First you must suspend disbelief if you watch this show.
This is a quicky show with quirky characters and japanese sensibilities. It's very different from U. S. shows.
At first I thought "oh, the X-files" but it is not the x-files.
It is a series about a university physicist who assists a police detective with odd cases.
He's a curious, strange and odd character. Played by Fukuyama Masaharu he is also sexy and charming (in an odd way of course).
He doesn't care about solving cases per se. He's more interested in understanding the odd events that occur.
To that end in his lab at the university, along with his interns an research assistance, he does "experiments" which are in fact legit. He uses these to figure out how the crime is done.
There are two seasons and the female detective he works with changes between series 1 and 2.
The first series she is played by Kô Shibasaki and that actress becomes really quite excellent as the series progresses.
There is of course the unrequited love thing (no surprise) that she has for "the professor". He's oblivious. Or is he?
The plots are interesting and some, while better than others, are okay.
The second season detective is played by Yoriko Koshitaka and she's good but her character is much more annoying. Still, she's fun to watch and overall just like the first series, it's all entertaining.
I came to like the music for the ending credits. But a lot of the music played during the episodes is a little over the top. It's also way too loud.
I don't at all mind the subtitles but I do listen to the Japanese.
So I recommend this if you like quirky detective shows and are willing to take it as it is. Give it a few episodes.
BTW, the lead actor is apparently quite famous. He's a musician but he is, at least imho, very good in this. I worked in academia for many years and I met professors pretty much like him that have ADD and are clearly on the spectrum -- just sort of oblivious to everything other than what they are focused on.
So it's fun. It kept my interest and I watched all two seasons in a fair amount of time. It seems they might've made some movies after the second season but I don't see those are available on Netflix. Maybe some day...
I gave it a "9" instead of a "10" because, tbh, I did not like the last episode in series 2. Nothing "bad" happens but it was not what I expected. In addition, the female detective character in the second series is... well... let's just say she's not Olivia Benson.
