WHAT I LIKED
+ The casting of Yamaguchi Sayaka as the scary main character Noriko and Mimura and Katase Nana as her friends.
+ Love the black humour of the girls relying on Noriko to solve their problems yet at the same time so very afraid of her justice.
+ Zettai Seigi shows that rules are not about justice but making society function because rules when applied without discretion just make life miserable for everyone.
- The above scene in episode one where the camera was spinning way to fast for no freaking reason. Whoever directed the scene should be fired.
- The ladies need to start talking back to Noriko instead of clamming up everytime she asks whether she was wrong.
SUMMARY
Not really feeling the show yet. Let's see where it will go. So far watchable. If you like black humour shows, give it a try. I forgot to watch Yamaguchi Sakura's Black Scandal from last year so I might give that a go next.
I'd say so far the flashback episode (sadly only episode 1) has the best youngsters ensemble this year. All five of them are so good in portraying their respective roles. The actresses of young and adult Kazuki (the journalist) look so similar to each other, heck even their gestures are almost the same that it's so believable for the given timeline. Too bad the storyline meanders just a few episodes afterward, I just found Noriko's friends are too passive.
ReplyDelete@Anon: Agreed on Zettai Seigi. They should have spent have the show on their high school stories. I gave up halfway as well.
ReplyDelete@anon: Can't agree more, especially on the actresses portraying the journalist lol. Another point that needs a highlight is the acting of the tall kid when she was accused by a group of students, it was so raw and natural. Perhaps one of the best pieces of acting (if sadly terribly underrated by everyone) by a teenage actress in my recent memories.
ReplyDelete@lontong.sroong:
ReplyDeleteI'm the anon in the first post. I see, the tall girl was the one in Chuugakusei Nikki, right? I concur, she is indeed promising IMO.