[Layton13]

Oh Den-O... What a peculuare series you are.

One of the few that can make me slam my head against the wall because of some nonsense, or one of the, for me, unbearable characters, and ten seconds later I'm balling my eyes out.

The show has amazing highs, like a certain talk inside the terminal between Ryotaru and Momotaros, and in general, their friendship, which I even find better than Ankh and Eiji, is absolutely fantastic! Same with Yuto and Deneb.

But the lows are abysmal and sadly, typical for almost any Kobayashi show, minus OOO's. I can't stand the three other residents of the Den-Liner with their just annoying character quirks that seem to overshadow them as actual characters. The show lacks a good sense of momentum and the villain, in typical Kobayashi fashion, is a big fat nothing. Granted, none of these problems are as egregious as in her Sentai outings, where these things tend to tank the show for me in general, but still...

All that said, I liked my time with this show. It wormed itself into my heart, even if it's a love-hate relationship.

And now I want to watch Final Countdown again