When it comes to crime dramas--I think South Korean and Taiwanese Chinese ones provide the best suspense. This is coming from someone who can't stand realistic torture scenes! I watched Crisis: Special Security Squad and it was good. Vivant was also interesting. I may have not enjoyed this as much as South Korean or Taiwanese Chinese crime dramas--it still deserves some praise.
The drama doesn't take things too far like Copycat Killer -- the Taiwanese adaptation of a Japanese crime novel. I enjoyed Copycat Killer for balancing gore (and not prolonging torture scenes or not focusing on them) and the GOOD WRITING. Unnatural also goes with a mysterious serial killer who goes by the Goldfish. Finding corpses with a goldfish mark in the mouth hints that it wasn't an accident. Instead, they're on the hunt for a serial killer while working on ongoing cases. The J-Drama goes for 10 episodes -- a tad bit longer than overbudgeted K-Dramas.
The main character Mikoto Misumi (Satori Ishihara) works at Unnatural Death Investigation. One of the characters, Kai Nakado (Arata Iura) is cold and distant because of his late girlfriend's death. It was also nice to see Ryo Ryusei make some short appearances every now and then as Nagumo Kibayashi. I want to pretend that Daigo Kiryu from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger was helping people even outside spandex. As the series goes on, some mysteries slowly unravel while the team focuses on helping others.
I'd say the lack of gore might be a good experience for other people. Sure, the crime drama is usually the type to hit gore by the buckets. It's safe to assume that the TBS Drama Production wanted to tone things down. It might be surprising because Japanese Anime can be downright brutal. In this case, the toning down may have worked like a charm. Violence or gore just for the sake of either is just plain bad writing. It shows that one can have a crime drama without being downright brutal. It can be a worthy addition if one's seen K-Dramas like Police University and Pride and Prejudice.
I'd say the lack of gore might be a good experience for other people. Sure, the crime drama is usually the type to hit gore by the buckets. It's safe to assume that the TBS Drama Production wanted to tone things down. It might be surprising because Japanese Anime can be downright brutal. In this case, the toning down may have worked like a charm. Violence or gore just for the sake of either is just plain bad writing. It shows that one can have a crime drama without being downright brutal. It can be a worthy addition if one's seen K-Dramas like Police University and Pride and Prejudice.
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