[Layton13]

This is actually a movie I had something written up on Reddit when it came out and honestly, my opinion hasn't changed since then, so I'll be lazy, like the movie, and recycle old work I did before:



I did not like this at all.

It suffers from a lot of the same problems Revice suffers from, just condensed, its similar to Vail in that way.

It funnily enough suffers the most from the exact same problem as Vail, the relationship at the core of the story is just laughable. Vail had its "knowing you for less than a day" romance, and this has "I talked to you less than half a minute, take me to the amusement park, uncle" "father-daughter" relationship. And it just doesn't work at all, is unbelievable, and the child in question is written stilted and not like a human at all. It's bottom-tier dialog all the way through, which kills any sort of emotional investment I could have had.

Daiji is also once again pushed to the side and doesn't really get anything to do. I really related to Kagero with how done I was with Daiji being an idiot.

The entire story also only happens because everyone involved makes the dumbest moves possible. Daiji's trap is idiotic and even Kagero's plan archives almost nothing.

The cake goes to the three stooges, Hanna, Sakura, and Tamaki though. That scene feels like a parody. No, scratch that, I have seen that scene before! In Koryuger! A monster literally transforms in front of the heroes and tries to act cute and obvious, it doesn't work and is ridiculed as ridiculous. And low and behold, this movie makes them actually fall for it hook, line, and sinker... I... What an idiot plot! Worst of all, it is so in character for these numbskulls.

So, yeah... Massive dud for me.