Quick Review #144: "Daitsuiseki Keishicho SSBC kyoukouhangakari" - Summer 2025

Title: Daitsuiseki Keishicho SSBC kyoukouhangakari / 大追跡　警視庁SSBC強行犯係　　　　　　　　　　　

Rating: 2 / 10

Recommended for: 

For those who are fans of the cast members and don't mind a lacklustre storyline

* Potential spoilers ahead!

Liked:

- What made this drama different from many other police detective stories was the integration of modern investigation techniques tapping on technology. As such, in this regard, it was a refreshing take on approaching criminal case investigations and was a nice contrast with the traditional methods doing so. There were quite a number of interesting technological concepts introduced along the way so I found that there was a bit of educational value amid the entertainment.

Disliked: 

- However, the biggest issue with this drama was the poorly crafted story. Considering that the entire drama spanned 8 episodes, as many as 6 could be considered as fillers which hardly contributed to the so-called hidden conspiracy/background story. And then things got wrapped up so sloppily as if the drama had to be wrapped up in a big hurry. I held out till the end and was anticipating a major twist or some grand conspiracy that could effectively write off the frustration and boredom brought about by the meek and predictable storyline in the first two-thirds of the drama. Not only did it fail to deliver that, how things ended just felt as if the characters went through so much for nothing. To be honest, I was also pretty upset about wasting my time on this title over the past two months or so.

- While I admit that one of my initial motivators for watching this was to support Aiba Masaki, I was also attracted to the fact that Oomori Nao was one of the three leads and the script was by Fukuda Yasushi. Surely this drama would be of a decent quality with these two elements in place? Despite a pretty stellar cast, the actors were indeed let down by the story which did not give much room for the characters' development. Most of them were very forgettable because there were not that many background stories and developments to help them make an impression on viewers. The three leads also did not really get to display a "bond" between their characters or become a trio who became great work buddies over the course of spending a few months together. If it had been that the characters were at least appealing or endearing to watch, I might have been a bit more forgiving in my assessment of the disappointing storyline.