Holmes of Kyoto

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Holmes of Kyoto
File:Kyōto Teramachi Sanjō no Holmes novel volume 1 cover.jpg
First novel volume cover
京都寺町三条のホームズ
(Kyōto Teramachi Sanjō no Hōmuzu)
Genre Mystery
Novel series
Written by Mai Mochizuki
Illustrated by Shizu Yamauchi
Published by Futabasha
English publisher
Original run April 2015 – present
Volumes 18 + 2 extra (List of volumes)
Manga
Illustrated by Ichiha Akizuki
Published by Futabasha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Monthly Action
Original run December 2017 – present
Volumes 8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Tokihiro Sasaki
Produced by
List
    • Yutaka Kashiwagi
    • Ayaka Sugiura
    • Sau Chiba[lower-alpha 1]
    • Tetsuya Aoyama
    • Naoto Nagata
    • Kōhei Yamada
    • Yūichi Nakano
    • Ryūichirō Kawasaki
    • Toshimitsu Saegusa
    • Hideaki Suzuki
    • Gō Morita
    • Taiga Itō
    • Naoki Ishihara
    • Kōji Akio
    • Kōji Hatazawa (#6–12)
    • Kenji Tsujimura (#7–12)
Written by Kenichi Yamashita
Music by Akito Matsuda
Studio Seven
Licensed by
Network TV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, BS Japan, AT-X
Original run July 9, 2018 – September 24, 2018
Episodes 12 (List of episodes)
Portal icon Anime and Manga portal

Holmes of Kyoto (Japanese: 京都寺町三条のホームズ Hepburn: Kyōto Teramachi Sanjō no Hōmuzu?) is a Japanese mystery novel series written by Mai Mochizuki and illustrated by Shizu Yamauchi. Futabasha have published fourteen volumes since April 2015. A manga adaptation with art by Ichiha Akizuki has been serialized in Futabasha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Action since December 2017. It has been collected in five tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Seven aired from July 9 to September 24, 2018 on TV Tokyo.[1]

Synopsis

There is an antique shop in Kyoto's Teramachi Sanjou shopping district. High school girl Aoi Mashiro unexpectedly runs into Kiyotaka Yagashira, the son of the shop's owner, and ends up working part-time at the shop. Kiyotaka is called the "Holmes at Teramachi Sanjou", and he and Aoi solve odd cases brought to them by various clients.

Characters

Aoi Mashiro (真城 葵 Mashiro Aoi?)
Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[2]
Aoi is in her second year of high school and has moved from Omiya in Saitama to Kyoto, which caused a strained relationship with her friends back at home, and began working part-time at an antiques shop, Kura. Honest and straightforward, Aoi was hired by Kiyotaka. He is convinced she has good intuition with antiques, and she can see the true value and can determine if the articles are genuine or not.
Kiyotaka Yagashira (家頭 清貴 Yagashira Kiyotaka?)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[2]
Kiyotaka is a 22-year-old graduate student at Kyoto University and an apprentice at his family's antique shop, Kura. He is handsome and seems very gentle, but he is strict with himself and those around him. His nickname "Holmes", while a pun off his surname, also stems from his amazing deduction skills, as shown when he is able to discern a fake antique from a con artist.
Akihito Kajiwara (梶原 秋人 Kajiwara Akihito?)
Voiced by: Ryohei Kimura[3]
A novice actor. He is very handsome, and because of the light color of his hair, has an aura like a half-Japanese person. His father is a famous author. Even though he grew up in Kyoto, thanks to the influence of his parents he speaks standard Japanese. No matter what, he is very agreeable, but he sees Kiyotaka as his rival.
Enshō (円生?)
Voiced by: Koji Yusa[3]
He is said to be a genius scammer. Once, he lived as a priest, but when he met Kiyotaka, he started scamming again. He shaves off all his hair and wears Japanese style clothes. He is extremely nimble-fingered. He is good at sports and has a good eye for things.
Seiji Yagashira (家頭 誠司 Yagashira Seiji?)
Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama[4]
Kiyotaka's grandfather and the owner of Kura.
Takeshi Yagashira (家頭 武史 Yagashira Takeshi?)
Voiced by: Yōji Ueda[4]
Kiyotaka's father and Seiji's son. He is a novelist and the manager of Kura, but he leaves the actual management to Kiyotaka.
Kaori Miyashita (宮下 香織 Miyashita Kaori?)
Voiced by: Suzuna Kinoshita[4]
Aoi's classmate and the younger sister of Saori. Due to her family's financial issues, her sister being chosen as Saio-Dai caused a great strain on them due to the overwhelming costs of preparation needed to transform one into the Saio-Dai. To persuade her sister to turn down the role, she wrote her a threatening letter telling her to not be the Saio-Dai, but in the end she is convinced it would be the best for her sister to become the Saio-Dai after all.
Saori Miyashita (宮下 佐織 Miyashita Saori?)
Voiced by: Yui Horie[4]
Saori is a university student who was chosen to be the Saio-Dai for the Aoi Festival. Because of her strained relationship with two of her former friends, their relationship took a darker turn when she was chosen as the Saio-Dai, thus she began writing threats to herself in the hopes her friends would worry for her.
Yoshie Takiyama (滝山 好江 Takiyama Yoshie?)
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara[5]
Rikyū Takiyama (滝山 利休 Takiyama Rikyū?)
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi[3]
Rikyu is a cheeky little boy. Because he looked feminine from a very young age on, he started to train his body and studied judo in France. His respect for Kiyotaka is over the top and he judges Aoi strictly.

Media

Novel

The novel is written by Mai Mochizuki and illustrated by Shizu Yamauchi. Futabasha have published eighteen volumes since April 2015. During their Anime Expo Lite panel, J-Novel Club announced they have licensed the novel.[6]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 16, 2015[7] ISBN 978-4-575-51775-0 September 8, 2020[8] ISBN 978-1-718-37648-9
2 August 6, 2015[9] ISBN 978-4-575-51811-5 November 17, 2020[10] ISBN 978-1-718-37650-2
3 December 10, 2015[11] ISBN 978-4-575-51848-1 January 20, 2021[12] ISBN 978-1-718-37652-6
4 April 14, 2016[13] ISBN 978-4-575-51882-5 March 31, 2021[14] ISBN 978-1-718-37654-0
5 August 4, 2016[15] ISBN 978-4-575-51775-0 June 11, 2021[16] ISBN 978-1-718-37656-4
6 December 15, 2016[17] ISBN 978-4-575-51957-0 October 7, 2021[18] ISBN 978-1-718-37658-8
6.5 April 13, 2017[19] ISBN 978-4-575-51988-4 — —
7 April 13, 2017[20] ISBN 978-4-575-51987-7 December 30, 2021[21] ISBN 978-1-718-37660-1
8 September 14, 2017[22] ISBN 978-4-575-52032-3 February 17, 2022[23] ISBN 978-1-718-37662-5
9 March 15, 2018[24] ISBN 978-4-575-52091-0 April 21, 2022[25] ISBN 978-1-718-37664-9
10 July 12, 2018[26] ISBN 978-4-575-52132-0 July 8, 2022[27] ISBN 978-1-718-37666-3
11 January 10, 2019[28] ISBN 978-4-575-52181-8 October 6, 2022[29] ISBN 978-1-718-37668-7
12 July 11, 2019[30] ISBN 978-4-575-52243-3 November 21, 2022[31] ISBN 978-1-718-37670-0
13 January 16, 2020[32] ISBN 978-4-575-52308-9 February 2, 2023[33] ISBN 978-1-718-37672-4
14 February 12, 2020[34] ISBN 978-4-575-52318-8 April 6, 2023[35] ISBN 978-1-718-37674-8
15 August 7, 2020[36] ISBN 978-4-575-52385-0 — —
16 March 11, 2021[37] ISBN 978-4-575-52456-7 — —
17 August 5, 2021[38] ISBN 978-4-575-52491-8 — —
0 March 10, 2022[39] ISBN 978-4-575-52555-7 — —
18 April 14, 2022[40] ISBN 978-4-575-52565-6 — —
19 February 15, 2023[41] ISBN 978-4-575-52625-7 — —

Manga

Written and illustrated by Ichiha Akizuki, it has been serialized in Futabasha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Action since December 2017. It has been collected in eight tankōbon volumes.

No. Release date ISBN
1 March 12, 2018[42] ISBN 978-4-575-85119-9
2 July 12, 2018[43] ISBN 978-4-575-85185-4
3 January 12, 2019[44] ISBN 978-4-575-85257-8
4 July 12, 2019[45] ISBN 978-4-575-85329-2
5 January 10, 2020[46] ISBN 978-4-575-85403-9
6 August 8, 2020[47] ISBN 978-4-575-85480-0
7 March 12, 2021[48] ISBN 978-4-575-85558-6
8 August 11, 2021[49] ISBN 978-4-575-85622-4
9 March 10, 2022[50] ISBN 978-4-575-85701-6
10 November 10, 2022[51] ISBN 978-4-575-85776-4

Anime

An anime television series adaptation by Seven aired from July 9 to September 24, 2018, on TV Tokyo.[1] The series is directed by Tokihiro Sasaki, with scripts handled by Kenichi Yamashita, and character designs by Yōsuke Itō.[2] The opening theme is "Koi ni Saku Nazo, Harahara to." (恋に咲く謎、はらはらと?) by AŌP, and the ending theme is "Sasameyuki" (細雪 Light Snowfall?) by Wagakki Band.[52] Crunchyroll streamed the series.[53] Discotek Media licensed the series and released it on home video in July 2022.[54][55] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

No. Title[lower-alpha 2] Original air date[56]
1 "Holmes and Zen Master Hakuin" July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)
Two weeks after she started working at Kura, an antiques shop, Mashiro Aoi is happily settled in her new job. The store is owned by Yagashira Seiji, who is often out traveling the world, and his son Seiji is an author who manages it, but is more of an author. Seiji's grandson Kiyotaka, often nicknamed Holmes, a young antiques' appraiser, runs the actual store. After Seiji leaves to talk with his editor, a man comes in and attempts to pass off a counterfeit ancient Kizeto tea bowl, but Kiyotaka sees through it and denounces him, and he flees the shop. Afterwards, Kiyotaka and Aoi take a break. Aoi remembers when she first came, having stolen two hanging scrolls from her grandfather to have appraised for money. The scrolls were painted by Zen Master Hakuin and are both genuine, worth a lot of money. The second has such a rare picture of a baby, he deems it priceless. Kiyotaka is impressed she managed to pick the two most valuable pieces out of an attic full of various antiques and junk. Aoi admits she wants to buy a ticket to go back to Saitama. She moved to Kyoto six months ago, leaving behind her boyfriend and best friend. Last month her boyfriend broke up with her to start dating her best friend and she wants to tell them off. Kiyotaka tells her about the scroll of the baby and she realizes selling off such a treasure just to scold her friends is wrong. He offers her a job at Kura so she can earn the money for the ticket. Back in the present, a man angrily smashes the counterfeit tea bowl he made for the conman, promising to remember Kiyotaka's name.
2 "In Days of Aoi" July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)
Miyashita Saori is chosen to be the yearly Saio-dai, "Queen" of the local Aoi Festival, a high honor. Kura's Owner brings Mrs. Miyashita and her daughters Saori and Kaori, who is a schoolmate of Aoi's, to the shop. Saori has found threatening letters in her bag telling her to quit and Owner thinks Kiyotaka can help. It's assumed a pair of girls, former friends of hers, are behind it. Kiyotaka goes to a gallery showing off the flower arrangements of their class, seeing two pieces from Saori, but they are very different. He meets the girls in question, Yuko and Keiko, at the gallery. Kiyotaka leaves to answer his phone, but it turns out to be a ruse as he believes the girls will speak more freely to Aoi, which happens. They reveal they are jealous of Saori, but with her family business on the decline and the expense of being the Saoi-dai, they're sure it'll ruin them. After hearing this, Kiyotaka arranges to meet with the Miyashita women with the answer. He accounts one letter to Kaori - she is conscious about how much money the role will cost the struggling family business and became worried. Kaori admits she hoped the letter would give her parents a reason to stop but when she learned the publicity would make up for the cost, decided not to go through with it. However, Saori put the first letter and a second she made herself in her bag. He points out the different flower arrangements, having realized from the styles one was made by Kaori, which also let him determine the letters were made by two people. Saori hoped the letters would make Yuko and Keiko worry about her and maybe they could go back to being friends. Kaori tells Saori to stop worrying about them and be such an amazing Saoi-dai they'll brag they used to be friends. Saori goes ahead as the Saio-dai and Aoi and Kaori become friends.
3 "The Case of the Mt. Kurama Estate Inheritance" July 23, 2018 (2018-07-23)
A hike of Kiyotaka and Aoi's to Mt. Kurama turns into a visit to the Kajiwara estate at the request of Kiyotaka's father. Mr. Kajiwara passed away a few months ago and they are requesting Kiyotaka's help. They enjoy the day and stop at a restaurant, Aoi in a good mood. Kiyotaka admits he lost his girlfriend when he was her age as he wouldn't have sex with her until they were in college and she left him for another man. After they eat they are escorted to the estate by Kurashina, Kajiwara's secretary. There, they meet his widow Ayako and three sons: Fuyuki, Akihito, and Haruhiko, the youngest. Akihito is a rising actor and dismissive of Kiyotaka's abilities. Kurashina explains he was given two wills, the first a division of assets, the second a request he open three months after his death. It had instructions to a safe and orders to split three hanging scrolls between the sons. The scrolls were fakes, but were also burned by one of the five, though they don't know who. Kiyotaka learns Akihito was given the lion's share of the inheritance and Ayako was given an aquamarine ring. By having sons describe the scrolls, Kiyotaka names them and says each had a message the father left for them. Fuyuki's was "Kiyomori Calls Back The Sun" was an expression of Kiyomori's power, so he believes his father was telling Fuyuki to aim for great heights, certain he could succeed. Akihito's was "Dragon Flying Over Mt. Fuji," an expression of the artist's ambition and a message if Akihito is serious about his art he should aim high and wanted him to succeed. When he gets to Haruhiko's, Ayako says she burned them because she got such a small share but wouldn't have done so if she knew there was such messages. Done, Kiyotaka and Aoi are escorted out by Fuyuki and Akihito, who ask about their brother's painting. Kiyotaka reluctantly tells them it's based on the "Tadamori's Lantern" tale. Tadamori went to slay an oni but realized it was only a monk and the emperor thanked him for clearing it up by giving him a present, which, rumor went, was the emperor's beloved, and Tadamori's son was born shortly afterwards. Kurashina once saved Kajiwara and developed feelings for Ayako, so the message was he knew of the affair and Haruhiko was the resulting child, so Ayako burned the scrolls to hide this. The second will was dated for shortly after Haruhiko's 20th birthday, so Kiyotaka believes he meant to tell him when he came of age, but he doesn't think Kajiwara resented them. Aquamarine stands for freedom, so his message was he wanted his wife to live a life freely after his death, with Kurashina if they wish. The brothers thank him and promise to tell their family about this. Later, Kiyotaka says he realized Haruhiko was Kurashina's when he first saw him as they had the same-shaped ears, which meant they were related.
4 "After the Festival" July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)
5 "The Lost Dragon" August 6, 2018 (2018-08-06)
6 "The Connoisseur's Philosophy" August 13, 2018 (2018-08-13)
7 "Straying and Enlightenment" August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20)
8 "Christmas Eve Tears and a Broken Alibi" August 27, 2018 (2018-08-27)
9 "The Sound of the Bell at Gion" September 3, 2018 (2018-09-03)
10 "The Bisque Doll's Smile" September 10, 2018 (2018-09-10)
11 "Valentine's Party" September 17, 2018 (2018-09-17)
12 "Conditions of an Heir" September 24, 2018 (2018-09-24)

Reception

Previews

Anime News Network (ANN) had five editors review the first episode of the anime:[57] Paul Jensen felt the first antique appraisal wasn't engaging and lacked "emotional involvement" for the viewers but praised Aoi's appraisal for delivering "a much better story" with both personal and emotional stakes, saying the subject matter being used for character development was a "novel concept" and is worth seeing more of the show; James Beckett praised the "lush, colorful aesthetic", Aoi and Yagashira's characterizations and their "undeniable chemistry" elevating the "potentially dry material", concluding he expects the antique mysteries to stand alongside the slice-of-life elements with intriguing threads; Theron Martin praised Yagashira's character work and both the Aoi romantic angle and counterfeit story arc showing potential but was critical of the "measured pacing" and limited "visual variety" making the show fall "a bit on the dry side", concluding the show will find its audience and encourage more to watch it. Rebecca Silverman commented the show's set-up of appraising Japanese antiques will depend on the viewers' interest in subject matter, concluding "if you're a fan of slice of life, it may be worth checking out." The fifth reviewer, Nick Creamer, wrote that: "Holmes of Kyoto offers a surprisingly natural mix of mystery, pawn shop drama, character drama, and slice of life atmosphere. Making natural use of its Sherlock Holmes gimmick and offering a satisfying narrative even within this first episode, it's a low-key but confident and engaging production. Holmes gets a thumbs up from me."[57]

Series reception

Silverman and fellow ANN editor Amy McNulty chose Holmes of Kyoto as their pick for the Worst Anime of Summer 2018, the former calling it disappointing with its "tedious mysteries" and "slow-burn romance" causing the show to feel unfocused and conflicted with the billing of its main genre, and the latter saying it suffers from "poor story choices and bad characterization" that makes it come across as "melodramatic" and "strain[s] credulity."[58] Silverman chose the series as her pick for the Worst Anime of 2018, saying that despite the Aoi-Yagashira relationship being "fun to watch" she criticized the overall premise for lacking in quality mysteries and neglecting the counterfeiter subplot, concluding that "as far as an anime series goes, this alternately bored and frustrated me, which is not what I'm looking for in my entertainment."[59] Tim Jones, writing for THEM Anime Reviews, wrote that: "Holmes of Kyoto isn't a bad show, but it's largely forgettable. It has decent leads, but the side characters are either underutilized or obnoxious. The art is solid, but the animation is bare-bones. It has a lot of stories, but few of them are particularly engaging."[60]

Notes

  1. ↑ Unconfirmed romanization of 千葉唆宇.
  2. ↑ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

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