History Manga / MoriartyThePatriot

* BloodBrothers: The Moriarty crew has all sworn loyalty to William and offered him their lives, titles, and any resources at their disposal (especially their lives, as that's what he tends to ask for in "payment" for his help). Moran and William even exchanged {{Friendship Trinket}}s to represent their bond, and many years later, William still carries it around and even asks for it back--and Moran's only comment is that he could offer William something even more useful than a symbol. William refers to their vows of loyalty when discussing how best to organize a functional organization--loyalty like those his companions swore to him is rare and difficult to find.

* TokenGoodCop: Lestrade is featured as an innately good cop genuinely trying to help people and unable to really handle the discovery that Scotland Yard is hopelessly corrupt. His friend Patterson was so jaded by the corruption at Scotland Yard that he works for ''Professor Moriarty'' as his mole to keep the police in line.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Subverted. William would very much like to die for his actions, but Sherlock calls him out on trying to run away from what he's done by dying, that his death with fix nothing, and he has to live on to atone. Even Albert winds up in jail instead of at an execution.]]

* FoeRomanceSubtext: William and Sherlock are on nominally opposite sides of the criminal/detective match up for much of the series. Despite this, Sherlock talks about a RedStringOfFate tying him to William repeatedly, is unabashedly excited every time he sees William, and is fixated on saving him from himself. William hopes to be reincarnated with Sherlock to be with him in another life, desires to throw his entire plan to spend more time with Sherlock, requests to die with Sherlock alone at his side, and thinks of Sherlock as a warm breeze in a cold and lonely room he's trapped in--he even compares meeting Sherlock to a [[FlamesOfLove fire being lit in his dark, cold, empty life]]. By ''The Final Problem'' arc, the "enemies" facade is almost entirely gone, with other characters acknowledging their bond. Even Louis, who has a well known dislike for Sherlock, admits that [[spoiler:only Sherlock can save William]]. [[spoiler:Then Sherlock catches William in his arms and cradles him protectively surrounded by [[CherryBlossoms cherry blossom]] imagery. After that, in Sherlock agrees to work with Billy to provide William's medical care and stays vigilant at William's bedside, after which they move into together and [[CurtainFic discuss buying curtains together]]. When [[ShipperOnDeck Billy]]] calls their promise [[spoiler: to live their lives together]] their wedding vows, neither seems put off in any way. With their constant devotion to each other, it gets harder and harder as the series goes on to see their professed "dear friendship" as JustFriends.

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* CunningPeoplePlayPoker: Clever, cunning William James Moriarty is seen playing poker with Moran--and winning flawlessly against him even as a child to win Moran's backstory from him. In fact, there's even a light novel story that features William cheating someone else at poker because Moran was cheated by him.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The manga is full of already-translated English titles, as well of a handful of lines written in English, newspapers, and letters, as well as promotional text in the manga magazine. As most of the characters are British and the series is set in Britain, it can be assumed they are meant to be speaking English anyway, but the English is quite accurate from Japanese creators nonetheless.

* InexplicableCorneredEscape: In ''The Riot in New Scotland Yard'', Bond is hiding in the secret file room with the evidence he needs while Sherlock--who will certainly recognize him despite his transition--approaches the room to find the same evidence. Then Inspector Lestrade causes a ruckus trying to break into the room for Sherlock and his detainment ushers everyone away so Bond can leave safely.

* InexplicableCornedEscape: In ''The Riot in New Scotland Yard'', Bond is hiding in the secret file room with the evidence he needs while Sherlock--who will certainly recognize him despite his transition--approaches the room to find the same evidence. Then Inspector Lestrade causes a ruckus trying to break into the room for Sherlock and his detainment ushers everyone away so Bond can leave safely.

* ScrubbingOffTheTrauma: In ''The Final Problem'', William mentions that his hands have seemed covered with blood since his first murder and that he never intended for them to get this stained, but he cannot wash it out. During his murder spree just afterward, he's shown staring at his hands morosely as he washes them in a well.

* ScrubbingOutTheTrauma: In ''The Final Problem'', William mentions that his hands have seemed covered with blood since his first murder and that he never intended for them to get this stained, but he cannot wash it out. During his murder spree just afterward, he's shown staring at his hands morosely as he washes them in a well.