I can't shake the feeling that the authors saw Twin Peaks and wanted to create something similar. Overall the mystery is quite good, even the ending is not the worst. But it's so paynfully slow, filled with random things that go nowhere. it's strange just to be strange. You could probably cut out half of it without losing anything important.
I hated the beginning of the first episode and almost stopped watching. Don't know who thinks that a cut every second is a good idea. It made me dizzy. But once that's over, this is a really enjoyable mystery series with great likable and funny characters and good overarching story.
Edit: After watching it again I just have to up the score to 10. Yes, the editing is bad here and there, but it's such a great detective show.
A fun show, that is caried mostly by the main character. Too bad the writing gets progressively worse as the episodes go. If they stopped after the 8th episode, it would be better.
Quite a decent Sherlock Holmes series (Yes Sharaku Houmonji is a version of Sherlock Holmes). They are some nice mysteries, even if the story gets a bit predictable toward the end. Also, the character of "Watson" is a bit underused, but this gets better as the show progresses. Overall another good Japanese mystery show, even though not that original.
Good actors, a good mystery, well paced. It hooks you quite in. Too bad it gets pretty predictable toward the end, and some characters are not fleshed out that well. Still, there were a few surprises, and it got darker than I thought it would be.
It started really well and then went with full speed off the cliff. I would give the first half a 9, the second a 5. So 7 on average.
I was expecting more clever games as they progressed, but it went the other way. The whole tone shifted after the 4th episode and not for the best. And whose idea was there to incorporate flashbacks for characters that were just introduced minutes ago. Nobody cares. You have main characters, how about focusing on them. But no, they were sidelined for the whole second half.
This is very similar to shows like Liar Game and Kakegurui. And I take that as a plus, as I really liked both of them. The games are creative and keep you guessing (or thinking up strategies?). The overall story is also quite interesting. If not for some wooden acting here and there, this will be almost perfect.
The premise and the styling are great. The story is good and hooks you in. But the amount of filler is crazy. There are so many moments when nothing is happening. And there is no ending. At all. If they removed the bloat they would have plenty of space to work on the story. But then nobody would pay them for the second season :/
This is a strange show. I hate every single character in it. They are all so annoying. But I do enjoy the story and the time travel aspect.
A nicely made sci-fi show. Some new ideas here and there and some borrowed from others. I liked the story, the characters, the performance was good, the effects and designs were good. Just don't watch it with the English dub.
Surprisingly enjoyable. The mystery is interesting, builds well upon itself, and keeps you watching to see what's going on. Overall I hated only the performance of the main character, who l think could have been replaced with a cardboard cutout without any loss. Luckily as the show progresses he becomes more of a side character and the story is not about him. Also too bad the story is not contained in the season, as it does not answer everything and the ending is quite open. Hopefully, a second season is made.
The idea on its own is very interesting, and I will definitely pick up the book. But the execution here is off. The show is mostly filler. If you watch the last 5 minutes of every episode, you will see almost all the interesting stuff.
It keeps adding and removing characters and then trying to make you care about characters it just introduced 5 minutes ago. It's only 8 episodes, but for half of the people in the last episode, I had no idea who they are or why they are there.
It should have focused more on the main 4, or even better, choose 2 and focus on them. If this was made as a 2-hour movie and had 2 main characters for the whole runtime, this would be much better.
The characters are also not the best. The story tries to have some character development (two have quite a big tragedy, but forget about it completely within 5 minutes) but it falls very flat. They also should be "scientists" but they jump to conclusions so quickly without any reasoning, that they sound stupid half of the time. Maybe it is better in the book.
It's a fun mystery Japanese show. If you like those you will like this one. But I would not choose this one as a start, as the main characters like to refer to many other shows all the time (Galileo, Doctor X, and others)
Always when I watch a show like this, I do hope that real scientists are smarter. But the older I get, I no longer belive that.
Overall, the underlying story is interesting, the show just is about everything, except that. There are a few good moments, but a lot of pointless ones. The moment where one adult had to explain to another adult that 43 + 8 is 51 killed all hope for this show for me
After rewatching Twilight zone, Outer limits, Tales from the Darkside and Tales from the Crypt for at least 5th time, I was looking for something new. And I stumbled on this show. Maybe be because I wend to it after watching so many great shows, but this was just bad. The acting and effects were good. The cinematography mostly also, just often too dark. But the stories were just boring, dragged out, uninspired, forgetable. I only like the 3rd episode, that showed a bit of originality. Skip this show, go watch better ones.
The story and characters here are loosely based on Sherlock Holmes, and this is not the first show that's did this. But with good actors and mysteries, this is a great show. Just the ending of the overall story was a bit of a letdown. Happens actually a lot in Japanese dramas. Like they ran out of episodes and had to end it quickly.
Ok, this was a surprise. Interesting story, great casting (I have zero problems believing that a punch from Reacher can kill you), the cast works well together, the story is paced nicely with minimum filler, and they don't behave like idiots. I expected an ending in the style of Commando, and that's what I got . If I had to find some issues, the flashbacks were pointless, and the antagonist is not fleshed out that much. But this does not take away from how good this show overall is.
I love this movie. I saw it at least 20 times. Murray is great as Phil. Funny, relatable a bit tragic. There are so many great quotes in this movie.
After so many views of this movie, I just don't get one thing. What is so great about Rita? You don't see that much of her character in this movie, but what you see, she is not really that likable. The scene where she asks about what they should drink to always gets me. Why does she ask, when she always drinks to world peace?
A very faithful adaptation of what already was a great book. Too bad I read the book, and in the middle of the first episode I remembered the whole solution. Still, I really enjoyed seeing how they tried to obscure it, keeping the surprise.. If you like An then there were none by Agatha Christie, you will love this, as it is heavily inspired by that book.
Entertaining mystery show. I quite liked this "inverted" style of mysteries more. Just think of Columbo, as it's exactly that style, where you know who did it from the start. Still, there are quite a few surprises in the end. Compared to the first part "Medium" the episodes are better, with an overall better flow, but the surprise in the last episode is not as impactful.
I do hope there will be more, and they focus more also on the history of the main characters. Should be interesting.
Quite entertaining mystery shows, the quirky detective was replaced with a quirky medium and a bit babbling writer. They work quite well together, and the mysteries are good enough. Where it all goes crazy is the last episode, and it just makes the show perfect . I just wished there were a few more episodes before the end here.
Btw. This story continues in the show Invert: Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu . Do not look it up before finishing this one. Any info on it will spoil the ending here.
I do like crime shows with quirky main characters. And it works quite well here and I like the show quite a lot (ignoring some questionable acting here and there). Too bad that this is a complete carbon copy of the french TV show HPI. They changed nothing, which is quite a disappointment. "Inspired by" means something else :/
I'm unsure about this one. The stories look fine, but the acting feels very stiff and fake. When Japanese dramas try action, it rarely works out. Usually, they are better when they try to be clever. I just hope it gets better. Especially the character of "Invisible". I like the actress, especially from Galileo, but here she just sits and eats. Can one even call that acting?
Also, I hope the Japanese police are better than what's shown here. They react like snails here and behave like idiots all the time.
The mysteries are well thought out, but the acting is a bit on the weaker side, and the always recording guy is a bit too convenient. Still another entertaining detective show.
This movie is just clever. The whole time travel aspect is just perfect, and consistent all the time. I'm not even surprised that Summer time machine blues is from the same writer. Both are great. And it both you have to really focus, so you don't miss anything. the only thing id did not like was some of the actors. Especially the main character felt really wooden in the beginning but got better with the rest of the cast. But this may be due to how this had to be recorded.
I love time travel movies, and this is probably my favorite (together with Time Crimes and Primer). It's fun, with likable characters and it adheres to the proposed time travel logic. I saw it many times, and I enjoyed it every time. You have to pay close attention to what is going on.
I keep coming back to this one. I so wish I could watch this one again without knowing the ending. Really nice suspense, action and surprise at the end . Too bad the part 2 is not as good.
Such a fun movie. I stopped counting how many times I already saw it.
After 4 episodes it's quite good. There is an interesting mystery, and one is intrigued about where it's going. Still, it has some of the typical problems other streaming shows have, not wanting to move the story at a reasonable pace, so they have something for the next season. But actually, the worst thing in the whole show are the hairstyles of a lot of the background cast. They completely break the immersion, as they don't fit the setting at all. Like they had them run in from a different set, and just changed the clothes.
I seen this movie few time, and even on repeated watching is still captivating. the idea behind it is great and makes you think. There is s bit of overacting here and there, probably due to some parts being adlibbed, but overall it's not that bad.
