Jun 192017
When Level-5 first revealed that the new Layton game would star Professor Layton’s daughter Katrielle, I was among many fans who wondered what this meant for Flora.
After the events of the first game, Professor Layton presumably adopted Flora Reinhold. If they wanted the new game to star his daughter, why invent a new character instead of using his adopted daughter?
Katrielle Layton also bears a resemblance to Flora, most noticeable in the newly-revealed bonus costume. Players who download the digital 3DS version of Layton’s Mystery Journey when it comes out in Japan will receive a costume for Katrielle that puts her in Flora’s outfit.
If you showed me Katrielle in her costume without context, I’d easily believe she was an older Flora.
But they have different eye colors, so it’s pretty clear Katrielle is not Flora. She also would have no reason to hide her identity, especially if she was still going to call herself Professor Layton’s daughter.
(Unless, of course, someone was after her because she was a Reinhold, but it’s still a stretch.)
So then, is there a connection between Katrielle and Flora?
Theories
Some fans think Katrielle is actually Layton and Flora’s daughter. This is highly unlikely. Yes, Layton and Flora aren’t blood relatives, but I just can’t see Level-5 putting Layton in a relationship with his adopted daughter.
Other people have suggested she might be Flora’s daughter with someone else, maybe even Luke. (Being a blood relative of Luke would explain the talking dog.) Why Katrielle uses the name Layton and considers Professor Layton her father would require an explanation, but it’s a definite possibility.
Finally, the similar appearances might just be a coincidence, and Katrielle’s only connection to Flora is that they’re both Professor Layton’s daughters.
What do you think? Is there a connection between Katrielle Layton and Flora? If so, what do you think it is?
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um i think pro. layton just needed to get out his frustrations as being super busy w/ all those puzzles must be really annoying. he just boned someone and was like ‘holy shit oops they’re pregnant now rip’ and bam there was a child
That doesn’t sound like how a gentleman would act. XDD
this is two years old but i stumbled across it so
“Some fans think Katrielle is actually Layton and Flora’s daughter. This is highly unlikely. Yes, Layton and Flora aren’t blood relatives, but I just can’t see Level-5 putting Layton in a relationship with his adopted daughter.”
funny you say that because in the japanese version flora is explicitly NOT adopted by layton, and is described as a “bride candidate” so this may have actually been originally planned
Wow, that’s pretty interesting. Huh. I guess it would have been a possibility, then, although I wonder how they would have handled it in the translations.