Ignoring all the plot holes the narrative is more interesting than I remembered. Ghosts of the past and all that. Still has all the same problems as the last game, only compounded. Puzzles are much more logic based affairs involving math or simple arithmetic. I liked the weird tricky puzzles of the first game. Nothing here is trying to catch you out, but it's all the worse for it.
The aesthetic, music, and tone of the game is certainly more notable though. Again not much logic to the twist, but if we take it as a world propped up by this thin hope then it works. Now that I think about it that castle certainly supports that theme.
Like the first, it's just as pleasant, but still missing some key element I can't quite place. Perhaps the third will provide more insight.

The story for this one is probably my favourite overall, a crazy-ass love story. Although it is strange that the train, that was set-up as the main location and key to the plot, is only really used for half of the game, with the latter half being spent in another curious village. I guess they just ran out of ideas for the train but still had more puzzles left.

Gameplay-wise, this feels much more polished than Curious Village, but not quite as much as Unwound Future, which is fair enough for the second game. However, this one really excels in its charming soundtrack and visual choices. The swordfight scene in particular is still as incredible as it was to 10-year old me.

Finally, to specifically talk about the android port for a second, this shows the same level of polish as Curious Village HD did to be honest, but it had less work to do because the original game was already more polished.