WELL, if FujiTV wanted to get me interested in their upcoming show, there is probably no easier method of coercing me than using this promotional picture of Alice Hirose, which made me immediately leap up and begin clicking the links to see what new drama she was promoting!
Called "Zen Ryoiki Ijou Kaiketsu Shitsu", this seems to be an X-Files flavoured mystery/Detective drama series following two agents Miyabi Okitama (Tatsuya Fujiwara) and Koyume Amano (Alice) whose specialty seems to be investigating the macabre and the unknown.
Sounds like a really interesting show, however the focus seems to be on Fujiwara's character Miyabi as the one with the special gift into the paranormal cases, while this is cool, I really don't want to see Alice as the "reactionary" character, (i.e the clueless by-the-book person who is confused and addled by Fujiwara's unorthodox ways, only to be amazed when he proves himself correct), rather, I'd like to see a real 50/50 partnership with him.
STILL, with Alice looking SO PRETTY here, we ALL know I'll be watching this no matter what...even if it doesn't get picked up by a subtitling team, I'll have to at least CHECK it OUT!
Zen Ryōiki Ijou Kaiketsu Shitsu starts October 9th.

