Boss (jdrama) on TVtropes
Japanese drama. Osawa Eriko returns home after having worked in America for several years. Back in Japan she becomes the boss of a division that is filled with misfit detectives. This drama ran in 2009 and consists of eleven episodes.
Notable:
A God Am I: The villain in episode 2 refers to himself as 'god'.
Brilliant But Lazy: Kimoto Mami. Will take a taxi instead of walk for ten seconds. In the office usually with her head on a pillow.
Casanova Wannabe: Iwai Zenji is one of the rarer gay examples.
Catch Phrase: "We have a case". So much so that it is noted when she doesn't say it.
Cool Old Guy: Oyama Genzo, keeps his calm all the time. Even though he was targeted with an explosion and then kidnapped.
Crowning Moment of Awesome: Osawa in the first episode. When it turns out she was not outsmarted during the interrogation after all.
Doesn't Like Guns: Katagiri Takuma, who has good reasons for this.
Everybody Is Single: Except for the boss. Though that relationship has its own issues.
Only Sane Man: Osawa seems to be this, but only because all the others are so weird.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Both the killers of episode 4 and 8. The one in 4 uses elaborate methods, while the one in 8 just uses a gun.
Shooting Gallery: The bodypart that the different detectives aim at, tells you a lot about their personal issues.
Title Drop: The detectives call Osawa Boss.
The Woobie: Katagiri Takuma
Handsome Lech: Nodate Shinjiro
Notable:
A God Am I: The villain in episode 2 refers to himself as 'god'.
Brilliant But Lazy: Kimoto Mami. Will take a taxi instead of walk for ten seconds. In the office usually with her head on a pillow.
Casanova Wannabe: Iwai Zenji is one of the rarer gay examples.
Catch Phrase: "We have a case". So much so that it is noted when she doesn't say it.
Cool Old Guy: Oyama Genzo, keeps his calm all the time. Even though he was targeted with an explosion and then kidnapped.
Crowning Moment of Awesome: Osawa in the first episode. When it turns out she was not outsmarted during the interrogation after all.
Doesn't Like Guns: Katagiri Takuma, who has good reasons for this.
Everybody Is Single: Except for the boss. Though that relationship has its own issues.
Only Sane Man: Osawa seems to be this, but only because all the others are so weird.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Both the killers of episode 4 and 8. The one in 4 uses elaborate methods, while the one in 8 just uses a gun.
Shooting Gallery: The bodypart that the different detectives aim at, tells you a lot about their personal issues.
Title Drop: The detectives call Osawa Boss.
The Woobie: Katagiri Takuma
Handsome Lech: Nodate Shinjiro