Lupin the Third Part 6

Brief overview: IT's average Introduction The story is set in Modern-day United Kingdom. As usual, the infamous Lupin is looking for treasures to steal and flirting with the local ladies. One day Lupin is getting chased by the police and meets a very old acquaintance along the way, which is Sherlock Holmes. At that time she also met a young girl whom Lupin has an important history with. This is where the mysterious story between Sherlock and Lupin begins. Story 6/10 For part 6 the story is more inconsistent compared to the previous part and it portrays like Arcs rather than a single narrative that is the primaryfocus. There's three arcs that is in the series and the first one is Sherlock, Filler, and Lupin's past. Those are technically not bad stories, but painfully average and sometimes boring. They did capture a lot of the mystery and explosive over-the-top moments very well, but most of the story didn't really capture the magic that it did from the previous season. Animation 6/10 The animation for this part is a downgrade compared to the previous part. In the previous part since the 2015 remake there aren't many flaws to the animation, but this one had too many flaws and you can definitely notice the frame is very inconsistent from time to time. For the most part it's not bad and it stayed with the animation we are familiar with from the previous part, but there it is a lot more bad quality drawing compare to the previous season. Characters 5/10 Lupin in part 6 are ruined because they change Lupin's personality so much. What pisses most fans off is that Lupin punched a girl in this series. YES, HE PUNCHED A LADY. Now this may not seem much to the average audience, BUT LUPIN LOVES WOMEN AND HE WOULD NEVER PUNCH A LADY. This is so offensive towards Lupin fan because Lupin is a very smart and mysterious character within the series and his biggest weakness is loving all the women around the world. The only thing he would never do IS TO PUNCH A LADY. However, for the other characters, they are generally good as they have a lot of mysterious background and interesting plot that align to the story. They also added a few characters back from part 4 such as Rebecca and more which adds a nice touch to the series. The characters that do have an interesting story should've been a candidate to join Lupin's crew, but all of the time they just serve their purpose and move on. TLDR Ever since the 2015 remake this will be my least favourite one as they have changed Lupin's personality too much and the animation flaws that occurred from time to time. The story is a lot more inconsistent and average as they are trying to tell a different story that is not relevant to the current one.

As a newcomer to the Lupin franchise, I found this anime to be outstandingly entertaining. While the stories are a bit predictable and chlichéd at times, and eventhough the first ark in particular lacked a satisfying conclusion, there was just too much good stuff going on to make me mind that for any longer than a minute at a time. With a fantastic jazzy soundtrack, colorful animation, snappy dialogue, great side characters both in design and writing, good side stories and of course the pure chemistry of the main crew, it feels difficult for me not to fall in love with this. You will probably not changeyour perspective on cinema and life while watching this, but you'll be entertained through and through. If you are new to Lupin III like I was, this is a fantastic place to start.

I can see why this is the lowest rated of the Lupin the Third seasons I've watched so far. Both Part 4 and 5 had pretty gripping central narratives that paid off well, but this one was much more of a mixed bag. Weird to say it was at its best when it was leaning on Sherlock Holmes (usually something I'm not terribly fond of in anime), but that portion of the plot had some pretty neat twists and paid off well. I can't say the same for the Tomoe plot, which was more convoluted and ended anticlimactically. She might have more influence on theplot going forward given how many of the women from this season are still in play, but it's hard to say how much future seasons of the show will bring in characters like Mattea and Mercedes. I'm not sure I'd want that anyway, they don't have the kind of magnetic appeal that Rebecca, Nyx, or even Ami had. It is pretty apparent that Moriarty is destined to stick around, which might lead somewhere interesting, but his role was almost entirely on the sidelines this season and even then, it wasn't pivotal at all (Goemon and Jigen got info leading to Tomoe's location, but Zenigata intuited the same from meeting Mercedes). That said, this is still Lupin and I still enjoyed their various antics. Getting to see Jigen go full hard-boiled in a couple of episodes, some time travel shenanigans, and even the brushes with the fantastical were intriguing. I think this worked best when it was just focused on side stories and one-offs, and I got enough of those to have a good time going through this.