Guard Center 24 (2016)

The story for this special is very simple, it is about a security guard who is bad at following instructions from head quarters, who is then sent to the first responder section of the company where he answers distress calls. He also struggles with this task as well by telling the victims "it's going to be ok, it's going to be ok" constantly, which is a taboo in their office. One day he makes a huge mistake on the job and is sent home. On his day off, he encounters a suspicious character lurking around the premises of a building that his brothers visited to see an idol group perform.

Nothing about this story is really super amazing, however, you do sometimes want to hide your head under the cover because you know something bad is going to happen or you just aren't ready for the impact that is coming up next.

Nakajima Kento really sold this one to me, his peppy and cheerful yet internally weak character makes him relatable and easy to get attached to. This to me is by far Kento's best drama role that I've seen him play so far. I highly recommend that everyone give this special a try because it's quite good. I won't say that it will stick with you for a life time, but it's like a thrilling movie that's easy to turn on and watch.

There wasn't a lot of music on here except for the ending theme, which is sung by Kento's group Sexy Zone and that song was quite lovely.

I'd definitely re-watch this because it's short and Kento's character is so lovable that you can't help but want to cheer him on just hoping that he'll succeed.

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"Its Okay, Its Okay..."

In all honesty, I wanted to watch this show for the synopsis and the cast was an added bonus.... Though I have to say, as both cast and story came together an incredible story was told!


Honestly, this felt like an hour lead up to a series of at least 10 or 11 episodes, and I am so confused as to why that never happened or why this was a special/movie and not a drama series in the first place. The team work created throughout the scary, sad, gut wrenching moments had me on the edge of my seat the entire time! I was curious about how things would work out with the school or how things would work out with the "security guard onii-chan".... The last few moments of rescue(s) gave me goosebumps even.


The script didn't explain much in way of back story, though it also didn't ignore the backstory(ies) either. Each character seemed to have a wonderful build-up of information to form a solid person that was relatable and interesting to the viewer; again, something just seemed to be missing or the feeling of "the next episode" or "to be continued" fell in to some places throughout the show.


The story(ies) weren't exaggerated, either; each one seemed like a piece taken right out of the headlines or from past security guard company log books. Though they weren't downplayed, either. Each story and case had a proper amount of thrill, sympathy, caution, danger, and comfort at their outcome. I don't want to say that this show needed more "drama", because really it was epic as it is now; but... again, I go back to: "i just wish this story had more!"


The story itself was incredibly relatable, almost as if it were a "docu-drama" and the viewers were watching the remake of true-real-life stories. The action throughout this show, as with many other Japanese dramas, too, is fascinating to watch! Most American shows and movies always include guns or bombs or explosions of some kind; however, Japan seems to entrust the dramatics of their story's to the script and the abilities of the chosen cast, staff, composers, producers, directors, etc. I believe the beginning of the finale was meant to be heard and not seen, so as to add in another layer of "fear" to the process. Which in turn made me super curious as to how things were going to end!

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