#you didn't even tell wato?

[mellohiizz]

mel im about to like combust into pieces i miss watobu i need to like say this to somebody before i DIE

i know, oomf, i know, i miss them too...

[weefers-x2]

It's so interesting seeing all the protagonists flaws so clear and seeing the consequences of them right in front of us. Also I like analysing things and people

Wemmbu doesn't care about people except for Eggchan, and he has close to no allies now because he prioritises himself over anyone he's made connections with. He became close with Wato from their time together, and mind you Wato hates talking to people. They had trust in each other, Jaron gave him the mace out of trust, Pangi was Pangi, and he just abandons Skyblock Civilization when given the option to escape danger. He only cares about Eggchan, and maybe debatabally Zam because he was worried about Zam being completely alone against Clown's goons and prioritised Zam's safety in the end

Spoke on the other hand cares too much. He puts so much faith and trust into the people he meets. He was easily tricked by Ashswag because he trusted Ash so heavily that the only thing that made him lose that trust was the fact that Ash blew up the farms for no good reason. Minute saved him one time and his reaction was to put so much trust in him, and he lost Minute to the Mafia. And literally Planet was spying on them while invisible but then was so quick to be like "yeah he's nice we should team". Similarly with Bacon, he put a lot of faith in him to be an excellent teammate and Bacon runs at the first sign of danger

Parrot doesn't care about himself. He cares about himself so little that he forgets to care about anyone else, and it caused him and Wifies to have a falling out. He didn't care enough about how Wifies felt. He's reckless with his own life and it fully contradicts what Wifies wanted. He watched Luigi die at the hands of the mafia, and now the only thing on his mind was to get revenge even if it killed him. He's so selfless that he's selfish. He was willing to keep Dean on the team even after finding out he has been the reason the mafia kept finding them and putting them in danger, evident from the fact that he was running around trying to find Dean for a good few minutes because he didn't want Dean to be by himself. When he was being chased by Clown is put Wifies in danger, and he thought the only way for everyone to be safe was to disappear of the face of the earth. And that still put Wifies in danger because Clown threatened his life if he didn't tell him where Parrot was. He cares about himself so little that he tunnel visions on anything self destructive and forgets to think about how it would affect others because he thinks it's better for everyone

They're all so flawed and I think that's so beautiful. This was also an essay that I did not expect to become an essay

[girlnadian]

could i perchance have a uu kenwatfies drabble …hurt comfort maybe but idm i just miss them 😞

Notes. i Hate the farmers compound i hate the idea of death following ken every where she cant have anything. can you imagine? can you imagine masses of people just dying anywhere you go no matter what you do. blows up uu with my mind. anyway heres ken telling wifies about how all their citizens died. divider

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Ken's hands are shaking by the time she finishes the story. Wato has long since gone quiet. Wifies stares, and stares, and realizes for the first time how much worse Ken looks now.

Ken has always been like that—haunted, maybe—but Wifies thinks when they first met, Ken could still hide it. He looks awful now, there are circles under his eyes and his fur looks thin, like he hasn't been able to take care of it. Wifies glances Wato's way, and she averts her eyes, but Wifies can see the tangles in her hair. It's longer than he's ever seen on her.

He could have lost them.

The realization hits him like a physical blow to the stomach, hard enough to make him feel sick. He could have lost them. Ken and Wato were here, millions of blocks out, and they could have died. Would Wifies have even known?

Even in his worst moments, Wifies has never been able to imagine a life without Ken and Wato in it. They've both always just… been there, for as long as he can remember and even before that. Not even his nightmares could conjure up a world where he didn't have them, it felt like trying to imagine a new color. And Wifies had gotten so, so close to living in that impossible world, and he hadn't even known. What the hell has he been doing?

Ken mutters something. Wato stands from her seat to round on him, placing a hand on his shoulder to guide Ken closer to her. Ken follows with no fight. Wifies feels horribly, horribly hollow.

"I'm sorry," he says, finally. He doesn't know what for; maybe everything. He's sorry they went through that. He's sorry they went through that and he wasn't there.

"It's alright," Wato says. One of her hands rubs over Ken's back, up to his shoulder and then his neck before repeating the process. The movement is even and rhythmic; Wifies gets the feeling this is a position they've taken a lot. "We're glad you're here now. Yeah?"

Ken hums from where he's half-tilted into Wato's chest. Wifies swallows, and then he shifts closer, too. One of Ken's arms folds around his waist easily—Wifies wraps himself around the two of them, and neither of them complain when he holds tight. Wato's free hand comes up to pet his ears.

Wifies has never been allowed to cry. At least, not in a way that matters. His heart does not beat hard and his hands only shake as much as would look good on camera. Crying is ugly, so Wifies doesn't cry, but he buries his nose in Ken's soft hair and his throat still burns.

"Yeah," Wifies croaks. "I'm glad to be here."

[watobu]

L. EECH??!! GOODNESS ME. OHHHH the idea of minute being forced to reprogram wifies into a husk, staring into the empty eyes of a person he fell in love with. my heart is broken. shattered, even. (positively)

minute doesn't want to do it and he tries to make it so that it just looks the part. for sure minute leaves a backdoor for wifies to get out, but maybe with the way wifies has been reprogrammed, they don't even want to try and regain their emotions.. maybe they're better off this way? i mean, ash certainly seems to think so, and they're meant to serve her, aren't they?

wemmbu would be upset at minute for complying with the request, even if he does understand that wifies' life was on the line. it still angers him to think that minute just did it, gave in like that. they were meant to keep watofies safe here. wifies wouldn't have wanted this, he says. isn't this basically directly harming wifies, rather than protecting him?

and then there's evilfies. evilfies who makes use of the fact that the other three love the person they used to be, especially minute and how guilty he feels over everything. minute would do anything for evilfies because of the guilt he carries and it amuses them.

sorry for the logng one... your reply has given me the brainrot (toxic yaoi; evil minfies /j)

(-mw3 c: )

(also dw!! never apologise for taking your time to reply. please take care of yourself!!!)

wifies lobotomy is taking me out im sorry ive been giggling abt wifies lobotomy like a dumbass for like a minute now.

speaking of minute i think he'd combat wemmbu's anger by mentioning he gave wifies a backdoor to Reset Himself and go back. but because of what ash wants, she just isn't going to. whats done is done and they will never see their wifies again.

yk who'd REALLY be in denial? wato. wato would start desperately begging minute to change wifies back. tell ash that this isnt worth it. that wifies Can be a good fighter if given enough time.

then theres wifies. oh heartless wifies. if ash told him to, he'd shut the 3 out and refuse to look back, leaving them all to wallow in regret

evilfies cupping minutes face, smiling softly, and going "You could've avoided this if you didn't suck up to her, you know?"

[arthkael]

Miss Sherlock - Episode 8a: The Last Case Part 2 - The Dock

Posted without commentary.

Spoiler free summary: Sherlock's string of bad days keeps going on. Wato takes a side.

Triggers: bl00d, su1c1d3.

SPOILER:

In the first scene we find Wato practicing shooting. He eyes are completely empty, so we can see that Moriwaki's brainwashing is at work. How much time did pass? I think I remember that this episode takes place in the first week of December, but I admit I'm not sure. Anyway Wato has been with Stella Maris at least a couple of days since the events of episode 7.

It seems she has a shitty aim, because the jar she is aiming at is still whole. Not even imagining Sherlock in its place improves the situation. Wato (unconsciously?) keeps missing it.

(This scene is a punch in the gut, not gonna lie.)

I wonder where they filmed this. It's not an urban location, maybe the mountains somewhere out of Tokyo?

Wato is extremely upset by the whole situation, and she keeps shooting and crying until Moriwaki appears, trying to calm her: it's not Wato's fault, after all, but her friend's. Wato remembers what happened to Toru, and this is her answer:

Wato, no! ; _ ;

Moriwaki gently encourages Wato to reveal Sherlock's whereabouts, because the police can't find her and she might get away with her crimes. Wato is still too distraught to answer, and she really doesn't know where Sherlock might be. So she keeps training. But Moriwaki has a few ideas about Sherlock's hiding place.

In the meantime, the police formed a team to catch Sherlock. During the show she doesn't say it openly, but it's evident that Sherlock doesn't trust the police and thinks they are incompetent. She's right, because she's still wanted for the theft of the virus, the murders of Toru, Mitsuki and Tezuka and because she has stolen Shibata's gun. Basically, she saved the city and she risks death penalty, Moriwaki set her up very well.

From the documents in the police possession, we see that Sherlock is 35 (Yuko Takeuchi was 38 when she played Sherlock), but there's no real name or surname (even though we know that her surname is Futaba for sure, like Kento's). Probably her real name would have been the focus of the plot of one of the episodes of season 2, but alas, we will never see that.

Under her name there's also her job: コンサルタント (consultant). We also learn that Toru was 37. Now I wonder how old Wato is, I think she skews younger than them, maybe 30 (Shihori Kanjiya was 33 when she played Wato).

Anyway the Commissioner is pissed off because the team didn't manage to catch a dangerous, probably armed murderer, and tells them off because they're a buch of bumbling morons, not an elite police force.

In that moment Reimon enters the meeting room and tries to explain that Sherlock is innocent, but the Commissioner tells him he won't work at this case anymore. He never liked Sherlock and he had always been against hiring a civilian to help solving crimes.

And the situation is made even more difficult for Sherlock because the Commissioner orders all the participants to shoot her if she doesn't cooperate. Ouch.

Shibata is disappointed because Reimon is still on Sherlock's side. Ashamed and regretful because she managed to steal his gun, Shibata decides that working in the police force is not the kind of career that will give him happiness and satisfaction, so he quits.

That evening, Mrs. Hatano is entertaining a policeman who asked her if Sherlock showed up. Ooooohhhh, of course not, Hatano says, crossing her fingers behind her back. Who's playing the cello, then? the cop asks, and Mrs. Hatano is like "Yoyoma. It's a record". We love you, Mrs. Hatano.

And the fellow leaves without suspecting anything. Probably Sherlock is right about the fact that the police is made by an army of incompetents.

Of course Sherlock is back in her apartment, playing cello as she always does when she needs to reflect on something important. But this time she has an audience, because Akira Moriwaki somehow wormed her way into 221b. The doctor waits for Sherlock to finish the piece before entering, and Sherlock says she played it for her.

Moriwaki says she's glad Sherlock remembers her. They knew eachother? It's not clear. But it's improbable, since Sherlock should have recognized her when she met her at the party in episode 6, probably Moriwaki takes for granted that Sherlock, being a criminal psychologist, knows her work.

Sherlock is all business, and asks her why causing all those crimes. Moriwaki states Sherlock doesn't understand. Proving her theory of leading crime is the most important thing for her. Sherlock is wrong about everything, and she will realize it very soon. Lives aren't more important than proving her theory, doesn't Sherlock agree? And of course she won't reveal her real plan, but when Sherlock asks about Wato, Moriwaki concedes, giving her two hints:

And to keep Sherlock from hurting or manhandling her, she uses a threat that stops her immediately:

HA!

Now try to say you and Wato aren't friends, Sherlock. Well, of course she tries. And Moriwaki of course mocks her. She knows that Wato is important to Sherlock. Then she tries to caress Sherlock's face (ew, creeepy), and Sherlock slaps her hand away. Moriwaki exits the apartment without issues, leaving Sherlock upset and furious.

The next day, I think, a young man is explaining Wato how the Dock, the facility they live in, works, while Wato follows him around like a zombie. The building is full of people, Irikawa's patients who she brainwashed, but the young man insists that people may be "reborn" there. Then he casually mentions Sherlock as the cause of Toru's death, and Moriwaki has to intevene before Wato has a panic attack.

She also insinuates that Sherlock helping the police solving crimes was just a ruse to gain their trust then proceed to with her master plan. Wow, this would really be a sick way to play the long game. Wato of course believes her.

Meanwhile, tired of Moriwaki's taunts, Sherlock is searching her office. Her main worry is to find "The Dock", the facility where Wato is kept, but nothing is coming out and she's more angry and frustrated than ever.

Kento asks, because of course he managed to find her. Sherlock makes a point that emotions hamper intellectual productivity, so Kento is like, "then you are useless right now, sis". Canonically, Mycroft is smarter than Sherlock, and this version of Mycroft has also all the emotional intelligence Sherlock lacks. That's why he shoved her (literally) towards Wato, probably feeling that that young, compassionate doctor would be good for his sister (and also because he was worried for Wato, who was alone and lost at the time).

Sherlock tells him about the Dock and that she needs to find its location. I don't know what Sherlock wanted to do if she found it: storming in and taking Wato away? Bringing her somewhere hoping to undo the brainwash? Well, that would have been very interesting to watch.

Kento reminds her that important data are unhackable and unrestorable, so it's improbable she will find something useful. He also informs her that Reimon is out of the case and Shibata resigned because she stole his gun. Sherlock is not pleased (especially about the Shibata bit)

The gist is, nobody can help her. But Sherlock found something. Between Moriwaki's files she found data about a Kunio Sakakibara, who seems to be connected to Moriwaki's next plan, so she asks Kento to look for informations about him. Kento obliges, even though she tells her he's under surveillance now.

The next day we see Shibata working as a cleaning man for his father's company. Sherlock visits him to give him his gun back, acting surprised because he has changed his job. Shibata is still angry and humiliated, of course he quit the police, doesn't she know what happens to a cop who loses the gun to a civilian? Sherlock knows, and confesses she chose his gun because she trusted him.

She thought Shibata would never quit his job, because he loves it too much to resign. So she gives back his gun and leaves, while Shibata is like, "what the fuck".

Kento learned that Sakakibara was an atomic physicist, and was arrested a few year earlier because he tried to steal nuclear data. He died in the medical prison of Kanagawa of a severe lung disease, apparently he vomited blood. He stole that data because he was working on a project to build a portable atomic bomb. He completed it, but he disposed of the specs. Those projects would have been tempting for terrorists. And Sherlock remember the two hints Moriwaki gave her and realizes something.

Moriwaki is after those specs, they can't fall into her hands. Kento is sure they're gone because Sakakibara died 6 months ago, while Sherlock is sure they exist. Probably they are hidden in that prison, she needs help to enter it. But Kento can't help her, because he's still under surveillance.

Sherlock doesn't know that her cellphone is monitored (so much for "untraceable phone") and the Commissioner sends a patrol to the district from where the signal arrives. But she has taken refuge under a bridge with a kind homeless man called Daigoro who is an acquaintance of both Reimon and hers, so the patrol car just crosses the bridge without finding her. Lol, morons.

Sherlock and Daigoro seem to know eachother very well (he makes her choose what kind of prepackaged lunch she wants to eat, the scene is so cute) and I wonder if she used homeless people in Tokyo to gather information or something, like Sherlock Holmes did with the Irregulars. It would have been interesting to have that explored in the second season.

Reimon left a message for her, that Daigoro delivers using his trusty puppet, but Sherlock isn't convinced.

Reimon wants her to know he's on her side, and that she has to come clear about her reasons for shooting Moriya, and that they can find Wato afterwards. Sherlock doesn't want to hear that, of course turning herself to the police and explain the situation would take too much time, Wato is in danger she has to do something ASAP.

Meanwhile, Moriwaki has been informed that Sherlock broke into her office. She isn't worried, she left the clue about Sakakibara because she was sure Sherlock would have noticed it. Her plan is to make Sherlock enter the prison and find those projects for her (because the building has already been searched by her minions without results) then proceed with her master plan. But seriously, I have no idea of how a psychologist, it doesn't matter how smart, cunning and wealthy, could find all the resources she needs to make an atomic bomb.

So the whole thing has been an elaborate plan to trick Sherlock into finding those specs. Moriwaki is certain Sherlock will find them, because

Wato hasn't any opinion about that. She just wants Sherlock in prison.

It's surprising how genuinely cold and evil Moriwaki is. And how her faux sweet facade contrasts with her true personality. All the people that live in that facility are nothing to her: just objects, pawns, baits. She doesn't give a shit about them.

In Daigoro's shack, that has a web connection, Sherlock is trying to hack the database of the Kanagawa Medical Prison, without success. She's becoming more frayed and upset by the moment, and her mood is worsened by a message from Kento:

He's constantly followed even when he has to go to the toilet (literally) so he can't help her.

Moriwaki is at the police station with Wato, and tells the Commissioner Sherlock broke into her office. And then she spins this absurd tale that she put a bait in her computer files to lure her out, because esteemed Doctor Irikawa is a good citizen who wants to help police.

At this moment I would have, like, one thousand questions about her and what exactly there was in her computer and why Sherlock should want the data of an innocent, unassuming therapist, but since they are a bunch of morons, they trust her. She reveals that Sherlock will try to break into the Kanagawa Medical Prison.

That night Sherlock is there to do a bit of surveillance, and after a couple of minutes the Commissioner, the cops, Moriwaki and Wato arrive there. The Commissioner wonders why she should be in that place, and Moriwaki is like: "Here there's something she needs for her next crime", and lol how can they believe this pile of bullshit?

Then Moriwaki reassures Wato about the fact that now they'll be able to catch Sherlock and apparently Sherlock doesn't like the doctor being so touchy-feely with Wato. Or maybe she's enraged by Wato's almost catatonic state, but it's evident she's furious about the whole situation.

(Pain...)

Returned to 221b, Sherlock tries to deduce where Sakakibara hid those specs.

Sakakibara was obssessed by completing that portable atomic bomb, and Sherlock is thinking aloud, a habit she took since Wato moved into the apartment. Sakakibara was dying, so he has left those projects somewhere...

But her musings don't go anywhere, the empty chair in front of her is a harsh reminder that Wato is not with her.

A testament of how much space she made in her life for Wato, the void she left behind leaves her unable to function properly and with her intellectual abilities severely hampered. Frustrated, she begins to tear into another box of chocolates.

Morning comes and Mrs Hatano finds her in this pitiful state

insomniac, still dressed and surrounded by chocolate wraps. Also, her petulance got up a notch, because she kicks the table in frustration when Mrs Hatano tries to clean it. Usually chocolate helps her to focus but this time it didn't work.

Mrs Hatano is wise, so she isn't angry at all, she already knows why Sherlock is behaving like that:

we love you, Mrs. Hatano, but maybe mentioning Wato is not a good idea at the moment. Sherlock says in a scornful tone that it's fine if she doesn't come back, and she takes refuge into her office nook. Bad move, Sherlock, you awakened the Dragon.

Mrs Hatano joins her and forces Sherlock to look at her.

And then she slaps her.

"Do I have to slap you again?"

Sherlock shakes her head no, it seems that that slap pulled her out of her funk. She expects to be slapped again, but Mrs. Hatano hugs her instead.

Mrs. Hatano thinks Sherlock and Wato are family, now, so Sherlock has to focus on how to bring Wato back.

How could you possibly fail at something when you have Kimie Hatano believing in you? Yes, in this house we love Mrs. Hatano.

And we stop here for now, in the next and last part we will go to prison and see an hilarious prank. Oh, and there will also be pain.

[chiefbeifongcanrailme]

Linzin

24. “What do you remember?”

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By now, calls from the infirmary to Tenzin's council chambers had become quite the norm. Of course, these calls were placed only on Tenzin's beckoning: he believed that anything that required Lin to visit a healer, was important enough to interrupt him during his day. This beckoning, however, was Lin's fault herself. When Lin thought it a 'waste of time' to let Tenzin know she had been stabbed in the stomach a few months ago, the airbender only found out about it later that night when she failed to make it home in time for dinner as she was being monitored at the infirmary.

Knowing fully well how unyielding Lin could be, he didn't even bother having a conversation with her. Instead, he found an old, caring healer who frequently attended to Lin, and requested him to keep him updated on her.

That afternoon, bearing in mind that Lin was to break into the Red Monsoon Triad's hide out, Tenzin was not surprised when the telephone in his office went off.

"Is she okay, Wato?" He got to the point without skipping a beat.

He heard a sharp exhale, before Wato finally spoke up, "Master Tenzin, I think it best you come here at your earliest."

The airbender's stomach flipped over.

"I'll be there right away."

Tenzin spent short trip to the infirmary worrying himself sick. His mind was running wild with all the atrocious possibilities. Wato had seen the worst, and was always reassuring on the phone, simply letting him know what was wrong, that everything was under control and that Lin was going to be fine. This was new.

"What's wrong?" His voice came out hoarse.

"Chief Beifong has taken a bad hit to her head," Wato said without so much as a greeting, "We've done the best we can, but there's a chance it has affected her memory. Would you like to see her?"

Tenzin's glassy eyes were answer enough.

Wato led him to the secluded room at the end of the corridor. He stepped in behind Wato, quickly adjusting his eyes to the darkened room. The room was lit with a meagre few candles to avoid shocking her with the bright light bulbs whenever she awakened.

The back of the bed had been elevated slightly, but Lin lay there sound asleep at peace.

Before Tenzin could assimilate himself with the sight in front of himself, Wato whispered before exiting the room, "I'll leave you two be."

Tenzin walked closer to the bed and examined her with misery behind his eyes. He stroked her cheek gently with his thumb and sighed, stifling back his tears.

"Lin?" He evened his voice.

She moaned groggily and turned to his side, "Mmm."

He begged, "Lin, please tell me you're okay."

She opened her heavy lids slowly, raising her eyebrows to register the the weight of the large bandaid that ran around her head like a crown. Some coronation the Red Monsoon had given her.

"Who?"

One tear let loose and fell out of Tenzin's eyes.

"You are Lin Beifong," He swallowed, "My name is Tenzin."

"Tenzin..?" She repeated softly.

"Yes. I'm here to help you. You can put your trust in me."

"I- I don't know- I was by the- umm, I-" Her struggle was relentless, "I can't- where am I?"

"Hey, hey, it's okay. I'm here for you, all right? You're going to be fine." He promised.

"I remember some things."

"What do you remember?"

"I remember gray eyes." She looked into Tenzin's eyes to confirm if they were indeed gray, "I love gray eyes."

Tenzin allowed another few tears to drop as a sad smile graced his face.

"Yes."

"It's hard to remember."

"That's okay," He pressed a kiss to her forehead, "We'll start with learning and remembering the easier things first, okay?"

"Like what?" She whispered.

"Like.." Tenzin pondered, "You're Lin and you love me, Tenzin."

That seemed to confuse her for some reason, so he tried again, "Or that today is a Thursday and you're at an infirmary. Can you remember that?"

"Yeah," She smirked, "I can."

She placed her hand on his that sat at the railing on his bed and continued, "But I have feeling you're going to remember this day for the rest of your life."

Tenzin chuckled, "And how is that?"

Lin pulled his hand closer and placed it on her heart. She then pulled out something from under the pillow behind her and looked into that, "Tenzin, will you marry me?"

His face fell.

"What?"

She opened her hand up to reveal a betrothal necklace. His betrothal necklace that he had spent the last year working on.

His eyes widened with shock, no sign of tears now, "Where did you- how- LIN?"

She gave out a hearty laugh, tugging off the band that went around her head, revealing her unharmed forehead, "What do you say, airhead, will you marry me or not?"

Tenzin was still spellbound though, "Yes. Obviously. I was going to ask-"

"And I beat you to it." She smirked.

"So you're not hurt?"

"No." She replied cheekily, "But it seems like you've forgotten that I am a detective, Tenzin."

"Oh, Lin." He snatched the necklace from her and ran it around her neck to clasp it in place, "You crazy, twisted lady. Don't ever scare me like that."

"I will make sure to not include that in my vows."

She pulled his face to hers to give him a quick kiss. The two were a giggly mess in the romantic candle-lit setup of the room.

"Congratulations, you two."

They turned around to see Wato standing by the door.

Tenzin smiled hard, "Thank you."

"Thanks for helping me with this," Lin grinned, "Airhead, remember, I'm always going to be one step ahead of you."

He kissed her cheek, "And I will follow you everywhere you go from behind you."

[loving-the-consulting-wives]

what do you think about episode 1? How good the plot is by good Sherlock Holmes adaptation standards? How good were actors? Eventually I feel in love with that adaptation but the first episode plot seems to be rather contrived. And it felt that all actors were overacting in some scenes. In some way, it is actually good because I really didn't expect that this story would become better and better with each new episode. But it is hard to persuade my friends to watch it after that episode.

Hello, anon! :)

(I’ve made a longer response and then deleted it as it was really extense. Below is a summarized version.)

About persuading your friends: You can’t convince no one through repetition, telling them continuously that they have to watch something will lead them to never get to do it or to watch it out of obligation, meaning that they will see it with a predisposition to dislike it.

If they have already watched episode 1, my advice would be for you to tell them exactly what you wrote here, be honest with them, tell them that you weren’t sure of those things at the beggining, and show them that even with those doubts, Miss Sherlock can become a good watching experience.

(If you feel so inclined, you can even give them a small spoiler, like that they have missed something important in episode 1. As long as you don’t hint at something that it’s crucial to the main plot, it should be fine.)

1- I liked ‘The First Case’. I was really hyped when I watched it. There were some other blogs related to Miss Sherlock even before the series started, and we were worried as we weren’t sure if we could even get to watch it at all, so to actually get to see it was a relief.

‘The First Case’ was our introduction to the main characters, it was mostly about showing the audience the personalities and their relationships in a subtle but efficient way. I liked how they managed to do it with only 45 minutes of screen time, even if it was a bit rushed.

2- Adaptation wise, it captures the soul of the canon cases. You don’t have to do a carbon copy of all the ACD stories. Most of the narratives were about Holmes overlooking some details that had to do with interpersonal rerlationships, about showing the partnership he had with Doctor Watson, about justice trying to overcome wrongdoing (even if that wasn’t always achived).

Series 1 did a wonderful job of showing us that, maybe the first episode not so much, but it was a necesary beggining. Also, the amount of female representation was truly unprecedented and well made.

3- The actors and actresses performances are really good (I didn’t like all the screaming in the first episode, but then again, it was necesary for the plot).

Yuko Takeuchi as Sherlock captures the flamboyant side of Holmes like not many others before her could.

Shihori Kanjiya as Wato shows us the caring side of Watson and the romantic one too. Again, very few adaptations took that into account, even if in the canon is a chracteristic often mencioned.

Both of them truly shine in their performances, especially in the last two episodes. But through all the series, the subtle way they portray their characters is astounding.

(The supporting characters have their own charm, of course. But given that Sherlock and Wato are the main chracters, I choose to give them the spotlight.)

I think that’s all I have to say. I wish you good luck in persuading your friends in joining this wonderful fandom. :D

Apologizes again for the length of this post and if it doesn’t make much sense (I was supposed to go to sleep two hours ago…)

[mellohiizz]

thinking back to the parrot finding out that ken's a wanted criminal and wifies chases after him again

i think when wifies finds parrot, i think he'd be wrapped up in wemmbu's arms slumped over, i don't think that wifies could even see parrot's expression, even if he could i don't think he has it in him to look at parrot's hurt face that he's partially responsible for

when he tries to go near them, to try to at least explain things to parrot, wemmbu would just glare at him, a silent threat that he'd at the very least get a nasty gash on his face before he's any way allowed to go near parrot, he knew about ken's secret, he didn't even tell parrot about ken, or advised ken to possibly tell him, wemmbu wasn't going to let him anywhere near his flock

it takes parrot's slightest movement for wemmbu to take his attention away from wifies to check up on parrot. As parrot turns his head to look at wifies, all wifies could feel is the guilt he has from seeing parrot's conflicted and pained look, before could turn away, thinking that he might not be wanted there, parrot extends a wing to him, a silent olive branch, wifies takes it and sits close to them, not as close as either of them wanted, but as close as parrot's comfort

after the awkward silence goes on for what felt like hours, parrot asks wifies why would ken hide this from him? did he not trust him enough?

i don't think wifies would know how to answer that, he thinks that there's a lot of reason why ken wouldn't tell parrot, may that be because she was ashamed about it, didn't want parrot to think less of her, or maybe she doesn't trust him, wifies isn't entirely sure what it is

so i think the only thing wifies says that he doesn't know why, that the only person who knows is ken, it wasn't the answer that parrot wanted, he didn't know what kind of answer he wanted really, so he'll accept this one for now

so the three of them just sit there for a while before wemmbu decides that it was time to go back to wato's place, the problems weren't fixed yet but wifies is trying to make sure that none of them fall apart

anyways, yeah, i'm gonna head to bed now see you laterrrr <3

oughhhh.... wemmbu being protective over parrot ☹️☹️ justice duo crumbs...

i totally agree with everything, btw. the issue is definitely still there, and parrot is still upset, but he's at least willing to give both ken and wifies another chance. mostly give ken a chance to actually explain everything, because it was still mostly on her.

yes, wifies also knew and didn't tell him, but it was still on ken to actually tell what happened, because he's the one who's apparently a wanted criminal, so it was his story to tell.

it will still be mostly tense, but i think they'll work it out eventually.

[mellohiizz]

the part of him finding out that ken was a wanted criminal is so painful actually

imagine months of built up trust, possibly toppling because of this

that ken, the person he tried so hard to trust, didn't tell him about this

that wifies, the first person he trusted after the incident, the person who helped him trust ken in the first place, didn't tell him about this

what do you think parrot would do with that information?

thinking about this.

ur so right, parrot will most definitely see it as a betrayal of his trust. he trusted both of them, he learned to trust them despite everything, and they didn't tell him something as important as ken being a wanted criminal, basically.

i don't think he'd take it very well at first. he'd probably feel very hurt, and he will let them know how hurt and betrayed he feels, but i think, after thinking on it for a little, he'd calm down, more or less.

they have to talk a full on talk about this, but i think parrot would eventually understand.

taking it a more angsty side though, what id parrot has a "i trusted you, and you ended up lying to me and betraying me. you're just like the rest of your kind." moment towards ken.

he was hesitant to let himself even consider trusting ken at first, but he still did, and ken ended up breaking that trust.

imagine if parrot leaves. just for a while, so he can process everything, but ken and wifies are still worried that he won't come back. and what if ken goes to wato to talk about what happened. because wato is smart, she'd know what to do, right?

and what if wemmbu overhears their conversation and he's so upset on parrot's behalf (because they're flock, and of course a catfolk would still end up hurting one of them) so he goes to find him.

[arthkael]

Miss Sherlock Episode 7-a: The last case part 1 - The Stolen Virus

"I have a boyfriend now, but I keep running back to you everytime you call, this is annoying him a lot but look at how much I don't fucking care."

Spoiler free summary: Wato doesn't know what to do, and Sherlock begins to have a long, long, long string of bad days. That's it, that's the summary. Also, I broke the recaps for the two last episodes into two parts. There're so many things happening that I thought this is the best solution.

Triggers: su1c1d3, 1lln3ss

SPOILER:

In a place that is probably a lab for microbiological research, a man takes a few vials from a fridge. Spoiler: this event will have disastrous consequences for our heroes, but let's not rush things.

Sherlock is spending her morning studying the infamous thesis on leading crime. Then she proceeds to search the website of UK Homeland Security, trying to find Akira Moriwaki: if they studied in Cambridge, they should have been registered there. Sadly, she comes out empty-handed. It's like Moriwaki never visited UK. This is super strange. Kento calls, and brings bad news.

He used all his connections at the Security Office, but he couldn't find anything about Akira Moriwaki. It's as if they never existed. Ok, this won't do.

Meanwhile, Wato is having a more relaxing morning, because she evidently spent the night at Toru's home. Since the last time we saw them together, their relationship deepened enough that now they are comfortable being intimate.

And it seems that Wato is planning to leave 221b to move in with Toru. Honestly, I admit that their relationship is a head-scratcher.

How much time passed since Wato and Toru met? Well, we see Toru for the first time in episode 4, when Wato attends his exhibit. We know that his exhibit lasted until October 30th, and that in that episode the residents of 221 were ready to celebrate Halloween, so the events of episode 4 happen during the last week of October. I mean, the events of episode 5 take place between October 29th and November 1st: we have clues during the episode that that tell us what day it is, and in the last scenes of the episode we see that all the Halloween decorations have been removed. I don't think they began to prepare for Halloween 10 days in advance, also remember that at the end of the episode Wato had a war flashback and it's probable that she wanted to see Doctor Irikawa ASAP to talk about it (it's her first scene in ep 5), so I think it's safe to say that episode 4 takes place between 25th-28th of October.

A little bit of a spoiler: we'll see that the first part of episode 7 takes place on November 19th. So, at the time of episode 7, Wato and Toru knew eachother for less than a month. Enough to forge a connection, but IMHO not enough to form a full-fledged relationship, considering it's not like they are constantly together.

Anyway, Toru has a present for Wato:

It's his first photography book. It will be in the bookshops in a few days, but he wants Wato to have the first copy.

Sherlock bad day is continuing. Kento didn't just update her about Akira Moriwaki, he also told her that she has been summoned by the Minister of National Policy. The guy, Kirishima, has strong connections with other countries, especially in the Middle East, something that will be important later. So the two siblings go to the Intelligence Service Office, and Sherlock considers this a welcomed distraction from her current woes about Stella Maris. She doesn't know that because of this her week will become exponentially worse.

Yeah, you bet.

They find themselves in a meeting room with a selection of the worst stereotypes politics can offer. They called her specifically because there's an emergency. Mr. Ota, a representative of a company called Teinichi Chemical, explains that yesterday evening a sample of a lethal virus has been stolen from their labs. A very lethal virus.

Sympthoms appear in 24 hours. 1 million people can be infected in a few days, with the number of cases growing exponentially until a city like Tokyo could be wiped out in the span of a week. But why a private company produced this kind of virus? Kirishima insists that is was a byproduct of research to contrast bioterrorism. But that's not important, because they know who stole it:

Akihiko Tezuka, a researcher in their labs, who lives with his fiancee, Mitsuki Kurata. They're both missing, and the Security Office hasn't been able to discover their wereabouts. There's a cure for the virus, if it's administered in 24 hour the patient can recover quicky and completely, but...they have just 18 doses (and Sherlock says the thing the whole audience is thinking)

Look at Kento's super embarassed expression in the background. I can't decide if it's because he's embarassed for Sherlock's comment or the evident incompetence of his superiors. Anyway, they can produce just 100 vials of vaccine a week, so if the virus would be released right now, it would be the end of the world. Or, the end of Tokyo, for sure. While they are reflecting on the severity of the situation, a phone call arrives: Tezuka has been found dead. It's time to move.

In another part of Tokyo, called by Sherlock, Wato is preparing to leave Toru's apartment. Toru can't hide his dissatisfaction seeing his girlfriend leaving immediately when her roommate calls.

Lol. But we already know from the last episode that Wato thinks her duty is to rein Sherlock in during the investigations. Nobody asked her to do that, but she feels it's her role nonetheless. And while she recovers her cellphone, for the first time Wato notices something that gives her pause. A photo of the starry sky, maybe shot by Toru, is pinned to one of the walls. It's one of those long-exposure photographies, where the stars seem to form a vortex around the sky center: the North Star.

Of course Wato is understandably disturbed, Toru asks her if there's something wrong, but she just tells him she has to go, so off she goes.

And in the street she stops. And she seems to reflect on something. Come on, Wato. You can do it, listen to your guts, hone your intuition. I think that her inclination to always think the best of everyone and trusting people immediately is her weak spot. Also, she's a doctor, so she should know very well what a psychopath is. Sherlock's line about psychopaths in the previous episodes may have been in jest, but probably Wato should have worried about a man whose first answer to a pretty innocent question has been so creepy.

Tezuka's corpse has been found in an underground parking garage. Wato arrives just the minute Sherlock enters the premises. Sherlock immediately acknowledges that Wato is shaken, but she incorrectly deduces that her roommate is worried because of the virus. Reassurances ensue.

We already saw that Sherlock is able to be kind and considerate, but we never saw her trying to use words to express her kindness, so this is a first. But when Wato tells her she has a boyfriend now, so she can't allow the world to end, Sherlock retorts that she doesn't care if this corrupted world dies. Of course you care. The world ending means no more Kento, no more Mrs Hatano, no more Reimon and Shibata, no more Wato, no more cases and no more chocolate. Of course you care.

So, Tezuka has been shot, and there's no trace of the virus, so probably the murderer stole it. Wato begins examining the body without anybody asking (she really takes seriously her duty as Sherlock's partner/assistant) and she concludes that the man died 10 hours ago.

In that moment a team of the Public Security Bureau arrive and tell Reimon they will take the case. Reimon's division is under their command and all the forensic evidences and tests results will have to be given to them. They also ask the "spectators" (Wato and Sherlock) to leave the crime scene. Sherlock is unfazed, the scene has nothing more to tell her, now she wants to visit Tezuka's apartment. So our heroes have to leave the corpse to the PBS, and Shibata even pats Wato's shoulder in sympathy.

Tezuka lived with his fiancee, but Sherlock notices that the house doesn't seem to be inhabited by two people: apparently Mitsuki Kurata didn't keep many of her belongings in her boyfriend's apartment. Sherlock wonders if she actually lived there and Wato agrees.

And then there's something that gives Wato pause. Again. On the dining table there's a book, a book she has already seen a couple of hours ago, a book of which she should have the first and only copy before it hits the bookshops the next week.

So, there are a few explanations for this:

Tezuka and Mitsuki are somewhat involved with Toru's publisher and that allowed them to have a copy of the book

one of them or both are Toru's friends so he gifted them a copy of the book

For the first one: Tezuka was a researcher and we don't know anything about Mizuki, this occurrence is not impossible, but it's improbable anyway.

For the second one: if they are Toru's friends, enough for him to give them his still unreleased book, giving them the same treatment he reserved to his girlfriend, it's clear that he didn't bother to introduce her to them or viceversa, or even told her about them, in that case Wato would have known them at least by name. What does Wato know about Toru, anyway?

Probably it's this what Wato is thinking about. Or maybe she's just realizing that Toru's gift maybe is not that special, since there are people she doesn't know that already had that book before Toru gave her that copy.

So Toru is a liar at best. Come on, Wato. Discard the impossible, accept the unlikely truth. And just like it happened at the parking garage, Sherlock immediately notices Wato's turmoil, but she decides to not say anything.

At the headquarters they are organizing an investigative team, while Commissioner Takahashi in person is coordinating the work. Shibata is not exactly happy to play second fiddle to the Public Security Bureau and he's there helping to prepare the room when an agent enters with a message: the murderer sent an email, boasting they have the virus, and if the police wants the proof the agents just have to go to a certain old, abandoned arcade.

And above we have the evidence that the date is 19 November 2018.

Half of the police force runs to the arcade, and Sherlock and Reimon go too, followed by a distraught Wato.

At the arcade they find Mitsuki Kurata, infected, shackled to a videogame machine and kept under a medical plastic tent to keep the virus from spreading. The medical unit is called immediately, while the cops try to reassure the woman. In that moment Sherlock arrives and when an inspector asks Mitsuki if she remembers the culprit's face, she accuses Sherlock.

Reasonably, somebody asks her if her kidnapper is a woman, someone who looks like Sherlock, but she insists that Sherlock killed Tezuka, Sherlock kidnapped her, Sherlock infected her, Sherlock left her in that abandoned building. Since the victim seems so sure, the Commissioner decides to take Sherlock in to question her. Wato tries to protect her:

but the cops don't want to listen to her. They have to look into the victim claims, it's the protocol.

And Sherlock, understanding the game the terrorist (this is for sure a terrorist act) is playing with them, does something that will allow her to investigate but also will give her a lot of troubles: she steals Shibata's gun and takes him hostage. Whoever organized this ruse did it to keep Sherlock from helping, stalling the investigations and buying time to continue with their plan, and Sherlock can't allow the police to put her in prison, not even for 24h, not even if they will find her innocent of every accusation.

She reminds them what's at stake, then she manages to flee with Shibata's gun. Now Sherlock is a wanted, alleged terrorist, and the Public Security Bureau activates the emergency protocol.

The next day, after what was probably a sad and worrying night, at 9.02 in the morning, everybody is at the headquarters reading the list of requests the terrorist has made. Well, there's only one request: Minister Kirishima and a representant of Teinichi Chemical have to hold a press conference at 6.00 pm that same day, apologizing to citizens for the crime they committed 2 years ago.

What crime? Well, about that they are at a loss. But a first answer came out from the forensic labs: the gun used to kill Tezuka was in the place Mitsuki was held captive, and it has Sherlock's fingerprints on it. Fingerprints? Don't you think this is starting to seem a bit too convenient?

Wato still thinks Sherlock is innocent, and she doesn't know where Sherlock is. In the next part we'll see she's lying. But they have just 10 hours, says the commissioner, Wato should tell them everything she knows.

Meanwhile, Mrs Hatano is on Wato's same wavelenght, because she gives the same answer to the cops who came to search Sherlock and Wato's apartment. We love you, Mrs. Hatano.

They don't care, and proceed to enter the apartment to do their job.

Sherlock has taken refuge in an abandoned church. The building has a bit of a Phantom-of-the-Opera-esque vibe, with that broken chandelier.

She's there to regroup and eat chocolate, and to take a decision: paying a visit to a certain patient in a certain clinic in Tokyo, for example.

Said patient is Mitsuki Kurata, who now feels better thanks to the vaccine she has been given. She is waiting for Sherlock on the hospital's terrace, and she has even the gall to tell her she's late (it's 10.03 AM). Sherlock answers that her recent difficulties are all because of a certain liar.

She thought about it, and reached these conclusions: Mitsuki approached Tezuka on purpose and entered in a relationship with him only because he had access to the virus. She faked her own kidnapping, she impersonated the kidnapper asking the virus as a ransom. Tezuka stole the virus, and when he went to the appointed location, she killed him. Then she infected herself.

Now, where's the rest of the vials?

Mitsuki answers telling Sherlock a story where a village in Iraq had been decimated by a unknown illness. A virus developed by Teinichi Chemical. Apparently the company sold the virus to a terrorist group to test it. Teinichi is still making business with terrorists and Kirishima knows and covers it because he's getting kickbacks from Teinichi. They just have to hold a press conference to confess. If they don't the virus will be released in Tokyo.

Who cares about the deaths, they're fighting for justice. Sherlock tells her that trying to frame her won't work, lies are exposed sooner or later. Bur Mitsuki believes in her crusade so, after screaming for help, she kills herself jumping from the terrace before Sherlock can stop her. Sherlock runs away from the hospital and a couple of hours later the news reach Inspector Reimon and Shibata.

Shibata is disgusted. He never liked Sherlock because of her tendency to revel in tragedies, he's not surprised about this.

Sherlock has taken refuge into the church again, and she is so tired that she has fallen asleep.

She is woken up by Kento, who asks her what the fuck happened with Mitsuki Kurata. Sherlock explains she has been framed and when Kento asks her if she has proofs, she scoffs and she tells him she has to find the virus, let the police do their damn job and find the proofs. And for the first time we see her upset enough that she begins kicking things to unload her irritation. Kento gives her an untraceable phone and she takes her leave, ready to save Tokyo.

Meanwhile, Wato is unloading all her worries to Doctor Irikawa. While I think that therapy is important for mental health, and that it's good to have a psychologist always so ready to help and support you, maybe this isn't exactly a good idea at the moment.

And it's EVIDENT why it's not a good idea. Miss Sherlock is very rewarding if you are an attentive viewer. Also, if you look at the clock on the wall, this scene happens an hour and half after Sherlock and Kento's meeting.

Okay, let's continue. She has always thought about herself as a good person (especially if compared with her roommate and her antics), but now she's behaving selfishly: she asks Doctor Irikawa, who is important to her, to leave Tokyo because staying is too dangerous. In that moment Toru arrives, probably because of a therapy session, now there are two people that are dear to her in the room with her, and Wato becomes more flustered. So Doctor Irikawa asks her what she's willing to do in order to protect her loved ones. A dangerous question that will be answered in episode 8.

Twenty minutes later Mr. Ota, the rep of Teinichi Chemical, exits the building of the National Security Office, ready to go to lunch.

But lunch will have to wait, because a pissed off consulting detective has a couple of things to ask him.

So, two years ago they made a killer virus and sold it to terrorists. Then, what happened? Ota admits they sold it to a French company but he didn't know that it would be used to commit terrorist attacks. Sherlock orders him to hold that damn press conference with Kirishima, but Ota tells her Kirishima will never apologize. Also, it's six months they receive threats, but they never reported them to the police, probably to avoid scrutiny on their activities. Interesting, who was it? Mitsuki Kurata? No.

Ok. Maybe you shouldn't trust a guy called Moriya Toru. And with Sherlock's realization we end this part. See you soon for the second one.

[arthkael]

Miss Sherlock Episode 2: Sachiko's Mustache

"Oooookay. Stay still and let me analyze you..."

Spoiler free summary: Wato and Sherlock now are living together and they have a rocky start. Mrs Maibara, a friend of Mrs Hatano, asks Sherlock to solve the mystery of the defacing of a beloved painting she lent to a museum, an apparenty senseless vandalistic act that Sherlock thinks has been done for a specific purpose. That intertwines with the murder of a famous art dealer, an unlucky artist's hopes and a rich collector's obsession. Sherlock reveals to Wato her addiction and Wato starts her therapy sessions with doctor Irikawa.

Triggers: su1c1de.

Episode 1 recap here.

SPOILER

It's morning at 221b and Sherlock, in an almost meditative state, is playing cello while reflecting on the last case she investigated on. She's still sure somebody helped Akiko with her gruesome plan.

The scenes of her playing (Yuko Takeuchi took cello lessons for a few months showing to be quite talented and she's really her who plays in this scene) are intercut with scenes of Wato and Mrs Hatano cooking a traditional Japanese breakfast. The whole moment has the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No.1 as background music, the piece Sherlock is currently playing, and that creates a very peaceful ambiance. A peace that, sadly, won't last.

Before going on I'd like to point out the excellent work the production did with the set of Sherlock's apartment. Or, well, the set of Sherlock's living room, because it's there that 99% of the scenes at 221 take place. I mean, look at it.

We were talking about a peace that doesn't last, and it's what Wato learns at her own expense when Sherlock tells her she doesn't want the Thank You Breakfast she slaved over since 5.00 am that day.

But Sherlock just wants a coffee and Wato shouldn't prepare breakfast when she hasn't been asked to. And about the things Wato should or shouldn't do, Sherlock has made a list of rules that Wato has to follow if she wants to keep living at 221b.

If she doesn't like them, she's free to go. What does the list say? If you are curious, and want to learn more about Sherlock (it's never said in the show but she's almost certainly autistic) and her sense of humor (a couple of the points of this list seem to have the specific purpose to rile Wato up) click on this link where the excellent legacy-of-the-westside-prince, with the help of other users, translated Sherlock's demands for all of us to enjoy.

So Sherlock has the coffee she wanted while Wato decides to eat by herself all the food she cooked. In that moment Mrs Hatano enters the living room telling Sherlock her new client has arrived, something Wato had to inform her about, but... ooops, apparently after the discussion about breakfast it slipped off her mind. Pity. It's interesting to see that Wato can be petty and she's not above getting revenge on Sherlock when she annoys her too much.

The client, Mrs Maibara, is the wife of a late antique dealer. Recently she lent to an art museum a beloved painting by Saneatsu Kishida that had been gifted to her by her husband. The painting, titled Sachiko (a portrait of Kishida's wife) has been defaced by an unknow vandal. Unknown because the man, after ruining the painting, had an accident while he ran away and now he's in coma at the hospital, and he hadn't with him an ID or other things that could help to determine his identity.

In Sherlock's opinion this isn't a case of casual vandalism: the man hadn't anything that could identify him because the painting has been ruined on somebody's request and this somebody didn't want to be linked to the vandal.

Wato and Sherlock go with Mrs Maibara to the art gallery where they are greeted by a mortified director, who immediately brings them to see the defaced painting. It's cute see that even the ever compassionate Wato can't help smiling when she sees the state "Sachiko" is in.

Sherlock asks Mrs Maibara if something unusual happened to her recently, and she says that an art dealer, Mr. Yanagisawa, tried to buy "Sachiko" offering her whatever amount of money she asked. She refused because the painting is too important to her. Sherlocks mulls over this and in that moment the restorer, Mr. Kuwabata, arrives with his assistants to take "Sachiko" away in order for it to be cleaned.

There's not much to do at the museum anymore, so Sherlock and Wato go to visit the vandal at the hospital. He's still in coma, but Sherlock seems to notice a few things about him.

After the hospital the two stop for a snack. Or, Wato stops for a snack, Sherlock's looks more like a lunch, with this luscious spread of traditional Japanese pastries.

That's Sherlock's addiction: sweets. Of course, because the brain can't work without sugar. During the series we'll often see her eating chocolate when she needs the energy to focus. While they eat (with Sherlock's selection of pastries not keeping her from stealing Wato's)

Sherlock explains that the vandal went to the museum with the intent of defacing "Sachiko". At the hospital she noticed he had the numbers 5-3 on the back of his hand, that concides with the number of the room and the number assigned to the painting, as written on a document Sherlock has 'accidentally' taken from the museum. He wrote a memo to be sure he would target "Sachiko" and not another painting. This is evidence he was ordered to deface "Sachiko" by the real culprit.

Also, Yanagisawa the art dealer must be interrogated, they'll go to him as soon as they'll finish eating. Wato declines, she states she has therapy, the medical corps recommend it to doctors who come back from a warzone. Sherlock scoffs and says therapy won't solve her problems. Is she speaking from experience? Anyway Sherlock's words will be prophetic, as we'll learn in the next episodes.

At Yanagisawa's gallery, Sherlock finds Reimon and Shibata. Apparently Yanagisawa killed himself the previous evening, jumping from the window of his office. It's almost certain it's a suicide because his employees say he had so many debts that he had take sleeping pills to fall asleep, and the man who witnessed his death didn't see anyone exiting the building while he was waiting for the police to to come. Also the whole building has been searched and the cops didn't find anybody, moreover Yanagisawa's office was locked from the inside.

Sherlock searches Yanagisawa's office and deduces he had been killed. The office key is not the right one, and when Sherlock inspects the roof she finds something: some kind of resin next to the railing. The killer left a decoy key to misled the investigation, he locked the office with the real key then he threw Yanagisawa from the roof.

Shibata is outraged: nobody else was in the building when Yanagisawa fell! But Sherlock doesn't want to listen to Shibata's complaints: she needs a few cops to search the street in front of the museum, where the vandal had the accident. She noticed he had a missing piercing, maybe if it's found they could have something to trace his identity. She believes that the defaced painting case and Yanagisawa's death are linked. Shibata is chosen as the errand boy.

Meanwhile Wato is at her therapy session, with a sweet-looking therapist called Mariko Irikawa. Irikawa recommends Wato to tell her whatever it's in her mind, without thinking about it too much. She's also available to just chat with her, whatever Wato needs.

Later in the afternoon Wato and Sherlock are following another lead: Yanagisawa had been tasked by a rich art collector, Mr. Takakura, to buy "Sachiko" from Mrs. Maibara. The two visit Takakura, who is surprised by Yanagisawa's suicide.

Takakura admits he's disappointed by Maibara's refusal to sell the painting, but also believes that art should stay with people who appreciate it, and clearly Mrs Maibara loves that painting more that he does. Just like he loves the portrait of the ballerina he keeps in his office.

He also has an alibi for Yanagisawa's death: he was at a party that celebrated his company, there are hundreds of witnesses.

Later, at 221b, Sherlock keeps working on the case while Wato reads a biography of Saneatsu Kishida, and says that Mr. Maibara gifted "Sachiko" to his wife because he knew that Kishida showed his love for his wife painting her portrait. Basically Maibara expressed his appreciation for his own wife giving her that painting. Sherlock has a more cynical point of view, probably Maibara chose that painting out of guilt because he cheated on her, or because her tried to tell his wife to be more devoted and to support him like Kishida's wife did with her husband.

Wato isn't having anything of that, and asks Sherlock if she ever fell in love, receiving a predictable answer:

(What did I say about Shihori Kanjiya faces? lol)

At that point, Sherlock focuses all the power of her deductive abilities on her roommate, entering her personal space and being... physical with her: the whole ordeal is extremely embarassing for poor Wato (making her gay panicking, of course).

The novelization is written from Wato's point of view, and in this scene of the book she informs the readers that having Sherlock's full attention focused on you is like being stripped naked. So Wato's reaction might seem exaggerated, but it's actually quite understandable. There are things about her she doesn't want Sherlock to know (they'll be revealed in a few episodes) but when you live with a crime-solving genius it's physically impossible to keep your life private. Because oh, yes, Sherlock knows.

When Mrs Hatano arrives with a cake, she finds them in this position and comments they're becoming good friends (Mrs Hatano. That's gay). Again, their answers are predictable: they're not friends, not even a bit.

Anyway Sherlock spent the evening analyzing the resin she found, and determined that it's Manila coppal, that it's used as a varnish in painting. And who could use it if not a restorer?

The next day Sherlock and Wato visit Kuwabata who is slowly but surely bringing back "Sachiko" to its former glory. They chose him to do the job because he contacted the musem right after the defacing incident, but Kuwabata points out he regularly contacts museums stating his availability. They learn that Kuwabata is also an artist, even though he hadn't much luck. Not coincidentally, Sherlock finds he uses Manila coppal for his work.

But it seems he didn't kill Yanagisawa because he was at a convenience store while the art dealer fell on the sidewalk, he still has the receipt. Apparently the investigation is at a standstill, both the suspects have a solid alibi.

But Sherlock says their alibis don't count, because Yanagisawa had been killed by a timing device. The killer visited Yanagisawa hours before he fell, and spiked his drink with his own sleeping pills. When the man fell asleep they brought him on the roof and put him on the ledge. Hours later Yanagisawa woke up and, disoriented and confused, fell from the ledge. The evidence he fell from there is the dust he has on his back, the same that Sherlock found on the ledge when she inspected the roof.

Also, it seems that Shibata found the vandal's piercing, and made some friends in the process.

With the picture of the piercing Sherlock and Wato investigate a few tattoo parlors until they find the right one: the owner says that piercing was made for a guy called Kijima, who worked recently for an art gallery in Ginza. So the vandal's name is Kijima and he was tasked to vandalize Sachiko by Yanagisawa.

That evening finds the two roommates enjoying a relaxed dinner at 221b, but it's more a banquet than a dinner, since Sherlock couldn't decide what to order and now they have food for at least 10 people.

But it doesn't matter, because discussing the case it's far more interesting than figuring out how they will manage to put all that stuff in their fridge. It's clear that the restorer, the art dealer and the collector are all involved in the case of the defaced painting. Buy why was Yanagisawa killed? Sherlock says they have to solve the Stradivarius mystery first. On the art dealer's desk there was a book about the famous Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari. And since Yanagisawa didn't deal in instruments and evidently he wasn't interested in music, it's probable that the book is linked to the case.

The chat is interrupted by some flamboyant guy, a Sherlock's acquaintance, who works for a museum and that lent his expertise to Sherlock in a case involving a fake Matisse. He visited to say hi, and he proceeds to tell about the case and the fact that fake paintings are really common. The man arrested for forgery had been a very capable restorer. At that point, Wato is certain she connected the dots.

We'll see she didn't connect shit. Bonus screencap for the absolutely dismayed face the guy made when he learned Sherlock and Wato aren't friends. I wonder why he was so scandalized.

The next day Sherlock and Wato burst in Kuwabata's laboratory, flamboyant guy in tow, while "Sachiko" is going to be given back to the museum director. Wato accuses Kuwabata of conspiring with Yanagisawa: the painting has been defaced so it could end in Kuwabata's hands and he could make a fake to return to Mrs. Maibara. Flamboyant guy examines "Sachiko" on Wato's request, but he says he's certain the painting is a Kishida original. But Sherlock noticed something: "Sachiko" and the beloved painting Takakura keeps in his office are exactly the same size. Wato doesn't understand, so Sherlock explains it in her inimitable way:

...and you're left with the unlikely truth. It's time to visit Mrs. Maibara and take a look at her husband's ledgers.

Hours later, Kuwabata brings Takakura a parcel of the exact size of "Sachiko". The restorer ask the collector to keep his promise to help him to become a famous artist and Takakura promises, but their meeting is crashed by Wato and Sherlock, who proceeds to explain what happened: Takakura is involved in the "Sachiko" scam, but he didn't want the painting, because he was interested in the frame. And the frame was made by...

The frame had been originally made by Stradivari for the ballerina painting Takakura keeps in his office. They had been separated for centuries and Takakura wanted nothing more than seeing them reunited.

But Mrs. Maibara didn't want to sell, so Yanagisawa used Kuwabata's skills to forge a new frame and get the original one for Takakura. Kuwabata killed Yanagisawa because the art dealer didn't want to keep his promise to help him becoming a real artist. Just like Takakura, who promised him a one-man exibition, but of course he lied.

Both Kuwabata and Takakura are arrested, and the frame is given back to its owner. A couple of days later, Mrs. Hatano brings Sherlock Mrs. Maibara's thanks and announces a surprising development:

But the painting won't be vandalized this time, because Mrs. Maibara decided to guard it herself, allowing herself to abandon the reclusive life she lead in the last years after her husband's death.

Meanwhile, Wato decided to visit doctor Irikawa to tell her about the mystery of Sachiko's mustache.

In the next episode Wato finds a job and somebody deceives her, Sherlock shows her disgust for loser men and somebody blackmails her, a genius doctor is kidnapped because somebody wants the data of his research, and evidence emerge that Sherlock mayyyyybeeee is beginning to care about Wato. Not much, just a little bit.

Episode 3 recap here