The team consists of Ko Himi (Yuko Takeuchi), Chie Yoda (Asami Mizukawa), Shuji Fujieda (Taishi Nakagawa) and stoic Seika Mano (Yuki Saito).
Along with their aloof boss (Bakarythm), they work their investigator magic to get to the bottom of their cases, reveal what is hidden, and bring the innocent and guilt alike into the open! Below: Ko and Chie get denied time off, LOL
QUEEN reminds me of everything I’ve ever loved from a good ensemble cast with engaging actors who have great chemistry with each other, and with Yuko Takeuchi, Asami Mizukawa, Taishi Nakagawa, and Yuki Saito, these four work so well off each other that you could well imagine them hanging out outside of work and in real life!
Indeed, so engaging is their rapport that I feel like the actual cases they work on is secondary to watching the group interact with each other, squabbling as they break down a case, Getting soft drinks as the do the footwork...
...and of course the classic “eating on top of the rooftop” to clear your head and get the facts straight!
Yuko Takeuchi seems to be channeling her “Sherlock” persona here, very spazzy and giddy when she is on the case, and I can feel my crush on her re-developing FAST!
But unlike Sherlock who had an antisocial slant, Himi is warm, fun and lovable,
a great skill when you're staring down the big bad guys, or even trading information with others like Hiroko Todo (Rika Izumi)...
a great skill when you're staring down the big bad guys, or even trading information with others like Hiroko Todo (Rika Izumi)...
Ko and Chie make the perfect pair- keen on wits and investigation while at the same time very animatedly goofy and joking around. Asami is playing the “over 30-ish woman” character here, and very humorously!
And Yuki Saito… Ever since “Designer Baby”, I’ve thought she was one attractive older lady, but somehow no matter what I can’t connect this lady with the idol singing all those old J-pop hits. I’ve been recently discovering all Yuki’s old albums and somehow so hard to believe this stern looking woman is the sweet and naive girl singing all those 80’s tunes!
Oh yeah, QUEEN is working up to becoming one of my favorite dramas on right now!
Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com
