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Keiji to Kenji: Shokatsu to Chiken no 24ji jdorama review


Last year I watched the sequel of Keiji to Kenji called Keiji to Kenji, Tokidoki Hanji and it was suprisingly fun and watchable. It was light and funny and Kitamura Yukiya was good as the lead. The concept first season is still the same, Kiritani Kenta and Higa Minami play siblings, one is a cop and is assistant to a prosecutor.

The key to Keiji to Kenji that makes the humour work is that the prosecutor that Higa Minami works for played by Higashide Masahiro (Akutou) is in love with her, is antagonistic to the brother and is sort of childish and is always wanting to take on more serious cases. From the beginning I thought these 3 work very well together.

Imada Mio is also in the show as the only female detective of the team. She features a lot more prominently later in the series and my jdorama senses tell me she might have been shooting another jdorama.

I also enjoyed Muroi Shinji as the head prosecutor who has a penchant for sweet things. He is one of those actors I refer to his most famous role which is Muroi Shinji in Odoru Daisousasen. I wonder how I would like it if I rewatch this super famous series which I never found that good but has spawned so many sequels including a Muroi Shinji movie that came out last year.

Like the second season, Keiji to Kenji is about the tension between police who want a warrant for every suspicious person and prosecutors who want physical evidence before issuing anything. 

The only character I don't buy is Okunuki Kaoru as a former judge who running her own restaurant. I get that being a former judge means she can join in discussions and give insights but no one would give up the guaranteed job security and money of a judge!

I have to mention that this series has the funniest and most believable reason for a hikikomori to get out of his room. You know how hikikomori is always a plot device in jdoramas and hikikomori is 'cured' after one episode when it is a complicated problem. Just want to say that the ending of episode 2 had me laughing a lot.

I will say that I can't remember a police/crime show that made me laugh this much.

Now I am very tempted to go back and rewatch season 2.  Too bad they could not afford Imada Mio.

Keiji to Kenji does not finish as strong as it started but it is a cut above the usual jdorama police shows. Very watchable.

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