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My Impression of Fortuna's Eye

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Image used from:  http://asianwiki.com/Fortuna%27s_Eye Imagine if you have the power to know when someone is going to die, would you try to change their fate or let it be? However, by changing their fate, you will suffer the consequences of being closer to death in order to not upset the balance of life. Fortuna’s Eye is a fantasy romance film where the main character, Shinichiro Kiyama (Ryunosuke Kamiki), struggles with deciding the purpose of using the ability to help others or not. He meets Aoi Kiryu (Kasumi Arimura) one day, who is immediately attracted to her, but he sees her hand becoming transparent signifying that her death is near. When the ability is used, the film uses the visual effect of showing partial transparency of the person’s body. It’s an interesting take with using that visual effect, as the clothes are left untouched which I would imagine it makes it uncanny and surreal to see the ability happen in real life. It might be the simple thought of the eyes are sho