The Return Of The Unfortunate Detective

 A FUN mini-drama FINALLY gets a proper series!!!
Some of you may remember how much I LOVED the VERY short mini drama series "Oshii Keiji" starring Shunsuke Kazama as the titular Takafumi Oshii-san, the Clouseau-like bumbling detective and his ever-suffering partner Haida, played with great candor by Ren Ishikawa...
I was ALWAYS in stitches each episode and at the time I moaned how tragic it was that this great comedy only got a mere THREE episodes, wishing for a full series. Well, I finally got my wish as the newly christened “Yappari Oshii Keiji” just started and it’s gonna be a full 10 episode drama!!! So far at two episodes in, it’s as fun as I remembered and I’m confident that it will continue to tickle my funny bone!!!!

When we check in on Oshii, his suspension is over and he is back on the force. His former partner Haida has long since been promoted out, but he is now aided by the cool but apathetic Toru Yokode (Atsuhiro Inukai) and the mousey but hard-working Kurumi Mirayama (Sei Shiraishi).

With such an oddball assortment one wonders how they will do on a case, but the team manages to function as well as can be, and together they crack the murder mystery wide open!

Was disappointed with the lack of Ren Ishikawa in this- as some may remember, this is the drama which made me a big fan of hers, thankfully she is replaced by yet ANOTHER huge favorite of mine, Sei Shiraishi, who continues to win my heart over and over again!!!

Kind of a running gag that, while Oshii is constantly immobilized and hypnotized by all the beauties he deals with, the dorky Mirayama holds no effect on him at all. Bet they build up to an episode where Oshii finds out what a FOX Sei Shiraishi is under all that mousey makeup!!!