Time to do what I do best.
In 1920s Europe, Kazuya Kujo, the son of a high ranking member of the Japanese Imperial Army is sent to St Marguerite Academy, a school with a history of mysteries and ghost stories. In the library exists a mysterious blonde girl who spends all day reading books wearing dresses fit for her doll like figure. Upon meeting this girl, Kujo is dragged into the many mysteries that follow the girl named Victorique, but perhaps the biggest mystery maybe Victorique herself and why her mind is so well functioned to be able to solve cases most detectives struggle with?
This is a show that I like, it builds it's mysteries really well, each step is carefully explained and the setting gives it a unique identity among it's contemporaries backed up by a fun cast of characters, Victorique easily being my favourite tsundere.
While the regular mysteries shine, the over arching plot of Victorique can easily cause the immersion to collapse with the villain's ultimate goals being more or less the same as quite a high number of comics, movies and even other anime. It does it better than most as I find it less of an annoyance but after such a good 1st half, I expected something a bit more original.
Dub is pretty good and well cast.
Final Verdict: Gosick is a fantastic mystery series backed up by a gorgeous early 20th century European setting, and I wouldn't feel too put off by the second half as there is a sequel, even if the second half is something you've seen many times before.
