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This was more like it. I like this movie a lot. For someone craving more W it's a great slice of what was good about the show, albeit with the focus flipped to Terui and Shotaro and Philip in more of the supporting role. The plot isn't remarkable - especially with the show already dealing with both corrupt cop and good cop being accused of a crime plots - but it was serviceable enough and there were a lot of good character moments.

I have a long and well-documented crush on Yukari Taki, dating all the way back to Ultraman Ginga S, so obviously it was great to see her here. Great and a little surprising. I thought Yuko "Rinko from Wizard" Takayama played Aoi, but I was confusing this and the DiEnd Den-O movie.

One of the moments from this that has always stuck with me the bit where Lily was just carrying around divorce papers for Akiko and Terui. Great gag and a good callback to her episodes from the show. Also dig her grandfather's cafe; good vibes to the place and it's a pity it's only introduced here.

The credits contain a fantastic blooper where Renn Kiriyama accidentally throws the Joker memory when doing his transformation pose. Again something that I've always remembered, but I could never recall which movie it was from.