S2E04 - The Garden of Sinners (Kara no Kyoukai) Parts 6 - 7 Review & Analysis

“I won’t let you go, as long as I live.”

The original 7-part run of The Garden of Sinners comes to an end with these last two installments, Oblivion Recording and A Study in Murder: Part 2, the former providing a lighter, more comical one-off case where Shiki teams up with Touko’s apprentice (and Kokutou’s little sister) Azaka, while the decidedly-not-light latter chapter returns us to the mystery of the serial killings that first brought Shiki and Kokutou together. Oblivion Recording is a joy in its own way, and a welcome eye-in-the-storm between the series’ two longest, densest installments, but A Study in Murder II is the star here, as we learn the truth about Shiki, cut to the heart of who Kokutou is underneath his still exterior, and find out what these two characters mean to one another, and what choices they will make in the face of death.

Enjoy, and come back next week as we review the final pieces of The Garden of Sinners – the Epilogue short film, the eighth film, Future Gospel (aka Recalled Out Summer) and the Extra Chorus OVA.

Time Chart:

Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:14

Intro: 0:01:14 – 0:06:34

Part 6 – Oblivion Recording: 0:06:34 – 1:06:05

Eyecatch: 1:06:05 – 1:06:19

Part 7 – A Study in Murder II: 1:06:19 – 2:47:21

End Credits: 2:47:21 – 2:48:36

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