Housekishou Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei

Possessing a deep knowledge of mineralogy, Richard Ranashinha de Vulpian is a young and handsome British jewelry appraiser who owns a small shop in Japan. One fateful night, Seigi Nakata, a righteous college student, saves him from drunks who were harassing him due to his good looks. Upon learning of Richard's identity, Seigi hires him to appraise a pink sapphire ring that was left behind by his deceased grandmother.

Before long, Seigi becomes a trusted part-timer at Richard's shop. Together, the duo solve various jewel-related requests from diverse clients of different backgrounds. Step by step, they unravel the hidden motives and feelings that lie within the gems in order to understand and empathize with the little stories behind each piece of jewelry.

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de Vulpian, Richard Ranashinha

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Sakurai, Takahiro
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Nakata, Seigi

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Uchida, Yuuma
Japanese

Tanimoto, Shouko

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Hanazawa, Kana
Japanese

Yasaka, Hajime

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Tamura, Mutsumi
Japanese

Claremont, Henry

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Kaji, Yuuki
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Hata, Toshiko

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Kanou, Chiaki
Japanese

Hase, Keigo

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Takeuchi, Eiji
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Okita, Ayumi

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Yuasa, Kaede
Japanese

Miki

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Toujou, Hisako
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Claremont, Jeffrey

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Matsukaze, Masaya
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Oowada, Tomoyuki

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Kananiwa, Kozue

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Watase, Shouta

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Okamura, Takema

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"Houseki no Umareru toki (宝石の生まれるとき)" by Nagi Yanagi

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"Only for you" by Da-iCE

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Feb 27, 2024

build-a-buta

Recommended

Housekishou Richard's biggest asset is its novelty, which it wields very well. It falls off towards the end, but a bit more on that below.

Story: First, this anime is more a slice-of-life than mystery, and should be treated as such. Each episode is warm and more serves to expand the audience's perception of people and what's possible than to get them to unravel a big, complicated plan. And because it's more of a slice-of-life, the stories depicted are fresh and unexpected, and take a vastly more liberal tone with the characters than many of its conservative peers in the same genre. To which, it ... should be noted that included in that liberalism is a "take-it-however-you-like" approach, adding enough scenes to nudge you into thinking about a possibly queerplatonic relationship between the main characters. As this is an underlying, building theme, it can be uncomfortable for viewers who are not prepared for/interested in it.

My biggest complaint is--as it seems to be the case with many animes--towards the last few episodes. There's a great build-up near the end, leaving the remaining unrelated episodes to fall a little flat. It's greatest/most involved plot was unfortunately a little contrived, but more spoke towards a situation than, again, a complicated or even compelling story.

Animation: Lackluster. Not a complete eyesore, but not stellar, either. That does include Richard, the most "eye-catching" person in the series. I do like the look of the gems, but it clashes with the mundane animation in the series.

Sound: Unremarkable, sans Sakurai. Next.

Characters: Richard steals the show for me, and my love for him carried me all the way to episode 11. He's full of contrasts and telltale quirks, and that's what makes him stand out. He also balances out very well with Seigi, who...has all of the altruistic recklessness of Watanuki Kimihiro and only 50% of his success. I found myself with a bad case of Second Hand Embarrassment with some of Seigi's actions, but somehow, the duo manages to pull through to the end. Unfortunately, other to tell a story or prove a point, most of the side characters have a one-dimensional purpose, and we don't see them more than once or twice. To varying degrees, Seigi, Richard, and Tanimoto endure development over the 12 episodes.

Conclusion: It's a quick, soft, novel, and digestible watch (see: slice-of-life). Its background liberalism caters well to those who like a little fanservice and nuance, but is still conservative enough to check a few boxes...although that does get muddy later on, especially with its implications. It tries to strive for a little of everything (Drama, Romance, Mystery (???), etc.) but doesn't quite pull off anything fully. As a result, you might watch it once, but chances are, you might not be interested enough to watch it twice.

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Dec 8, 2020

LeachieGekuu

Mixed Feelings

I'm not really sure how to feel about this show. on one hand, I enjoyed watching it and I was never particularly bored or felt like I should drop it. On the other hand, it doesn't really seem to have many redeeming qualities that make it worth watching. The story was good for the most part. I enjoyed the representation of many different types of people with their own types of problems and the gem lore. But I never felt like the side characters were more than just their surface problems and identities. design-wise none of them really stood out to me. I can't see ...

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Jan 2, 2021

terriblegeometro

Not Recommended

This was almost painful to watch.
While the premise of the series was actually kind of interesting, the story and characters were handled very poorly and the series was overall a great disappointment.

Plot: I feel like its a bit of a reach to say this show is a “Mystery” when most of the mysteries they encountered felt like family therapy sessions and were solved by the characters just speaking together.

After a while the plot suddenly takes on a more dramatic route involving crazy family drama and a bunch of very stereotypical “I’ll disappear from your life forever and its better this way” lines, but ...

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