Ikanga~

Ukai and Akemi run into a strange little murder case involving two squid-related shrines and one unpopular marriage. It continues to surprise me how well this drama balances investigation with comedy; the two are so well mixed together. I'm totally in love with the parody, fourth wall-breaking aspect too; for instance, our "Black Jack of the Detective World" even appears momentarily in cosplay as the doctor himself.

Also, whenever Ukai starts his final deduction, a character from the next case appears during the slides. A very cute way to tie things together, indeed. Poor guy just wants to hunt down lost dogs for rich ladies, but what can you do?

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