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This movie made me grin, gave me goosebumps and had me leaning forward in anticipation with certain scenes. I've never seen the original anime/manga but the characters were still sold pretty uniquely and interestingly, with just enough screentime to develop all the major ones.

Going in at the start, I thought it would be just some Jojo Bizarre's Adventure-esque comedy only, but Kyo kara ore wa! Proved distinct - which has me wondering if this IP was a trailblazer to what Jojo is to today's Gen Z/Millennial crowd. Favourite character is definitely Kyoko Hayakawa, with how she'd alternate her persona between cute and thug.

I enjoyed this one. Had a healthy balance of comedy and angst. There's also something innocent about the world of the pre-iPhone era when flip phones were in the rage and all the cultural peripheries that came with that time in Japan. You also see some of this in the way they shoot the opening sequence of the show, the colourful wardrobe being paired with high-exposure mirages and blurs.

If you've read some light amount of manga or watched anime like I have, the tongue-in-cheek Japanese-centric jokes with crack you up.

I was able to correctly guess who the killer was a few episodes before the unveiling but that still didn't stop the sadness of the tragedy's premise from feeling diluted.