![]() You can feel their chemistry, or in their case, anti-chemistry, as one succeeds where the other fails, and they gradually learn to appreciate each other along the way-even though Sherlock herself won’t admit it. ![]() Most of the show’s appeal comes from the performances, because Yuko Takeuchi as Sherlock is pitch perfect, as is Shihori Kanjiya as Wato. Thankfully, Sherlock’s ways of deducing the identities of criminals helps keep things from being too confusing. It admittedly becomes confusing in spots when one episode revolves around a small case, and the next episode does the same while bringing focus back to the central case. It successfully juggles different tones, from light and witty to dramatic and dark, without feeling too jarring. These seems like silly creative choices, and they are for a modern-day setting, but something about this show’s nature makes it undeniably entertaining. Some more direct references include a password being “Baskerville,” and Miss Sherlock’s home address being number 221B. There are plenty of homages to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series, from the premise of each episode to the names. And thus, it is up to the two of them, along with officers Gentaro (Kenichi Takito) and Tatsuya (Tomoya Nakamura) to solve this crime, along with several local crimes, before the unspeakable happens. (She constantly claims that the two are not friends.) Though they uncover the person responsible, they also find that this crime is only part of a much more elaborate scheme. Along the way, the two get to know each other, despite Sherlock’s unenthusiastic and enigmatic behavior. Wanting to seek justice for her mentor’s death, Wato tags along with Sherlock, while she tracks down the people responsible. Sherlock has the ability to solve the toughest cases that come her way, using deductive reasoning, observation, and even her sense of smell. Afterwards, when being questioned by police, she is introduced to the cold-mannered, yet intelligent, consulting detective Miss Sherlock (Yuko Takeuchi). When surgeon Wato (Shihori Kanjiya) returns home to Japan after volunteering in Syria, she meets up with her mentor, only to see him spontaneously combust in front of her. ![]() On September 1 st, HBO premiered its new series, Miss Sherlock, which is its first Asian production. Fans of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ will not be disappointed!
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