I'm curious how you like this moot finale. I guess this will help some people realize that this isn't some fiction, but a real thing that happened back in the late 90's and early 2000's, so there isn't some great victory for our protagonist.
Also, the author of the original non-fiction novel specifically seeks out people and stories like this one to write about, because he wants to highlight people who work blood, sweat and tears simply out of conviction and not for some grand motives. He often gets approached by people and receives story that are more heroic, but he usually refuses them. He doesn't want another Hanzawa Naoki story, he wants write about the cogwheels or "pebbles" (ishi tsubute) that work in big organizations.
If I remember correctly, the author used to be a newspaper reporter for Yomiuri himself. He also was in charge of covering Second Division at some point, getting to know the types of detectives who work there. Later, after he became a novelist, there was a year in which 0 corruption cases were uncovered by them (as prophesied by Yagura in the drama), so he got curious whether that could actually be true or if there were some great powers working their machinations behind the scenes to keep corruption from being uncovered. He then went down the past and saw that this case fraud case was the last "big" case uncovered by Second Division and started to interview all the people involved on both sides.
Another thing I like is how they included the baton pass at the end. In some interview, the author stated that it's not just the power from above that causes the number of uncovered corruption cases to decrease, but also the lack of certain types of detectives. As the drama portrayed, you kinda need old-school hard-boiled detectives to really dig in there, because the government and all the ministries, etc. haven't really changed much over time. They're still the rigid old organizations. The old-school detectives, however, have died out and their know-how has been lost to time, since you can only teach so much to newer generations. Yagura served as a hopeful symbol in the drama, and there are probably still some hot-blooded newcomers today, but they're few and far between.
I finally got around to watching episode 1 and I really enjoyed it. I love this kind of dark institutional corruption…
I'm glad there are people out there who like this style of drama. It's probably where WOWOW excels the most and this is one if not THE prime example. The late 90's/early 2000 vibe adds a great atmosphere to this drama too.
I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the episodes as they come out. :)
That was a great first episode, it reminded me a bit of Tokkai, I love this kind of 90's setting, and the fact…
Yeah, same directors and screenwriter as Tokkai and Shingari, hence the similarities in terms of execution and atmosphere. Really good shows if you like that kind of genre. I'm glad you enjoyed the first episode. ^^
Thank you for all of your hard work. :)Non-rem is so cool. Right now we are watching the Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina…
Both are great anthologies. There's a third non-rem special, but I'm not sure when I will get around to subbing it. :) Thanks for leaving a comment here.
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You know where to look.
Also, the author of the original non-fiction novel specifically seeks out people and stories like this one to write about, because he wants to highlight people who work blood, sweat and tears simply out of conviction and not for some grand motives. He often gets approached by people and receives story that are more heroic, but he usually refuses them. He doesn't want another Hanzawa Naoki story, he wants write about the cogwheels or "pebbles" (ishi tsubute) that work in big organizations.
If I remember correctly, the author used to be a newspaper reporter for Yomiuri himself. He also was in charge of covering Second Division at some point, getting to know the types of detectives who work there. Later, after he became a novelist, there was a year in which 0 corruption cases were uncovered by them (as prophesied by Yagura in the drama), so he got curious whether that could actually be true or if there were some great powers working their machinations behind the scenes to keep corruption from being uncovered. He then went down the past and saw that this case fraud case was the last "big" case uncovered by Second Division and started to interview all the people involved on both sides.
Another thing I like is how they included the baton pass at the end. In some interview, the author stated that it's not just the power from above that causes the number of uncovered corruption cases to decrease, but also the lack of certain types of detectives. As the drama portrayed, you kinda need old-school hard-boiled detectives to really dig in there, because the government and all the ministries, etc. haven't really changed much over time. They're still the rigid old organizations. The old-school detectives, however, have died out and their know-how has been lost to time, since you can only teach so much to newer generations. Yagura served as a hopeful symbol in the drama, and there are probably still some hot-blooded newcomers today, but they're few and far between.
Please share your thoughts. :)
I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the episodes as they come out. :)
I can't wait to read your thoughts. :)
I hope you'll share your thoughts here, on Twitter, d-addicts or drama-otaku. :)