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FIRST IMPRESSION:KYOTO TERAMACHI SANJOU NO HOLMES

Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes is a mystery anime from studio Seven . It has two main protagonists ,  Mashiro Aoi , a highschool student and Yagashira Kiyotaka , who is known as the Holmes at Teramachi Sanjou , hence the title. Both of them work at an antique shop and solve odd cases brought to them by various clients. 

I went into the first episode not expecting much from the show and I don't know that if it was due to my low expectations but I found the episode to be pretty decent. It was far from perfect but I can't say that it was bad either. The show seems to be going with a pretty simple mystery plot where two people work together to solve impossible looking cases , kind of like Gosick did . Now , it is nowhere near how good Gosick was , one of the major reasons for that is that some of the deductions in this episode just did not feel genuine at all and that is a major area where the show needs to improve in the future episodes. Another area where the show was inconsistent were the animations , I noticed  multiple places where the animation just felt wonky , just look at the video below where Holmes-san is turning like a stupid mechanical doll.

The voice acting was pretty good but the writing could have been better. Well , the things that  shows like this rely heavily on are firstly , the story , if the mystery is not immersive enough then what's the point of even watching the show. Secondly ,  the interactions between the two protagonists , as these interactions form a bulk of the dialogues and need to be written well. The question that now arises is that , if I did not like anything then why did I think that the show is decent and not garbage. That is because the show works , other than a few minor problems the first episode was fine and all the areas where it is average can be easily covered up by some good mystery plotlines. So all I am hoping for is the story to be engaging and if it is , the show can really become a good one. I suggest to give this a total of three episodes , if it fails to impress , just drop it.

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