Kara no Kyoukai: the Garden of Sinners (often abbreviated as KnK) is a landmark supernatural mystery series produced by studio and written by Kinoko Nasu . Originally a light novel series, it was adapted into eight main films and several specials between 2007 and 2013. It serves as a foundational "prototype" for the wider Nasuverse , introducing core concepts later seen in Fate/stay night and Tsukihime . Core Premise & Characters
Set in Japan during the late 1990s, the story follows , a girl from a clan raised to develop dual personalities (a female "yin" persona, Shiki, and a male "yang" persona, SHIKI). After a two-year coma resulting from a fatal accident, she awakens with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception , allowing her to perceive the "death" of all things as lines she can cut to destroy them. Kara no Kyoukai: the Garden of Sinners