I will argue HONEKO AKBANE'S BODYGUARDS is one of the best manga adaptions ever. It's a film that is so perfectly done that even if you don't know the source you can follow it and become caught up in it.
I will also resport it is one of my most favorite films of 2025.
The plot has a young man named Arakuni to protect a high school girl and internet sensation Honeko Akbane from the killers who want her dead. It seems he biological dad is the head of the Japanese CIA and he wants to keep her safe from the people who hate him. She is not to know anything about it. Actually every person in her class is a bodyguards with a specialty.
This is just great. From top to bottom is a near perfect delight that made me smile. It's not only a film that knows exactly what the job is, but it's one that does so in a couple of important ways that most other similar films, nay most other films period don't ever do.
The first thing the film does is have wonderfully drawn characters. To be certain the huge cast of characters occassional is short changed in screen time, but by god when they are on screen you know exactly who they are. Everyone has a genuine character to play and they do it.
The other thing the film does is have a bunch of actors who shine. Everyone is fully invested at every moment so we believe what is happening and that people are feeling as they do. The sequence at the end when Honeko's father accidentally meets her, is masterful. Watch how her dad tries to have a poker face but you can see the emotion welling up in his eyes. Likewise the rapid turn and wonderful smile a few minutes later when he tells one of the bodyguards she did good. I should not be getting misty in movies like this.
And not to sell anything short the fights are great and the sense of humor is spot on at every moment.
This film is just the best sort of film out there.
A must see.
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