Movie: Fortuna's Eye
Romaji: Forutuna no Hitomi
Japanese: フォルトゥナの瞳
Director: Takahiro Miki
Writer: Naoki Hyakuta (novel), Riko Sakaguchi
Actors: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kasumi Arimura, Jun Shison, Airi Matsui
Shinichiro Kiyama possesses "Fortuna's Eye," an ability where he sees people who are about to die. People whose death is drawing near appear transparent to him. It is a gift that torments him. He can step in and prevent those deaths but at the expense of his own life. Then he meets a lively girl Aoi Kiryu who he fell in love with, but after a brief period of happiness, Aoi's body suddenly starts turning transparent.
If you watched "Tomorrow I Will Date With Yesterday's You," another Miki Takahiro movie, they presented the twist presented similar to that movie. "Fortuna's Eye" was just an okay movie for me. It didn't give me any goosebumps at all because I already saw that twist coming from afar. Why they made it so obvious? Lol.
The acting is excellent as what you can expect from Kamiki Ryunosuke, and Arimura Kasumi is unexpectedly good here too. But the sad thing is I didn't feel any chemistry between them, so the romance is a bit weak. They also kind of look the same as both of them could have passed as siblings, so I guess that's one reason why. The movie also falls into the "I- wish-they-made-it-into-series-instead" category. Two key moments was just resolved very abruptly, which I feel would have been more impactful if they had followed the source material.
One positive is the concept; the main character sees people turn transparent before they die. It's new, or at least I haven't seen anything like it. It has a beautiful blend of sci-fi and human elements, and I find it quite fascinating.
Overall still a good watch the movie has good visual as any Miki Takahiro movies. But I guess I'm at that point where I saw so many tearjerkers that any mediocre attempt to move me won't budge me at all.
It's a very heart-rending film. Love 💕 it
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