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Honestly, I can't help but feel like Kafka Asagiri missed out on a good potential character in BSD. It is seen that Agatha Christie was in the anime and was part of the Guild. So why wasn't Arthur Conan Doyle a.k.a. the creator of Sherlock Holmes in the anime?

Now you can argue that wouldn't really be a good idea because if he was in the anime, he would most probably be in the ADA and that would just make them to overpowered considering Ranpo and Dazai are already there. But if you think about it, Sherlock Holmes was a consulting detective. And if this idea were to really fly, Doyle could just be a consulting detective for the ADA and the police.

Another good idea would be to make him a consulting criminal just like Moriarty. So he would just be a neutral standalone character that is a consulting detective by day and a consulting criminal by night. His motives would be to find something exciting to do considering both Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty do the things they do to cure their insatiable boredom. This makes it especially interesting because he may be hired to solve the crime he was hired to help plan.

I would also like to make a small comparison. Doyle and Ranpo would be Sherlock Holmes while Fyodor and Dazai would be Moriarty. Ranpo may be intelligent and observant but he isn't as cunning or manipulative as Fyodor or Dazai. Doyle would have the same IQ as Ranpo and would be as observant as him. However, he would be more cunning than Ranpo. Because Ranpo has more set morals compared to Doyle who only does things he deems interesting. If Doyle were to also be a consulting criminal, he would be able to plan and manipulate as well as Fyodor and Dazai.

But of course, there is a difference between all four of these geniuses. While both Doyle and Ranpo are considered to be 'Sherlock Holmes' (in my opinion), as I stated earlier, Ranpo has a better moral compass than Doyle would. Doyle does as he pleases to amuse and entertain himself. He would go as far as to kill people.

Fyodor and Dazai could also be used to make a comparison here. While Fyodor and Dazai are considered to be 'Moriarty' (in my eyes at least), Dazai has joined the side of good and chooses to do good. Fyodor's intentions aren't evil too. He just wanted to create a fair world. But the way both of them do 'good' is questionable. They both want to help people, similar to Moriarty (in Moriarty the Patriot at the very least). But in the end, Fyodor still kills people and Dazai did too.

Bonus:

Since Ranpo is a kind of stand-in for Sherlock Holmes, it would be really interesting to see both of them interact. If they were to interact, I feel like they would have a rivalry similar to Fyodor and Dazai. They would definitely try their best to solve cases faster than the other and would find comfort that someone could understand them and match their intellect.

I could also see the ADA members secretly sneaking behind Ranpo's back to ask Doyle for help on a case when Ranpo refuses to cooperate. Ranpo, of course, finds out and gets upset about this. He would then disappear for a few days and no one would know where he is. When they (probably Dazai and/or Yosano) do find him, he would just be hiding out in Poe's place. The entire few days he was there, he would just ramble and rant about how annoying Doyle was, how he hated him, etc. Poe would get jealous and feel that he was replaced as Ranpo's rival.