We follow Aoyama - a fourth grader with knowledge compared to that of an adult… or at least he thinks so. He likes to indulge himself in pseudo scientific experiments that probably fuel his ego. One of his journals is entirely dedicated to “Geometric study of boobs”, now that’s a branch of science I can get behind. He has an ego, he treats others with reservation and sees himself as more than a child. To be honest… he’s annoying. Watching him is like watching a dollar store ripoff of Sheldon Cooper from “The big bang theory” (and writing a worse character than him is a real achievement as his really badly written). His boring and a lot of his “deductions” are just an ass pull powered by deus ex machina. Shame because there is a solid foundation to make him organically come to the conclusions. But that would require some work.
Aoyama has a pretty big crush on a buxom, pretty, mysterious young woman that works at the local dentist who he call’s Onee-San (Lady in English subs). She has a mysterious and fascinating power which gives Aoyama an excuse to get closer to her. She’s the most cliché character of the show. She only has one side and that is a laid back, kind side. Lady treats our little MC like a child seemingly not knowing, or more likely not giving a damn, about his infatuation towards her. If I have to point out the most wasted character of the story it would be her and that’s a problem because of her importance to the story.
It might seem like the movie doesn’t have any good points but that is not true. The supporting cast is pretty cool. Aoyamas friend Hamamoto is probably the most 3D character of the show. Yes… it’s a bit cliché that she has a crush on Aoyama but due to the fact that she shows a few sides of her personality I can forgive it this time.
The plot itself also has potential. Up to a point it’s pretty logical and organically grows the mystery. That said all that goes out the window somewhere around the 3/4 mark. After that the show relies too much on deus ex machina for my taste. I think the script writers wrote themselves into a corner. They wanted to explore a lot of themes and make us care about the main duo but had a time limit to the move. The movie could use another 30 minutes (at least) to nicely and organically round up the plot. The way it is… it’s just rushed and it shows.
Despite all that, it's not a bad movie, it has a nice calm vibe in the beginning and the visuals are very well done. Aoyama is annoying but after about 30 minutes You won’t really notice it that much… I hope so at least, for Your sake.
