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Moriarty the Patriot Part 2
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Moriarty the Patriot Part 2

Yuukoku no Moriarty Part 2 · 憂国のモリアーティ · 2021

Moriarty's crusade against the aristocracy escalates.

StatusFinished Airing SeasonSpring 2021 StudioProduction I.G SourceManga
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William James Moriarty continues his campaign to dismantle Britain's rigid class system by removing its most corrupt aristocrats, an operation requiring elaborate planning and absolute moral commitment to methods he knows damn him. This part brings Sherlock Holmes properly into his orbit, turning the pair into intellectual counterparts circling the same crimes from opposite ends. The story treats Moriarty as a genuine idealist whose crimes serve a coherent political vision, which makes the eventual confrontation between the two men considerably more complicated than a straightforward hero-and-villain arrangement.

⚠ Background — may contain spoilers
Adapted from Ryosuke Takeuchi and Hikaru Miyoshi's manga by Production I.G, Moriarty the Patriot reimagines Arthur Conan Doyle's arch-villain as a revolutionary responding to genuine Victorian class inequality. Its inversion of the Holmes mythology, casting Moriarty as protagonist and treating his crimes as political action, gave the series a distinctive hook that earned it a strong following. The show's stylish presentation and its engagement with real historical inequities have made it one of the more interesting recent additions to the vast body of Holmes adaptations.
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