Octo: Kanjou Sousakan Shinno Akari

Kodai Asaka and Marie Iitoyo

New Crime drama "Octo: Kanjou Sousakan Shinno Akari" gives us the innovative idea about a girl who can see emotions of people...simply by the colors they give off!!

Ryo Kazehaya (Asaka Kodai) has just been transferred to the Crime Division of the Police Department where he is paired up with an introverted and shy woman named Akari Shinno (Marie Iitoyo) .

During the interrogation of a murder suspect, Kazehaya is trying to get the facts of the case- when Shinno pulls out a sketchbook and pastels and begins scribbling colors onto the blank pages. 

It’s here he finds out that this girl can see the emotions of the suspects by the colors emanating from their eyes, and, using this talent as a sort of Lie detector test, digs to get to the real intention of the suspect!Some colors represent outrage. Some reveal hate and others guilt. All of this paints a picture which tells the true story.

 

This is NOT the way Kazehaya likes to conduct his investigations, however, and asks Section Chief Kumokawa (Takeshi Yamanaka) to pair him with someone else. But the chief seems to have a soft spot for Shinno and advises Kazehaya get used to her methods.

This will be harder than it sounds with two totally different people trying to work a case, with one hard as nails and the other a recluse of sorts!!!

The title “Octo” comes from the theory that there are 8 basic emotions which control us, (as well as a multitude of combinations of the 8), represented by colors on the chart. As Dr. Komoto (Asami Usuda) explains to the perplexed Detective. it's all so new to him.

After repeated interrogations, Shinno has finally gathered enough “colors” to break the case and she lays out all the scribbles she’s made over the days onto the floor and , looking over the entire "picture", is able to determine the person’s “True Color”!

"I found It. The True Color."

Such a great "gimmick" for a crime show, (though admittedly the first case wasn't too thrilling) I'm interested to see where they go with this premise!