AKA: Ariadne no Dangan
Genre: Medical, Mystery
Episodes: 11
Broadcast period: 2011-Jul to
2011-Sept
Cast: Ito Atasushi,
Nakamura Toru, Takashi Katsunori, Konishi Manami and Nakamura Yasuhi.
“Ai - Autopsy imaging:
Placing a corpse through CT and MRI to apply light into a faulty. Cause of
Death Investigation system. Who could have predicted how the establishment of
this Ai Center... would lead to a mysterious incident?" (Intro of series)
After a hard night of
drinking, Taguchi Kohei (Ito Atasushi) wakes up at a trash site, where he finds
a man lying next to him. As he shakes him he notices that the man has no pulse
and is cold, so he calls the police. The police examine him on the spot and
announce him as “death by ischemic heart attack” which is common diagnosis if
there is no visual foul play, even though Taguchi points out remembering the
man being carried to the dump site. As there are rarely done any autopsies in
Japan, Taguchi suggests Ai.
At the same time
Shiratori Keisuke (Nakamura Toru) holds a meeting about the Ai which is a
rather popular compared to autopsies, but is less known to the public. After
hearing that Taguchi had taken on a case, he adds him to the list of people to
the new project: Ai center, in which he becomes the Chief.
All seems to be
working somehow, until one day a man is killed in the Ai room, and for some
reason the top in the police seems to be involved…
Since there are two
prior seasons I have to compare them, and yes this is most defiantly the best
out of 3. It seriously has everything: medicine, crime, police and action,
which is sort of my cup of tea. The duo getting better and more familiar with
each other, so the overall dynamic is kind of fun to watch - like the 10 second
jokes become 3 times more funny, because they come rarely.
The theme this season
around is Ai basically MRI on dead bodies instead of autopsies which is very
much disliked in Japanese society due to the cutting open of the bodies (side
not from bunji: which is the most ridicules this ever since they all just burn
the bodies. I mean what the puck… They don’t even have the open basket funerals
man.) The theme is okay, and again we have the famous view of the police about
‘losing their image if they admit their fault’ which is even more annoying, but
kind of gives it spice.
All in all the best
out of 3, and yes recommendable.
☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars
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