In Shinjuku ward's east side lies Kabukichou, a vibrant city of chaos that glows brilliantly with neon lights but also hides unseen darkness. Employed at a university hospital on the west side, John H. Watson is looking for someone who can assist him with an odd case. His search leads him to the Pipe Cat, an underground bar that serves as a meetup venue and job board for some of the best detectives in Shinjuku, the most prominent among them being Sherlock Holmes.
Upon finding the bar and meeting the peculiar investigators, John learns that they are pursuing a case involving Jack the Ripper, an infamous serial killer. Due to subsequent events, John ends up driving Sherlock to the crime scene of a murder supposedly carried out by Jack the Ripper. Even though John is only there to enlist Sherlock's help with his case, he witnesses Sherlock brilliantly uncover the truth behind the crime scene. However, he begins to realize that Sherlock is not only a genius detective but also an eccentric character.
As John continues to request Sherlock to assist him with his case, he finds himself spiraling into the detective lifestyle of solving cases beyond the minds of ordinary civilians. Through this work, John begins to see the true colors of the chaotic city that is Kabukichou and starts to unravel the unsettling mystery behind his own case.
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Ethan_07
“A light shines in the detectives’ eyes. This row house is filled with the strangest of men, and people call it - The Detective’s Row House.” First of all, Kabukichou Sherlock is not to be taken too seriously. Although it has its fair share of mysteries, but most of the time, comedy takes the spotlight. You’ll have to be patient, and just struggle a bit to see why it can turn out to be a good mystery and even give you chills with how it connects the dots, about half-way through the series. I couldn’t promise that it would worth your time, but definitely, the twistdoesn’t disappoint.
Kabukichou Sherlock initially meant to introduce an ensemble of characters resembling the ones from Arthur Conan Doyle series, with a twist. The main character is of course, the Japanese Sherlock Holmes that loves rakugou and is willing to sniff, lick or try any methods to solve the mystery. There’s also his doctor-partner, John Watson who is portrayed to be more sensitive and powerless. Following up is the mastermind of the criminals, but now a young and friendly ally James Moriarty. The side characters are comprised of a flamboyant Mrs Hudson that manages the Detective’s Row House, Mycroft Holmes that works with the government and Irene Adler - the only woman that can outwit Sherlock.
If there’s one word to comment on Kabukichou Sherlock, it would be rich.
It’s rich in colors. Production I.G. (Vinland Saga, Haikyuu!!, AoT..) has done a great job in creating the opening and ending that fully utilized the color palattes to bring a contrast to each of the detectives, and framed the stories in the shape of photographs and memories that is truly mesmerizing. The art of the night city in red light district, with the neon lights of the shops and nightclubs really bring out the feeling that it’s a lively part of the city and that anything, can happen.
It’s rich in characters. Other than the ordinary names that you’d find in Sherlock Holmes series, new detectives varying in their mystery-solving style are also introduced. We have a pair of sister that represents a bad and good cop, an upright gentleman with glasses, a soft-hearted ex-yakuza and a gambler that’s in it for the bonus. They have decent development, and are some of the characters that bring about comedic relief and deeper attachment to the main casts.
It’s also rich in its songs. The opening "CAPTURE" by EGO-WRAPPIN', is funky with its rhythmic beat. It’s one of those rare opening that actually has the whole plot inside, which you will only realize afterwards. Both the ending song is decent, the first ED - Hyakuoku Kounen has a deep and resonating vocals with characters aimlessly looking into the universe, literally. The second ED – Parade is chilling, both emotionally and physically. For both arcs, they just fits.
Overall, Kabukichou Sherlock is not a spectacular anime, nor a great embodiment of mystery. But seeing how the characters shine in their own way, and how the trivial cases connect to a big reveal, one couldn’t help but stay for the last moment of it. To witness and experience the fall and the rise of Sherlock Holmes, with the other colorful detectives. As chaotic as everything seems to be, it could actually warm your heart.
If you choose to watch it, that is.
Infininja
You do not have to be a Sherlock fan to enjoy this fun and rather deep anime! I honestly have little experience watching or reading about Sherlock Holmes, but I really enjoyed this for the following reasons: 1. Every character matters (a lot) and is interesting/quirky/mysterious. 2. Story is deeper, or twistier, than you might expect and initially perceive. 3. Its quite a unique work because of its setting and wonderful characters + the music and art are quite good. I am shocked this anime is not more popular, and that people dropped it after watching the first few episodes. I was absorbed into it after the first episode, butthere is a bit of a slow down in story progression for maybe 3-4 episodes towards the first half of the show. But it is nothing too major, and some important but discrete things do happen even in those episodes that have to do with a bigger plot.
Most people probably watch the show thinking it is too comedic or too different from normal Sherlock Holmes works because there is a very lovable transgender side character that makes often brief appearances, and many jokes and occasional talk of rakugo come up, but this one to me is just special. The comedy is just right, and is actually funny at times. But the creators did not over do it, and gave the show a good balance of seriousness and light heartedness. The mystery aspect in the anime is VERY strong and might not be immediately apparent, but it will build very nicely. There is indeed crime solving, unlike some other "mystery" animes I have watched recently, and perhaps even more so the aspects of murder and disguise. Trust me, the show takes some turns I did not expect, and you just can not help but love the characters.
The pacing of this show is also something to comment on. Pacing is just right, and doesn't drag out much at all, but is not too fast or choppy. Many recent shows lose me because of too fast or too slow pacing, but I did not experience that with this wonderful anime. Its 100% worth the watch. Highly recommend!!
Wallanimx
I kept stopping myself tonight from finishing Sherlock because I simply loved it so much! But eventually I had to put my big girl panties on and do the thing. Sherlock is full of eccentric characters in a shady part of town where the night life just keeps on forever. You have Sherlock who an extremely intelligent but unsurprisingly weird man who enjoys canned mangos on top of all of his meals. You have Watson who is this very kind but very naive giant of a man. And then you have Moriarty, oh Moriarty. At just 16 he could bring many detectives to shame! There are somany characters in this that all deserve to be talked about but I don't want to clutter this up anymore than I may already have.
You have your mystery, a Sherlock, a Watson, and a Moriarty. At first its very episodic but when the arcs come in they come in hard! This anime is very fun and slice of lifey episodic detective anime for 12 episodes and then shifts to an extremely dark detective anime.
Its definitely worth watching! I enjoyed it immensely and I wish I could describe to you how much fun it is from start to finish! But I had months to enjoy it and happily anticipate the next episode! And I don't want to spoil too much.
If you like eccentric characters in an eccentric community where the atmosphere can and will change abruptly with no warning. This is for you!
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UnfortunateEvent
Unfortunately, this anime was one of the most fragmented and messy ones I have seen. Firstly, I thought this is one cool interpretation of the overexposed and overused Sherlock Holmes myth created so skillfully by Sir Conan Doyle. The odd rakugo-crazy Shinjuku Sherlock seemed unique enough to carry this on. The addition of Moriarty as his best friend was also unexpected and thrilling, regardless of him being just a teen. Watson himself was quite alright as the embodiment of normality in this crazy world of rejects and geniuses. However, things went very wrong. The anime was probing the line between comedy, mystery, and drama so muchthat is lost itself somewhere in-between.
The first 12 episodes were a boring variation of the Jack the Ripper case, mixed with some ridiculous investigations varying from a corrupt sumo wrestler to a murder in a masked pop band.
The second 12 episodes were even worse, with nothing to hold them together and villains, heroes, and madness splattered all-over.
The characters were never presented properly and could not develop at all. The weird thing is, few of them (the Morstan sisters and Kyougoku) had their own mini-stories, but this was quickly abandoned, leaving the plot and the whole idea of the anime even messier.
In the end, I was left with the feeling of watching 24 promo specials or 24 "filler episodes" while waiting for the real story.
Too bad it never came to it.
mushi_Jyou
Reason for watching: The show looks like it will be fun and pack with Mysteries too; I am looking for something lighthearted to watch for a change of pace. TL;DR: This show which revolves around mystery cases is fun at the start, then took an escalator down to the entrance of the psychotic realm, all while having the consistent subjects of what is considered as dark and taboo(in many cultures in our real world) as the underlying setting for most storylines. Due to its cross-overs with vastly different genres, that are strongly depicted in the show, if you were to slightly dislike one of them, thisshow will most probably be unbearable.
After watching the show and reading the reviews, I would have to say, this is the kind of show that picks its audience, not the other way around. IYKYK though~
I am going to have to put this forward and say that I was not watching this show wholeheartedly, I was in a state of grieve while I was watching this show. (Is just how I was trying to cope with my grief.) I will try to write my review as objective as I can to do the show justice.
Story: Concept and Execution
Concept
This is somewhat a parody of the famous Sherlock Holmes novels, there is of course many versions and adaptations throughout our time and we won't know what exactly the creators/author referenced, but they all revolves around Mystery cases. As in all parodies, there is of course the element of comedy, but this show incorporated both slapstick comedy and dark humour into the story. Comedy in general is already a very difficult genre to exhibit, but to weave two different types of humour into a story that possess quite a load of seriousness, just seem to be a lot of work. Comedy and Mystery are just two of the more outstanding genres that can be seen throughout the show. The unique environment the characters are placed in, the characters design itself, and the characters' background themselves are all interesting. With this setting and the mix of genres, this show is the definition of peculiar.
And so from my point of view, I can't see how this show is transphobic, in fact part of this show's peculiarity is its diversity of characters from all walks of life. (Well there is a diversity of characters, but not to say the show is about diversity, is really not about any particular group or category of people)
Execution (Story-telling)
The execution of this concept is considerably good, for all its strange events and characters that it has. They were able to smoothly transition from slapstick to mystery to dark humour to psychological to thriller and many more. The first half of the show is definitely more lighthearted and "detached", in the sense that is pretty much episodic and there's little personal involvement from the characters. Right at the ending of the first half is when the story took a turn and continued into the second half of the show with the characters getting more personal and more involved with the cases on a emotional/psychological level. In the first half, there are some dark humour lurking around in the background while slapstick plots are everywhere, but in the second half, the slapstick humour toned down a lot, but the dark humour did not "took its place". They did increase more storylines with dark humour, but not by a lot, instead the psychological aspect of the show comes straight up in your face, paired with the thriller element. So much so that, even while grieving, I knew that if I were to watch this on some other normal days, I would have been pretty emotional more than a couple of times. I actually have to stop watching the show a couple of days because I know I am ruining the show for myself by not being able to be invested in it wholeheartedly. But I do understand logically how the storylines unfold and how they linked to each other in the most simplest way. There is nothing confusing in how the events are told, yet the events all habour the mysteries that they should have properly. Very nimble way of executing the story. Throughout the show, there are many instances of mature and taboo subjects that appears on the scene so very "casually". Is only casual due to the premise of the show of course. The way the story throws in the mature-taboo contents in is quite smart, imo. They are not explicit and focused on enough to "scar" anyone, but they are not hidden like "easter eggs". They were conveyed on to the scenes like how natural the topic of "what new animes are there this coming season?" can be brought up in real life. They aren't taboo in the show, they are as normal as any of the characters in the show. Is possible that these scenes of "sensitive" topics are more noticeable to me due to my experience too. Hence, this is especially subjective, but I like (mildly appreciate it even) how this show engineered its depth into the story. The show is deeper and darker and more real than I had expected.
Art and Sound
Character art style is not the typical bishoujo, bishounen art. They are not pretty, they are not unique, they are just interestingly normal. Normal as in, they don't have all the same eyes where only the eye colour differs, or they don't have the same face shape where only the hairstyle tells them apart. Is almost like they are as close to real life as an anime style drawing can get ("almost" because I think the anime <Monster> have a more real life drawing style). Well overall the character art style isn't wack, is interesting but not eye-catching. The background and scenery on the other hand, are a sight for sore eyes. They are pretty, colourful yet not obscenely bright, and very detailed. Opening and ending scenes are very fun to watch too. Animation is also what you can expect of a quality work in this day and age. To sum it out, Art is above average with very good colour matching senses.
There are no issues with the Sound of this anime. VAs are good, sound effects are on point, opening and ending songs are above average. All is good.
Character
Well it is a parody of Sherlock Holmes, so the main characters' design are based upon the characters of the original of course, but with a twist. Sherlock is quirky, but in what way? That is in the way he deduces the mystery with a performance, his eating preferences of unthinkable combination, and many more. Can't really go on describing the characters since they are all so very distinct, I would have to write an essay just to cover them. So, yes, the characters may be based on the originals but they all have their own twists and are rightfully exclusive to this show. The characters design are mostly interesting and entertaining (there are some which are really boring and possess the personality of a mob character) that I wouldn't have mind a minor 2 - 3 episodes arc of these characters' origin story or development storyline. The show did at least dedicate 1 episode to some of the characters (But it focuses more on the cases than the characters). For the few characters that we do get to know more about their past, their backstories are refreshingly "normal" as compared to the current premise of their life in the show, which further highlights the peculiarity of the story. Hahah~ The show also established a vastly different relationship between the characters than that of the original. The twists in the characters, and their relationships to each other, along with a vivacious environment where the story takes place in, makes for a cast of mysterious characters (which also helps in making the story more dynamic actually). Out of those entertaining characters, only several of them are as deep as the story, or probably deeper though (the others are just the "you get what you see"). But then due to the execution of the story, there are hardly any character developments in the first half, and the second half only develops the very main characters (the minuscule development of the side characters are just predictable). There is a slight discrepancy here though, where the main characters that have depth develops and grow, they don't actually mesh well with the other characters. (Or maybe is just me, since the characters that have depth developed through a psychological narrative, I may have felt like they were more than just simple fictitious characters) But then, due to the nature of the show focusing on the mysterious cases to be solved, the lack of character development isn't very obvious, after all, the story itself develops well.
FYI: Moriarty is a main character in my opinion~
Hint: Don't expect anything from this show, let it take you on this ride~ Hahaha~
Jiaxiangjin213
"When the sun sets in other towns, in our town the neon lights turn on. If you want gold or silver, solve the mystery before the others, this row house is filled with the strangest of men. People call it "The Detective's Row House." " Kabukichou Sherlock/Case File nº221: Kabukichou, is based on BBC Sherlock a Netflix series. It's an interesting story about 6 detectives in Kabukichou solving crimes but it gets better than that the story is very unique and the art isn't anything special but It gets the job done the ost is VERY good it helps create the mood and Itmade me cry a bunch of times, the characters are all lovable and all of them are important, even the villains are very well written, I enjoyed the heck out of this show but it's not for everyone, the first half of the show is pretty slow but that's what builds the world. Overall I give this a 9/10 nothing special but I really enjoyed it.
This has a lot of interesting plot twists and you get attached to the characters, sometimes it's funny and sometimes it's sad but pls give this a try it's soooo underrated.
Saylaur
Story Its not a mental strain to understand whats going on, despite how intelligent some characters maybe. Nice plot and the story is well craft and comes to such a well-rounded conclusion, there aren't plot holes left really or a cliff-hanger feeling. The troupes and gags work and set the mood and scenes well. Art and Sound Its a colourful anime with a good setting. Not to detailed but it gets the job done. The opening fits the atmosphere and the theme. The background music fits well and it doesn't take away from the dialogue. Characters Main characters are well-developed and there are just enough reoccurring side characters, the worldbuilding is great. The main crew all have their own unique perspectives and the story lets each characters personalities, methods and aims shine through.
Enjoyed this show a lot.
CinaGinger
I don't think this anime has such a low score and I'll try to defend very briefly why. You may think it has many comic reliefs, it's superficial, doesn't look too dark or mysterious. I'm not gonna lie, that's how it goes in the first quarter. I suggest to continue on and watch more than the first 6 chapters (or 3, like some do. Very bad idea, guys. You don't know what you're missing on). You can't expect to watch an exact copy of the original novels as it isn't an American production like "Supernatural" or "Blade": It's a reformulation of Sherlock Holmes in a futuristicconcept but the gist of it it's actually the same. I can vouch you won't be dissapointed later on when you start to see how deep and dark it'll become as chapters go on.
If you still think it's a rip-off from Sherlock Holmes, why are you even watching it? I'm a Sherlock fan since many years ago and I don't mind watching the different adaptations people may offer.
