Volume 5 is a Sherlock/John focused volume that introduces Irene Adler. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the way this series portrays Irene, but I’m interested in seeing how her character arc plays out.
The historical costume snob in me loves the gag about updating Irene Adler's undergarments for modern viewers' delectation. The Holmes fan in me enjoys that Irene Adler's code name is "The Woman," which is how Sherlock Holmes refers to her in the single story in which she appears in the canonical tales. And yes, the Golden Age crime buff in me is quite fond of the train mystery because train mysteries were their own subgenre of mystery during that time period - which, technically speaking, only barely touches on Holmes' original run. All of those things bump this up to four stars, even though in terms of the actual content of the book this is more like three. That's in part because we don't quite get enough Moriarty, although it is nice to see Albert get a bit more of a role, and Louis' bristling protection of William is a lot of fun. But it's also because most of the book is set up for volume six, and while it is interesting in its own right, it does drag a bit as Sherlock utterly fails to figure out Irene's game. It's by no means a bad volume; it just isn't quite as good as what comes before - or, if you already know the story from the anime, what comes after.
Este tomo ha estado increíble de principio a fin. Tras el ligerísimo bajón del anterior, me lo he pasado genial de principio a fin con él. Aunque la idea central de corregir la sociedad por medio del crimen haya quedado aquí definitivamente desdibujada, no ha habido nada que me haya desagradado o chirriado. Asumo con mucha alegría que ahora la trama girara entorno a la resolución de casos, pero como sean todos como los que vemos aquí, no tengo quejas ninguna.
En el primer capitulo del tomo cerramos el arco que comenzamos al final del volumen anterior. William y Sherlock se enzarzan en una competición en la que deben descubrir quien ha cometido un asesinato en un tren en un periodo concreto, para limpiar el nombre del doctor Watson (principal sospechoso del crimen) y evitar que el asesino escape al llegar a la próxima parada. Ver como la relación de estos dos va afianzándose por este juego es toda una delicia, a la vez que el lector comprueba lo parecidos y , a la vez, lo diferentes que son en todo. Su duelo intelectual está servido. De momento, lo que he leído lo he vivido con mucho interés y lo he disfrutado, quizás por que creo que ha tardado en llegar.
Los siguientes tres capítulos versionan una de las historias más populares de Sherlock Holmes ,“Escándalo en Bohemia”, centrándose el foco en Holmes y Watson. Y por supuesto en Irene Adler, personaje que se hace con todo el show ella solita. Me ha parecido todo un personaje, uno de los más interesantes y mejor construidos en todo lo que llevamos de manga. Me encanta la relación que ha establecido con Sherlock, la forma en que esta sacándole de su zona de confort y la dinámica que se traen. Me lo he pasado muy bien con esas partes, hay mucho jugo en ellas. En realidad me lo he pasado muy bien con ella en general (aunque no me ha gustado como se ha comportado con la señorita Hudson. Es el único pero que le puedo poner al tomo) y con el plan que ha ideado para salir indemne del robo de unos documentos de vital importancia para la monarquía británica. Y para ello idea una red de engaños y disfraces con la que manipula y engaña a Sherlock, y con la que el lector aún no sabe a donde va a guiarle.
En definitiva, de lejos el mejor tomo de lo que llevamos de manga. Se que digo lo mismo siempre que termino uno de los volúmenes de esta historia, pero ahora con todas las de la ley puedo decir que me muero de ganas por leer el siguiente y ver como acaba este arco.
Pd: como siempre Mycroft Holmes no defrauda en cualquier adaptación. La escena en que él y Sherlock se encuentran es impagable. Y muy fan de que en este diseño la reina Victoria lleve corona en cualquier circunstancia 🤪.
Sherlock spends his train ride trying to clear Watson’s name and solve a murder committed en route. Afterwards, Sherlock gets involved with a canny young woman who is at the heart of a brewing scandal that could shake the foundations of the Empire. When Sherlock’s plan goes awry, well, he may have met his match…
You’ll notice that I don’t mention the Moriarty boys in the above synopsis, which is a reflection of how very, very Sherlock heavy this book is. It kind of works as both a strength and a detriment, mostly the latter if I’m being perfectly honest. Your enjoyment of this will undoubtedly hinge on how excited you are to spend more time with yet another interpretation of the character.
The first two chapters here are definitely the best part of the book. Sherlock and Moriarty throw down over who can solve the crime the fastest and they go at it in gentlemanly (well, as much as Sherlock can muster) fashion. It doesn’t necessarily have a clear cut winner, but does nicely contrast their differing methods without saying one’s superior to the other (clearly Moriarty would disagree).
The mystery is explained well enough and while it’s not a ‘pool of known suspects’ sort of deal it hangs together just fine and features both characters being their most irritating (in a good way) and the occasional bristling from others (James’ brother being irked by Sherlock’s casual familiarity is very fun). Given the chemistry, there’s definitely a really gay version of this story in an alternate universe.
Then we get a reinterpretation of another Holmes story and things start to go a bit south. This reimagines A Scandal in Bohemia and features the very resourceful Irene Adler, who has apparently made off with a document that could destroy the entire empire. In the original story, Adler gets the better of Holmes, mostly, but that is taken a notch too far here.
(Also, shout-out to the Queen, who tasks MI-6 with getting the document back no matter the cost and with whatever methods it takes, despite said document apparently being key to guaranteeing British equality, whoops.)
The whole thing with Adler hot on the heels of the train murder is that this volume quickly turns into a parade of people trying to outsmart each other and it’s kind of annoying. Also, while I appreciate what Adler is trying to do, this entire endeavour develops into a bunch of nonsense (that fourth wall break with the underwear I’m sure somebody thought was clever, but ugh...) that soon turns this every other shonen title, with Adler becoming very annoying, very fast. Poor Mrs. Hudson.
The few splashes of the Moriarty boys are quite good, possibly the best they’ve been in a bit. I especially like the three of them hanging together and positing that between themselves they are making up the gestalt James Moriarty entity, which is a pretty clever way to clean up a lot of questions the series might otherwise leave in its wake. And some of the jokes work, but there’s way too much screwball humour throughout for my liking.
3.5 stars and no rounding up; I think I’m comfortable admitting that I’m pretty hard on this series and that’s largely because I think it could be a lot better than it is half the time. Its occasional brushes with greatness only speak to that interpretation for me - this could be something truly memorable whereas I find it simply okay-to-good most times.
A bit disappointing volume since it’s focused on Irene Adler, a woman with a dark secret, who’s blackmailing a prince. This so called ‘secret’ might change the nation and so, Sherlock and Watson are hired to stop her.
Tbh, this volume was kinda meh: we see the resolution of the previous volume and it wasn’t what I expected. I think both William and Sherlock are intriguing characters but we haven’t seen them confront each other, is just pure chit-chat.
The highlight for me was Sherlock big brother, who seems like a nice gentleman with the same abilities as his sibling. And of course, Moriarty’s younger brother being a bit jealous of the people around Wililam. Those brothers are fun to watch.
I hope the next volume gets better. I feel like vol. 1 was the best so far.
Chapter 16 (The Two Detectives Act 2), it’s thrilling to see Sherlock and William worked together! And how by the end it depicted even they’re working towards the same goal, there’s difference in matter of how they approach the case.
Chapter 17-19 (A Scandal in British Empire Act 1,2 & 3), I love the pace. The first act introduced us to the problem regarding what at nation’s stake. We met Mycroft and also he asked help from Albert. The information definitely will be benefiting Moriarty’s cause.
The second act, we get through who’ll be handle the ‘culprit’ on first hand which is Sherlock and Co. And Moriarty started to open up plan to use the advantage in this particular circumstance.
The third act, I JUST LOVE THE DYNAMIC between Sherlock and Watson. And now the problem in finding the ‘culprit’ weaved nicely with the theme of story— social class. And we got to know how actually Sherlock involved in the crisis as well. He fought the same cause as William and it just highlighted much the different of approach in solving the problem.
Por fin entra en escena Irene Adler, que es un personaje que me encanta por cómo maneja a Sherlock, y en este caso a Watson también. Su pelea con la señora Hudson me ha divertido un montón, aunque a este último personaje creo que hace falta definirlo un poco más.
Por lo demás, lo que me llama la atención es que a pesar del título de la serie, Moriarty no ha tenido verdadero peso en los dos últimos tomos. Por mí ningún problema, lo cierto es que me encantan los capítulos protagonizados por Sherlock o por otros personajes, como Moran, o las apariciones de Mycroft y hasta de la reina Victoria, pero aunque me están dando lo que yo prefiero, considero que no están dando lo que el título del manga promete (al menos en estos dos últimos tomos). Lo aviso por si acaso.
I didn't love this top-to-bottom as much as I have the previous 4 volumes. I understand introducing Irene Adler to the greater lore, but the pacing and construction of this volume didn't feel quite right. She's meant to throw Sherlock entirely off his game and it's worked for me in every other format, but here it's a complication to the Moriarty family and their storylines (you know, because of the title of the series and all) and we didn't see any of that play out here. It is indicated we'll get more in volume 6, but I needed more from this volume as it pulled all the momentum out of the series for me. This needed to be a little more compact and intentional than it was and I need them to circle back to the Moriarty brothers more often if we're supposed to stay invest in that plot line.
I am only giving high rating for this volume because of Irene Adler or 'The Woman'. Told you I won't shut up about Sherlock Holmes reference in here. Even the original book, I read the Adventure of Sherlock Holmes quite a lot of times because there's Irene Adler--it's one of my fav story in here because Holmes deserves that. Since I read it in Kindle, it kind of confusing as to which book I am reading because the first half is the continuation I guess, and it ends in the middle too, plus I only read it when I'm free. Love how she already planned out the whole thing and the fact that I KNEW (from the adaptation) what gonna happen next is even better. Can't wait to read how it fares.
4.5/5 اینم از جلد پنجم که موضوعیه که ارتباط پیدا میکنه با خاندان سلطنتی انگلیس (ملکه) و پادشاه بوهم. پای بازیگر و خواننده مشهور اپرا، ایرین ادلر وسطه و شرلوک هولمز باید تهوتوی ماجرا رو دربیاره که البته ماجرا ناتموم میمونه واسه جلد بعد. هرچی جلدها جلوتر میره خشونتش کمتر و پیچیدگی موضوع داستان بیشتر و جالبتر میشه. این مجموعه مانگا اولین مجموعه مانگایی که دا م میخونم و ساختار کلی داستان و تصاویرش رو خیلی دوست دارم.
Enter Irene Adler and Sherly severely underestimates her. I did put off reading this manga...just overdosing on London settings etc. But I'm finding this smart and the story zips along with sideways glances at its Sherlock Holmes roots.
saya tau di sini terbalik, yang jadi protagonis itu moriarty, bukan sherlock, tapi rasanya aneh aja, di kasus "dua detektif" sherlock dibuat ceroboh dan lalai, kurang sigap dalam membuat deduksi; bagus sih karakter moriarty-nya, tapi bagi saya "kubu baker street 221B" tetap jadi yang terbaik.
Gosh, jak ja nienawidzę tamtej baby. I tracę respekt do Sherlocka. Może sobie być piękny (jest.), ale mnie irytuje. Wciąż dobrze się czyta tho, polecam
4.5/5 Stars: Moriarty the Patriot (Book #5 of ‘Moriarty’) by Ryõsuke Takeuchi. → Age Range: Young Adult. → Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction. → Book Type: Manga.
Favourite Quote: ‘Be wary of women.’
In-depth Rating: → Plot: ★★★★★ → Character Development: ★★★★★ → Setting: ★★★★★ → Entertainment Level: ★★★★★ → Writing: ★★★★★
General Comments: The Fifth Volume in the Moriarty the Patriot Series. In classic Doyle fashion, with a little wit, wisdom, and hearty reflection our two adversaries, Sherlock Holmes, and William Moriarty, find themselves in the presence of an intellectual comradery. A reimagining of ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’, titled ‘A Scandal in the British Empire’, introduces Irene Adler and the secrets of British Government. The art continues to shine; the exquisiteness adds to the flow and intense nature of the plot. Fantastic.
Time Read: One Day. → Audiobook: No. → Audiobook Narrator: -
I love this series and am already excited about the next instalment. As much as I enjoyed the first part of the book in which Moriarty and Sherlock team up aka battle their wits to solve a murder it was the introduction of Irene that was my favourite part of this instalment. She shows Sherlock up, because he is so confident and underestimates her. I’m intrigued to see how this progresses and the relationship she will have to Moriarty.
Volume 5 ends the mystery on the train where Watson is accused of murder. The investigation gives the narrative a chance to show exactly which side of the line both Sherlock and the Moriarty brothers stand on. Where Sherlock goes for only evidence he can find and a timeline he can logically reconstruct, Moriarty is willing to fabricate evidence to bring down the man both men are certain did the crime.
My memory is playing tricks on me. Anyway, intro of Irene Adler.
We continue to meet classic Holmes characters the more we go into this story, and the way that Moriarty is being woven into what we know about Holmes also makes it incredibly compelling to read. I still really enjoy my time when I step into a volume for this series. The rivalry between Moriarty and Holmes continues to grow and is amazing.
„Tajny dokument skradziony z pałacu. Jeśli świat się o tym dowie...nasza nadzieja na przyszłość dla kraju...nasza szansa na osiągnięcie ideału „wolność, równość, braterstwo” zostanie zaprzepaszczona na zawsze!”
Dokument Najwyższej Wysokości przekazywany z pokolenia na pokolenie przez brytyjską rodzinę królewską został skradziony.
Nikt nie jest w stanie złapać sprawcy. Nikt poza Sherlockiem Holmesem, który bierze sprawę w swoje ręce i wraz ze wspólnikiem postanawia dopaść kobietę odpowiedzialną za kradzież.
Sprawa okazuję się jeszcze bardziej skomplikowana, gdy podczas śledztwa detektywa odwiedza sam król Czech!
Kobieta nie tylko jest zamieszana w kradzież dokumentu...
W pierwszym rozdziale otrzymujemy rozwiązanie sprawy z tamtego tomu i w tej kwestii nie było jakiegoś dużego zaskoczenia, ponieważ było pewne, że sprawa zakończy się szczęśliwie dla oskarżonej postaci.
Natomiast następne akty były świetne pod względem wątku kryminalistycznego. Wprowadzenie Irene Adler do serii pozwoliło autorowi urozmaicić historię. Bez zaprzeczenia można powiedzieć, że jest kobietą o kilku twarzach. Uwielbiam ją za wyjątkowy charakter oraz przekonania, którymi cały czas się kieruję.
Koniecznie musicie ją poznać!
„Poświęcenie naszych ludzi nie może pójść na marne!”