I was initially really intrigued by this story of the harried game developer Narusawa (Ninomiya Kazunari) who never has time for his wife (Mikako Tabe) or child, who is suddenly forced to see things in a real light when his daughter is kidnapped.
Strong characters and a smart police team led by Katsuragi (Hiroshi Tamaki) made me think this was going to be a crime drama of high stakes with the family and police coming together to track down the kidnapper and bring the daughter back home...
But almost immediately, it degenerated into the typical red herring fake-out “suspect of the week” shenanigans as both the police and the family seemed to be doing the most boneheaded of moves! As you all might recall from my experience with Shinhannin Flag, I have no patience for this stuff, and thought I might have to drop it.
But I stuck with it, and I must say, by the halfway point, it was beginning to gel and by the show’s last three episodes, all the parts came together to paint a very compelling narrative, and by the show’s last episode, I was on the edge of my seat in anticipation of how it would all play out! The way the story all wrapped up was so satisfying (and tear-inducing!!!), I began to worry that they would ruin it by adding one of those cheap ‘gotcha’ twist things at the end. But I needn't have worried as this one closed with as good an end as you could get!
Glad I stuck this out out!!!
