NO, it is NOT!What a bad joke was that?!Seriously, what a huge disappointment.Good idea, failed execution.
The whole anthology is based on short stories by Minato Kanae.
I didn't notice any flaws in the story, tbh. Everything made sense. It even added some more truths. The original is a bit more ambiguous in comparison.
Execution lies in the eye of the beholder, obviously. I enjoyed the pace, acting, camera, composition of scenes, the score and the overall structure.
1) Yes, although it's more complex than "being lonely."2) She isn't mentally ill per se, she's just super excessive,…
Yeah, because in her own fantasy world, he did, and she can't differentiate between reality and fantasy.
(Fun fact: In the book it's pretty clear that he burned down the building, but not to save Yukina ... He simply wanted to kill her mother for obvious reasons. The drama decided to turn it into an accident in order to emphasize on her lack of contact with reality.)
Episode 3 was really good but I admit I was confused. This is my understanding:1) Yukina was lonely and convinced…
1) Yes, although it's more complex than "being lonely."
2) She isn't mentally ill per se, she's just super excessive, conservative and extremely protective of her daughter. There was no jealousy. She legit thought of them as bad influence/evil and wanted them gone.
3) In the drama it's a fact that the fire was caused by a cigarette. Masayuki still blames Yukina's mother, since it was her who ruined their lives to the point of his mother being too tired, which eventually led to the accident. Him setting the fire to save Yukina is all just in Yukina's head.
4) Masayuki already had the knife and was about to commit the killing spree anyway and it had absolutely nothing to do with Yukina. He DID NOT recognize Yukina at all. Heck, he doesn't even remember her despite the lawyers talking about her. Her existence is absolutely insignificant to him. Again, the whole connection is all just in her head. Hence he gradually becomes more angry when Yukina robs him of his right to remain silent by making up some fantasy (at least 80%) about his childhood and eventually (indirectly) tells her to go to hell (as in "leave me alone already").
It's a real job and that division actually exists within the MPD. They're a group of ten-odd people and they help…
Including other prefectures, there are about 100 of such recognizers in Japan who search for wanted criminals "the analog way" as one of them described it.
Is that even real that kind of job? Walking around in the streets all day long hoping to catch perp recognizing…
It's a real job and that division actually exists within the MPD. They're a group of ten-odd people and they help in the arrest of ~100 people per year. They actually do look for people at crowded places such as Shinjuku Station in similar fashion as depicted in the drama.
I don't think that job is common in the west. There is a recognizer unit in Britain, but they work with camera footage and don't actually wander the streets. However, that's a different profession and does exist in Japan as well.
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I didn't notice any flaws in the story, tbh. Everything made sense. It even added some more truths. The original is a bit more ambiguous in comparison.
Execution lies in the eye of the beholder, obviously. I enjoyed the pace, acting, camera, composition of scenes, the score and the overall structure.
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(Fun fact: In the book it's pretty clear that he burned down the building, but not to save Yukina ... He simply wanted to kill her mother for obvious reasons. The drama decided to turn it into an accident in order to emphasize on her lack of contact with reality.)
2) She isn't mentally ill per se, she's just super excessive, conservative and extremely protective of her daughter. There was no jealousy. She legit thought of them as bad influence/evil and wanted them gone.
3) In the drama it's a fact that the fire was caused by a cigarette. Masayuki still blames Yukina's mother, since it was her who ruined their lives to the point of his mother being too tired, which eventually led to the accident. Him setting the fire to save Yukina is all just in Yukina's head.
4) Masayuki already had the knife and was about to commit the killing spree anyway and it had absolutely nothing to do with Yukina. He DID NOT recognize Yukina at all. Heck, he doesn't even remember her despite the lawyers talking about her. Her existence is absolutely insignificant to him. Again, the whole connection is all just in her head. Hence he gradually becomes more angry when Yukina robs him of his right to remain silent by making up some fantasy (at least 80%) about his childhood and eventually (indirectly) tells her to go to hell (as in "leave me alone already").
I don't think that job is common in the west. There is a recognizer unit in Britain, but they work with camera footage and don't actually wander the streets. However, that's a different profession and does exist in Japan as well.