LogFAQs > #911083494

Alright, just watched Yokai Watch Shadowside movie and liked it quite a bit. This movie really ramps up the series' shounen factor, but the humor is still there. I really like that they're bringing back Slimamander (first boss of the first game) as a main character (nicknamed Micchi). Looks like he'll be comic relief most of the time, but his new design is pretty cool. The new Jibanyan and Whisper are hilarious as well. The movie doesn't really touch upon what happened to Keita and the Yokai during the timeskip though, so I'm expecting the TV series and YW4 to do that.

Worth noting that they've got some great voice actors for the human cast too, with Natsume's being Mone Kamishiraishi (Mitsuha from Your Name.), Touma's being Yudai Chiba (Gosei Red), and Akinori's being Mutsumi Tamura (Kobayashi from Dragon Maid).

So, yeah, I'm definitely importing YW4 when it comes out, and I'll probably start watching the Shadowside TV series soon.

And speaking of YW4. From the movie, only Touma (player character in the TGS gameplay video) can use Yokai possession (oni arm attacks and transformation and stuff), so I wonder how Natsume's gameplay will be like. Keita/Fumika too, since it looks like their watches are now the same model as Natsume's (shame that Fumika loses her pocket watch variation though). And then there's Shin from the upcoming movie, who's still a total mystery at this point.