DDS Live?
I told people that I have recently been watching the animated version of Detective Academy Q (探偵学園Ｑ) on Veoh. (Shhh.) You can get the gist of the show here. Well, while I was off on my ninja training, I flipped the TV on in my hotel room and found – to my amazement, confusion, and eventual dismay – that the live action special I’d seen a long time back was picked up and made into a series. Ugh. The little girl from 女王の教室 (Queen’s Classroom) played Megu in the special, and she continued the role in the live one…but…she looks different. Not in a good way. Kazuma was absurd looking. Didn’t see much of Kinta, except that he can’t fight for beans live. Ryuu was so emo it hurt. And Kyuu preached at the bad guy again. The classic confront-the-enemy-and-empathize-with-them scenario was elongated. Basically, all the stuff I didn’t like got played up. Disappointing. And probably boring, so I’ll leave it alone. Just needed to moan about it.
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