School in the Crosshairs

School in the Crosshairs

Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi

Produced by KADOKAWA

198190 min6.4 / 10

A surreal, energetic Japanese high school comedy-fantasy where psychic powers and absurdist threats like Nazi student enforcers collide in a playful yet tense battle between friends.

Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!

Questions people ask

  • Is School in the Crosshairs sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Does School in the Crosshairs end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is School in the Crosshairs scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is School in the Crosshairs easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Is School in the Crosshairs violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

56/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity66

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise64

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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