[FreshToku]

Just finished watching OOO10th myself! It was... Hmm.

So like, just in a vacuum, all the ideas and the plot on paper, I don't inherently have a problem with. There's a bunch of cool set-ups, intriguing scenarios, and I especially think the ways the final battle references the last fight from the OOO series is actually really neat and clever.

Feels like the execution leaves quite a bit to be desired though. I feel like this movie desperately wishes it had more runtime, since there's so many different things that would have benefited greatly from just an extra minute or two.

You could name a whole lot of ways this movie is rushed, but for me, the part that's by far the hurt by that most is the very end. There needed to be just at least even one little epilogue scene showing the characters taking the first step to moving on with their lives. Unfortunately, the hard shift to the credits will inevitably leave people feeling unsatisfied no matter how they may feel about the events leading up to the end.

There's also the larger meta issue of the fact that, well... This was hyped up as the big, 10th anniversary reunion special, right? I don't this plot is a bad idea for a story at all, but it might have been a bad idea for this particular occasion? I normally worry about judging these toku shows based on what I want, as opposed to what they choose to do, but I can't really blame anyone for thinking this movie betrayed expectations as opposed to just subverting them.

I think despite all that, I liked it more than I didn't. If it had that extra little hypothetical epilogue I mentioned, I might even had been completely positive on it. As is, it's just an alright little piece. I would call OOO10th 'daring' but after 01Others and Trio Of Deep Sin, it actually might be a little too dull and ordinary in comparison!