Shinso wa Mimi no Naka is yet another Alibi Kuzushi. The producers want to put a young idoru/tarento in a mystery show but she is too young so the best way is to pair her with a veteran actor playing a detective who is completely useless thus requiring our young idoru to solve the mystery for him.
This time, our main characters are father daughter with Tsuyoshi Ihara playing a really useless detective who gets everything wrong and daughter is a podcaster who likes solving mysteries sent in by listeners. When I read the concept I thought it was disgusting and expected to hate this show right away. Instead its turned out to be a fun show so far.
First reason is the idoru daughter doesn't figure into the show much. She has a breakfast scene in the beginning of each episode and a podcast scene at the end so it doesn't interfere with her idoru activities. The bulk of the show is carried by Tsuyoshi Ihara as the bumbling detective and he is pretty funny because it is pretty difficult to get things so wrong.
Episode 2 also featured one of my favourite mysteries I have ever seen in jdoramas. Truly one of the most creative crime twists and I think everyone should watch that episode. Also Tsuyoshi Ihara also has good chemistry with his partner and always sullen face forensic lady.
I don't care about the idoru so this has been strangely fun 4 episodes so far. A lot better than Alibi Kuzushi but still not as good as Pure. Thanks to brokensubs for subbing and you can get hardsubs from them.
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