I feel really proud of this since the previous drawing just wasn't, it? Y'know? Like it didn't match the image of it I had in my head. But now it does! And it makes me super happy! :)
I love how Laurent grew is hair long for Dorothy and Dorothy's smile you knew this is when her memories of him and them came back.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
In my humble opinion I feel Laurent didn't do everything he did in this movie (Great Pretender Razbliuto] for Dorothy with saving her life & creating situations to help her get her memories back just to continue not having Dorothy in his life. I'm 100% sure that this is the beginning of Laurent & Dorothy reconnecting with each other and in the process them one day finally be able to have the marriage and life they had planned together 10 years ago prior to Dorothy being shot, losing her memories, and Laurent thinking she was dead. Hence him walking up to Dorothy wearing the same cologne he wore when they were together, him growing his hair back long like it was when they were together, and him stopping to ask her directions to terminal 2 if not to get her to remember him & there relationship. Plus if Laurent had no intentions of trying to rekindle what they had then he would of just done what he did to save her life while also making sure Dorothy will forever be safe from their enemies. Once he accomplished that Laurent would of just got on a flight and left leaving Dorothy in the dark about him & their relationship. But instead he at set the finale stage of his plan together and that was to go up to her and talk to her by asking her a question in order to trigger those memories she has of him. At least that is how I interpreted this ending because it actually does leave it up to the fans imagination on how things went between Laurent and Dorothy after this meeting. But anyways those are my thoughts and personally see this as the rebeginning of Laurent x Dorothy 🥰💞
(side note I have to say I prefer Laurent with his hair longer)
My thoughts on Great Pretender Razbliuto (warning spoilers)
I’ve just gotten round to watching the spin off show and I’ll be honest I didn’t think we were going to get anymore content, i know they hinted at it with the showing of Dorothy at the end of season 2 but I didn’t think GP was popular enough so the fact that we have a spin off is a blessing haha. I know there is always that hope when you watch a spin off to see the original characters and I know it’s not guaranteed but I wish we could have more than a name drop for Abby and Cynthia. I will say I really did like how they built up the tension at the end for Laurent’s reveal. I like most of the new characters I think they have fun personalities that make me laugh ( I’ll be honest when I watched the trailer I thought Hayashi was a masc lesbian.. haha ). The artwork is still stunning especially the colourful backgrounds and character designs, the linework somehow looks even more fluid than the actual original show if that’s even possible?! The plot is fine, I think I’m just nostalgic for our main 4 ganging up together on a target that it feels kinda weird having an “on the run” type plot instead of a high tension personal scamming game. The music is excellent as per usual. The visual Parallels were so well thought out!
I would say overall it’s pretty good, I prefer the main series but I’ve always liked Dorothy as a character so it’s fun to see her more also I think that this is probably going to be the last piece of great pretender official content that we’ll get ( unless the artist who’s drawing the manga gets better ) so I’m quite happy with this film :)