Zettai Reido 2 Review

Title: Zettai Reido 2
Genre: Police, Crime
Episodes: 11
Broadcast period: 2011-Jul to 2011-Sep
Cast: Ueto Aya, Kiritani Kenta, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Maruyama Tomomi and Kitagawa Hiromi.

After the death of Tsukamoto Keigo (Miyasako Hiroyuki) in the SP, the team gets split up, and the most of the members get transferred into a special unit, the undercover team. Sakuragi Izumi (Ueto Aya) has issues fitting in, since she is so slow at learning how to lie and to fake identities also the death on Tsukamoto is bugging her, but her real problem is her partner: Takigawa Shinjiro (Kiritami Kenta) who is a genius in undercover operations, and is very strict. He is to teach her everything he knows in the three months he has left in the unit…

This drama is a lot like the typical Japanese police dramas, and yet not; it’s a lot more action-packed and pretty nerve-wracking. Now, I’ve watched a lot of police dramas, mainly with the CSI and Cold Cases (like the first season of Zettai Reido), but this is my first time to watch something about undercover agents (and that also covers all the American series I’ve watched). And to be honest, I was shocked! Didn’t know that all those things they do are legal.. lol..
The lead characters make a superb team; I wish they had given them some more screentime together; it’s very limited in my opinion.
On the other hand, it’s simply just a Japanese police drama, no problems between the officers, no love story and no serious issues expect for one…

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts

Zettai Reido Review

Title: Zettai Reido
AKA: Absolute Zero
Genre: Crime, Police
Episodes: 11
Broadcast period: 2010-Apr to 2010-Jun
Cast: Ueto Aya, Miyasako Hiroyuki, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Maruyama Tomomi.

The story revolves around the rookie detective Sakuragi Izumi (Ueto Aya), working unsolved cases (cold cases), without any feel of being a detective, meaning she doesn’t qualify in any detective ability. On the other hand, she has a strong sense of empathy, meaning she not only feels the pain of the victims, but is able to put herself in their shoes and almost rein act the last scenes of their lives. Or is able to understand their emotions, as well as understanding their logic, making her much different than the usual police.

Okay, first off if this drama shows how the police WAS in Japan, I have to say, they are insanely stupid. I mean, several of the unsolved cases were honestly easy to find out, if you just look through the evidence. Like, there was one of the ’tough’ ones, were high scholars were killed. And all they had to do was check out one of the students phone! Instead of just going after loads of crap. Hmph!
Anyhows, beside the fact that I was able to guess 7 out of 9 cases (the two last ones were GOOD), I have to admit that the sentimental part of the drama is decent. I actually got teary a couple of times. Points for that.
But facts on the table, it’s nowhere near the American series Cold Case, even though it’s basically the same thought. And it really has moments when I rolled my eyes.

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts