Audience reviews
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cevurn
Such a lovely story, the characters are sweet and amazingly written. I rewatch this anime at least once a year :)
Richard and Seigi are such a great duo, and their development in this series is so fun
If you were wondering about the BL undertones, your senses are correct and confirmed in the Jeweler Richard Novel series!!!
Highly recommend reading that as well, the story is so beautifully written and its great to see these characters become so important to eachother <3
I have been a longtime fan of all things Jeweler Richard related, and the novel was recently concluded!! hence my urge to write this review. the manga is also worth a read, its very nicely illustrated and hey, who wouldnt want more of Richard and Seigi ;)
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This one gives you all the warm fuzzies you would hope it would. It has such a welcoming storyline that pulls you in and makes you feel like you are on the receiving end of a lovely hug. It is soft, without being sappy or over the top. Just a gentle coming of age story.
It is sort of a slice of life, somewhere between shonen & shojo depending on how you look at it. I would argue that this is one that can be applicable to any audience but I am sure there is a soft spot in the queer community for it since it has a general air of acceptance and welcomeness.
It might be a bit boring for some (*cough* me) but it is genuinely such a sweet story.
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Story: 8
Character: 7
Enjoyment: 9
Overall: 8
I usually don't pay attention to music and typically don't have complaints about art unless it's noticeably bad.
I went into this show watching the first episode thinking it would be some cliche lighthearted episodic show that would bore me after a few episodes, so I wasn't sure if I was even going to watch past the first episode. In fact, I wasn't planning to watch this show at all before I realized that one of my friends had mentioned it in a school project, so I assumed it was probably good if she liked it that much. However, the second episode ended up auto-playing. Wow, was I was surprised when hit with Richard's words to Seigi regarding how he should treat the customers without prejudice or discrimination regardless of differences and t…
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For most of its runtime, this anime follows the formula of unrelated, one-episode long mini stories, which is where it excels, as they are all quite interesting, sweet and thoughtful, and sometimes handle surprisingly sensitive topics with a good amount of care.
Sadly, that all falls apart once the story tries to do more than that for the season finale, where for the final few interconnected episodes, all reason goes out the window, characters completely forget lessons they've already learnt in previous episodes, things just randomly happen against all odds over and over again, people just know things with no explanation whatsoever, and so on. It's a narrative mess that has no excuse for being this messy, because it doesn't feel rushed (it starts about 4 and a half episodes before the end…
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"Hidden gem". That's the word I would use to describe this anime. It had such a unique concept about gemstones that I haven't seen by far in any anime. This show had a chill vibe, but at the same, it had a great story, plot, and development. I really can't believe that this anime is not getting the recognition that it deserves, I had a great time watching this anime, I would really recommend it to anyone to watch this anime and I really hope that they make a season 2 of it, but that's really tough given the fact that it didn't get that much attention. I can just hope for the best.
Read at the sourceAnimeFangirl08
I finished watching Detective Richard yesterday. Date September 17, 2021.
The anime to me was a wonderful tv show to watch, and I kept wanting to finish it episode after episode never wanting to take a break!!! The important thing that I enjoyed was watching the relationship between the main characters. The main character met Richard and started to work for him, and during his time working and being around the shop he realized not only; customer's stories and their different obstacles in situations with their jewelry, but when dealing with customer's you have to be respectful and not to abruptly say whatever is on your mind that may hurt their feelings. Many times the main character had to learn that his words and actions were hurting others around him! Richard had to offer advice and let…
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This is going to be a short review so I won't go deeply into each category.
I think this is a good anime; it's not amazing but it's not awful. The art is beautiful, the story is kinda okay, the characters are all great, but what really messes things up for this anime is the pacing.
We start off really slow, almost boring, then in the middle things speed up and become intriguing, yet we go back to slow and normal at the end-- when the resolution of the climax has been done. The last two episodes feel extremely weird; the climax happened already, as did the resolution of the whole mystery, yet the story continues with plots that seem more like side character arcs that should've been put into the middle of the series, not at the end (or at least START those plots either in the beginning or…
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I had to write a review for this show just because of how underrated it is!
I finished watching this show over a year ago and pretty much as soon as I finished it, I missed watching it, hell I still do! I think someone else also mentioned this but this anime is just so soothing, the animation, the story, the whole atmosphere of the show is so calming yet interesting. As much as I want there to be more, I think the ending was really well done.
Overall the whole layout of the show itself was so well done, the beginning was interesting to captivate its audience, then the bulk of it falls into a rhythm of each encounter and story, then the ending wraps up nicely and gives us more info on our main characters.
Honestly, I can't recommend this anime enough, please go watch it!
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This is a good anime but some lgbt & yaoi lovers think that this is BL but i dont think this anime is BL.. i think it's normal if you say "you're handsome" to your friend and if you say love or like to your friend with same gender, it's also normal coz it shows that you are a very supportive person to your friend..
And also, seigi is still have interest with a girl and when richard know about that, richard support him and motivate him.. so it means that they are still normal and not a lgbt...
( sorry for my bad english )
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I went in with no expectations. It looked like a boring josei slice-of-life. It really grew on me. It's a slow burn in every aspect, from the narrative unraveling and the relationships.
What starts as a new customer visiting the shop each episode becomes an intricately connected web of relationships that add to the narrative.
It is very well written and ended very well.
I expected nothing out of Richard and Seigi. They start off as coworkers but then their bond develops naturally. Even the romance between Richard and Seigi was slow and didn't feel forced at all. It let the characters breathe.
There wasn't any love triangles.
Much better than Koikimo from this season. This really was a gem. It's a wholesome Josei/BL.
Best Josei I have seen.
Read at the sourceVii_ka
Amazing
Housekishou Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei is an adaptation of a light novel by Nanako Tsujimura,
This story is about a young collage student named Nakata Seigi, who believes in justice more then anyone else, who meets an incredibly handsome man named Richard Ranasinghe de Vulpian, A foreign jeweler who owns a jewelry shop named "Jewelry Etranger"
The art is not bad, we have some great characters too.
However although the story is amazing it is a bit slow, It might seem pretty dull. Keep in mind this is NOT BL ( If you want more of that BL experience kindly read the novel)
Overall I give this a 9
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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 in the end that doesn’t even matter as throughout the whole series, no one’s actions ever have any consequences.
Characters: The character writing overall seemed very stereotypical, esp…
Read at the sourceLeachieGekuu
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 myself actually remembering them a month after finishing the show. This really brought down the art score for me, and that plus the mediocre at best sound probably brought the show down from a seven to a six for me. The art was part…
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lying under the shade of a big tree just before noon, the wind gently blowing, birds chirping in the distance.... this is the sort of feeling i get when i watch this anime.
in a world filled with action-packed shounen anime, this anime felt like a savior, i agree with another reviewer on how healing it felt. truthfully i wasn't expecting much out of this anime; i stumbled upon the novel at my local bookstore and saw how beautiful the characters on the cover was. and then i saw who the voice actors were and thought, heck, i'll watch it since i'm such a fan of Sakurai-san and Yuuma-san
the plot/story itself isn't really that special, i felt the anime's strength was in the ambience it created throughout the series. i'm kinda surprised i'm scoring it this highly.
i hope i get to watch more…
Read at the sourceNeiShiro
I LOVED IT.
It's refreshing, lite and nice anime to watch.
You can learn something about jewels too.
It has some funny scenes and some serious scenes.
Every case is interesting to watch and I would RECOMMEND it to everyone. It is slow peace and it doesn't have action scenes or anything like that. It's simple, it's about life and emotions.
It is not BL, even though they are very close and often express their affection towards each other (I like you, you are very beautiful etc.).
It's kind of friendship - platonic love maybe relationship.
The character design is so pretty and even the story is about how pretty Richard is in a way.
Read at the sourceAnimeIgnis
It is a 2020 anime from shuka. Mainly he talks about meeting Seigi, a student studying at university, and Richard, a foreign jeweler. After meeting, Seigi asks Richard for help in identifying the provenance of a ring, received after his grandmother's death. It turns out that the ring was stolen by her grandmother herself. Together they manage to find the real owner of the ring. The situation, however, turns unexpectedly to the best, and Seigi, with his benevolent action, receives forgiveness from the victim, allowing his grandmother to rest in peace. Seigi, having been interested in both his work in particular the stones concerned and his method of investigation, will cooperate with him as an aide. On many occasions, however, he will not only see Richard identifying stones but will resolve…
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The story wasn't that entertaining, but it was okay. It felt kind of bland, and the pacing was quite slow. Some episodes were enjoyable, but most of them were a bit meh. Most of the time, I didn't feel the connection between the jewelry/gemstone to the story of the owner. Honestly, it made me question sometimes why most of them told their problem to Richard. He's a jeweler and not a detective or a psychiatrist. Also, I feel that most of them could have solved their issues on their own.
I liked seeing the jewelry and the gemstones because they were pretty, but I wasn't interested much about their background.
In terms of art, it was beautiful. However, there were times where it became inconsistent, especially with the drawing of the characters. There are times where Richard didn't look th…
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I can't remember how I stumbled upon this, but I'm glad I did and came in without any expectations.
For the majority of the series, the episodes centre on the stories behind the patrons of the jeweller Richard, one of the main characters, each being simple yet very human and heartwarming as they explore the theme of love, relationships, and even on one occasion self-worth. Each episode is named after a jewel that brings these characters together and reflects the characters' personalities and stories. The focus then shifts from these seemingly independent stories to the two main characters, the other being Seigi, their backgrounds and more importantly, their ambiguous relationship.
I've seen a handful of comments and reviews on the topic of queer-baiting. Having read some thoughts from f…
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I don't usually write reviews but I have to make an exception for this one. It's been a long time since I've watched an anime that has such a soothing, aesthetic vibe to it; the last one was probably Tsurune. As far as slice of life goes, it really doesn't get more true to the genre than this.
The art and animation is as soothing and calming as the music - the ED is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard lately, and I haven't skipped either the OP or the ED even once. The voice acting is perfectly done, but then I wouldn't really expect anything less of seiyuus like Uchida Yuuma and Sakurai Takahiro. The story is the highlight of the anime, according to me, and I was really intrigued by Richard's past till the unraveling and final reveal. Seigi's character is easier to understand tho…
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2020 winter seasonal anime, The Case Files of Jeweler Richard is surprisingly calm. The review will cover why I rated each category as I rated.
The first half of the show was episodic, but I was delighted how some characters came back in later episodes. The second half actually buildup the main plot and fleshed out the characters more.
The art is soft and calming. Seigi and Richard were drawn nicely (Richard specifically). Nothing too special stuck to me. The backgrounds were alright.
The sounds also didn't affect my enjoyment though the voice actor choices were chosen wisely.
Characters were nicely done. Seigi was basic enough to understand, but Richard is not fleshed out until halfway through the show. Hate the slow unravel of Richard's past and the ending wasn't satisfying.
Overall…
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