The Lore of Kara no Kyoukai - OtakuDaiKun Analysis 

So if I'm understanding things correctly: the Fate franchise revolves around the guardians from the age of gods. Tsukihime revolves around the ancients and the dead apostles. And Kara no Kyokai revolves around people with origin powers. But what they all have in common is that the earth is trying to stop people from messing with something that could end the world. Did I get all of that right?

One of the best things about Kara no Kyoukai: It does what so many stories attempt to do, have a romance between an edgy antihero and a nice everyday person, and it does it right.

About Mitsuru. Both of his eyes were special. His right eye, the one that broke, allowed him to see the "ideal" future. The future is not set in stone, but rather comes about depending on our actions. What Mitsuru sees is a very specific future that only comes about as a result of very specific actions. What his LEFT eye allowed him to do was see EXACTLY how to do said actions. So he could see an optimal future with his right eye where he threw a can through a crowd of people and into a trash bin without hitting any of the people, and his left eye allowed him to know how to achieve said future. But with his right eye destroyed, his left eye now has nothing to achieve.

Thank you for making me understand the movies finally Also my nasuverse syndrome just got a whole lot worse

Another thing to add to the Nasuverse lore is the 'marked for sealing' thing: Touko and Kiritsugu's Father were basically wanted from the Magic Association for their work/accomplisments; that's why Kiritsugu's father was in that small island and Touko has a barrier around her office/workshop.

Nasu after making KnK: so it seems like people liked Shiki and mystic eyes of death perception, so let's write another story that also has a main character named Shiki who has mystic eyes of death perception

My brother untoduced me to this series, fate,tsukihime all of type moon and eva about 10 years ago. Kara no kyoukai is probably my favorite if not one of my favorite anime ever. Shiki is my favorite anime character

Deterrent Force:

Kaleidoscope makes everything canon

Some extra details in addition to this very well done video. -Modern magi do not practice what is called Magic from the Age of Gods. They mainly practice an inferior version of that, called Thaumaturgy. The difference is that Magic is the ability to actualize miracles, to create something from nothing, to turn lead into gold. It completely defies logic and has inexhaustible power, as it originates directly from the Root. Mystery plays a heavy part in its potency. Thaumaturgy is the natural result of humans gradually deviating from fairy tales and mythology in favor of understanding the world scientifically, decreasing Mystery and basically losing the ability to recreate Magic. It is inferior in that it follows the laws of the world to create phenomena. It shares similarities and works hand-in-hand with science, so magi can only do as much as science allows. That's why Medea vs Rin in FSN was child's play in terms of magical power. -The goal of magi is to reach the Root to understand the universe. Another goal of theirs is to recreate Magic, which spawns directly from the Root. Those who have reached it come back and established the Five Magics. The First and Fifth magic were the result of reaching the route, and the Second, Third, and Fourth were devised as ways to reach it. The only known holders of these Magics is Kischur Zelretch with the Second, Justeaze Einzbern with the Third, and Aoko Aozaki (Touko's sister) with the Fifth. They are the only true Magics in modern day. However, nobody has been documented to have touched the Root directly, as it is theorized they would cease to exist as they essentially return to the Root where they originated from. If they still had a conscience, they may become something akin to God, but no one has been seen doing so yet. -Aozaki Touko created Garan no Dou as one of many bases to hide from the Mage's Association. That's why, if you watched the movie, she mentioned she had a barrier around it that interferes with perception and was thus surprised Mikiya could find it. The reason she's running from the association is because of her peerless puppetry skills that, if she had no obstacles, could have gotten her to the Root. You can see some of it in KnK where it's revealed she has attained a sort of immortality by successfully replicating her own body, which comes alive when the active Touko dies, retaining the same memories and skills. She is avoiding getting a Sealing Designation from the Mage's Association so that she won't be monitored and have her work halted. -Kamekura Mitsuru has powers in both eyes. His right eye sees the future, while the left eye can see the steps in which to achieve that future. This may seem like a super OP power where Mitsuru can technically pull off any plan he wanted to, but Shiki's overpowered Mystic Eyes demonstrate a weakness in this Precognition power. In a sense, Mitsuru is not a precog, but rather one who projects a future reality within a space. He isn't actually reading the future like Shizune Seo is, but rather making one up. If you have to make up future, you inevitably have to work to make it happen, as opposed to actually reading a predetermined future that's outside of your control. That's the reason Shiki could cut his Precognition, because he was projecting an outcome that Shiki would die, which means it isn't guaranteed. -Satsuki Kurogiri's power involves speaking the Unified Language, the standardized language of the kingdom of Babylonia (not actually a thing btw) that has a strong connection to the Root. At the time of KnK he was the only Unified Linguist, and it functions like one of the most powerful forms of telepathy and hypnotism, as these words have a connection with the Root, so resisting the Unified Language is like rejecting yourself. -Mirai Fukuin, the "epilogue epilogue" where Mitsuru works for the Ryougi syndicate, has a final flashback of the male SHIKI on one of his walks, where he meets a recurring old fortuneteller, the only true precog in this whole series. SHIKI was stopped from killing the old lady after the latter accurately stated that SHIKI has absolutely no future, maybe alluding at him sacrificing himself during Shiki's coma, to which SHIKI realizes the fortuneteller is the real deal. However, the old lady added that despite his impending doom, his dream will become realized, which is to live alongside Kokutou. SHIKI understands that as the female Shiki living his dream, to which he finally attains peace of mind toward his feelings for Kokutou. It's an effectively bittersweet touch to the end of KnK that I feel needs to be mentioned. SHIKI never got a lot of screen time, but it's a testament to his character when he can still be so impactful in his appearances.

The Lore of Tsukihime sometime soon please you gotta complete the Nasuverse. I love these 20-30 min in-depth lore video format

Kara no Kyoukai still my favorite. still my fave of the Nasuverse series' because or its maturity.

i never twisted my brain like i do with death note again when i watch anime,until i watch this anime

It's Shirou and Rin 2:26

Actually, Fujino still retains her telekinesis

I am very happy that this video exists. I just started showing this marvelous series to my friend yesterday, and now I feel completely prepared for when he inevitably asks tons of questions. Also, that "sister slammer" line killed me.

To anyone who actually finds this comment, KnK is on Crunchyroll now, So stream away!

After watching this im now interested in watching kara no kyokai thank you

07:07 Nasuverse metaphysics is complex x---x even after seeing almost all anime Fate, Kara no kyoukai and reading wiki few times, it is still confusing for me still it makes it interesting :D

this answers pretty much every question i had about the series. great video, and thank you

This actually really helped me piece this together better and or faster, thank you!

Dai another wonderful recap video. I consider your channel the go-to source for Type-moon Lore and Analysis. Thank you very much!

The duvet cover in the background is sick.

I'm trying to consume everything there is of The Nasuverse. I can't believe I'm just diving into it.

Ty for making this video, it actually helped me understand the deep lore of this series a lot more. I love Ryougi Shiki as a character because I feel like she is a deconstruction of the typical seinen protagonist, how she fits so well into the lore of the nasuverse as a whole is amazing.

I recently discovered that these movies are now available for streaming on Amazon Prime.

Thanks for the breakdown. I just finished this series and this helped to clear up any confusion or missed facts. BTW I found out about this anime through you.

I watched this series after seeing your review. Man it was much better than I anticipated. Thanks and keep up the good work!

This is a quality video man! You earned a subscription!

Thank you for such a comprehensive explanation of the series. I love the story behind this and with wishful thinking, they might expand more onto this

Amazing Have seen the movies several times with my brother, and I always thought that there were 2 personnalities. Thank you, it make more sense now

Thank you so much for your explanation, I was so lost the whole time and wanted to understand this movie series so bad

jesus christ... i dont know type-moon can actually created lore this dark.. also...i dont know about you guys, but shiki is worth to die for literally

Super happy to see this. I love the "Nasuverse", and in particular Kara no Kyoukai is one of my favorites. This did make me realize I missed some so I have to look for the bombing one and the actual ending. May rewatch all in this order now too.

this cleared up a LOT of things. Thanks

Found your video precisely looking for someone to explain the whole Kara no Kyoukai series and I was not disappointed. Great job!! Hope you can do a video like this for Ergo Proxy anime some day :)

Time to watch the movies again

It's on Crunchyroll now :)

i love ur video it will helps ppl a lot who r curious & want to know more detail about this masterpiece cuz not many ppl know about kara no kyoukai series

The Fate Grand Order KnK collab event just got released in the English version. Planning to rewatch all the movies but got lazy LMAO. Nice vid!

tomoe looks like shirou

Thanks for clarifying lot of things especially the moral alignment of Shiki. Now it all makes sense.

Check out the lore of Shiki Ryougi as she appears in Fate/Grand Order! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8TbnYxlgAnI.html

just finished the rerun event, thanks for covering the lore!

Awesome video!

This video may be old-ish, but after all these years, I can finally understand the story. I appreciate all your hard work man!💪🤘

Tysm for this ❤️

Great video! I just finished this film series and had to watch this :)

What you didn't mention in this video was how Kara no Kyoukai characters served as archetype characters for later Nasuverse works Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night. Just compare the characters of KnK with certain Tsukihime and FSN characters and you'll see. Not only do they share similar appearances but also similar character personality, behavior, and disposition that mirror each other

Oh my god this video is amazing! It is a perfect recap of KnK as well as an expansion of details one may have missed while watching. Thanks a lot!

Thank you for your explications because when I first saw the films on Manga my mind was not ready.

Mikiya did well to avoid joining the Sister Slammer club since SHIKI would most likely enter Berserker class then :p

I just now watched this anime (i know a bit late lmao) and i loved it. I understood pretty much everything, but i wanted to watch this to see if i missed anything, and i thought u did a great job summarizing everything, and surprisingly, i did miss a few details that i learned from watching this vid which is very cool. Thanks for the great video

Neat, I will check it out and come back here.

Wow really nice video, thank you for the explanation which gives me several things that I haven't noticed while watching Kara no Kyoukai Everytime Shiki just goes on Mystic eyes of death perception mode with the epic music always makes the relatively short fight scene becomes amazing like what she did to the bomber guy in future gospel, and her declaration to Fujino that she can kill anything And also I really like how Nasu seems like reusing some of the non-fate characters like Tomoe and Shirou Emiya, Fujino Asagami who I think has kinda same dark background like Sakura (and also that rapist who still survive I think he might be the prototype to the bastard Shinji)

Thank you so much Dia!

I watched these movies religiously, so I already understood most of this, but what blew me away was your ability to condense it all so cleanly and concisely. What would take me ten minutes to explain to someone takes you ten seconds without being wrong. You know exactly how to take all this complex mess and reduce it down to its most important bits, and that is impressive.

Thank you for succinctly explaining the lore of this series. I'm doing the KnK event in FGO right now and it's good to have delicious background knowledge I missed out on. So much lore... But I feel like half of the reason for all of it is so Nasu can break his own world's rules in fun and interesting ways that drives everyone bananas. Not that I mind, mind you.

You saved me with this video, I just started this series

This was well made. I'd love to see future videos about Fate/Grand Order or Fate/Extra.

That was so much fun to watch and listen to

I was under the impression that Fujino didn't lose her sensisitvity to pain at the end of the fight, as she keeps saying things like "I want to live" (I think) and when you say things like "I want" in Japanese, you end it with "itai," but "itai" also means "pain," meaning that she's both crying out from the hurt as well as lamenting the life slipping from her. (I think that's how it goes, anyways. It's been a long time, so it's very IIRC.)

I absoluted ADORE the movies, everything about them!....yet I could never understand the story and its order 😂 thank you so much for this video!!

Ryougi family basically monopolized the entire market of demon hunting business, loan shark is more like an additional business

Oh this helped a lot for understanding Fate/Go Garden of Order quest

Oh man, thanks a lot for this vid! I just finished watching all of Kara no Kyoukai and I loved it though my head was swimming by the end. Damn, never been mindfucked this much since NGE and Ghost in the Shell... (Kara no Kyoukai is certainly joining them as among my top favs) This vid cleared everything up for me. Now I feel like I wanna watch it all a second time. :D

one of my favorite anime and character

There was a short film right after Future Gospel called Future Gospel - Extra Chorus, which consists of three short stories, you seemed to have left it out. Other than that, thank you for making the video, hope more people notice this masterful series!

Incredible! Another great job! Unfortunately you seems to lacking few information, exclusive only to LN. I, myself, am only after reading two first tomes of LN and I must say, story wise their are realm above movies. But movies do a good job, portraying the story. They just lack of necessary explanation of the most events or even mechanism behind all of those incredible powers(i.e. that Asagami Fujino awaken Clairvoyance at the end of her fight with Shiki or why exactly Shiki decided to spare her life). Well, we can only hope that they will translate more tomes to english(in my country we have already first and a second one in ours native language)

I just rewatched your review again after a whole year's worth of watching the KNK movies on n off. I can't thank you enough for making this information available to people like me who would otherwise not have been interested in KNK if we had just watched it straight on Dx While you'll never see me paying $$$ for the KNK dvds, I WILL whale on Fujino to NP5 her once she comes around in the re-run event in FGO ~~~ I honestly thought that last bit of her re-appearing in the Extra Chorus was a great touch and way to end the series. Also now I know where the cat comes from :O Onward to collecting all the Mamiko Noto servants in FGO ~~~ xD

I just noticed that at the beginning, he’s playing Duvet, the opening for “Serial Experiment: Lain”

Kara no kyoukai really gave that feeling of mystery and character development for Shiki from being conflicted to reaching mind peace thanks to Kokuto Mikiya, It's a masterpiece that I would never know of If I didn't dive to deep into the Nasuverse outside of the Fate series alone, while I still don't know If Shiki Ryougi and Shiki Nanaya or Tohno from Tsukihime are considered overlapments, but being that both Aozaki sisters, Touko and Aoko, exit in both, It'd be interesting to see how there are 2 Shikis with both having mystic eye of death perception would interact, being that Nanaya is basically a Mikiya version of Ryougi. Maybe It's a shared fate for both Aozaki sisters to meet a Shiki and teach them how to properly utilize those mystic eyes.

Nice music choice, love Serial Experiments Lain

@OtakuDaiKun Actually, what halts the deternet force is actually discussed between Touko and Araya. They call this bounded field, a shielded space. It exists due to the building being his body, creating a zone where Alaya cannot reach. But as Touko states, by taking Shiki into the building, he allowed the counterforce in though Shiki.

cool, I'm glad you did a vid on this and on my birthday

They don't make this sorts of show anymore. This show holds a high rewatchable status. I will watch it again when winter comes.

awsome analisy this video really hellepd me fill in the gaps from the movies this is my favorite series of the Nasuvers but maybe the most confusing to follow keep up the good work btw will there be a Tsukihime one as well ?

Fantastic analysis. Thank you so much for putting this together!

This feels like nasu's take on a horror story and it is awesome

NOW IT MAKES SENSE!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!! I still loved it regardless though

Hello OtakuDaiKun, wanted to say thank you for the for the lore of Fate videos you've shown it has certainly provided me with a broader perspective on the nasuvers and the origin of the fate series. I've been interested in the Kara no Kyoukai for a while but I heard that it wasn't chronologically ordered and looked until I found your video on the lore of the show. If its not too much trouble, would you provide me with a the list of Kara no Kyoukai chronologically please? Would really appreciate it.

I,m really satisfied

I watched this series twice, and still failed to understand all of it. Thank you for clarifying so much!

I really appreciate the explanation you gave for the whole Kara no Kyoukai series in a way that made more sense. I must confess that at first I only saw this movies mostly because they were made by the same anime studio of Fate, Ufotable. I like the main characters and I mostly understood the overarching plot of the series, but it took me a while to understand the plot of some of them (mostly movies 5 and 1) due to the fact that I saw them in release order. As UndertheScope said in his review: its not a series for everyone. Also, I know this is a minor detail, regarding Azaka´s feelings towards Kokutou, while a bit odd at first, I didn´t see them as something "perverse", the way the 6th movie presented it, I saw it simply as big love and devotion towards her brother in a way that she couldn´t express it.

if you notice, Nasu loves experimenting with time loop for all of his Nasuverse spin-off / side story

It's 2020 and I still come back to this video cause I feel the love for Kara No Kyoukai. My fave part of the nasuverse franchise. The philosophical themes in general nasuverse tackles in, is something I wish more series did. But Kara No Kyoukai is top notch for me. The only part I disagree with is the part that linear order is better. I think that one of the reasons the series is in that order up to the masterpiece Paradox Spiral, is because we view the series from Shiki's POV while she is in the Taijin of Ogawa Complex. Like in the snippet which we see the world's beginning and evolution before her awakening in a mumble jumble order, we view the series in the same respect. A reoccurring theme of editing as well like in overlooking view. At the beginning we see the end, and the opening scenes are the end where Kokuto talks about his dream. Something taken from Zhuangzi and his dream about being butterfly waking up not knowing if he was a man dreaming being one, or the other way around. Also at the last scene of her awakening we see Void Shiki looking back at her a scene from the Epilogue of the series. It is no coincidence that we start viewing in a linear order the series after Shiki's awakening (aside future gospel). B O I . Kara No Kyokai is something one cold make a huge essay about tbh.

Nice to hear Serial Experiment Lain opening at the beginning.

I don’t know if people know this, but every single movie is available in full on crunchy roll. I just finished them a few weeks ago and they’re a great binge watch during quarantine.

5:20 I think you didn't understand araya's intention. That said, this video had some great insights

Thanku u for u r video Kara no kyuokai and fate stay night seires is on the best anime

Just happened to find this clip now and I wish I found it years earlier. Served to clarify a whole lot about this movie series (seriously, out-of-order episodes confuse me like crazy). About yakuza families like the Ryougi clan, based on what I can understand, while many yakuza families deal with illegal stuff (drugs, smuggling, money laundering, etc.) the original purpose most yakuza clans serve is as a criminal deterrent group or gang of sorts. Remember how old Japan during the age of the samurai had Daimyo rule their own provinces? Those daimyo have to rely on clans that "reign in" the many small towns that make up their provincial territories. That's because having to employ a huge amount of soldiers all the time as a private army at all times to enforce governing rule can send any daimyo bankrupt in just a short amount of time. These soldiers mostly work as farmers among other production jobs when they're not soldiers during wartime after all. Now, these "clans" that reign in the small towns were called Yori-Oya and Yori-Ko if I recall correctly. These clans often have familial connections that span entire village and town populations to some extent, because back then your neighbor might as well be your in-laws that your sibling marries into and vice versa. Their world scope was quite small if they wanted to live stable in one place. Anyway, because of this network of relatives, these clans are often left to police and protect their own towns and villages, especially since bandits were still a thing and police (a.k.a. Doushin) weren't that present in places where the daimyo himself actually lived in. These clans would then ask for protection money and deal with trouble in their territories instead of passing all the peacekeeping to the daimyo all the time. Unfortunately, many clans like these will have corrupt practices or members taking advantage. Protection and security becomes extortion, and some even turn to crime syndicates themselves. These were what we now know as the earliest yakuza clans. Not all of them, but a lot of the oldest ones came from that flow, most probably like the Ryougi clan. Since extortion and taking the law into one's own hands is illegal now yakuza clans have become criminal syndicates in the eyes of the law. I assume the Ryougi clan are more to the traditional, more acceptable, version like the proper ones back in the day, seeing as another yakuza clan written by Nasu is the same (hint: Taiga). Finally, about the Root, or basically where all these Nasuverse magic comes from and why every magus in the story seems to be crazy enough to do mass murder without any guarantee it'll lead to a path to the Root and that never truly gets explained everywhere in specific as far as I recall. I believe Nasu is following something I call a "Chaos-Order Theory". In my own words, in the beginning there was nothing (a.k.a. Chaos). When the first instance of existence appeared in this nothingness "Order" was established. Everything in the world as we know it are made of chaos and order. Chaos allows us humans to make mistakes (or sins/crimes) while Order allows us to recognize those as mistakes. It is also Order that dictates the laws of physics (a.k.a. Nature), which is why magic and sorcery "defy" the laws of physics. Basically, in Nasu's world, magic is a power that lies behind Chaos. It's the power that gave birth to all of existence so go figure. People who come in contact with the Root basically come in contact with a path leading to the Root of all things, meaning Chaos. People who study magic are learning how to turn things of order into chaos to bring about the desired result/phenomenon. Basically, breaking the laws of physics or nature to do something. That's why it allows Magus with Root powers to do amazing things, because they have more access to Chaos to do things normally not possible under the influence of the rules imposed by Order (remember, existence/Order was made from Chaos). It's like having more supply of black paint to paint over white paint. The more black you add the more the influence of the white begins to get overwritten. The reason why those villain mages seem to do those crazy mass murdering things is because they are essentially trying to create chaos, perhaps without actually realizing it themselves. That is why they feel like what they're doing will bring them closer to the Root. I assume it is also why a magus will gain great power from finding a path/door to the Root, but must not open the "door". It's like finding a faucet to get some water versus opening the door and diving into the middle of an endless ocean with 100% no return. I think that's how it all works based on this theory of mine. In case you're looking for a connection of this theory to the Fate Series, let me point out that Tiamat (a.k.a. Beast II) is said to be the Sea of the Void (or nothingness/chaos) and is also said to be the discarded womb after it gave birth to all of existence during the genesis. In other words, Tiamat was the embodiment of the remains of the Chaos that was used to make the first instance of Order. That's why her Nammu look like monsters with no coherent proper form as living beings, similar to why Nrvnqsr Chaos looks quite similar as well (he has melded with so many other souls that he has turned into a being of chaos).

Tremendo video

Thank you for this it became one of my favorite anime 💙☔️

Hey I recognised that Real Folk Blues midway through the video 😎 Edit: Right after, I heard that rendition of Euphoric Field 👌 good taste, my guy Edit 2: Mag Mell too? Damn

Truly loved this series since the first time I watched it sometime ago. I wish typemoon would write more story and milk it like they have with the fate verse. I need more Shiki.

Shiki and Mikiya is getting involved with Lord El-Melloi II (Waver Velvet) at Case Files.

One thing that I think was missed that was worth mentioning was that she either partially tapped into Akasha shiki or it was a complete switch during her fight with souren since that's the point when she explains how powerful she truly was when she started cutting space it self to close the gap which is a concept normal shiki wouldn't even think of (she knows she is op enough). It would give a bigger insight on why they kept that personality far from the story. Oh! And maybe the fact that since her male self died she compensated combat wise by having a form of cognitive dissonance when it pertains to her weapons because he didn't just comment on her fighting ability but also the fact that she can change her whole self by holding a different weapon allowing her to use the style fully. I could be mistranslating on the weapon part but I get excited when I talk about type-moon anything lol

I'm just finished my third film, and its kinda eh right now but that clip starting at 0:47 fucking sold me so hard. Also cool to see it being held up to series like steins gate, imma probably keep watching it

OHHH I FINALLY FOUND THAT SCENE, my lord I have seen this, never forgot it, in one of the videos on YT and I think I found it but forgot about it lol who would've thought that it would be this anime 12:56

OMG Here we goooooo! Make more for the Nasuverse plz! If you play Grand Order why not make a video on your top 10 servants from that game?