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CorneredAngel
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<i>These first forty-odd pages of the Sherlock manga are less a new take on the TV show and more a still image version of it.</i>
So, the question stands - if you the reader actually don't know anything about Sherlock Holmes at all - will these forty pages convince you to read the next issue, or look for more? Or is this just pure fan service for existing fans? |
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
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I would say yes, it would encourage you to read a second issue. It ends before the real investigating starts, with the actual moment Holmes and Watson team up, and there are enough questions and it's intriguing enough to make you want to know what happens next.
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CelestialEmpress
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Baklava Curdlesnoot looks less like an anime character in manga form than he does in real life.
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Juno016
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I watched a few episodes of the series with a friend who was obsessed with the show and, while it was interesting, there's just something about how it was written and directed that just didn't fly with me. The manga being so close to the adaption (though, visually, it had more cartoonish energy) didn't make me enjoy it any more, either. I am a fan of its heavy contrast, which resembles a more shoujo-esc Obata-sensei style with slightly more realism, but I just couldn't finish more than one arc of that.
But I'm also someone who is currently on their third reading through the entire series of original Sherlock Holmes novels after having stormed through them once in elementary school (didn't understand it much then, but it was still fascinating) and once again in middle school to high school (still complex, but much clearer that time around). Even this re-reading is making me realize how much I missed. But the TV show and the manga do not capture what I really like about the narrative style of jumping around and swinging in Holmes from the novels. TV series at least kept the famous detective's quirkiness, but I guess I find the older era style more interesting to me personally. It's not like the TV series was bad. I'm pretty sure I'm just biased. |
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
Posts: 2676 Location: The castle beyond the Goblin City |
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I agree, Juno016, and I'm actually re-reading the originals this summer as well. As a TV show, "Sherlock" works pretty well, but I don't quite get the religious fervor people love it with. It is interesting to rewatch it while re-reading the original books, though.
My current favorite Sherlockian reimagining is the recent YA novel A Study in Charlotte. Have you read it? |
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Snomaster1
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Well,I'll keep my eyes open for this. It sounds interesting. I hope that there's an "Elementary" manga coming up the pike. I'd love to see that too.
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