The story here is geared heavily toward developing Araragi as a character and showing how special he and Kissshot are compared to other vampires. It's easy to tell where each character is at any given time (unless you're not supposed to), and the developments in each fight are believable. Additionally, the fights are very well-choreographed. The comedic timing, the visual metaphors, the sound effects, and so on enhance the humor of each scene. The direction is noticeably good, especially in the comedy department. These VAs have proven themselves countless times over the course of this series. Additionally, the voice acting and soundtrack continue to be

There's no single moment as glorious as the 'Araragi on fire' scene from the first movie, but a great many scenes look very neat. So I don't count that against this movie. But that's Aniplex's problem, not Kizu's. It just doesn't work, for reasons I'll discuss below.

Kizu should never have been split into three parts. I'm giving it a perfect ten out of ten, but it does have a problem: the way it was presented. Shaft continues to adapt the best Monogatari story extremely well. (Spoilers for the first movie, obviously.)

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