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Senryokugai Sousakan
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Genre: crime detective comedy
Year: 2014-Jan-11 to 2014-Mar-15
Introduction:
The show is based on a series of novels “Senryokugai Sosakan Hime Deka Umizuki Chinami” by Kei Nitadori.
Summary:
Umiduki Chinami is a national elite who is assigned to an investigation team. It’s an undesired situation and Kyosuke Shitara is tasked to keep her away from actually investigations.
Critique:
This show is very entertaining and funny yet does not leave out the seriousness of the cases. The cases are typical detective cases. However, the show pride itself on out of the box thinking. Some episodes include independent puzzles. The first episode has two good ones but the later where pretty easy. I could solve them in seconds. The number of puzzles gets less toward the end.
Emi Takei (Chinami Umiduki) again plays the investigating heroine (Weather Girl; Subete ga F ni Naru). This time it’s her first women role and the role is a bit of a mixed character type wise (combining previous roles). As detective she’s the funny, social character but at home she appears to be the nerdy unsocial type. The contrast is a bit strange.
Chinami is a national elite, AFAIK this is asian specific thing. In past this used to be very common in asian countries, though. In short, she passed a national exam which makes her the best of the best. Hence, she’s a person meant to be in a national leading position. In asia there’s only one higher exam one could take in the past and become the absolute #1 of a country, but it’s not necessary meant to be a ruling government position. More like Master of Masters rank. Getting a rank similar to 20th century western fantasy stories like Saruman/Gandalf the White from LoTR.
As such an elite, there is fear of Chinami’s possible failure will become the team’s responsibility. It’s about the shame of having ruined the future of a national elite. A very troublesome situation for a japanese person. The show subtly criticizes verious japanese social specific problems.
Takahiro (Kyosuke Shitara) plays the rookie member of the team. Yet, he’s more experience than Chinami, but otherwise he’s also socially slow. As the lowest ranking member he’s part of the plot to take the fall in case Chinami makes a mistake. In case you are wondering, yes, he’s from EXILE. The #1 boy group in Japan, the equivalent of “Take That” but way more successful and longer living.
Verdict: 8.3
Cast 8
Cast performance 9
Script/Directing: 8
