Shibatora eps 1-2: first impressions review
I'm amazed I'm actually following three different jdramas this season. Before this I could never manage more than one :P
The cast is great. Teppei Koike is adorable. He's so... small. And cute. Like... like a stuffed animal or something.
Ohgo Suzuka is adorable (and long-haired and all grown up looking!).
Fujiki Naohito is... Fujiki Naohito. Or is he? I've never seen him play a character like this (but then again, he was a para-para dancing cowboy a few years ago...)
Even the token "fat guy" is pimpin':
Shibata's cop life is made difficult by the fact that he looks like a 14 year old:
Stop that kid!
Wrong one!
I laughed XD.
Speaking of laughter: oh man. Shibata has this amazing ability to see reaper hands around the victim/suspect of the week. Yes. REAPER HANDS. LIKE SO:
This lets him know they are going to be in MORTAL DANGER if he doesn't intervene. He got this ability from a near-death experience with a bullet that killed his father. (Kyuu from Tantei Gakuen Q??).
Episode 1 is basically a sort of intro to the characters and provides Mizuki's backstory and how Shibata met her, etc, etc. I have to warn you, though, it's not as lighthearted as it appears: there's kidnapping and prostitution as well as domestic violence and abuse. Shibata gets beat up a lot. Episode 2, on the other hand, is the beginning of the major plot arc. That's right: this is a detective/mystery drama that is not episodic!! (Well, it is, but the cases are going to be linked, which isn't usually how these shows work). Shibatora is sent on an undercover assignment as a high school student to investigate a crime ring. A mystery person known as the Onigami blackmails students into committing anonymous crimes on its behalf. They wear helmets and beat people up. I love it! Unfortunately my kmplayer decided not to screencap any of episode 2, so you don't get any pictures of the helmet beating.
VERDICT: GREAT.
As it stands, Shibatora is now my favourite, followed by Seigi no Mikata and then Code Blue. I dunno if I'll keep watching Yasuko to Kenji - not that I didn't like it, but the first episode didn't leave me wanting to watch more. And I know I won't be able to keep up with four dramas. I'm still watching Osen, and I have CHANGE sitting on my harddrive too. Oh the humanity.
Ohgo Suzuka is adorable (and long-haired and all grown up looking!).
Fujiki Naohito is... Fujiki Naohito. Or is he? I've never seen him play a character like this (but then again, he was a para-para dancing cowboy a few years ago...)
Even the token "fat guy" is pimpin':
Stop that kid!
Wrong one!
I laughed XD.
This lets him know they are going to be in MORTAL DANGER if he doesn't intervene. He got this ability from a near-death experience with a bullet that killed his father. (Kyuu from Tantei Gakuen Q??).
VERDICT: GREAT.
As it stands, Shibatora is now my favourite, followed by Seigi no Mikata and then Code Blue. I dunno if I'll keep watching Yasuko to Kenji - not that I didn't like it, but the first episode didn't leave me wanting to watch more. And I know I won't be able to keep up with four dramas. I'm still watching Osen, and I have CHANGE sitting on my harddrive too. Oh the humanity.