental), I don't remember hearing ARIA and Sprinter.
...
Oh well, I will put them in my music folder anyway since they are kind of good.

It makes sense now. I've been wondering why so many songs sounded like they were used in the movie. Now I have the answer.

Ending Theme:
#1: "oblivious" by Kalafina
#2: "Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete yuku" by Kalafina
#3: "Kizuato" by Kalafina
#4: "ARIA" by Kalafina
#5: "sprinter" by Kalafina

And we have a place for ARIA and sprinter.

[Kraco]

"Kara no Kyoukai 4: Garan no Dou will be out on December 17th while Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen will be released on January 28th"

It looks like this based on what I learned. Still a while before the 4th comes out, but the interval between the 4th and the 5th is not a long one.

[Kraco]

Good news never arrive too early:

Episode 4 - gg-TakaJun





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Edit: For a while it looked really terrible when I thought Kokutou isn't going to see Shiki at all during this episode after she woke up. But fortunately that didn't happen. Still, it's kind of interesting why everything happened as it did. Was it really a valid piece of advice Touko gave Kokutou, that he shouldn't see her for a while, or was it a tactical decision on her part so that she would get close to Shiki by being the only person there for her. If Kokutou had been there, would Shiki have needed anybody else? But on the other hand, Shiki might have been too unstable and hollow to appreciate Kokutou yet. Who knows. At least the supply of flowers was steady even if Kokutou didn't visit personally.

The next episode preview looked quite chaotic. And no less so because FSN's Kotomine's voice actor is voicing the morbid looking magus. Actually a magus looking very much like Kotomine did. I guess that's Type-Moon for ya... In fact it was a bit too much with the red haired dude (at least he won't share the VA with certain other character from FSN...).

[animus]

That preview was a big wtf?

[Ryllharu]

I think this episode tops the others so far on visual beauty. There weren't that many other scenes outside the hospital, but the horizons and clouds just blew me away this episode.

TYPE-MOON uses a lot of repeating archetypes and names, and character models. If some of the characters aren't directly related to others in a different series, they are named alike or after each other. I mean, the same character archetype for Asagami "Turn!" Fujino appears in all three of their major series (though the Tsukihime one is actually split between two characters who are near each other often). Red haired dude...don't really even need to point it out.

Touko is seriously awesome. Her glasses-on personality is a lot like Aoko, but her glasses-off style is actually very meanacing. She's nowhere near as flashy as other well know Type-Moon magus are, but I think that only makes her seem more powerful. She knows where to use her skills and where not to. I enjoy the cold, seemingly heartless characters like her. There is no babying with her, she forces Shiki's hand because it is right for her. (But is that her heart pulsing outside her body in the next episode?!?)

...and a long-haired Shiki is fine too.

[Board of Command]

I still think the first episode had the most impressive visuals.

[animus]

I guess it's about time Touko's getting some development in the next episode. She's the biggest mystery probably.

[Everon]

I was wondering if I pick this up. Someone mentioned earlier that its hard to follow if you didn't read the books.

[Ryllharu]

The books are equally hard to follow.

You just have to pay attention to the months and years listed at the beginning of each episode. The series jumps around, back and forth. It's not that hard to follow.

[Kraco]

I haven't read books, and I don't feel like I'm missing anything essential. Type-Moon doesn't do half-assed work like that. I expect a ton more information does exist, like is Type-Moon's way, but you don't need it to watch this. Just be ready to think a little as this isn't a shounen show, and certain chronological nonlinearity may exist from episode to episode (but this is no Suzumiya Haruhi).

This is a masterpiece of anime making and there's absolutely no reason not to watch it unless you don't like horror and violence.

[Buffalobiian]

Here's the OST that came with this release:

http://ggkthx.org/Torrents/Kara_no_K...5D.rar.torrent

[Board of Command]

I haven't read books, and I don't feel like I'm missing anything essential. Type-Moon doesn't do half-assed work like that. I expect a ton more information does exist, like is Type-Moon's way, but you don't need it to watch this. Just be ready to think a little as this isn't a shounen show, and certain chronological nonlinearity may exist from episode to episode (but this is no Suzumiya Haruhi).

This is a masterpiece of anime making and there's absolutely no reason not to watch it unless you don't like horror and violence.

Playing the Tsukihime visual novel or watching the anime (Shingetsutan Tsukihime) also helps a lot. They didn't really explain how the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception worked until episode 4, and even then it was a rather brief explanation.

I'd be a bit lost in the earlier episodes without some background info.

[Ryllharu]

I was under the impression that Shiki's eyes here worked very differently from Tohno Shiki's eyes from Tsukihime. Similar, but a significant difference. First off, she can shut hers off.

While it might help to know what is going on earlier, I don't think it is essential information at all.

[Board of Command]

Their mechanics might be different, but what they achieve is the same. Cutting the lines of death kills the existence of an object. This was how Shiki was able to stab herself in the chest and not let out any blood. Sure, the movie touched on this, but it was so brief that without prior understanding of the Mystic Eyes, you'd be left scratching your head for a few minutes from that scene.

[Kraco]

The glorious day has arrived once again:

Episode 5 - gg-TakaJun

[Buffalobiian]

So it seems. All 1.66GB of it 0_o?

Edit:
Explanation:

This is two fucking hours of Nasuverse :words: and strawberry ice cream. I also went insane while working on it.