I am very, very impressed by Unnatural. When was the last time a mainstream aka non WOWOW medical show impressed me? Probably the first season of Doctors Saikyou no Meii but that was more comedy than a serious medical show. Iryu? Anyway, here are 10 things I liked about Unnatural:
1) The police in this show were not incompetent.
2) Supporting character gets multiple pay offs.
3) Ishihara Satomi gets put between a rock and a hard place often and has to make difficult decisions.
4) Boss of group is actually smart, not lazy, thinks big picture and is willing to take the heat for his people.
5) Arata is awesome and works well with Ishihara Satomi.
6) Deals with a lot of real life issues like overworking, date-rape, bullying, unidentified bodies etc.
7) Did a great job building up the main story over the course of 8 episodes that when episode 9 happened, I was at the edge of my seat.
8) Every character got their chance to shine.
9) No one tried to act too cool.
10) No incompetent rookies.
SUMMARYVery good job by the writer Nogi Akiko who also wrote Juhan Shuttai!, I am Hero and Ore Monogatari. However, she also wrote a whole bunch of Aragaki Yui shows which I don't want to watch and Library Wars which I hated. Unnatural and Juhan Shuttai! clearly shows that she is very good. Must watch.
