*Spoiler warnings*
Okay i am done wif e movie and manga of Last Quarter Kagen No Tsuki... I doubt anyone would be watching e 2 yr old movie so i think i would tok about it...
Hmm... How shd i put it?
The storylines are somewat different, especially the ending... No, actually the endings are totally different and sets off 2 different moods...
The movie somewat gives u a weird feeling due to e ending twist tt they added (which i cannot understand y they did tt, will cum to it later *spoiler*), but they also resolved the story and gives u a somewat pleasant, sweet n happy ending to the main story...
Oh the real ending to e main story line (movie) is at the end of the looooonnnnnngggg credits, so if u r going to watch, make sure u scroll to the end...
The manga leaves you feeling sad... And i think it makes ppl feel a little lost too... Not so gd for emotional ppl like me...
I am not into plain happy perfect sweet lovey love stories tt much, so in order to intrigue me, its got to haf some different elements...
The different element about Last Quarter is tt its somewat a ghost story, reincarnation (spoiler), world between reality n dream... Of coz, i am not going to deny HYDE is e main trigger of interest... Lol... He resembles his character in the manga as well...
Be4 i caught e movie, i already noe e story... But tt doesnt stop me from getting emotional...
I think if u watch it plainly, u won't be feeling much... But i did shed quite abit of tears coz it was sooooo sad... The manga was worst... Sigh... If u start to imagine wat some characters went thru all these 20 yrs, etc... U would feel very sad for them... So for e non chalant audience, u most probably dun feel a thing... Coz the movie doesnt really show u wat they went thru, u got to think it thru urself...
As of all Japanese movies, i think u haf to tolerate their sllloooowww pacing and slllooowww speeches... To be frank, i wasnt comfortable initially... It was so slow, it was barely tolerable... But then after awhile i started getting chills, spooks, n all, i forgot about e pacing, and it moved a little faster in the middle...
The movie in summary is based on the novel by Ai Yazawa, "Kagen no Tsuki" is about a girl named Mizuki (Chiaki Kuriyama) who meets a mysterious guy named Adam (HYDE of L'Arc~En~Ciel). Although Mizuki had never seen Adam before, she realised he knows her... The moment she met him, she was drawn into him... One day he called telling her he's leaving and if she wants to go on e condition tt she would haf to find him before the moon disappears that night. She got hit by a car and her soul lost its memory and finds herself trapped in an old mansion. She met a girl named Hotaru, who had an accident on the same night as Mizuki while she was out looking for her cat, and therefore was e only one who could can see her. Mizuki does not remember her own name or anything except Adam. Hotaru and her friend Mura decide to figure out what happened to Mizuki and they gave her the nickname "Eve". They found out about the family that once lived in the mansion and what happened to their daughter, Sayaka, but it doesn't add up. . .
(Er hem, i copied e above summary, coz i just cant summarise... But i edited it though, too many spoilers... Lol)
If u wan to catch it then stop here... If u wan to find out more then read on...
On Mizuki's 19th bday (manga is 17th, maybe they found it too young), she broke off wif her bf, who slept wif her best fren... Then she ran away from home coz she hate her new step mum and small step sis... Her own mother suicided coz of e affair, and the father married e mistress later...
Anyways, she had known a haunting melody since she was born but she could never complete e tune... When she was running away, she heard tis melody coming from tis old abandoned mansion (huge but old n creepy) and she went inside (brave girl)... The mansion is spooky, the doors open themselves and the lights on themselves too... She did not find it strange, i believed she must haf thot they were sensors... Lol... Anyways, its supposed to be spooky, so only i would side track when i was watching e scenes...
There in one of the rooms, she saw tis gorgeous handsome guitarist playing the tune... That man is Adam, he claimed tt hes renting the mansion for a week... Hes from London, half english, half jap (manga is English wif blonde hair n blue eyes)... He said he noes her etc... And where ever he walks, the lights on themselves... Creepy... Hes a man of few words as well...
She in the end stayed wif e guy in e mansion, confided in him etc... Adam disappears in the day and only returned at night... She did not go to sch nor her part time job, and refused to contact everyone... Everybody is lookin for her... Her bf Tomoki kept calling her but she refused to pick up...
One night, Adam held her and shouted, "Tis is all ur fault, u died!"... And tried to strangle her ( i couldnt really see coz e movie was so dark tt moment, i found out fr e manga, haha)... His hands were icy cold... He let go and Mizuki tried to leave e mansion... But Adam stopped her, hugged her, weeped and said, "Dun leave me, i cannot go on without u, pls stay by my side."...
She obliged and then one week ended... On e last day, Adam disappeared and called her hp (her phone batt was already flat)... He told her hes leaving and Mizuki asked him to take her... So he said if she could reach a place before sunrise, he would take her...
She went home to take her passport and ran to tt place... She saw Adam at the other side of the road, and crosses e traffic crossing... While shes in e middle (e lights had becum red), her bf Tomoki saw her and shouted at her... She stopped, turned back, saw Tomoki and then she was knocked down by a coming car...
She came to tis place wif a gate... But e gate is locked, she could not cross over... She saw a girl and e girl is looking for her cat... She helped her, and e cat crawled out from behind e gate and ran off... The girl then ran after her cat and disappeared...
Mizuki saw behind the gates a figure tt looks like Adam, and e haunting tune... She shouted Adam!
Oh my god e way i type, i am going to take ages...
Next is e funny part, i cant stop laughing, no idea y e author drew it tis way... Maybe to ease e tension? Its e same as movie n manga... E next scene u see Adam suddenly singing and then zoom out, hes standing on a cliff and then zoom out, its a MTV!!! And then e TV was offed... Lol... Adam is HYDE anyways, so u can imagine how funny it was...
Hes singing tt haunting tune... Sing as in a full song...
The MTV was shown on e TV at the hospital, the small girl (whom Mizuki saw jus a moment ago) offed the tv then.... She had an accident while looking for her cat... And she was being discharged tt day...
Anyways, e small girl, Hotaru, kept on looking for her cat... And one fine day, she walked past tis old mansion and saw a cat entering the mansion door... She sneaked in and heard e haunting tune... Someone's playing the piano...
She saw Mizuki in the room, and tt cat... But the cat isnt her cat though...
They recognised each other... But Hotaru thot it was just a dream... Hotaru asked who Mizuki is, and she said she doesnt remember anything... She cant remember anything, except tt she is looking for her bf, Adam... She named e cat Adam too...
Mizuki told Hotaru tt she is trapped in e mansion... She couldnt leave... Hotaru decided to help her... Meanwhile, a schmate of Hotaru called Mura followed her... Hotaru introduces Mizuki to him and Mizuki greeted him... Mura then exclaimed, "Who r u toking to? Theres nobody here!"...
He thot Hotaru was crazy until he saw e floating handkerchief... Mizuki returned Hotaru her napkin... Mura could not see her, but realised "something" is there...
So at tis pt, u would realised, Mizuki is a ghost! Mizuki was shocked too... She broke down and felt tt if she had died she wouldnt be able to see Adam anymore...
Mura and Hotaru both decided to help Mizuki return to heaven... And they thot tt by helping her find Adam, she would be able to rest in peace...
So who is Adam exactly? Where is he now? Y is Mizuki trapped in the mansion? Who is Mizuki truly? How are they going to solve the mystery? Who is the true love of Mizuki? Who exactly is Tomoki? Mizuki is wearing a necklace bearing the initials of S.K., who is S.K.? How is S.K. related to Mizuki?
Heh heh, not telling u leh... Go and watch the movie lor!!! Lots of twists n turns... I however, shudder at the ending twist... Its weird... How can you date your brother? Eh? Wat brother? Oops...
Hahhah... Aiyah, entry too long liao, to be continued...
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