The Return of Airi Matsui in "Hakubo No Chronicle"

Just caught the first episode of the crime/horror thriller "Hakudo no Chronicle" ( Chronicle of White Dawn) starring Tomohiro Kamiyama and Airi Matsui! Our Story:

When investigating a routine case of food poisoning at a restaurant, Ministry of Health agent Akari Fusegi (Airi Matsui)  instead stumbles onto a brutal murder, and not just ANY murder- it is the killing of an Okinaga, a race of seemingly immortal beings who live among the regular humans like you and me.

Determined to get her food poisoning case closed, she argues with the police detectives Karasawa and Narumiya (Tsutomu Takahashi and Nanami Sakuraba) and the people who deal with Okinaga matters. Crossing paths with the department’s head Takenouchi (Terunosuke Takezai) , Fusegi soon finds herself demoted from her health Inspection job…and, surprisingly, put INTO the Okinaga Department herself!!!

Put under the care of Supervisor Kubozono (Ken Mitsuishi), Akari soon learns why she has been brought in to join the investigation. There has been a rash of killings targeting the scattered okinaga in Japan, and the restaurant killing is just the latest!

To get her up to speed on the lore of okinaga, Fusegi is taken to a secluded house run by Kaoruko Azechi (Ayumi Ito), where she is introduced to a young man named Kai Yukimura (Tomohiro Kamiyama) .

He's the reigning expert on all things to do with okinaga and Akari must team up with him is she intends to properly investigate the case.

 But she will soon learn that he has the most incorrigible attitude (one that has made several agents before Fusegi quit!) and has only utter contempt for Akari as she struggles to learn the ropes!

Yukimura speaks to Fusegi in a bossy and condescending tone, but when she tries to scold him, citing her obvious advanced age over him, she is met with laughter. Because of course, Yukimura HIMSELF is an okinaga, and an EIGHTY-EGHT year old one, at that!

Below: Finding out Yukimura is immortal when an assailant slashes his throat and he just gets right back up again!

Th-there's CLEARLY more to this guy than she thought!!!

The serial murders they are covering are part of what they have dubbed “the Sheep Killings” as the murders have always fallen on Christmas Day in the Year of the Sheep. When a new murder happens only days after the last killing, the team knows they have to step things up and nail down the case. But can Fusegi and Yukimura put aside their differences and work together as a team? Little by little things start coming together….

As you all know, I’m a HUGE fan of cutie Airi Matsui, who always tends to grab these unusual and odd roles. Blue Birthday, Eroi Kareshi ga Watashi wo Madowasu, Shanai Marraige Honey, her characters are always so eccentric and QUIRKY and she is a delight to watch!

This one looks like it might be fun!

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogpsot.com