The exchange of soul stems is not new, but it is made by the "Ren Doctor" team, and with ultra-luxury cards such as Haruka Ayase, Issei Takahashi, and Kazuki Kitamura, it is definitely worth looking forward to!
Kingdom of Heaven and Hell
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department searches for a criminal police officer, Saiko Mochizuki (Haruka Ayase), who investigates a serial murder case and locks up the suspect, Higao Yoshitomo (Issei Takahashi). In the process of tracing, the two accidentally exchanged souls.
In order not to become Hidaka's ghost, Saeko has to cooperate with the suspects to help him eliminate the evidence.
The same is the soul wear drama, Morishita Yoshiko's adaptation of "Ren Doctor" Zhu Yu in front, this time the original script, at first glance, is not very stunning.
Unable to withstand the acting skills and audience popularity of the two main actors, the first episode of the broadcast received super high ratings, which can be called the strongest suspense drama of this season.
Just as British actors have played magicians, most Japanese actors have played detectives. It's just that "Heaven and Hell" did not open the "Detective" cool drama mode, and Wangyue Caizi is a marginalized female criminal policeman, who opened up the topic of discrimination in women's workplaces.
The framework of criminal investigation dramas can be placed in a variety of themes, naturally including gender discrimination in the workplace.
For example, in the hit drama "Unnatural Death", the female forensic doctor played by Rimi Ishihara had to be replaced by a male colleague because of the prejudice of the prosecutor.
As a female screenwriter, Morishita Yoshiko naturally wants to put in relevant content. Judging only from the content of the first episode, the heroine's character and plot direction are a little blunt.
Morishita portrayed "Search Lesson" as a male world.
Caizi is the only female police officer in the search class, and in the male-dominated workplace, Caizi is already in an awkward position, always being stared at by the males of the "elite criminal policemen". She also offended the suspect and brought a lawsuit to the Metropolitan Police Department.
"Women just can't do it", this kind of ridicule is sexual harassment in the workplace.
In such a dire situation, Saeko reveals her fatal flaws. She was impulsive, stuck to the rules and procedures, and did not communicate and cooperate with her superiors.
Obviously, Kawahara will get a formal search warrant tomorrow, and she ran out to alarm the suspect, completely betraying the professionalism and professional ethics of a policeman.
Although her quick success is related to the situation of women, how can such a criminal police officer who does not know how to reflect gain the trust of her peers?
Perhaps to highlight Saeko's shortcomings, Morishita set up two interesting male characters, his colleague Kawahara and Kojiba.
They are the two most common types of people in the workplace.
Kazuki Kitamura plays Kawahara, an old fritter in the workplace, discriminating against women, dirty means of doing things, but excellent ability, black and white all-you-can-eat, is a good criminal policeman who can do things.
His existence seems to be to punch the heroine in the face, you are decent, you have the right procedure, but you can't handle the case.
The eight volumes are the office fish party, unlike Saeko's eagerness to prove herself, he is content to be marginalized, ordering takeaway and miscellaneous, but at the critical moment he will not drop the chain, can find clues, and is keenly aware that Saeko's soul is dropped.
Compared with these two weightless men, Caizi is really a stupid heroine with no brains and no social experience. Not to mention, playing against the high-IQ suspect Rigao can only fall into the trap he has set step by step.
The screenwriter uses such a large amount of ink to emphasize that "women suffer in the workplace", which is a bit noisy, and the main plot should not make way for "social hot spots".
After watching two episodes, the biggest attraction of this drama is really the old-fashioned exchange of soul bridges.
Just to regret, xiao haru left the TV series for two and a half years, why did he encounter such an unreliable role, an episode to the end of the shock, Xiao Haru this time played not the female protagonist, but the "male protagonist".
The president of a company suspected of being a serial killer, with a complex background and a strategic plan, also uses a male soul to make love with Yusuke Tsubasa (Saeko's cohabitant).
Ichisei Jun is a reckless female criminal police officer who first evolves into a male killer and then plays haruka Ayase, who is coerced and seduced by Haruka Ayase herself by grabbing a pigtail.
The identity of the police bandit is reversed, the gender is exchanged, and the layers of matryoshka dolls must be the moment when the male and female protagonists are acting.
Finally, it was time for Ayase Haruka to play the villain. After "Firefly Light", Haruka's dry female image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and her play path has been relatively narrow in the future, basically a typical Japanese female image that can no longer be typical.
Years later, after partnering again with the production team of "Ren Doctor" and "White Night", the role of Haruka Ayase has obviously made a breakthrough.
With the blessing of the suspect's soul, Ayase Haruka is rarely bright and strong, with the taste of "Cold Lady". The unfathomable little expression has a feeling of Karasawa Yukiho.
Tempted by Haruka's threats, Takahashi, who cried into tears, instantly returned to the "Calm Leisure of the Wind and Waves" in each episode of the crying I smelled.
However, why the tenacious and stubborn female criminal police officer will become so weak and easy to deceive after changing her body, and Takahashi's imitation of "women" throughout her life is not too exaggerated. As if it were a non-committal character in Haruka's past, it is no wonder that it was evaluated by the audience as "more Ayase Haruka than Ayase Haruka".
Using the soul-piercing gender exchange to create laughter, a bunch of works immediately flashed through my mind.
"Seven Days of Change of Father and Daughter" by Yui Niigaki, "Secret Garden" by Xuanbin He Zhiyuan, and even the domestic network drama "The Promotion of the Princess Princess".
It is nothing more than peeking at each other's bodies, experiencing different physiological reactions of men and women, and disguising themselves as each other to deal with relatives and friends.
Emotionally, through experiencing each other's lives, understanding each other's difficulties, and discovering some emotions that have not been understood in the past.
The bridge segments are fixed, even routine. However, who does not want to see Ayase Haruka "Wall-Tou" Takahashi's life. Whether the old terrier looks good or not depends on the chemistry between the main actors.
The only thing to worry about is Morishita's ability to grasp the main line of criminal investigation.
At the beginning, the screenwriter deliberately let Hidaka appear at the scene of the crime, implying that he was the murderer of several serial murders.
For example, in Keigo Higashino's "Malice", the story clearly tells the reader who is the murderer at the beginning of the story, and then uses the pen and ink of a book to tell what the murderer is.
However, is the serial killer really Hidaka?
Hidaka exposes herself to the female criminal police, step by step laying out the evidence, must be to induce Caizi to hunt down and successfully exchange souls.
Is the exchange of souls just to escape the guilt of this murder?
Since he could easily manipulate the direction of the police investigation, why didn't he erase the traces of the crime from the beginning. Obviously, hidaka has more plots behind exchanging souls, and he is much more complicated than the personnel of the reckless female police officer.
In the first episode, souls are exchanged, and in the second episode Hidaka kills Saeko. What really scares Saeko is that this person has no obsession with his life, and in order to achieve his goal, he will not hesitate to kill his body and give up his social identity and wealth.
Before they exchanged, was the soul in Hidaka's body himself?
Hidaka's portrayal of Hibita throughout his life is cunning and fierce, while Haruka Ayase's Higashi is desperate and sad, carrying a heavy past.
Morishita is good at writing delicate emotional relationships, but she may not be able to circle several volt lines. If you look at it from the general criminal investigation logic, the current plot is not very rigorous, and it depends on how the follow-up plot unfolds.
Although the two confrontations between the male and female protagonists are sparkled, and the follow-up two continue to fight wits and courage in the cat and mouse game, the soul exchange terrier and comedy section may not last enough for the volume of ten episodes.
The official synopsis spoilers the duo will produce "Ultimate Love", which doesn't sound like a sweet love. Like the dishes are ready, just wait for the pot. If you don't develop a love line, you feel that you have wasted the cp sense of Ayase Haruka and Takahashi's life.
Does this further imply that the male protagonist is not a serial killer?
In general, although the criminal investigation line of the drama is insufficient, a Japanese drama with good staring and good bridge section is enough to attract the audience and ensure that the ratings reach the top.
In addition, with Kazuki Kitamura, YuTsumoto, and Jungemi Mizobata, Yoshiko Morishita's advantages in writing supporting roles have not yet been fully utilized.
There may be more reversals in the future, you can look forward to it!
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