Line #3 YMMV/KingOfThorn


1	* AssPull: In the manga, the revelation that [[spoiler:Kasumi is a Medusa construct created by Shizuku]] comes basically from nowhere. As this was one of the most controversial points of the series, the movie utilized more {{Foreshadowing}} before revealing it.
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Toshihiko Sahashi's soundtrack was acknowledged as one of the best points of the movie. The closing theme, "End of the World" by Misia, stands out.
3	* BrokenBase: Most viewers and critics opined the ''King of Thorn'' anime adaptation was a great film in its own right, with some even pointing out that it resembled more a Hollywood flick than your typical anime movie. However, how it compares to the manga is a breaking point: while some think its synthesized plot is both faithful to and less erratic than the manga's, others believe it doesn't make the manga justice and ruins a few of its highlights by changing so many character backstories and fates.
4	* CompleteMonster: [[AGodAmI Zeus]], head of security for [[{{Cult}} Venus Gate Labs]], is a chaos-loving maniac who gleefully participates in the Venus Gate’s twisted human experiments to harness the power of Medusa. When [[RealityWarper Shizuku's]] powers go out of control, Zeus ensures said powers kill as many people as possible. Zeus then proceeds to turn himself into data, download part of his code into Shizuku, manipulate her powers to murder everyone on the island the Lab is located, then releases an army of monsters onto the Earth to destroy anything they come across. After his old rival, Marco Owens, confronts him, Zeus has him beaten to death and reveals he plans to turn most of humanity into his own "[[MasterRace Zeus Race]]", and then kill any humans left. Zeus then captures [[TheHero Kasumi]] and forces her to watch as he painfully transforms her friends, one of which is a [[WouldHurtAChild child]], into more Zeus Race beasts.
5	* CriticalDissonance: Critics praised the movie in plenty, while casual audiences tend to consider it mostly SoOkayItsAverage. This is coincidentally an echo from the original manga, which got some high reviews while never being overtly popular.
6	* FridgeBrilliance: At first the thought of a disease that infects your psyche seems quite weird. But consider the stuff you learn about every day. What about memes? What about celebrity or gossips? Or {{Ear Worm}}s? How about viral videos? Oh boy. Aren't those basically stimuli which infect human mind and have real-life consequences? Of course some people are immune to certain kinds but nevertheless these thoughts drive many people to do what they do. And sometimes it's just not very healthy. Doesn't that make such thoughts kind of a disease?
7	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie was very well received at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain and got nominated at the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film in Australia (although it lost to ''Piercing I'').
8	* InferredHolocaust: In the manga, the state of the world outside the island is left deliberately vague, though there is at least ''some'' hope: [[spoiler:Marco points out that other people infected with Medusa would be able to create their own monsters to fight Zeus'.]]
9	* {{Narm}}:
10	** From the manga, [[spoiler:Katherine's transformation. A giant bird might have do it, and a full fledged harpy monster would have been CreepyAwesome. However, a ''giant bird with human breasts'' is pretty much impossible not to laugh at.]]
11	** [[spoiler:Zeus, the manga's BigBad, spending all of his scenes wearing a Hawaiian shirt, shorts and flip-flops. His face being drawn in a rather strange style doesn't help.]]
12	** In the movie, Marco's claim to belong to the "infantry military". ElitesAreMoreGlamorous? Nah, just send a plain soldier to an infiltration mission to save the world.
13	* NightmareFuel: Copious amounts of {{Gorn}}, CruelAndUnusualDeath, characters being chased by one SuperPersistentPredator after another and sometimes EatenAlive, plus Kasumi's nightmares and suicidal tendencies. Then there's Medusa itself causing all kinds of BodyHorror. And this is all within the first book!
14	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Most positive reviews of the film gave this note about Sunrise's animation (except by some of the vines, which were noted to be [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects conspicuous CGI]]).
15	* TheWoobie:
16	** [[BreakTheCutie Kasumi.]]

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