Japanese Drama Untouchable

Title: アンタッチャブル

Title (English): Untouchable

Episodes: 9

Theme song: Orion by GIRL NEXT DOOR

Insert song: Koko ni Iru yo by 72

Synopsis

When reporter Narumi Ryoko loses her job at a first-rate publisher and ends up at a trashy tabloid called "Shukan Untouchable." She now chases celebrity scandals and sensational stories, but she hasn't lost her sense of duty or her persistence. While investigating her stories, she tends to notice details that imply some hidden truth beneath the surface, leading her to probe deeper into dangerous secrets.

Casts

Nakama Yukie as Narumi Ryoko

Kaname Jun as Toyama Shiro

Sato Tomohito as Takafuji Shinichi

Ashina Sei as Makise Misuzu

Urano Kazumi as Nishio Rika

Tsujitani Yoshimasa as Katayama Tamotsu

Tanaka Yoji as Nakahara Makoto

Sakai Toshiya as Jonouchi Hitoshi

Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Narumi Koji

Tanaka Tetsushi as Kashimura Hideaki

Terajima Susumu as Nagakura Eiichi

Above info extracted from wikipedia

My Review (Spoilers below)

Nakama Yukie was the reason that I watch the show (liked her since watching Trick). The beginning of the show, I was impressed with how an incident turned out to be a pre-planned one. But towards the middle, I was onto who the main culprit is (and proven right) because of too many such situations in other dramas where the closer the person is to you, the less suspecting you will be.

I was expecting something even larger (darker). I find it difficult to accept how the main culprit can manage to get his threat to the big boss because he could have been "finished off" easily.

But the story plot could have been worse if the creator is force to make another twist or force a happy ending or even worse, a sudden ending, which happens often (and sometimes comes with a disastrous impact on the show's entire plot). Thus, the ending is acceptable (for me).

As usual with most Japanese drama with each episode (at most 2/3) focused on a new story with same base characters, Untouchable is the same. But towards the end, I would suggested you get all the episodes (and your time) ready so you can watch them together because that's the few episodes that keeps one guessing who that person is, leading from one suspect to another.

(Still, I prefer Nakama Yukie in Trick than this.)