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EP. REVIEW: Moriarty the Patriot

yeehaw wrote:

Ok so the plan is to have nobles committing crimes against peasants in the open and showing how evil they are, but they picked a murderer and rapist for the job. Os won't the rection be more like "Wow good job ridding the world of that scumbag my good chap! Hohohohoh"

It made more sense in the manga, in that the guy wasn't a murderer or a rapist but an innocent victim.

Was Moriarty bumping into Enders after tossing the body to keep him from noticing there was no splash or keep him from watching it (not) hit the water, or was there another reason that I didn't notice panning out?

It pleases me that there have been two probably unintentional throwbacks to Great Mouse Detective in the show- in the episode with Moriarty's origin orphans (including Moriarty) are referred to as sewer rats, and in the intro, Moriarty falling in from the sky in front of Big Ben recalls how Ratigan meets his fate in that movie.

gpanthony wrote:

It pleases me that there have been two probably unintentional throwbacks to Great Mouse Detective in the show- in the episode with Moriarty's origin orphans (including Moriarty) are referred to as sewer rats, and in the intro, Moriarty falling in from the sky in front of Big Ben recalls how Ratigan meets his fate in that movie.

I honestly doubt that those were meant to be Great Mouse Detective references. Nobility calling the lower class sewer rats is a common writing shorthand for classism. Moriarty jumping off of Big Ben would be straight forward symbolism for a character trying to bring about a revolution, to have them descending down to the ground from the very top of arguably one of the most iconic symbols of Great Britain.

Yeah, that's why they're unintentional references.. I still enjoy them though in the context of the character's multimedia history.

BBally wrote:

Yeah but there are a lot of people on here who are negative on this anime because they don't think the anime makes it obvious that Moriarty and co. aren't exactly the "good guys".

I think the portrayal of class conflict is way too ham-handed being essentially a disgusting-rich-guy-of-the-week story. And, yes, the show has the opportunity to present a more nuanced view of Moriarty's crimes but has failed to do so. I have yet to see any discussion of the morality of the brothers' actions.

Just because it's intended for large audiences, popular entertainment doesn't need to be as simplistic as this series.

The arrival of Sherlock Holmes has moved the series away from its repetitive start and toward some intriguing drama.

None of the seiyuu is familiar to me. I do think Furukawa Makoto is doing an excellent job as Sherlock, and the rest of the cast is quite impressive as well.