Sennyuu Tantei Tokage (2013)

In the beginning I was drawn to the interesting story plot, good casting, and because mystery and crime dramas happen to be my favorite. After watching the first 2 episodes I became hooked. This drama did a good job in keeping the suspense up, but ultimately in the end this drama became quite predictable. But that wasn't necessarily its downfall, because even then I really did enjoy watching this.

The acting was pretty good. I love Matsuda Shota, and haven't been disappointed with his portrayals in his dramas. So coming into this drama, I had high hopes of his performance and was quite pleased overall. As for the rest of the cast, there was no one else who I was really familiar with, but I did take a liking to Matsuoka Masahiro. He acted well and I enjoyed watching his portrayal of Terashima.. Same goes with Renbutsu Misako, I loved her portrayal of Kaori and how loyal and trusting of a character she was.

As for the music, I loved the drama's theme song. It was fitting for the drama and was upbeat and something anyone would enjoy. Overall, I liked this drama. It may not have been by favorite, but it definitely kept me guessing throughout all 10 episodes and was good in keeping up the suspension. I may watch this again one day, just not anytime soon. I recommend this drama for those who enjoy mystery/crime dramas, and if you're skeptical of starting this drama I suggest you really give it a shot. I personally enjoyed it, so hopefully you will too!

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This drama is mainly about a detective who was once a police detective but demoted because of a case. He's a genius - like detective who was actually trained to be so genius - like. In the drama they try to solve this mysterious case while they also solve other cases.

Here's the thing the drama was quite good but not really good at the same time. It's one of those dramas where you'll say well ok I've completed it without having to push myself and I don't regret watching it but it's not something I'll keep in mind. Thus my overall rating is between fair and average.

Renbutsu Misako's and Matsuda Shoda's acting was really good and also the acting of the other actors was really good. The music as far as I listened to them was good.

The not so good aspects: It's the typical drama concept of these genre. You have a rather big case which is followed throughout the drama and then they also solve each episode a case. In this drama what disappointed me was the great final of the drama. It was rather so so compared to the exiting undercover investigations our main lead had.

The good points of this drama are Matsuda Shoda!, good detective story! well-acted drama!

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For starters, it was a pretty good detective/police movie. The thing with detective dramas is that there is always that tension in each story presented, which is why you would have that sudden urge to pay attention to every character/clue/event in detail in the hopes of outsmarting the main lead to discover to criminal. This drama is a typical example of that. The story basically focuses a detective story with an amazing twisted plot. The story also deals with issues about complicated situations in life. You know, that part of life wherein dilemmas are often re-occurring and gambling decisions became sensible choices. I can say it is a quality story. The cast is cool, especially when we expect Matsuda Shota on the main lead. I can say that his character was one of the unique characters-that-is-usually-difficult-to-portray since it involves dressing up and pretending to be someone else. For such a changing character at every episode, He did quite a skillful job. The music quite good. I am a thumbs-up for it. re-watch value is okay, but as for me, I didn't find it quite an intimidating movie to be watched again. I mean, The first time I watched it, I was quite contented. Overall, it was a cool movie, because it has a package of a good twist, a steady storyline (though quite lacking), wonderful characters, and interesting reality viewpoints.

Plus, it is a Matsuda Shota-movie, so that made the impact! (For me, since I'm his fan) :)

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Once again, it was nice to see a few actors/actresses that I really like cast in parts that I'm not used to seeing them in. It is nice to see a different part of people every now and then. The last drama I watched had an actor from this series as the "bad guy", so it was nice to see it reversed with another actor I'm used to seeing cast as a "good guy".

This drama takes on each case in the series almost in a "brand new" system with each episode; it was like watching someone slowly put together a puzzle to find out who the real evil was. It was interesting to watch it all come together throughout the series. Also, the music is wonderful.

Each casted person fits their role with superb chemistry through the whole series. I do wish, however, that there was something like a follow-up (not a special or 11th episode, but something like '2 months later...') but the ending was very nice! Definitely one of my favorite shows!

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