Anachronisms are annoying
So first and foremost I really do love Yuukoku no Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot).
But omg sometimes there are small details that really. wind. me. up.
Like the police hats. In the anime at least, all of them have E R on the insignia. E R stands for Elizabeth Regina. Moriarty is set in the reign of Victoria. No E R hats in the 19th century. I'm not 100% on the hats, period. But certainly none with E R on the front.
Probably the most annoying twitch for me however so far is in the manga - the Moriarty family's tea party. In which a bunch of unchaperoned Victorian women showed up at the Moriarty mansion, started flirting shamelessly with the Moriarty boys and their coterie (who are pretending to be servants)...and acting like a bunch of 21st century fangirls as per idol culture in Japan.
...In the 19th century that's just a nope. On all levels. It doesn't matter how attractive the gardener/butler etc is. It's just a nope. The story is all. about. how divided the strata of society are and how disinterested the rich are in the poor. So obviously it's jarring (and blatant fanservice) that these women are apparently willing to throw themselves at people they believe to be servants.
This is all assuming the obvious fact that such obvious flirting would have been considered shameful behaviour for a woman in the 19th century.
The fact that Louis (as the 'adopted orphan child survivor) is often cast in a butler/inferior status role to Albert and William (who is pretending to be the actual William) also seems to jar with this so badly.
So yeah. I'm glad they didn't animate that chapter. It's a complete nope from start to finish.
Also, no way is William going to have £600 at his disposal (or more) from doing odd jobs from people whose annual income probably is less than £100. In modern money we're talking around £36k ($46k). Not exactly something that can be earned in a few months from people living on the breadline, no matter how smart he is. It's the kind of money that would have bought a house, or paid for Louis's surgery outright. It's not pocket change.
