An
injured soldier, doctor John Watson, comes back to London from war in
Afghanistan. He thinks about finding a flatmate, but it won't be easy
in his opinion. Fortunately, his friend introduces him to a very
strange guy, called Sherlock Holmes. He has an unbelievable deduction
ability. With just one glance at a person he can get to know about
their past and life experience. John is a bit astonished, but he
agrees to live with Holmes in a flat at 221B Baker Street. Soon it
turns out that Sherlock is a consulting detective, the only one like
that in the world. John's peculiar flatmate gets him into a new case.
Will they find common ground?
Opinion
I
bought these three mangas when I was in Japan last year. I managed to
buy a bilingual edition: English-Japanese, so it's a really nice
souvenir from this country. The manga is based on a TV series
Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. One episode
became one manga book and only the first season has been adapted till
now.
I
absolutely love the way Sherlock was drawn! He is really similar to
the actor and I enjoyed his sarcastic bids a lot. I loved this
character in the series and now I like him even more. John doesn't
look as well as Martin Freeman, but I understand that it's difficult
to draw a living person as a manga character. It is clearly visible
that the TV show had been made before. We can see here a lot of drawn
shots from the series and the dialogues are just copied. However, it
doesn't make the manga worse, it's a very interesting addition to the
show, a must-have for all of fans.. Some people might not like
the fact that it is exactly the same, but for me it was fully
appropriate. Maybe because I don't usually read manga itself, but I
love Sherlock so much that I had to buy it.
The
authors focused on different things in each chapter of manga. For
example, in A Study in Pink the first chapter is almost only about
characters. We have an opportunity to meet them and the order of
events is a bit different than in the series. I cannot avoid talking
about Sherlock's deduction. He explains his way of thinking to others
and to the reader at the same time. Moreover, the whole process
taking place in his mind is shown – that is things he is focusing on and pieces of information that are useful for him. It's a really good
point for someone who has always wanted to be like Sherlock Holmes.
As
I know, editions in other countries might be a bit different from
each other - in some there are additional sketches, in others no. In
my edition, there's something great for Japanese readers - a little
dictionary with explanations of all word games and typical English
phrases. I couldn't understand anything but I think it's really nice
for people from Japan. Apart from drawings, I also enjoyed the covers.
They are white with a Japanese title, but there are also bindings on
them. And these ones are drawn is a really careful way, containing a
lot of details. I absolutely loved this manga and I'm looking forward
to next episodes to be adapted.
Ines de Castro
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