The Noh Mask Prosecutor Episode 1

SPOILERS ;mostly characterization critiques & then major plot issues

i don't really like noumen ,i understand he is supposed to be robotic & callous but that doesn't make it a pleasant or invigorating watching experience ,i feel like maybe slightly ,SLIGHTLY going a comedic route could work better. i just think kamikawa takaya is so stiff & fake in this performance & that it isn't really going anywhere engaging. i definitely do not want him to have some deep ,traumatic back+story i think that would be corny & cliche ,like i said i think it genuinely would be funnier for him to just be like this even in monotonous situations that makes everypony uncomfortable. but him not having some big & bad origins ,i think it would be cooler just to have him be somepony wityh a strong moral he sticks to like a person watching this drama & not like a contrivbed fictional character.& on that note i think soryo has the depth of kindergarten instructions i think every move she makes & dialogue she is given is just so convenient it is tiring. she is our perspective character that is supposed to ask the things we are thinking to noumen & this is going to be ironic for my next point but she is literally just like a jaded employee phoning it in because they don't really give af that much. i think she is a missed opportunity at portraying the demographic tuning into this drama. the world is basically entirely made up of under±classed workers. we are all cogs to the machine ,we work for the sake of living ,& we are all jaded. maybne not all of us but a majority yes. thgere is just small changes they could make to reflect a more nuanced person that everypony is. why does soryo choose to stay ,what does soryo gather from noumen's off+course methods ,why does soryo not understand oshikatsuu. i am not asking for brand new scenes & a recut i just literally want to see her exist & process emotions instead of being a cue card for what noumen is thinking or needs to do.now onto the biggest gripe i have with this episode. i do not fucking life centering male sexual assault assailants. i understand why we are doing this for the first episode ,this specific archetype is the perfect example of strong social reactions & stigmatization & works extremely well for having us investigate the taboos & accepted injustices in our world. but this is not a new & novel plot+point especially not from every other j-drama i have seen. therew is this constant framing of sexual violence being a false accusation that is destroying the life of the accused & here we have an innocent otaku set up by a high+school girl who serially accuses with the real culprit of the murder is his sister that he is valliantly protecting. i think there is merit to having this be discussed & portrayed & i am not going to make a sweeping statement about all of j-dramas but i have yet to see sexual violence victims & misogyny given as much spot+light. this is literally propaganda like . . . i will see this show out because i stan onishi ryusei but liek i highly doubt we will see a case portraying & caring for a female victim &or victim of sexual violence.as i just said i will be seeing this show out. i will always have a good time with a mystery & investigation ,i started suspecting the mother after the context flash+back scene with her & rumi but it makes sense that her emotional out±burst in interrogation was a red herring. i was really hoping the sister would be okay the entire time though ,her complex feelings about constantly being surrounded by female high+school characters being unsettling really stuck with me. but really i will finish this for my little ryuche hehe i think it's so funny how all of the acting work i see from him is just ryuche in a new setting context like he will always just be my cutie honey & i am perfectly satisfied with him staying that way.

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