M27 became the highest-grossing movie in this long franchise and I'm not too surprised. The movie is located in a real-life location, the case references a historical character Hijikata Toshizo, and Kaito Kid, one of the most popular characters of the franchise, is involved. In addition, older DC fans watching this movie should recognize the similarities to M7: a code, a treasure, slower pacing, and Hattori Heiji being the coolest person in the movie. M27 deviated from the past couple of movies by being more of an investigative movie, and considering how heavily the movie revolves around Japanese culture, M27 is less accessible than the action-packedM26. Long-time DC fans may not have an issue with this, but casual fans may find it difficult to follow. However, given the excellent soundtrack by Yugo Kanno, the movie never felt boring even during some of the slowest moments.

Overall, DC fans should give this a shot. Despite the slight difficulty of the content, the story was coherent, and the investigation was logical. It's a decent detective movie with a cool reveal at the end. 7/10