Did you ever wonder what would happen if Nisio wrote Hyouka, genderswapped the leads and mashed in an amnesia gimmick on the side? Or wonder what would happen if a Shaft fanboy decided to take that story and make a live action television show? Wonder no more!
Hosanna spoke about
Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku in IRC and on its face, it really seemed like a generic detective show. Heck, this season there's a show about a woman who has her mind wiped and the only clues that she has to her identity are tattoos on her body, so the idea of a detective who loses her memory every time she goes to sleep isn't really that original an idea nowadays.
But The Nisio-isms and the Shaft-isms, which are so dumb to see in live action, are enough to make the first episode a pleasure to watch. The Monogatari-esque relationship between the leads is familiar, a lot of the shots and visual gimmicks are ripped right out of the Shaft playbook, and the cases are about as exciting as Hyouka in that they serve mostly as an excuse to have the leads spend time with each other.
I really don't know who this show is for. The intersection between Nisio fans and drama fans has to be tiny, which makes me wonder why this wasn't turned into an anime instead. But I suppose on the other hand, this is probably the most accessible Nisio story that I've seen - you can show this to your grandmother and don't have to apologize for any of it.
If you fall into the camp of being a Monogatari fan though, you should watch the first episode at the very least. It's a special experience that you would appreciate. lol
I stand corrected. Damn it, Nadeko.
