The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain

July 1998, a grim scene at a hangout: several delinquents lie dead, their bodies twisted in grotesque shapes. Touko Aozaki asks for help to track the killer and turns to Shiki Ryougi, whose unique perception of life and death lets her sense hidden truths. She enlists Mikiya Kokutou and a small circle of allies as they pursue a prime suspect, Asagami Fujino, a girl who has become entangled with the victims. As clues emerge, the investigation crosses from street crime into the occult, drawing Shiki into a world where identity and motive blur. The film blends crime drama with supernatural mood, forcing questions about power, pain, and the limits of reason. Shiki's insights push the case toward unsettling questions.

Directed by Mitsuru Obunai, the film sits within Kinoko Nasu and Masaki Hiramatsu's Garden of Sinners project. It arrived in 2008 as one installment in this anime adaptation that helps shape the Fate universe's animated canon for fans around the world today.

Box office data for The Garden of Sinners Remaining Sense of Pain is not widely published in public sources. Because the title exists within an anthology and has a relatively limited theatrical footprint, reliable worldwide grosses are not readily available.

Within its fan community it is seen as a facet of the Garden of Sinners, notable for its stark mood, sharp character psychology and the way it blends crime storytelling with supernatural elements. Shiki Ryougi remains a figure and the work is cited for pushing 2000s anime toward darker thrillers.

Critics generally regard the installment as atmospheric and cerebral rather than purely action packed. It foregrounds questions of identity, mortality and the blurry boundary between victim and perpetrator, while keeping the mystery intimate with Shiki's perspective. The film's visuals and pace invite thoughtful revisits from fans and scholars alike everywhere.