#Diabolical Box

[justkillingthyme]

My favorite part of Diabolical Box is when they’re in the Herzen Castle all tied up and Hershel’s first thought when Anton leaves isn’t to untie himself or try and run, but to write in his journal.

[dpc-art]

Shoutouts to my professor layton fans all 7 of them

[laytontreasures]

Just discovered a poll for a Lego Molentary Express set.

If it was real, I would buy it in a heartbeat!!

If you have time, click the link to support the project.

Currently there are 237 supporters.

🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸

[lutiaslayton]

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd make a quick post to let you know that...

The complete, definite, will-not-be-edited-again-in-the-future, FINAL translation of London Holiday, is finally here for your enjoyment!

AND it comes this time with an in-character fan-translation that DOESN'T read like Google Translate!

For those who didn't know, Professor Layton and the London Holiday is an official prologue to Diabolical Box; it's a short slice-of-life story in which Luke and Layton are just having some good time solving puzzles, and at the end, they receive the letter from Schrader which starts the events of DB. This game is not really lost content per se, but it's still part of the more obscure Layton media, since we non-Japanese fans have no legal way of playing it ourselves unless we buy the Japanese version of DB.

This isn't really some breaking news or anything, but I still thought it was worth warning you that this is it -- if you wanted a fancy in-character translation, you finally have it!

I will make a small shoutout to @call-me-rucy who helped every now and then with the more accurate translation when I had doubts on how a few idioms here and there were meant to be interpreted. Thanks again for your help, and sorry for using you like this xD I do wish I could send you DMs for reasons other than just asking for your Japanese knowledge hahaha

---

When I say that this won't be edited again, I mean that the only way this web page will ever be further edited in the future is if someone else shows up at some point and asks me to change something. Perhaps I took too many liberties in the fancy fan-translation compared to the original text in one or two specific occurrences, or perhaps someone will want to translate this transcript into another language that isn't English, in which case I would absolutely accept to add it! (and you would be credited for that additional translation, obviously)

---

I heavily suggest you take a look at it if you haven't already, because it provides quite a bit of lore and funny/wholesome moments! We notably get the full story of how Schrader heard about, and then tried to acquire the Elysian box (...story which contradicts the fact that he would already own it in Eternal Diva, by the way), but it's not the only fun lore crumbs this prologue to DB gives us :)

Also, for the fans of the puzzle theory -- I suggest you take a look in particular at what Luke says when he solved puzzle 09. It sure is intriguing that he would mention walking from island to island on foot as if he were... Physically doing it?? Or at least had the impression that he could experience it somehow???

Heh, puzzles and hint coins have mind powers anyway, for all we know perhaps some of them can trap you inside your own mind for a bit while you're solving them. Deliciously horrifying, so much potential for fanfics/comics and lore analysis. So shameful that nobody would have thought of taking advantage of this by throwing puzzles at someone with the specific intent of slowing them down by trapping them in a trance for a bit. smh, Level 5. smh.

[its-coda]

Gender guy….

[aquamarineglow]

Something interesting I noticed from Diabolical Box:

When Layton and Luke first meet Sammy on the Molentary Express, he explicitly refers to himself as Sammy in the third person.

Despite this, he is rarely called by this name throughout the game. He is often referred to as 'Sam,' 'Samuel', or just 'The Conductor.'

However, there is a character who is one of the few people to call him by his preferred name. And it's pretty surprising.

Professor Hershel Layton.

This is surprising to me, as Layton often has a tendency to be overly formal when it comes to names. For example, when he first met Emmy, he referred to her as Miss Altava.

Then I remembered.

Wasn't there an entire scene in Azran Legacy when Layton rejected his birth name and encouraged his father to embrace his true identity?

So yeah. Professor Layton 100% respects a person's decision to change their name and supports them completely without question.

Sammy: Sup man. I'm Sammy Thunder. Sam's fine too. My Unko still calls me Samuel but just ignore him lol.

Layton: *grabbing his shoulders* Yes. You are Sanmy Thunder and always will be. You need no other name.

Sammy: :D

[archiveoftragedies]

Curious village: multimillionaire dies and locks his daughter in an attic to be raised by robots in total isolation until someone solves this puzzle

Diabolical box: come freely, go safely, and beware of the hot twink and his hallucinogenic gas

Unwound future: losing every person you ever cared about doesn't necessarily turn you evil, the Luke cosplayer who built an exact copy of London under normal London was an outlier adn should not have been counted

Last specter: local man allows his uni friend to take his son on a dangerous hunt to find a real life monster that's destroying their town

Miracle mask: queer coded villain turns some amnesiac guy into another queer coded villain cause they both have beef with this one archaeology professor in particular

Azran legacy: there's a lesson about progress at all costs here somewhere but we're also trying to kidnap a magical zombie girl back from the archaeology mafia and wait why am I crying

Bonus

Eternal diva: who cares about death when this pipe organ can store people's souls

Phoenix Wright: how to become an omniscient narrator, step 1: poison the city's water supply

[tiya-minuscule]

A super commission for @multiversal-madness and her super AU : Pandora's Call

In this illustration, you can see Anton (mon très cher Vladimir in VF) with Luke who is actually his grandson !

I absolutly love drawing Anton, so I was quite excited about this one, and also giving him the opportunity to be a good dad (ouch my heart)!

I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I did !

And if you want more info about my commission, everything is RIGHT HERE

[raspberrybirb]

The Last Time

[qwertycake]

future british gentleman!

[s68l]

(old wb art) did i ever say i really like this ship

[sunnyaliceart]

More Purrfessor Layton characters!

Which one's your favorite?

[fandoms-brumes]

what was this sketch i made in 2021

[hershelchocolateart]

It's Professor Layton NPC Appreciation Week! @layton-npc-appreciation-week is once again hosting this lovely event and, for the first time, I'm going to be trying my best to finish all the prompts! o7

Today's prompt was Curious Village/Diabolical Box, so I figured a good start would be Professor Layton And The Precocious Children. I've always loved the designs for the kids in these games!

[aampharros]

little guy alert!!

[orcusivanth]

PROFESSOR LAYTON IS BACK SO I SCRIBBLED AN ANTON AS FAST AS I COULD cause I love him and descole dearly