#seigi x richard

[withoutzeuzey]

some etra sketches cuz i love them and i couldnt stop drawing richard for these two days

[sweet4nothing]

For anyone who’s ever read the Case Files of Jeweler Richard light novels, I have questions lol.

Is the light novel series done? I know there are ten novels out there but I think the last one was published 2020?

Second…do we ever get a clearer image of what’s going on with Seigi and Richard? lol

I see people talk about it but never outright say anything and some seem excited and some don’t. Anyone kind enough to clarify that mystery? I’ve always just been genuinely curious about where the author was going with their friendship.

[pbjelly90art]

A couple more for the series! These are the last ones I've drawn for now, but I'm considering adding some more portraits later on. Here we have Richard with forget-me-nots and royal milk tea, and Seigi with tulips and Richard's beloved pudding. 💕

There likely will be a return to OC art for some of the next drawings I post, but I really had fun working on this fanart series so far, so there may be a bit more fanart sprinkled here and there. :) Other characters I'm considering for portraits include: Catherine, Hiromi, Saul, Chieko, and a couple others later on down the line.

Thanks to all who have supported this series and shared/liked it so far!

[mybirthstoneisemerald]

Wdym this art prompt is months ago??

[mushi-shield]

[quequesia]

Why didn’t I discover it before ?! 🥰 I just had an absolute feeling about Housekisho Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei 😍 Of course, BL is never far away ☺️

[alivingfreak]

Good morning/afternoon/ evening ladies and gentlemens, queers and peers.

-----> This is all my current fandom:

-Onmyoji (2023 Anime) 🍶🍃 @seimasa-cursec4lledluv

-Good omens 😇😈

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-Cupheads 😈🎲

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-Batman and joker 🦇🃏

@u-completesmebatjokes

-The case files of jeweler Richard (Seigi x Richard) 💍💎

@rxsmyonlyjewel

-Sherlock and John ( 2 dumbass) 🔎🩸

-Deadpool and Wolverine 💛❤️

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-Loki x Mobius ⏳😈

@lokiusremains4ever

Thanks!

Yours truly & one and only,

A livin' freak~~

[browngurl99]

They lost Focus and had a consensual workplace relationship

@mybirthstoneisemerald @saeruchan

[rxsmyonlyjewel]

Ya, that's them.

[frobby]

I'm so mad that jeweler richard did "rich aloof foreigner x dumb plain college student" AND DID THEM RIGHT GAVE THOSE TROPES DEPTH AND THE ANIME COMPLETELY FUCKED IT UP.

Richard isn't really aloof at all at least not in personality. He is mysterious but that's cuz he has things to hide its not a part of his PERSONALITY. Richard is silly, he wants to eat sweets like all the time, he listens to loud foreign music in his car when he's angry and he's gay. He acts aloof to be sarcastic towards ppl who view him as otherworldly due to his beauty and he's aware of its effects on people. In the anime they sucked all that out out and now he's just aloof and mysterious. It's probably the reason ppl didn't realize he's canon gay is he acts like a mentor a beautiful mysterious information giver towards seigi someone for him to interact with and not a half of a duo. And don't even get me started on seigi because he's so boring they play his character so straight(figuratively and literally) in the anime when he theres very real reasons he is the way he is and and more to him than meets the eye just like richard.

My pitch is: watch the anime if you want but if you're going to also read the manga or the LN

[aranarumei]

the anomalous agate (epilogue)

for anyone who has no idea what this is about, go here for part one

for those who do, here's the ao3 link

there's a lot I want to say. the first, I guess, is that this isn't quite over—like I've mentioned many times before, I still have a bonus scene that's all hanzawa to tashiro. but this, here, is the end of the anomalous agate as it exists in seigi's pov, and as a case in the case files of jeweler richard.

out of curiosity, I found the longest case I could think of in the first two volumes of cfojr—case 2-3—and checked the word count. it totaled an approximate 21k, and with this epilogue, my case reaches the same total.

this is by far my favorite fic that I've ever written, so I could talk about it forever (I really might). but here, I won't say any more, and leave the epilogue under the cut:

case 2-x: the anomalous agate (epilogue)

Richard had always liked to read during his downtime. Rather than keep a stock of books in Jewelry Étranger, he liked to cart them back and forth from his home. Once, when I asked him if he’d ever considered purchasing e-books, we spent the next hour discussing the value of physical versus digital media. There were a lot of arguments for either side, but after analyzing the various pros and cons, Richard admitted that he just preferred the sensation of flipping pages and having the weight of a book in his hands. I tried to imagine Richard scrolling pensively through a tablet in his downtime, and the image was so jarring I almost apologized for asking about e-books in the first place.

Still, one of the cons we’d discussed about physical media was the fact that it took up way more space. Despite that fact, it felt like Richard always had a new book in his hands. I’d never seen his place, so I could only imagine that he lived in a palace with a sprawling library. Or, more realistically, a luxury apartment with a room the size of my apartment allocated for his books.

Most times, the things he read were texts about jewels that went entirely over my head, or books so thick that they were similarly impenetrable. Sometimes they were both. Today, though, Richard was flipping through the pages of a thin book with an illustrated cover. It was a deep blue color, and though Richard’s hand obscured some of the illustration, the blue of the sky was dotted with golden stars—almost like lapis lazuli.

This was enough to pique my interest, and I had downtime in spades, so I sidled up behind him.

From his relaxed position in one of the red armchairs, Richard glanced up at me. I must have successfully conveyed I’ll pace around the room unless you entertain me with my face, because the corners of his mouth quirked upwards.

It had to be an awkward angle, looking up to see me leaning against the back of his chair and unrepentantly staring, but Richard made every move with elegance. I watched the way his hair began to fall away from his face as he tilted his head, opening up his expression into something a little more unreserved.

“What book is that?” I asked. 

“Le Petit Prince.” 

Le Petit? Sheepish, I said, “My English isn’t that great yet…”

Richard raised an eyebrow. “It’s French,” he said, and though the words themselves weren’t laced with malice, I could read the obvious Surely, Seigi, by now you must have learned enough English to distinguish it from other languages in his expression. “The translated title would be The Little Prince. I was reminded of it recently, so I’ve been rereading portions.”

I peered down at the page Richard had open. Sure enough, though I recognized the letters, none of the words made any sense. “What’s it about?” 

“Many things. But there was a particular scene…” He thumbed through the pages until I saw a simple illustration of a fox and a boy dressed in green. “The novel deals with a lot of things—it has a lot to say about the world, but one of my favorite moments in the travels of our titular character is when he meets the fox. The fox asks to be tamed by the little prince—here, he explains what it means.” Without hesitation, Richard translated the French before me into Japanese. “‘But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.’”

“…Tame?” 

“It’s an interesting word, isn’t it?” Richard said. “The fox defines it first as ‘to establish ties,’ but it’s still a peculiar way of expressing friendship. More truthful, perhaps.” He smiled. “Either way, I was reminded of the complications of your troublesome client.” 

There was only one person he could’ve been referring to—the one who’d bought blue lace agate earrings just the other day. I wondered if Richard had remembered the book because he’d seen the same bit of Tashiro’s green hoodie that I had, or because the cover had reminded him of lapis lazuli. But these musings took only a moment; I was stuck on the word tame.

It wasn’t something I’d ever heard used in the context of friendship, but the idea clicked with me. The word evoked a kind of dependency that I felt keenly. I glanced towards Richard. A tamed creature becomes unique, huh? If it was me… Richard couldn’t be anything but a prince.

“What’s on your mind?” Richard asked. 

I’d only recently put my foot in my mouth by comparing us to a married couple, so I refrained from trying to make comparisons. Instead, I chose to bring up a different curiosity of mine. “I was just thinking about how quick Hanzawa’s last visit was. I wish I could’ve heard him explain his choice a little more…” 

Richard set his book to the side. “The blue lace agate?” 

“It wasn’t even something you’d mentioned, so…” 

“I think that was Hanzawa-san’s way of showing initiative,” Richard said. “And it was a rather perfect stone for him. I was not needed for his choice in the slightest.” 

“That’s not true,” I said. “I—there’s no way what you said was unimportant.” 

Glossing past my words, Richard continued his speculation. “I’d mentioned, then, that agate is often dyed to enhance its visual appeal—judging by Hanzawa-san’s reaction to the word ‘truth,’ I’m inclined to think this is somewhat of a sore spot. But what it did tell me was that he was sincerely considering the jewel as a reflection of himself.” 

“…You really know everything,” I said. I’d run into Hanzawa twice, but Richard’s understanding of him matched mine.

“Not everything,” Richard said. “Agate is not metamorphic like lapis lazuli, but its banding pattern demonstrates a subtler uniqueness and complexity. I would think that choosing a naturally colored type of agate, which carries these qualities inherently, was a matter of pride for Hanzawa-san.” 

Pride was really the perfect word—I suddenly remembered Hanzawa’s words about needing strength to be anomalous. To be happy as you were… like Mami-san had expressed, it was certainly a hard thing to do.

“Maybe not everything,” I allowed, “but seriously, you’re spot on. I talked with Hanzawa a lot more than you did, but I didn’t make any of those connections.” 

Richard straightened up in his armchair, obscuring his face from my view. With a sigh, he said, “In this case… I have something of an unfair advantage.”

“Unfair?” I asked, leaning to get a better look at his face.

“Hanzawa-san and I… I believe the expression is, ‘cut from the same cloth?’ That’s the way we are. It makes me feel ill-suited to speak to him, and I suspect the feeling is reciprocated.”

“I don’t think you’re alike at all, though,” I said, studying the mild discomfort on Richard’s face. 

He looked back up at me, curious. “Why do you think so?” 

I wracked my brain for an explanation. If anything, I felt it was Hanzawa and I who were similar, but I couldn’t say why. I could see glimpses of Richard in Hanzawa—something about the grace they made look effortless, but it wasn’t enough for me to truly compare them. Finally, my gaze strayed to the cover of The Little Prince, and I blurted out, “You’re a prince, and he’s a fox.”

As if to prove me wrong in an instant, Richard laughed, his lips curving into a foxlike smile. But even as he did so, he looked like a beautiful, otherworldly prince who could have traveled to many planets before the two of us could meet. “It isn’t that literal,” he said. “Fox or prince; they tame each other the same.” 

Well, I thought, drinking in the visage of the beauty before me, I’m probably not smart enough to be a fox, anyways. “Maybe there’s something you haven’t noticed yet,” I said like the fool I was. “Tell me more about the book?”

After some hemming, hawing, and a promise of milk pudding from yours truly, Richard agreed. He opened the book at the beginning and translated the words before him in a smooth, beautiful tone.

My weight braced against the back of his chair, I closed my eyes, and let his words wash over me.

…If I was ever in Kyoto, maybe I’d get him some kitsune senbei.

-THE END-

[withoutzeuzey]

Be proud <3

[seeingteacupsindragons]

Hi there! I’ve read your analysis about JR a lot and I loved it! I do not have as much knowledge about the LGBTQA+ community so your posts about JR actually helped a lot and I’m so appreciated on that!

Um… I want to ask you more analysis between Seigi, Richard and Catherine (I read you will make an analysis of them in one of the Richard’s)

And by the way what is your favorite moment of the pairings in JR? (Joachim x Jeffery, Henry x Shimomura, Seigi x Richard specifically)

Thank you so much and have a good day! 🇻🇳

Hello! I've been sitting on this one because I haven't known how to answer it and haven't had the energy to try...but I'm feeling a fair bit better now.

I'm honestly not sure what post you're referring to about mentioning analysis about Seigi, Richard, and Catherine. I might have said something about it, but I've written so much meta that I don't really remember what it would be about at this point.

I'd be happy to write something; I just need a little bit more of a target.

Anyway, I find it weird that Henry and Shimo are on here with Chim and Jeff (an actual romantic/sexual couple) and Richard and Seigi (A...Something Partnered), because they're....friends? Good friends, but kind of much more distant and less paired off than the other two. I get people ship them, but I'm not really one of those people.

I don't know if I have a single moment that I like of Chim and Jeff most. I find their dynamic endearing, and I think Jeff needs someone to pester him like Chim does. Although Chim feeding Jeff the Dollar Menu fro McDonalds was pretty funny.

Richard and Seigi are just. Everything. There's so much good there. They're so cute. I love them together and I'm so happy they have each other. But the Moonstone story is always going to have a large part of my heart, because damn.

Henry and Haru interact very little, honestly, but I do find Shimo meeting everyone and hugging people and then having to go ask Seigi what Haru said because his English is kinda shit hilarious.

[nakataseigis]

The Case Files of Jeweler Richard - Episode 6

[mybirthstoneisemerald]

Happy Birthday, Seigi! 💜

5.14

[iriartss]

Jeweler Richard x Yuukoku no Moriarty. My two comfort ships together.