Mermaid's Scar

Inu230 Jun 24, 2019

2

Creatures of myth targeted for their ability to grant humans immortality: mermaids. Fishy beings if ever there were any and this movie reaks of the stench surrounding the aquatic things. Mermaids are the impetus of this story but the real plot is about humans who’ve gained immortality through consuming their flesh. The movie starts on a train where a young boy is traveling to reunite with his mother. A young man and woman are seated opposite him and they strike up a conversation. Everything appears to be a family friendly setting with a young boy as the main character, a mother waiting to greet him, and people getting off at the same station who will become the boys friends. This is not what happens. Not wanting to hint too much at anything that really goes in this 44 minute anime it’s best to say that this is not family friendly.   There is a whole lot of blood. Various weapons are used. Genuine and fake tears that are difficult to distinguish. A messed up parent-child relationship takes an unexpected turn/revelation. -- Movie’s message this reviewer came up with: Avoid eating anything offered by anyone.

QuiqueOsse Jan 6, 2021

6

Story Yuta and Mana meet a boy, Masato, on a train going to Tokyo, where the couple has new jobs. They meet Masato again at his house where they find out about his mother's mysterious rebirth after an accident and witness her rage against the little boy. Later Yuna talks to the mother about their immortality, given by the flesh of a mermaid, and Masato discovers that his babysitter Yukie will soon marry and leave him alone with his mother. That's when the second plot starts, and we discover a new facet of the so innocent boy, he is the one the turned her so-called mother Misa into an immortal, and now that he doesn't want her anymore he is looking for a replacement. Firstly he tries turning Yukie, but the transformation goes wrong, and in the middle of a fight he finds out Mana is already a perfect immortal and changes his plans to make her his new mother. But as Yuta is also an immortal, Masato ties Mana and tries killing Yuna. We discover that Masato has tried to create several mothers before Misa in his 800 hundred years, and after a warm fight, Masato flees but is struck by a truck and supposedly dies in the car's explosion. I really did enjoy the story, I wasn't expecting anything like it, and though some plots were a bit predictable, overall I got quite immersed in the narrative. Animation I think it is an old type of anime linework and coloring, and it is not really something I enjoy. There was no scene where the animation amazed me somehow, but also it wasn't that bad to watch. So as I am generous today, I am giving it a 5 for not disrupting my immersion during my watching. Sound Sadly I watched it in English, so I couldn't have the whole real experience. I don't remember any particular sound or music, and nothing seemed out of place. But also nothing called my attention. Characters All the characters were well created, each character chosen to appear in the movie had a great motive to be there. Though Yuta and Mana were the heroes, the best trajectories were Masato's and Misa's, the first changing from an immature and naive kid into a cold-blooded and wicked killer, and the second starting as a crazy heartless mother and turning into a victim searching for a way out to survive. Overall I reasonably liked the story they created for the anime and it was good how they showed it. As said by another user, I got a little confused with the fact that no mermaid was shown but in the intro. Maybe because it was shown in the movie before this one and I haven't watched it yet.