Hiratsuka Heihachi (Katori Shingo)is loud and impolite, but always smiles. He is a strange detective. Unlike Hiratsuka, Saionji Kosuke (Yamashita Tomohisa) is the heir of a wealthy family. He is full of justice, naive and honest almost to a fault. Saionji Kosuke is then designated to the #1 investigation team, which he has always admired. Unfortunately, his job is to watch over Hiratsuka Heihachi. Up to this point, Hiratsuka Heihachi has been the sole member of his team, but he manages to solve all of his cases one by one. Other detectives are curious about his methods, some even think he may have some mystic powers. This is the primary reason why Saionji is tasked to watch over Hiratsuka. The real reason Hiratsuka is able to solve so many cases is that the criminals hate Hiratsuka the most ...

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  Yamashita Tomohisa (Saionji Kosuke )

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  Katori Shingo (Hiratsuka Heihachi )

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  Endo Kenichi (Kaneda Hajime)

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  Otake Makoto (Kenmochi Wataru)

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  Yanagihara Kanako (Takano Emi)

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  Kikuta Daisuke (Kudo Hayato)

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• May 6, 2013 8 of 8 episodes seen

  June
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  • Overall  8
  • Story  7
  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  9
  • Rewatch Value  9

  I think this drama is a bit underated.
  
  The main story is quite good, funny and stimulating.
  The cast is also very good, and it was nice to see the actors giving a funny side to their own character for that mystery drama instead of sticking to a serious one like a lot does.
  
  The main blames were that some stories were somehow easy to figure out, even before the main character's search process. Yes, some episodes are somehow easy to figure out but overall, some others are really good and well made so it'll be harder to guess who the culprit is.
  
  The other blame I heard about MONSTERS is that it's somehow repetitive. The drama do follow the same pattern from one episode to an other, but it's somehow unfair since other dramas do that too and this one pulls it off fairly good this way. Stories are all interesting, dealing not only with a mystery but also with what the culprit and the victims went through in order to understand more how did the murder happen.
  
  The characters were fascinating, and endearing... I especially like Yamashita Tomohisa to be this cute and funny, it was really refreshing to see him in that kind of character after so long ! It somehow reminded me of his cute younger self from Nobuta no Produce~
  
  It's a refreshing drama I'd recomend you to watch ! read more

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• Mar 24, 2013 8 of 8 episodes seen

  enitsugua
  5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  8
  • Story  7
  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  10
  • Rewatch Value  7

  Despite being listed as a Comedy Detective Mystery Drama, it's really just a Comedy that happens to involve Detective work. As mentioned in the comments, there isn't really a plot besides the two main characters solving mysteries together (with Hiratsuka being the Sherlock-esque character and Saionji being his Watson), although we do learn a tiny bit about Saionji's background, mainly revolving around his adorable girlfriend, Emi-chan. Aside from that, however, it's basically just a stereotypical Detective drama involving random cases and tons of Comedy.
  
  That doesn't mean the show isn't good, however. The acting in this is superb, and honestly something I did not expect from a Comedy-oriented drama. All of the characters are played extremely well and it's really hard not to like any of them. Since this isn't a super serious drama, you shouldn't expect tons of heavy stuff. It's very light-hearted and some bits are purposely over-exaggerated for the sake of the Comedy aspect, however it's all very well done so it's by no means annoying or anything like that.
  
  All in all, if you like Crime-related Dramas and Comedy, then you'll thoroughly enjoy this. It's perfect for those looking for some good laughs or people who just want to break away from super-serious dramas for a little while. read more

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  Kagi no Kakatta Heya

  While MONSTERS is mainly focused on Comedy as opposed to the seriousness of the crimes themselves, both that and Kagi no Kakatta Heya are played out very similarly, have slightly aloof, out of the box characters as the main crime-solver and they're both focused on episodes that are sort of fixed (more so Kagi than MONSTERS) and can be watched whenever; watching them in order isn't really needed.

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