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.
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
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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✨
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
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.
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.
Moriarty continue sur la voie de la rédemption et après un début provocateur tombe dans une suite des plus consensuel qui personnellement ne me satisfait pas du tout…
Alors que la lecture se fait facilement, que l’on plonge avec délice dans le passé des personnages et qu’on prend plaisir à en retrouver d’autres, les intentions derrière ces manoeuvres, elles, ne me plaisent pas du tout. Nous avions au début de l’histoire un personnage rebelle, révolutionnaire même, qu’on est en train de totalement travestir et dévoyer pour qu’il retombe dans de la bien pensance. Beurk beurk. Je comprends qu’on ne veuille pas choquer ou véhiculer de « mauvaise » pensée où on se fait justice soi-même, mais dans ce cas à quoi bon avoir prétendu le contraire. Je suis déçue, c’est lisse, c’est fade, c’est consensuel. Les valeurs des auteurs ne m’intéressent pas, moi, je lisais le titre pour être secouée et non réconfortée.
C’est donc en ayant en tête cette grosse déception du revirement des valeurs de la série pour tomber sur quelque chose qui ne dérangera pas trop le plus grand nombre et la bonne morale, que j’ai assisté aux révélations de Sherlock et Albert. Je ne peux pas dire que ce soit mal fait, c’est même plutôt assez plaisant à lire. On s’amuse du piège tendu à Moran, malgré les grosses ficelles et facilités devant son revirement. On prend surtout plaisir à découvrir l’homme derrière Albert, lui, qui a toujours été très effacé. Cela permet de revivre la jeunesse du trio Moriarty et de voir comment ils en sont arrivés à commettre leur premier crime. La critique d’une société bouffie d’injustices est toujours là. C’est juste la forme prise pour lutter contre qui change, à la vengeance froide, on préfère désormais la justice. Je demande à voir comment cela va fonctionner car on sait combien la justice est elle aussi imparfaite. Je sais qu’on ne peut prôner la violence et la vengeance mais c’était quand même un exutoire plus plaisant que cette fade justice qu’on connaît au quotidien…
Série sympathique à lire car jolie et maîtrisée dans ses ressorts par ses hauteurs, Moriarty déçoit cependant par les choix simplistes fait venant casser la dynamique révolutionnaire du titre qui avait attiré les lecteurs dans un premier temps. A tomber sur quelque chose de plus lisse et consensuel, on perd l’originalité du titre pour avoir quelque chose de sympathique à lire mais d’extrêmement fade et bateau. J’espère que la série va bientôt se terminer pour limiter le naufrage.
"Sei clemente. Dopotutto la legge è un'invenzione degli esseri umani, non può giudicare tutti i crimini dei malvagi. Pensi di poter salvare tutti quelli che, pur obbedendo alla legge, subiscono dei soprusi?"
3,5
Un volume stile Carramba, con un sacco di momenti "reunion". Notare il tono molto diverso degli incontri tra fratelli - Sherlock e Mycroft, di poche parole, apparentemente senza emozione (ma in realtà sappiamo bene che non è così); decisamente più emotivo quello tra Albert e William. In un flashback ripercorriamo l'infanzia di Albert - figlio di nobili, ma che non si è mai sentito a suo agio in quel contesto, che ha non ha mai potuto ignorare i soprusi dei nobili sulla povera gente. Ai preti piaceva parlare di uguaglianza, per la serie "siamo tutti figli di dio", ma si trattava solo di parole vuote. Albert ha sempre provato a cambiare, nel suo piccolo, le cose, ma solo l'incontro con William lo porterà ad abbracciare una nuova strategia: non la sola gentilezza nei confronti dei deboli, ma l'eliminazione dei diavoli. Una strada che ha potuto imboccare solo grazie al contributo di William. È da qui che nasce il senso di colpa di Albert, da tre anni imprigionato nella torre di Londra: con la sua debolezza, non ha fatto altro che infliggere sofferenza al povero fratello minore? La verità non è così semplice, come gli farà notare William. Il loro legame, l'affetto che li ha legati fin dall'inizio, è stata una fonte di orgoglio e consolazione per entrambi. È giunto per entrambi il momento di riunirsi con Lewis e con i loro compagni, in modo da poter vedere con i loro occhi questo nuovo mondo che hanno provato a cambiare sacrificando tutto. È giunto il momento di vivere e di convivere con le proprie colpe.
La notizia del ritorno di William permette di ridurre il colonnello Moran a più miti consigli, spingendolo ad abbandonare il suo piano violento e a scegliere la strada già imboccata dai suoi amici: quella dell'espiazione. E menomale, perché si stava rovinando la vita. Per quanto riguarda Sherlock, invece, è giunto il momento di tornare a casa. Le porte dell'appartamento al numero 221b di Baker Street sono aperte, con John e Ms. Hudson pronti ad accoglierlo di nuovo. Nei prossimi volumi, scopriremo qualcosa di più sui tre anni precedenti e su cosa ne è stato di Sherlock e William in quel periodo. Non vedo l'ora di vedere riunita tutta la banda di disagiati.