Anyway, the second season of this alternate take on Moriarty is silly. That's the best way to describe it. There's a part a few episodes in where a character takes on a new name, and the reveal was SO insanely goofy I couldn't take anything seriously from that point on. The show is fujobait with some recognizable names that draw on a few of the better-known Conan Doyle novels and general English media.
It's shocking how high the average score is on this site, because nothing really stands out as being all that good. One of the music stingers (think it gets used about 4 times across 24 episodes - you'll know the one, it plays in episode 1 of the first season) is incredible, but the story and characters are pretty average. Robin Hood and his best friend who doesn't even really act all that much like Sherlock Holmes. Watson could be replaced by a cardboard cutout. Moran and the rest of the Moriarty gang are absurdly bland. But they're all hot dudes, which caters to what I assume is the audience.
The core plan is well-meaning, but the execution is dumb and the portrayal of all the aristocrats as total assholes just makes me roll my eyes. The teenage crowd will think it's some kind of awesome take on class revolution, but it's not. It's hamhanded. I think people are so starved for something Death Note/Code Geass-esque that they see this series with elements of what made those great and they jump on it. Underserved genre, basically. Same reason why garbage like Anohana or Clannad get rated so highly; anime fans are starved for certain types of stories and they will accept and praise mediocrity if it means they get what they want.
I rated this a 7/10 because I thought it was genuinely amusing. There are moments that are so silly I would feel bad rating it any lower. The audacity is respectable. But it's not very good.
