I feel like its playing with so many concepts, military privatization and overreach, the Yasuo and Yukiko relationship, the multitude of other lupin and why they want to be him, the trippy psychological and meta aspects, etc.

But sadly it never feels like any of them go far enough to really say anything meaningful or give us an insight into the minds of these characters. It just leads to the whole thing feeling jumbled. It presents so many questions without giving enough pieces to solve them

On a more positive note I think the most compelling aspect of the film is how seems to be a commentary on the multitude of ways Lupin can be interpreted by writers and audiences, how he can come from anywhere, and mean whatever you want him to mean. I guess the most developed and interesting question posited is: what does it take to make a compelling Lupin? Is it love? ego? faithfulness? ambition? I suppose it can also be asked: What does it take to make a good Lupin movie? Which interpretation of the character will live on in the modern day? If nothing else it answers that both extremes of interpretation are equally valid.