The 114th Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2022) - Best Leading Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3

1) Kawaguchi Haruna - silent
2) Nagasawa Masami - Elpis - Kibou, arui wa wazawai -
3) Nao - First Penguin

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Kawaguchi Haruna - silent
2) Nagasawa Masami - Elpis - Kibou, arui wa wazawai -

3) Honda Tsubasa - Kimi no hana ni naru

4) Kiyohara Kaya - Reibai tantei Jozuka Hisui / invert Jozuka Hisui tojoshuu

5) Nao - First Penguin

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Kawaguchi Haruna - silent
2) Nagasawa Masami - Elpis - Kibou, arui wa wazawai -
3) Nao - First Penguin

4) Takahashi Maryjun - Yamikin Ushijima-kun gaiden Yamikin Saihara-san

5) Takimoto Miori - Sister

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Nagasawa Masami - Elpis - Kibou, arui wa wazawai -

2) Kawaguchi Haruna - silent

3) Takahashi Maryjun - Yamikin Ushijima-kun gaiden Yamikin Saihara-san

4) Nao - First Penguin

5) Kiyohara Kaya - Reibai tantei Jozuka Hisui / invert Jozuka Hisui tojoshuu

Source: The Television

Quick Review #22: Reibai tantei Jouzuka Hisui / Invert Jouzuka Hisui Toujoshu

Title: Reibai tantei Jouzuka Hisui / Invert Jouzuka Hisui Toujoshu 霊媒探偵・城塚翡翠 / invert ・城塚翡翠　倒叙集

Season: Autumn 2022

Broadcast by: NTV

Rating: 6 / 10

Recommended for: those who don't mind a slow buildup in a suspense story where the detective outwits the criminal in one move

Liked:

- Ep 5. This has got to be the best episode in the entire series made up of 2 dramas in the same season with the same characters. The way how the truth was revealed and how Hisui outsmarted the Transparent Devil was very engaging even though it was largely Hisui talking for most of the episode.

- Kiyohara Kaya & Seto Koji having great chemistry as "partners" at work and in love

- The chemistry between Kiyohara and Koshiba Fuuka in the "invert" arc where they had more playful and spontaneous interactions.

Disliked: 

- The buildup in the first 4 episodes was just too slow and painful to sit through.

- The "invert" arc seemed quite refreshing in the first episode with its reverse reasoning but the concept got stale really quickly with subsequent cases. It also didn't help that the finale in the "invert" arc was way too simple to deduce and see through. 

- I was hoping to see some revelations about Hisui in the "invert" arc but it was very disappointing to note that there was nothing substantial. Which means that the likelihood of a sequel is pretty high but I'm not sure if I can sit through more boring episodes to get to those revelations.

Preview of "Reibai tantei Jouzuka Hisui" - Autumn 2022

Title: Reibai tantei Jouzuka Hisui 霊媒探偵・城塚翡翠

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O.A. Start Date: 16 Oct 2022

Timeslot: Sundays at 10.30pm

Broadcast by: NTV

Original manga by: Aizawa Sako

Theme song sung by: Fukuyama Masaharu

Cast: Kiyohara Kaya, Koshiba Fuuka, Tanaka Michiko, Oikawa Mitsuhiro & Seto Koji