Medical Examiner Dr. Qin Review

Title: Medical Examiner Dr. Qin

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Forensic

Episodes: 20

Broadcast period: 2016-Oct to 2016-Dec

Cast: Zhang Ruo Yun, Jiao Jun Yan and Li Xian.

Qin Ming (Zhang Ruo Yun) is the head M.E of the Public Security Bureu of Longfan City. Known to be col, stict and harsh towards everyone around him, Qin Ming works with Lin Tao (Li Xian), the only police officer able to stand Qin Ming, in the Criminal Branch of Forensic Investigations. Unable to keep an assistant, due to his uncooperative behavior, Qin Ming changes assistants too often. When part of a body is found in barrels of frying oil, a new assistant arrives them. And to both Qin Mings and Lin Taos surprise, Li Da Bao, a female, joins. Though Qin Ming and Da Bao are at odds in the beginning, Da Bao soon proves herself to Qin Ming, and together with Lin Tao, the dynamic trio solve cases, smoothly.

At the same time, an unknown foe starts to emerge, targeting Qin Ming, and his past becomes the center of it all…

This drama was an accidental one: I found it online, while looking for crime dramas, and ended up with this one. It’s a good drama with well made stories, though a bit too unrealistic if you ask me. I know that all crime dramas are somewhat unrealistic, but this one kind of had grotesque ones. I like a well-made story as much as the next person, but compared to the quality of the stories, the bodies/props really seemed badly made. This can also ruin a bit of it, but if you don’t mind that, the acting and portrayal of the characters is great. It is serious and has funny moments - so this is your typical crime drama. It has a main story too, which is very nice, so I do have to say, it is a good overall watch.

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts

Unnatural Review

Title: Unnatural

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Forensic, Comedy, Drama

Episodes: 10

Broadcast period: 2018-Jan to 2018-Mar

Cast: Ishihara Satomi, Iura Arata, Kubota Masataka, Ichikawa Mikako and Matsushige Yutaka.

This drama revolves around the few forensic pathologists at the UDI Lab.

Misumi Mikoto (Ishihara Satomi) works as a medical examiner at the UDI Lab. She is earnest and believes every death has a “truth”. Other than her, there is Nakado Kai (Iura Arata) working as a medical examiner. Though he has worked in the field longer than her, his approach is different. He is cold and fast, but very talented. There is Shoji Yuko (Ichikawa Mikako) a clinical test technologist, and Kube Rokuro (Kubota Masataka) a recorder.

Overworked and underappreciated, the UDI Lab has more and more cases each day, and when circumstances from the past creeps up on the team faces different obstacles, they didn’t expect…

I am sorry for the lame summary. This drama does not deserve such crappy explaining… Watch the trailer!

Currently I’m into these pathologist type of dramas, and this one is a really good one. I love the simplicity of this drama, though there is a main story, and from get go you know that where its going. So it’s not all “simple”. As a general, in any entertainment industry, it is hard to find a well-written story that has a decent female lead storyline. I like that this one showed the sexist part of society. They tend to pretend it isn’t there - in any drama/country - and they do it as a part of the overall story, not just a piece of sub plot.

The acting was great and so was the storyline, so all in all a good drama to watch!

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts