OverviewBlood may be thicker than water, but is it as thick as thieves? Find out as Fujiko, Goemon, and Jigen race to bring Lupin back to himself in the finale!Our TakeAs Lupin now comes face to face with his “mother” through a form of hypnosis that was planted deep inside his subconsciousness. Considering that Tomoe is an evil mastermind hypnotist who taking advantage of her most “promising students” for either her gain or for that of others. It isn’t surprising why Mattea would want to take her and Lupin out. But predictably, things begin to escalate, resulting in Mattea attempting to take down Tomoe – only for Lupin to show up. We also get a cool fight scene involving Lupin vs Mattea at the rooftop of a pagoda rooftop while entertaining to watch, didn’t do anything to elevate the story outside of a few action set pieces involving Lupin breaking into things that served as a fine conclusion. But I did enjoy the darkness Tomoe brought to the remaining episodes of the series. It also featured some nice moments between the gang as you would expect. The one-off guest-written episodes were a mixed bag, some of them good, but many of them were too focused on exposition instead of things happening. Overall, I couldn’t have hoped for a better resolution, it all made sense and in the end, maybe I prefer the backstory to be ambiguous, especially since they emphasized how the gang within Lupin’s private circle is more important anyway. I wanted to know what’s inside the box and know more about Lupin’s origins but I guess we’ll never know and sometimes that’s okay. Whether or not they’ll ever actually flesh out more regarding Lupin’s past, and his half french/Japanese heritage is something that’s up to the writers at this point…