eita and ikuta toma - what a brilliant pairing! for a potentially typical format of mystery drama the casting of these two was an inspired decision.
there is a lot of banter between all the main characters and even quite a lot from the supporting cast too.
it was well written with sensitivity to a sometimes somber subject matter.
the setting is medical school and the five main characters are students taking a seminar on forensic pathology. this, they come to learn, is about conveying the voices of the dead to those left alive.
in confusing cases where the cause of death is unknown or suspicious, forensic pathology listens to the signs the body shows in order to hear the real story of those last moments on earth.
all taking the seminar for their own different reasons (often something in their past that has haunted them) the five work together to understand how dead bodies can explain the life that once was attached to them.
kaji daiki (eita) is actualy unwillingly drafted into this course by the lecturer who can see something in him that would surely flourish in forensic pathology.
his friend ryosuke (ikuta) is avoiding the pressure of his dad's high position,
kanako (ishihara satomi) lost someone in suspicious circumstances,
teppei (endo yuya) and akira (sato yuki) who have a great argumentative banter with each other from day one, also appear to have their own reasons for joining this usually fairly unpopular and misunderstood course.
the second great pairing in this is endo and sato. i would never have thought to put those two together but it was a stroke of genius.
its always quite fun to see endo getting beatings and playing the nervous geeky fool, and sato is great as the scarey looking, angry but soft hearted idiot akira.
each episode has a new case for them to solve and they are all pretty interesting.
but it is the banter between the main five plus akira's mum that i like best about the show. it keeps it all rolling.
all the boys seem to pick on kanako and she stubbornly keeps them at arms length for quite a while. ishihara is another actress who can play many different roles well.
one minute a closed and focussed young girl and the next a frantic, rude, sneaky teacher as was her role as in puzzle.
ikuta looks beautiful in voice i have to say. he is a little slapstick (how we like him best) and a little serious too. and not many people look good in puffa jackets so thats one to be proud of.
kaji daiki is basically riding on his exceptional intuition and has Galileo style flashes of genius when he is in deep thought - he usually saves the day with his soft focus psychosis epiphanies.
its kind of cheesey i guess but eita's awsome expressions and that messed up
mop of hair he has just makes it fun to watch. i could watch him in the worst program ever created and i probably would still like it due to being blinded by his greatness. his thinking face is awesome. haha, it sounds funny to say that. it really is though. cant help but love that man in whatever role he is in.
and that big green/blue coat was another inspired piece of casting. it was like the 6th member of the team.
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