Like the original series, "SPEC" will revolve around a pair of police detectives as part of a special division solving difficult cases (Mishou). Touma Saya is a woman with an IQ of 201 and an inability to "read the atmosphere" in social situations. Due to a previous case, her left arm is in a sling. Her partner Sebumi Takeru used to be the star performer of the Metropolitan Police. After some incident however, he was transferred to Mishou. Those two track down offenders with special abilities(SPEC) who managed to get away with their crimes.

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  Toda Erika (Toma Saya)

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  Kase Ryo (Sebumi Takeru)

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  Shirota Yu (Chii Satoshi)

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  Kamiki Ryunosuke (Ninomae Juichi)

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  Ryu Raita (Nonomura Kotaro)

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  Shiina Kippei (Tsuda Sukehiro)

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• Apr 3, 2012 10 of 10 episodes seen

  hoppingmad
  8 of 10 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  9
  • Story  10
  • Acting/Cast  9
  • Music  7
  • Rewatch Value  7

  Awesome. One of the few unpredictable and not-cliched dramas of all time. It actually lived up to its genre, mystery and suspense. full of unpredictable twists and turns. it can leave you a bit confused at times, but its easy to catch up. Great character chemistry. Personality crashes are one of my personal favorites, and this had plenty of that. But for some reason, Sebumi didn't click with me. Maybe it's the character, maybe it's the actor....great acting overall. Really loved the bad guys. Their personalities will chill you, literally.
  Music nothing special, and not very good re watch value. Once you know the tricks, it won't be as suspenseful anymore, because..... simply because you know the story. The story depends a lot on unpredictability.
  So, anyone like suspense, action, mystery, supernatural/scifi, a must watch for you. just be ready for a lot of twists. read more

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• Jul 16, 2011 10 of 10 episodes seen

  Kurai Ito
  4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  10
  • Story  9
  • Acting/Cast  9
  • Music  5
  • Rewatch Value  5

  I would certainly recommend watching this drama. It was an easy watch. The acting was good, the plot was interesting, and the script was humorous. It was amazing how they made Toma look so different in the flashbacks during different "phases" of her life.
  
  
  
  The relationship between Toma and Seibumi was very funny.
  
  
  
  THE WARNING: It has an "open ending", which I don't like. I will avoid dramas just because of that reason, however I did not know that this one had an open ending. I know some people don't mind, or even like open ends, but for the people like me who don't I would just like to warn anyone coming that it was a very good drama, but it had an open end. I guess for me, this one didn't have a bad open end. I would have preferred a "real" ending, but this one was easy to understand what happened. read more

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  Ataru

  The humor is similar and they are both concerning detectives solving strange mysteries in sometimes strange ways. Also, there are random references to Keizoku SPEC all throughout the Ataru drama (in the background).

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  Special Affairs Team TEN

  Both excellent crime/detective dramas that offer a serious alternative to the usual (k)drama. SPEC is offbeat and has light fantasy elements added.

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