Friday, January 28, 2022

DCU ~Tejou wo Motta Diver

Another drama I checked out that hasn’t really grabbed me is the new Hiroshi Abe crime Drama “DCU ~Tejou wo Motta Diver”. Seems to be a variation of the same old detective shows we see over and over, only this time underwater.

We have Abe in another one of his “brash and snarky but outstanding leader” roles as Masayoshi Niina (Abe), a deep-sea water diver and his right-hand man, Takako Nariai, played by Anne Nakamura in the same kind of role she did in “SUITS” and “Rental Kyuseishu”…

On the team we have the hot-headed guy Nishino (Mitsuomi Takahashi) who disagrees with everything Niina says, as well as a guy named Seno (Ryusei Yokohama) who idolizes Niina and faithfully follows him everywhere…

We have the usual "Butting heads with the chief” scenarios common with these kind of dramas...

… as well as “Clashing with the local police”, led by Shimizu (Ikusaburo Yamazaki)…

A sort of “Cold Blue” Diver-style, but I can’t say I was very invested while watching it…with so much on my plate already, I'm probably going to pass on this one this season....