Gouriteki ni Arienai Episodes 1+2

Gouriteki ni Arienai is a detective show starring Amami Yuki as a former lawyer who lost her license to practice and became a detective and Matsushita Kouhei (Saiai) as her assistant who has a very high IQ and is a virgin and uncomfortable around women.

This comedy reminds me of The Confidence Man Jp also made by Fuji TV whereby our main characters will done disguises to infiltrate for information or set their target up. The comedy is kind of meh for me and there is not much chemistry between Amami Yuki and Matsushita Kouhei. On a side note, I remember dropping The Confidence Man Jp really quickly but I can't seem to find a review.

Episode 1 has Amami Yuki trying to get revenge on a swindler. There is this scene in episode one where the swindler's wife is locked in a shed and for some reason Amami Yuki has to bring a bulldozer and bring the shed down to free the woman instead of getting a hammer and knocking out the locks. I was so ready to dump the show then but decided to give it one more episode.

The second episode brings in Shiraishi Sei as the very sheltered daughter of Nakamura Toru who Amami Yuki hates. Shiraishi Sei is missing and Amami Yuki has been tasked to return her safely home. Shiraishi Sei will be a recurring support character I suspect her inclusion might make the Gouriteki ni Arienai bearable.

The story of episode 2 was not anything funny though I enjoyed Amami Yuki going to a club wearing a bubble era disco costume. For people who have played Ryu ga Gotoku 0, her costume will bring up fun memories from the game.

I will give it one or two more episodes for Shiraishi Sei. For a comedy, Gouriteki ni Arienai is not really funny and the cases are not that interesting. It got way too preachy for me at the end of episode 1. Meh from me and maybe Gouriteki ni Arienai will find its legs in the next two episodes. Thanks to monchi for subbing!