[Layton13]

So, gonna comment on the last two at once.

First of all, I reiterate. What was their goal with Akaishi?

Because somehow he ended up the personal antagonist of two characters and it feels like no one noticed till his exit and they scrambled to give both closure and screws it up in the process.

Hikaru gets to beat him and fight him to take his revenge, but gets undercut by Daiji who skips all the interesting steps off beating him, his goal for pretty much half the show.

It’s maddening how this is the worst of both worlds.

As for Daiji‘s final to his arc.

Kagero? You do know this entire mess was YOUR idea? You can’t just show up again and complain Daiji took so long when this entire thing goes contrary to you last actions!

What a mess of an arc that feels like they shifted gears several times and the result is a character that’s both sevirly undercooked and massively overstuffed.

As for the George retcon, laughably bad. It raises so many questions, doesn’t really work as an excuse for what it’s meant to smoth over and just puts into question who George even is.

George was fine as a careless scientist and even if that kind of character has no room in the show, it’s just another sign of not planning things through.