#the ace attorney crossover has dudes lit on fire screaming

[kirbyddd]

still insane how layton went from

to

and no one even batted an eye

#it's cause the series was really always that way already but just didn't show so much on screen #i mean curious village literally open with the baron's pale corpse lying in state #diabolical box opens with layton and luke finding his mentor dead #unwound future has numerous onscreen deaths and intense imagery #the ace attorney crossover has dudes lit on fire screaming #and the prequel trilogy has i dont know how many people shot and bombed #the finale has soviet PMCs gunning down scientists layton talking someone down from suicide and bronev stabbing a girl in the fucking heart #the movie literally has descole stage a terror bombing of a ship full of people and emmy investigating human trafficking for experiments #layton goes hard af #and does it while being unbelievably classy and exploring themes of what it means to value human life #professor layton #layton brothers mystery room #oh yeah and DIABOLICAL BOX HAS A STRIP CLUB