Picspam: 'Deka Wanko' (or: an excuse to post awesome dresses & teeny tiny hats)
I can't sleep, so I was going through my caps folder (a task that may suggest I'm a masochist) and noticed I'd never done a full post about the jdrama Deka Wanko. Which is a crime unto its self, for reasons you're about to discover.
Deka Wanko first crossed my path after we saw these bizarrely ambiguous posters around Tokyo - was it about a frilly ninja who has a gang of dogs in suits? Is a bleak look at our the future? WHAT DID IT MEAN?!
Thanks to the internet, I soon found out and put to sleep any theories I had about genetically modified dogs coming to rule the world via Japan. The show is actually about a police officer named Hanamori Ichiko (the adorable Tabe Mikako) who is the only female in the all-male Section 13. This would be all in good, normally, but -
You can see why I was drawn to this like a moth to a frilly flame, right?
She's nicknamed 'Deka Wanko' - meaning 'Police Officer Dog' - because of her sense of smell and because it's apparently Bloke's Law to have a nickname when a detective. Fair enough. Probably would have chosen something else, but let's just go with it.
(Apologies for the caps - I only have a hard-subbed version that's very low quality. If anyone has soft-subbed RAWs, I'll happily take the links from you.)
She often has trouble convincing people she's a detective - and how - but her spunk and enthusiasm carry her forth with her rag-tag team of gentlemen cops.
At a crime scene, ain't no thang.
Arresting criminals, ain't no thang.
Hat with a biscuit on it, ain't no thang.
Oh, the hats. When was the last time you got to wear a teeny-tiny top hat to work? Exactly.
Sometimes she likes to shake it up with a giant rosette...
...or a head bow you could see from the moon.
Her headgear is such an intrinsic part of her that when her colleagues find this particular hat abandoned at a convenience store, they automatically know she's in trouble. It's serious if she's sans hat, guys. (It's worth putting here that, although she does get kidnapped and the show does have an over-arching "I must prove myself" thread, Ichiko is very capable and kicks ass - even with two layers of bloomers and petticoats.)
Her clothes are often brought up - naturally - and her unit head eventually gets her to dress down. (Make under?) (Why isn't that cardigan mine?)
It lasts for about fifteen minutes. Why? Because a crime takes place in a gothic-lolita cafe and?
There's only one girl for the job. And she's armed with THE BIGGEST BONNET KNOWN TO MAN.
It's hard out there for a lolita.
On her off days, she dresses as a bunny and cutes me to death.
Her extraordinary nose solves more than a few cases and she finds her self in a semi-battle with Michael, the police's top sniffer dog. They end up BFFs, of course, but only after they have a sniffing competition to see who has the best nose at MPD. She wins, but only by a nose. Ba-dum-tish!
Occasionally she hallucinates him as a white guy. Ain't no thang.
Interrogatin' in a union jack dress, ain't no thang.
Putting her gun under her dress, ain't no thang. (The best part is how she hangs phone charms and stickers on it. A girl after my own heart.)
Despite a tentative start, she soon wins the hearts of her Section 13 boys. Hell, they even come over and cram themselves into her room to apologise for being jerks! Her relationship with the boys is sweet and well-realised - it's cheesy in a feel good, aw shucks way. The words "Section 13 is love!" are uttered more than once.
They even go on holiday with each other and pick strawberries, amongst other things. It's on this trip she's kidnapped and that hat has lollies on it I can't even.
Random Dress Spam!
From what I've read, she's wearing a mixture of a lot of the major lolita brands, and I'm informed I can buy this dress if my heart desires. Even though I would never fit into it, I'm tempted. Very tempted. Just to keep and pat occasionally in a creepy fashion.
Rock 'n' lace!
I made an inappropriate noise when I saw this coat for the first time.
And this one.
And this entire outfit. Oh, hell - I considered being a lolita for about fifteen minutes. It passed, but it was close, guys.
I just couldn't pull of a big fuck-off bonnet, to be honest.
She's pretty great, all in all. And makes the best faces known to man.
All in all, Deka Wanko was fun, frivolous and full of teeny-tiny hats. What more could you ask for? (Her to make out with her older colleague)
Fashion 70's tomorrow! Spoilers: Jang-Bin forgets shirts exist and this happens:
This cap is named 'yep.jpg' because. Yep.
Deka Wanko first crossed my path after we saw these bizarrely ambiguous posters around Tokyo - was it about a frilly ninja who has a gang of dogs in suits? Is a bleak look at our the future? WHAT DID IT MEAN?!
Thanks to the internet, I soon found out and put to sleep any theories I had about genetically modified dogs coming to rule the world via Japan. The show is actually about a police officer named Hanamori Ichiko (the adorable Tabe Mikako) who is the only female in the all-male Section 13. This would be all in good, normally, but -
You can see why I was drawn to this like a moth to a frilly flame, right?
She's nicknamed 'Deka Wanko' - meaning 'Police Officer Dog' - because of her sense of smell and because it's apparently Bloke's Law to have a nickname when a detective. Fair enough. Probably would have chosen something else, but let's just go with it.
(Apologies for the caps - I only have a hard-subbed version that's very low quality. If anyone has soft-subbed RAWs, I'll happily take the links from you.)
She often has trouble convincing people she's a detective - and how - but her spunk and enthusiasm carry her forth with her rag-tag team of gentlemen cops.
At a crime scene, ain't no thang.
Arresting criminals, ain't no thang.
Hat with a biscuit on it, ain't no thang.
Oh, the hats. When was the last time you got to wear a teeny-tiny top hat to work? Exactly.
Sometimes she likes to shake it up with a giant rosette...
...or a head bow you could see from the moon.
Her headgear is such an intrinsic part of her that when her colleagues find this particular hat abandoned at a convenience store, they automatically know she's in trouble. It's serious if she's sans hat, guys. (It's worth putting here that, although she does get kidnapped and the show does have an over-arching "I must prove myself" thread, Ichiko is very capable and kicks ass - even with two layers of bloomers and petticoats.)
Her clothes are often brought up - naturally - and her unit head eventually gets her to dress down. (Make under?) (Why isn't that cardigan mine?)
It lasts for about fifteen minutes. Why? Because a crime takes place in a gothic-lolita cafe and?
There's only one girl for the job. And she's armed with THE BIGGEST BONNET KNOWN TO MAN.
It's hard out there for a lolita.
On her off days, she dresses as a bunny and cutes me to death.
Her extraordinary nose solves more than a few cases and she finds her self in a semi-battle with Michael, the police's top sniffer dog. They end up BFFs, of course, but only after they have a sniffing competition to see who has the best nose at MPD. She wins, but only by a nose. Ba-dum-tish!
Occasionally she hallucinates him as a white guy. Ain't no thang.
Interrogatin' in a union jack dress, ain't no thang.
Putting her gun under her dress, ain't no thang. (The best part is how she hangs phone charms and stickers on it. A girl after my own heart.)
Despite a tentative start, she soon wins the hearts of her Section 13 boys. Hell, they even come over and cram themselves into her room to apologise for being jerks! Her relationship with the boys is sweet and well-realised - it's cheesy in a feel good, aw shucks way. The words "Section 13 is love!" are uttered more than once.
They even go on holiday with each other and pick strawberries, amongst other things. It's on this trip she's kidnapped and that hat has lollies on it I can't even.
Random Dress Spam!
From what I've read, she's wearing a mixture of a lot of the major lolita brands, and I'm informed I can buy this dress if my heart desires. Even though I would never fit into it, I'm tempted. Very tempted. Just to keep and pat occasionally in a creepy fashion.
Rock 'n' lace!
I made an inappropriate noise when I saw this coat for the first time.
And this one.
And this entire outfit. Oh, hell - I considered being a lolita for about fifteen minutes. It passed, but it was close, guys.
I just couldn't pull of a big fuck-off bonnet, to be honest.
She's pretty great, all in all. And makes the best faces known to man.
All in all, Deka Wanko was fun, frivolous and full of teeny-tiny hats. What more could you ask for? (Her to make out with her older colleague)
Fashion 70's tomorrow! Spoilers: Jang-Bin forgets shirts exist and this happens:
This cap is named 'yep.jpg' because. Yep.