Young Miss Holmes Casebook 5-7

This is the final casebook for "Young Miss Holmes" and it is appropriately set up as a finale. Christie's parents are finally coming home. There is more original content here, such as backstory information for the Hope family and what Christie's father has been doing in India while his daughter solves cases in London.The author takes a different approach to each of these cases, which increases variety and furthers the original content instead of simply adding Christie's group to existing tales. For instance, the "the Dying Message" is framed as Christie relating the case to her grandmother. Holmes has already solved it and the grandmother wants to try solving it herself while spending an evening with Christie. "The Famous Trainer" has Christie and Holmes Working-The-Same-Case. She doesn't even know there is a case until a little ways in, being primarily interested in a suspicious canary seller who has started a trend among her fellow daughters of nobility. "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" is particular interesting. In this book, it is revealed to be an attempted assassination centered squarely on Christie, and is thus the most original of the entire series. It is also the least like a mystery and more like an action-y home-defense thing. It also introduces a foil for her. I wish I could see more those two working together.The art continues to be great. It is cute and does a good job of both setting the scene and building tension across the panels.I would like to continue reading with the "London Massive" sequel series but I can't find it in English (or at all, really).Trickster Eric Novels gives "Young Miss Holmes" an A+

I would have given this adorable manga five stars! BUT THE FONT SIZE IS TOO TINY!!! It’s physically uncomfortable to read! Dear Manga publishers, what good is adorable storytelling, and beautiful Artwork, if the size of the text is too minuscule to read???If you have bionic eyesight then purchase this manga. Otherwise, despite the adorable Victorian artwork, I regrettably must give this manga only two stars. And I waited a long time for this book, I had been so looking forward to it! By the way, the size of the book is a good feel. There are many positive aspects to this book. But you need extremely powerful eyesight!

Great story, this book in particular is pretty big compared to the other books in this series but when you think about it this book has more volumes.

I absolutely adore the heroine! And her maids kick butt! If you have a child/sibling I would recommend this as their first manga. It's a great way to learn more about Sherlock Holmes and the art style and content is mature but not too graphic.

This collection contains volumes 5-7 of Young Miss Holmes (as originally published).Series premise: Crystal "Christie" Margaret Hope is a ten year old with an array of knowledge far beyond her years, an insatiable curiosity, and an intellect on par with her famous uncle, Sherlock Holmes. With her parents away in India the Count's inquisitive daughter specializes in getting involved in her uncle's cases, whether he or the numerous maids and attendants trying to turn her into a "proper lady" like it or not.This final collection is a small departure from the previous as it features mostly original stories for Christie instead of classics of Holmes canon. Only the opening tale (The Solitary Cyclist) is a direct adaptation. The remaining tales are unique to Christie, but have a lot of appropriate homages to and elements from Conan Doyle's universe. They are:The Adventure of the Dying MessageThe Adventure of the Flying DancerThe Adventure of the Famous TrainerThe Adventure of the Giant Rat of SumatraThe change in direction allows Christie to be more central to the plots rather than added in, which is a good choice and allows for more development and nice moments. As usual Shintani lets the stories vary in length as appropriate (ranging from one to seven chapters here), although I did find the pacing a little slow this time. I like the idea of expanding into original adventures but while well built the mysteries aren't as strong, and a bit too straightforward. In fact the final tale (an interpretation of the "lost story" alluded to in Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire) is actually an action/adventure tale in total rather than a mystery. They're still good, but not quite as intriguing or compelling as the first four volumes.That's just my perspective though - the attention to detail and characters are as well done as ever so if the time period and characters are more of a draw for you than the mysteries add a star or so.As always I will warn that this is not for purists, as it features a ten year old equal to Holmes in intellect and takes "liberties" with the stories to fit her and her associates in. Certain elements will be much too over the top for some readers, such as Christie's maids' propensity for carried hidden firearms and other weapons, ten year olds as action heroes and Christie's friend's pet dodo (no, I'm not making up any of that).A slight step down for me to end Christie's story but overall this was a very fun series with nice twists on Conan Doyle's beloved detective stories. Recommended.