AKA: Seven Detectives
Genre: Detective, Crime
Episodes: 9
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul to 2015-Sep
Cast: Higashiyama Noriyuki, Takashima Masahiro,
Kataoka Ainosuke, Suzuki Kosuke, Kurashina Kana, Yoshida Kotaro and Kitaoji
Kinya.
While
working at the Lost and Found Center for the MPD (Metropolitan Police
Department) Amagi Yu (Higashiyama Noriyuki) gets a visit from Katagari
Masatoshi (Yoshida Kotaro), who tells him to return to the First Investigation
as a detective. When he arrives at his division, Division 12, Amagi is met by 6
odd members. Infamous for being a “detective graveyard”, Division 12 is the
place where detectives go, but don’t move up, no matter what they accomplish. The
chief, Katagari is laid back and chain smoking, not really invested in his
position. Samura Kosuke (Takashima Masahiro) a brute detective, with temperament
issues. Nagasawa Keita (Suzuki Kosuke) a worrisome detective, who doesn’t stop talking.
Mizuta Tamaki (Kurashina Kana) the only female detective, but without real
motivation. Yamashita Takumi (Kataoka Ainosuke) a fancy detective, who works as
the team’s lab expert. And Domoto Shuntaro (Kitaoji Kinya) the forensic
professor, who seems to know Amagi well.
When a
boat explodes by the harbor, Division 12 is set out to investigate, but due to hierarchy,
they lose the case to another division, and get two minor cases instead. Soon
they realize that all three cases are entwined, and they uncover an even deeper
conspiracy…
So, I really
like Higashiyama, like I am a fan, since I started liking Johnny’s, but I never
knew he was doing TV. This was a pleasant surprise, as I really enjoyed this
drama. It was interesting, fun and it got me emotional at times, but still
managed to have a bit of action. Though I would occasionally find it a bit dragged,
not in the bad sense, but in the “filler” kind if way, it was still a good
drama to watch. The cast was good, pretty standard, and Higashiyama was alright…
I mean, his character is a bit typical, and the rest are also quite stereotypical,
so I wasn’t blown away per se. But it was good, nonetheless.
All in
all, a good drama, with good storytelling.
☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars
♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts
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