Part 1: Overlooking View （ 俯瞰風景　）

From Kinoko Nasu’s popular series of novels, Kara no Kyoukai (Edge of Emptiness), comes the 7-part movie adaptation which takes us into the same world as Tsukihime, just with different (but eerily similar/related) characters.

Short Summary:
A recurring string of school girl suicides plasters the news; the type of suicide: falling from tops of buildings. Except, in each case, the location is the same…each girl throws herself from the roof of the soon to be demolished Fujiyou Building, a crumbling remnant of the economic strength of 1970s  Japan. Still, the police find no definite common thread between the cases, with no suicide notes left behind, and no history of anxiety or abnormalities as observed by the friends and families of the deceased girls.

Ryougi Shiki visits the Fujiyou building one night and witnesses yet another suicide. Looking up at the full moon, Shiki sees something not fit for human eyes, something unholy, heralding death.

Impressions:  
Before watching Kara no Kyoukai, it helps to have either 1) seen Lunar Legend Tsukihime, 2) played Tsukihime. Otherwise, confusion is imminent, unless you’re only there to be spellbound by Shiki knifing people to death.  Which is fun, I suppose. Or if you’re only there to see Shiki looking all shy and dere-dere while eating Häagen-Dazs®:

Ovary Health Tip #1: Never sit on cold benches, or keep freezing containers of fruity-flavored ice cream between your legs for extended periods of time.  Don’t ask me why, I just know. 

And so, The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception make their debut again, except female Shiki’s eyes seem so much cooler than male Shiki’s, if I do say so myself.  Does it mean anything that Mikiya seems to be a carbon copy of Shiki Tohno? That Touko is similar to Aoko? Probably. I won’t go in-depth with this first part, but instead, wait in constipated agony for Part 2’s sub.