I just watched it till the end becuz of Issei-san, the acting was good sure, it's issei-san we're talking about but the story was meh, it was kinda smth like "The blacklist" but just the main idea was the same, they could have make another season or even work on the story more but they simply let it go...spc after ep5 it even gets weird!
but in the books, utsumi is mentioned as is friend... and in the drama kishitani is mentioned s his friend as…
The focus of book was on Kishtani san, as his old friend from university and sure utsumi as assistant detective , but they've changed it for i have no idea why
i loved the first movie more, the new one was kinda lame...sure full of amazing actors and such but lack the better story than the first one...it was, kinda the same as first movie with a lil bit diff story, but not as much as funny and cool as the first one.
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https://www1.dramacool.ee/drama-detail/shimei-keiji-no-time-limit-sp
We all need someone like Kase-san in your lives! TT-TT