Holmes of Kyoto
novel series by Mai Mochizuki
Holmes of Kyoto (Japanese: 京都寺町三条のホームズ, Hepburn: Kyōto Teramachi Sanjō no Hōmuzu) is a Japanese mystery novel series written by Mai Mochizuki and illustrated by Shizu Yamauchi. Futabasha have published twenty-four volumes since April 2015. A manga adaptation with art by Ichiha Akizuki has been serialized in Futabasha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Action from December 2017 to February 2024, later transferring to Web Action. It was collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Seven aired from July 9 to September 24, 2018, on TV Tokyo.
Synopsis
In Kyoto's Teramachi Sanjou shopping district, there is an antique selling and government-licensed appraisal shop named "Kura". High school girl Aoi Mashiro unexpectedly runs into Kiyotaka Yagashira, the grandson of the shop's owner, and ends up working part-time at the shop. Kiyotaka is called the "Holmes of Teramachi Sanjou", and he and Aoi solve odd cases connected with artwork or antiques brought to them by various clients.
Characters
Kiyotaka Yagashira (家頭 清貴, Yagashira Kiyotaka)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa
Kiyotaka is a 22-year-old graduate student at Kyoto University and an apprentice at his family's antique shop "Kura". He is handsome and seems very gentle, but he is strict with himself and those around him.
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