Gas-tou Norainu Tanteidan

[MangaDex]

 

[Shuzuchi]

I'm out immediately. Sherlock Holmes already has defined character traits/faults, to add on two heinous ones like "casual child abuser" and "hater of the poor" seems needless. I hate when things just tack on famous names "just because".

In fact, if insistent on being in the Holmesverse, you could easily just have this character be Moriarity. Someone as cunning as Holmes but sinister, as I imagine they are going for a tense relationship between kid and guy. The opening scene was condensed and turned into Moriarity cleaning up a loose-end in a larger scheme, who involved the main kid by accident.

It just feels lazy to take a famous thing, change it unrecognizably for no reason. No, I'm not just precious about Sherlock Holmes. I just don't think this is interesting. You're not exploring new angles and areas of a cool character, you're creating a new character and, at best, trying to coast off recognition of an established name.

 

[Araliya]

I'm out immediately. Sherlock Holmes already has defined character traits/faults, to add on two heinous ones like "casual child abuser" and "hater of the poor" seems needless. I hate when things just tack on famous names "just because".

In fact, if insistent on being in the Holmesverse, you could easily just have this character be Moriarity. Someone as cunning as Holmes but sinister, as I imagine they are going for a tense relationship between kid and guy. The opening scene was condensed and turned into Moriarity cleaning up a loose-end in a larger scheme, who involved the main kid by accident.

It just feels lazy to take a famous thing, change it unrecognizably for no reason. No, I'm not just precious about Sherlock Holmes. I just don't think this is interesting. You're not exploring new angles and areas of a cool character, you're creating a new character and, at best, trying to coast off recognition of an established name.

Well said!!! I came here to comment on this exact same thing, but you did it a lot better than me, so.

And to call this worthless character "Sherlock Holmes," the real version of whom had zero interest in social status or age when it came to solving cases or meting out justice, is in itself a crime. This kind of thing ought to be banned, public domain be damned.