Blindly picked this film, finished it, then found out it’s actually adapted from a novel by Keigo Higashino. I’ve always liked his work, so no wonder while watching I kept thinking, “how can i explain that i love films like this? why do I always end up loving this specific vibe?” Turns out… yeah, it makes sense. It’s very Higashino-coded. Something about it just clicked instantly and felt weirdly familiar to me.

The concept itself is honestly so cool. It plays with this tension between science and art, or more broadly, logic vs. human emotion and intuitiveness. We see characters who lean heavily into one side or the other: the rational, data-driven perspective (scientists, geophysics professor, chemistry and math theories) versus the more intuitive, humanistic one (filmmaker, actor, detective, puzzling case and mystery). It reminded me of how, even in school, we’re pushed to choose: science stream or social/art stream as if they’re naturally divided and can’t coexist. Even the way teachers explain it: left brain, right brain, logic vs. creativity. This film kind of pokes at that idea.

And the story itself builds on that divide in an interesting way. It uses scientific reasoning, almost obsessively, but there’s still something intangible running underneath it. Not everything can be reduced to formulas and vice versa, not everything can be predicted through instincts, and the film shows you they can coexist.

I wouldn’t say it’s perfect, pacing can feel a bit uneven, and some parts lean too heavily on exposition, but the core idea is strong enough to carry it. It’s the kind of film that makes you curious, not just about the mystery, but about the way it thinks.