Moriarty the Patriot, Vol. 16

憂国のモリアーティ [Yūkoku no Moriarty] #16

by Ryōsuke Takeuchi, Hikaru Miyoshi (Illustrator), Arthur Conan Doyle (Draft Writer)

Before he was Sherlock’s rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance. But even the most well-intentioned plans can spin out of control—will Moriarty’s dream of a more just and equal world turn him into a hero…or a monster?

After going missing for three years, Moran is plotting to assassinate Lord Balmoral, a man who threatens the Franco-British alliance. But when Louis tries to convince Moran that murder isn’t the answer, his devotion to William leads to a violent confrontation! Meanwhile, Albert has been imprisoned for the crimes of the Moriarty family and takes it upon himself each night to serve penance for an even greater crime—the one he committed against William as a child.

Genres: Manga, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Historical, Graphic Novels, Crime, Comics

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 3, 2021

About the author

Ryōsuke TAKEUCHI (竹内良輔, Chinese: 竹內良輔) is a Japanese author.

Reviews

[Bahar · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the relationship between these two brothers and how William shows his weaknesses to Albert.

[human · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4.5/5)

head empty, no thoughts just sherliam

[Phantomº · Rating 5 out of 5]

Character oriented volume that focuses on Albert; he is extremely well written and the links to all his actions since the beginning to his internal torment was fascinating/painful to read. The artstyle exemplifies the beauty of the sin all the characters carry and the close analysis we saw in those chapters created a new dimension for Albert and William and their relationship: unconditional support. After the first "big" arc ended, chapters focus on character depth and development, starting from Louis leaving the shadows of his mind, to Mycroft's shaking hands, such small (or not) substantial details entail a brilliant refinement of the manga as a whole.

[♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

why i almost cry when liam hugged albert damn… 😢

[mitya · Rating 4 out of 5]

albert has such a good characterisation !! he's so well written and his moral struggle really made him one of my fave characters here. plus the whole christian undertones deal ??? i loved it. + liam is really rocking that new look huh

[LittleMockingbird · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how well written the relationship between the brothers is in this arc. Albert has such a deep characterization and by the biblical references I felt like I was reading something inspired by Dostoevsky

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like getting into Albert's head; he's always been something of a cipher. And is it bad that I think present governing bodies could learn a few things about the price of privilege from this series?

[booksellerreads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Where to begin . . .

This was such an emotional volume - and I was crying.

Trigger warning: There is imagery of an attempted suicide.

Some things were just so much truth and then I am not talking about the plot or characters. . . Even though it is Victorian England and everything is happening, the way the world is seen is still valid today.

Moriarty and Sherlock remain my favourites in this manga series. I love how the mangaka twisted this into their point of view.

I loved every single bit of it. The redemption is starting - I am afraid of this series ending, but where does one go?

[Minti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Albert ♡

[༻⛧ felix ⛧༺]

꒰➸ ࿐୭̥⋆*｡　the relationship between these brothers >>>

[KarolBooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tylko zło może kontrolować inne zło

Moran niebezpiecznie poddaje się coraz większej ciemności, MI6 spróbuje temu zapobiec, ale czy uda im się do niego dotrzeć ? Albert po wydarzeniach z sprawą Moriarty oddał się władzą, podczas pobytu w celi opowiada nam historię z dzieciństwa. Będąc w takim stanie czy pojawienie się niespodziewanego gościa pomoże naszym bohaterom ?

W końcu się doczekałam, nie zrozumcie mnie źle, do 14 tomu mamy anime przez co każdy tom teraz jest czymś zupełnie nowym i och jak mi się to podoba, za każdym razem poznaje coś ciekawego i z przyjemnością śledzę losy MI6 oraz Holmesów. Nie jestem w stanie się doliczyć ile ja razy się wzruszałam po raz kolejny czuje, że moje serce tego nie wytrzyma a zarazem nie mogę przestać czytać. Najlepsze jest to, że to jeszcze nie koniec arku.

5⭐️

[Helen Praspro · Rating 5 out of 5]

و بالاخره، پایان. حداقل تا اینجا که درحال حاضر اومده.
از شرلوک هولمز اصلی هم خوندنش جذابتر بود. شک نکنید. بهترین تصویرگری از دید یه شخصیت منفی معروف رو داشت که تاحالا دیدم، هزار بار بهتر از لایواکشنایی که چند وقته دیزنی دوست داره بسازه.
ارتباط ها؟ بیست. طراحی؟ بی نظیر. دیالوگ و دراما؟ عالی.
از همه بهتر؟ مهربان ترین، باهوش ترین، خوشتیپ ترین و کاریزماتیک ترین شخصیت منفی ممکن که از اول تا آخر اشتباهات کرده و نکرده اش رو قبول داشت. تازه برادرشم gorgeous بود.


پ.ن: من گریه نمیکنم، you are!

[hua · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honnêtement j'ai pas grand chose à dire, j'adore le plot, j'adore l'évolution des personnages je pensais qu'ils auraient un tel character development ni que l'histoire partirait dans cette direction donc je suis agréablement surprise et j'ai hâte de découvrir la suite, je sens qu'on va avoir encore de nombreuses surprises.

[kakao · Rating 4 out of 5]

biblijne nawiązania it kills me

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

Moran is still trying to do things the old way, which means meting out change at the end of a gun. Elsewhere, they say you can’t go home again, but then everybody goes home again.

This series should have ended with its take on The Final Problem. It has established a unique twist, with the crew trying to make amends, but it hasn’t done much of anything except waste time resetting everything with slightly less murder.

Or, that would be the case if anything interesting happened for the bulk of this volume. Most of it is given over to a flashback, sigh, from Albert about his life leading to the point where he sits and broods because his brother died.

You know what’s more boring than a flashback? A flashback to something we already saw. This series has never had the most interesting characters, so showing this from Albert’s perspective is the very definition of retread.

Also, it doesn’t help that it reminds the reader of some of the more inane moments in a series that has been lacquered in them - such as Moriarty Prime taking a guy to court and winning when he was five. Even Edgeworth was in grade school before he started.

Parts of it are fine - Sherlock comes back and that proves to be a fun story, largely because it features Ms. Hudson suddenly turning into a tsundere and that’s so amusing that I wish they’d done that with her consistently.

There’s also very, very oblique mention to Sherlock and Moriarty’s time abroad, just in case you wanted a little bit of fuel for that particular pairing. Which I do, since it’s probably the most interesting part of the story for me right now.

Everything else is ‘been there, done that’ and, for large chunks, something I never needed to revisit. It makes for a volume that’s probably the worst of the series to date and does precious little to justify its continuance.

I don’t think you’ll be disappointed if you love the series, mind, as most people seem to enjoy this. But I’ve admittedly never been the biggest fan, despite some really great volumes, and this one just dragged so much it took me forever to get through it.

2.5 stars - bonus for Ms. Hudson and the Moran story. The latter is trite, but it at least moves things forward, which is more than can be said for much of this one. A real bummer.

[Mayú Belén · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Moriarty, El patriota" Vol.15 y 16, insisto que habría sido un gran final que ésta serie quedará en el vol.14, estos 2 tomos son el regreso de Holmes y Moriarty al fanficcion que es este manga, seguiré la serie , si encuentro los tomos que me faltan y además, la serie aun esta sin finalizar ( creo que van en el tomo 21...🤔)

[stemlii · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ce tome est un de mes favoris ! Quelle lecture ! C’était si émouvant. Cette histoire me tient tant à cœur. C’est un plaisir de la lire et de retrouver ces merveilleux personnages. Le passage avec Albert était incroyable. Il me restera en mémoire <3

[Casey Sánchez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Albert heavy volume, which is fine, but some of it reading I felt like “man… we’ve been over this”. But!! I’m glad we wrapped up what was happening with Moran, that Albert got to see William again, and we got to see Sherlock and John reunite!!

[Rosie49% · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every character of this manga have a special place in my heart, and one thing connects them all, their love and trust for Liam, they'd do anything, yes ANYTHING! for him.
I started crying after Albert finished talking and William said "Brother" that ignited something in me😭, If only Louis was present then I'd say "My favorite brother trio"😭🤍.
✨Found Family✨

[cloud · Rating 5 out of 5]

ALBERT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[Mila · Rating 4 out of 5]

So much feelings, i will certainly not wait until october for reading the next one

[merty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il rapporto tra Albert e William mi distrugge 💔💔

[Skye M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

ALBERT YOU SAP

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

this volume is now my favorite. it's cute, sad and wholesome. some good Brother bonding time:)

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

you can't keep bringing up Moran's prosthetic and then never show it to me

I've been robbed

[yona!! · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bon j’ai pas tout compris parce que quelle idée de lire ça à 23h en italien mais purée c’était trop émouvant ??
Pas aussi captivant que d’habitude, pas d’action ou quoi mais c’était très focus sur le développement des personnages et omg Albert et sa relation avec William olala
J’aime tellement Moriarty the patriot c’est abusé à quel point c’est fantastique

[Lilly Storman · Rating 5 out of 5]

❤️❤️❤️

[Mariána K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Necessary volume but a touch boring...

Life is working back towards a status quo. Some of my requested misses from the last volume were covered here. All the players are selling back into their lives and roles. What new takes will we get now? Will we get more of the James Bond stories? It something else? Looking forward to seeing it.

[Felicia]

A very introspective volume, especially for Albert. Interesting to find out how the three brothers met and how the first plan was devised; to understand the sensitivity of Liam and all his colleagues. Watson with a moustache is laughable.

[marilynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars

albert i love you ☹️🫶