Aristocrat Sherliam for the love of the game...

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Aristocrat Sherliam for the love of the game...
I was rewatching 'Study in S' and realised that Sherlock's pistol was new at that point in the story, which is beautiful on both plot and metaphorical levels, so it inspired me to write an overall analysis of the pistol's role in manga and adaptations!
Pistols in Moriarty the Patriot — props for villainy
A pistol has several meanings in mtp, and I will discuss all of the potential readings, case by case. However, one stays true: a gun is nearly always a prop for villainy, not a tool. What I mean by it is:
We barely see actual gun killings in the series – the only exception being Milverton’s death;
Guns are a part of the characters' image whenever they are supposed to be a villain, as if props help to identify their role in the story.
For example, Liam is holding a gun on the cover of the first volume because he plays the role of villain for us, for the Londoners, for Sherlock. However, is he a true villain in nature – an evil person with bad intentions? A gun can point to someone who takes on the role of the villain, but barely to an actual vicious person.
Morimyu cast is also the best.
Just sitting here, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, thinking about the fact that Sherlock was probably compared to Orpheus by William because he, too, was not allowed to look upon the true William before the end of The Final Problem.
Sherlock’s first true glimpse of William’s secret identity— as the LOC— was predestined by William himself to be the moment Sherlock would lose him forever, to death. Just like when Orpheus looked upon Eurydice and in doing so, sealed their parting forever.
However, William’s fatal miscalculation here was in what he believed Sherlock would see when he finally was given the entire image of William. He did not see the cold-blooded killer that William had perhaps hoped, but instead, he saw the good of William’s heart.
I actually adore how much more tragic Reprise made William with the addition of this song. The glimpse into how he truly sees himself and how, even at this moment of the story, he has written his own end is really devastating.
Tadasuke-san and Nishimori-san, I am once again 👏👏👏 so, so grateful that Morimyu exists.
I don't remember if I already said that but Morimyu Irene Adler is so so SO gorgeous
A selection of my favourite Morimyu Sherliam motifs
I watched most of Morimyu/Morimu for the first time about a month ago, and this version of Sherliam is probably close to my favourite representation of their dynamic (closely tied by the manga) because there's so many aspects that the musicals strengthens and deepens their relationship- especially with instrumental and lyrical motifs, so here's some of my favourites (mostly lyrical motifs):
[A lot of my lyric translations will be based off of @morimyulyrics and their translations]
- Sherlock the Violinist and William the Pianist -> So in Morimyu, most of the live music is done by two instruments - Piano and Violin. The Piano is almost a constant; it soundtracks the majority of scenes, especially when William and his allies are on stage. The violinist is only on stage and plays for Sherlock and his allies. The piano represents William - his control over the stage and narrative as the Lord of Crime. The violin represents Sherlock; largely because he's a violinist himself (as there are a few tracks where he mimics playing violin as the sound comes from the stage violinist). When they play in tandem, usually reserved just for Sherliam scenes, they merge very well and it's quite beautiful. William also controls the ends of musical pieces on occasion (see this post where I talk about this a little bit more).
- 'Catch me if you can' -> the classic line is turned into a song! The verse reads "Catch me if you can, Mr Holmes. If you can, go ahead and try, Mr Holmes." The concept of William being 'caught'/Sherlock 'catching' William comes up many many times as it did in the manga, but turning it into a song (and a reoccurring motif) feels very poignant and more emotionally driven.
- 'I hope'/'I will' -> this is the title of Op2's closing number, as well as seperate songs in Op4, and comes up a lot.
The 'I hope' side of the Op2 closer is William's desire for Sherlock to catch him - "Catch me if you can, Catch me, you can do it" - which expands upon the 'catch me if you can' theme to be more of a desire. The 'I will' of that same number is Sherlock's side, his commitment to apprehending the Lord of Crime (LOC) - "I will catch you, I will expose you, past all of the illusions" - and ultimately they (William and Sherlock will meet "at the end of this mystery."
Then in Op4 there's two pairs of tracks that express the same sentiment: the first sets up their desires and then the second shows a stronger desperation for them. Sherlock's first track 'I will' talks about him sticking with what he believes in and where his heart takes him in order to catch the Lord of Crime, no matter how "dark the fields" or "high a tower I must climb" (cheeky Tower Bridge reference maybe?). That "I will definitely catch you, with my own hands" is his dedication to unraveling the mystery and finding the Lord of Crime. William's first track 'I hope' is his desire to, when he lets his life go, have Sherlock by his side. The hope that he can get one wish, and that wish is for Sherlock to "catch my wicked soul". To him Sherlock is the "protagonist of the play I write, the light shining... and this light is too bright for me" - aka he thinks he is not worthy of it but he hopes Sherlock can catch him anyway.
William's second song 'On this path' is a much darker and depressive view, one where he essentially begs for it to be Sherlock who will kill him - "My heart silently hopes, please, at the end of all this. Sherlock, you'll be the one to do it. Extinguish the fire of my cursed soul... with your own hands, Sherlock". He thinks he is truly beyond saving ("I can't ask for salvation, nor forgiveness"), or being truly 'caught', with allusions to a 'cancer' grown on his heart and the 'scent of blood' on his fingers and his 'filthy body' showing him seeing himself as fully corrupted. There's that finest glimmer of 'hope', but it's now twisted to be about death. Meanwhile, Sherlock is dealing with the guilt of Milverton's murder but still thinking of William - "I know sinners do not deserve their wishes to be granted, yet this desire won't fade. Liam, I.. to you..". Sherlock still wishes to catch William (now that he knows he's the LOC), to "uncover everything about this most amazing mystery... stand in the same field and see the same things as you..". His more desperate wish, that he feels he doesn't deserve, is to fully understand William.
- "With your/my own hands" -> referenced in Op4's 'I will' and 'On this path' as shown above. Their mutual desire for the chase to end with them confronting each other, using their hands to catch (as Sherlock wants) or kill (and William wants towards the end).
- Rondo -> A type of composition, utilised by name in the song 'Swirling Rondo' (Op3) - where Sherlock likens his chase of the Lord of Crime to a dance where he does not know his dance partner by name, and the composition and moves of the routine are dictated for him. All he can do is follow in the steps he thinks the Lord of Crime wants him to do, simply "riding the rhythm of the rondo". With the Lord of Crime always disappearing no matter how he chases. William's side of the number also echoes my favourite recurring motif, as explained below. But they agree that they wish to find each other at the end of it all. Also the composition itself in this scene does actually feel like it's spinning, just as the characters are on stage (switching positions from stage front and stage back in a circle). Very smartly done scene.
- The wind blows -> whilst there are references in the reprises of Op1 and 2, the original utilisation of this motif comes from Op3's William solo 'In the isolated room'. Here William likens his heart to a frozen lonely room, where no warmth or movement can reach. But at some point, a breeze makes its way in - "A warm quiet wind caresses my cheek", makes his hair sway, moves his heart. Even lets him hope that "Perhaps even God will allow me this" - perhaps he can hope to have but one moment of peace. And he knows the source, as he says in the song, but he only expresses that fact that Sherlock is the breeze in the song 'Swirling Rondo'. The phrase 'The Wind Blows' reoccurs in a few different songs, including but not limited to: 'Holding my heart' (op3), 'I Hope' (op4), and 'William & Sherlock' (op5)! This is such a beautiful motif in my opinion because it really strengthens how much Sherlock means to him.
- Hearts -> a lot of Sherliam's lyrics make direct references to the concept of their hearts: as an example of how they are affected by each other. Such as 'Swirling Rondo' having lines about the "rondo of our hearts," Sherlock's second solo from Op4 taking about how "I'll reach your heart" in reference to William, or William referring to himself as a "demon with a broken heart" in 'William & Sherlock', as well as the metaphor of the frozen heart in 'In the isolated room'. Not comprehensively covered by any means, because there's many instances of this.
- Orpheus and Eurydice -> Whilst I haven't seen Op2 reprise, I am aware of a new song that was added into that production during the two detectives arc through lyric translations by 'IHopeIWill13'. Not only do they both utilise the 'the wind blows' line, and reference the warming of hearts, BUT they also reference the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. I understand this reference more now because I listened to the Hadestown soundtrack, but essentially this greek myth revolves around a musician falling for a beautiful woman (I think she's a Nymph, although research is unclear) who tragically dies, and he makes the journey down to hell to see her again and plays a song so beautiful it inspires compassion in Hades, who lets them try to escape the realm on one condition - Orpheus cannot look back at Eurydice, or she is doomed to die. William's line "You are like Orpheus, showering a beautiful melody into my universe of scattered numbers" and Sherlock's line is "You are like a nymph, drifting deep within the forest of mysteries, toying with me." Now, Orpheus' song in his grief was told to have moved everything, living or not, in the world - that's the kind of power William associates Sherlock with, which is crazy; also note how both of them talk in a specific relation to themselves - "my universe", "toying with me" - it's symbolism related entirely to their own feelings rather than outside symbolism. It's personal. Also in a sort of foreshadowing; as Orpheus, Sherlock is not able to truly look upon William (to fully understand him) until the Final Problem (where William is supposedly doomed to die), much like Eurydice.
[This is also not comprehensive coverage of all the motifs between them, but just a few I like the most. I really need to watch the reprises because I've heard there's some great fibonacci symbolism in Op1 reprise which interests me. Apologises if these explanations are confusing, it's hard to work with PLUS I started this a month ago and only just added a few other points.]
EDIT: If you see this post first, this is update of 2025, because Zaiko no longer works, here you can see probably more info about adding subs etc, but Morimu is no on Theater Complex and here is info: https://www.tumblr.com/karereiko/774930891629789184/theater-complex-town-platform-specifically-for
Hello, everyone from Yuumori fandom.
Guess what, because of Concert that will be held in July all parts of Moriarty the Patriot Musical (op1-op5) are available to rent and watch online. With my Morimu fanarts or other talks about it I often get asked where you can watch it, often my answer is that you have to buy DVD or Bluray to watch this wonderful adaptation of Moriarty the Patriot manga. I know it's a big cost and hard to get for some so Streaming like this is a great opportunity to watch Morimu.
Official twitter posted few days ago about this possibility and here is the post with all information about it:
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1600 yen is great amount to check if you will like it and wach it because I think it's worth any money, director who made morimu clearly loves manga, he treats source material with care and even makes it batter at some times, there is also a lot less cuts than in anime, like a lot. May be little spoiler or not, but Baskerville arc is there and Durham date too, as well as many Sherlock and John stuff that was cut in anime, some things from Moran arc etc. this is already big selling factor, right?
Actors are amazing and they love and care for characters they play. I wasn't into any actor adaptations before Morimu, I was ok with musicals but not caring too much about them and Morimu sold me since first part and it only got better and better each part even if you think that's not possible. Songs are there to make emotions and moments deeper or to have real fun with plot they show, they are not there just for song to be there. So yes high recommendation for you all to check Morimu if you didn't saw it yet. The most amazing thing is that you don't need VPN to buy those streams.
I was going to write about this few days ago and was busy, good I didn't because I talked with friends in Yuumori fandom who knows morimu and we were troubled to recommend this stream to people who doesn't understand Japanese. Morimu is faithful adaptation so almost like 70% lines comes from manga and you should understand what's going on if you read manga. Still, with subs it's a lot easier.
Kana did amazing job in creating English translation for Morimu Op1-Op4 at this point, all who bought DVD/Bluray versions of Morimu are using those subs and if you decide to buy own copy after seeing stream then those subs works great with DVD/Bluray versions.
So we talked over the stream matter and from what we checked with this plugin to Chrome it's possible to play subs with Morimu stream after you rent it (It works only with Chrome but if you know other program like this you can try it on different browsers, we only checked Chrome and this plugin) :
Add captions to any video or movie on Netflix, Youtube or other platforms.
The only matter is that Kana saved subtitles in .ass file format, but you can easily format them to .srt file format that this plugin plays with this site:
This tool converts subtitles to srt. It supports most subtitle formats including ass to srt, ssa to srt, webvtt to srt, and smi to srt.
You just open subtitle file and save it as srt, and open it with plugin to your Morimu stream. If you will have any more problems with subs them write me a message and I will try to help as soon as work let's me. PS. If you have problem with loading subs with plugin please rename files so they doesn't have special letter or dot, rename it like Op1.srt or something simple.
I think this is the easiest option that creators gave us now to watch Morimu, it was never so easy to buy or rent it until now, you had to use crazy VPN programs and other stuff to just check on it. So this is best option since for sure it won't last forever. Such promotional streamings are only around when new part is coming up, currently Concert I mentioned.
So for other things I wanna to say. If you get your copy of Morimu then please don't share it, don't post it to any social sites. Company that makes Morimu is quite strict with that matter and they do search who uploads those musicals and strikes them down/ deletes files even on places like google drive. Even without it, it's a matter of love for Moriarty the patriot. As much as fandom wants more people to watch those musicals, any piracy might destroy our chances to get Op6, possibilities for future streams and other stuff. Currently with Op5 we reached end of Final Problem arc and there is hope that maybe one day New York arc will be done in op6. Any piracy, sharing and messy stuff might destroy such chance, so please if you hold dear MTP then respect those rules. Watching streams with your friends in closed groups after you buy it isn't bad but please hold from any public sharing (they would be taken down anyway, but it would still put us fans in very bad light).
I know end of this post was not nice but it had to be told. I hope this possibility will help you see Morimu and fall in love with it like I did. I would recommend at least seeing OP1 and OP2, it should hook you and OP3 is where everything hits even more than op1-2, more hits from songs, more hits from sherliam stuff.
Hope to see you in Morimu cult :D... ehem... fandom. May you have "wind" (for some Great Detective) in your heart like William....
Day 7 - Free day
MoriMyu Sherliam chibis (bkg found in internet)
My first SherliamWeek is successfully completed! I had so much fun,saw many beautiful arts, I’m happy. Thank you all!
Also - those attending MoriMyu on July 4th, I’ll have freebies for you! Stickers, postcard, badge & lens fiber (with Moriarty gang and Holmes gang). Please approach me, I’ll be wearing a William inspired outfit and I’m looking forward to meeting fellow YuuMori fans there!