[Comparison Review] Kindaichi Shounen no Jikembo 5

[honou_no_izumi]

So after so long we're getting a new Kindaichi drama with Michieda Shunsuke as the 5th gen Kindaichi. That means, I might as well made an additional post based on the comparison post that I used to make of the last 4 series of Kindaichi dramas. That said, I'm considering to revisit the older Kindaichi series just because. I'd make a proper review of Kindaichi 5 later once the last episode was released. 

So onwards to Micchi's review!

Kindaichi 5th Gen - Michieda Shunsuke 

Pros
- Cutest Kindaichi to date. Have to say that Micchi really won me over, enough for me to raise his ranking to my second fav live action Kindaichi. 
- Likewise, I love Moka's Miyuki as well. After Tomosaka Rie, Kamishiraishi Moka really did carry the character really well. 
- Since Season 5 did remake some of the cases that had appeared in Season 1, of course that meant that Itsuki-san made a comeback after so long!
- Kenmochi-ossan is so cool
- Saki got some upgrades in term of recording equipments
- OST by Kanematsu Shu & Saiki Tatsuhiko with special track by Mitake Akira (Mysterious Mallet 2022)

Cons
- No Akechi again. His part in Kindaichi the Killer case was transferred to Kenmochi-ossan. Drama do seem to hate on Akechi-san, isn't it? I really am thinking that there must be some kind of ban at place against having Akechi appear in the live action.

That said, my ranking on my fav casts playing the main characters slightly got changed. Basically, it can be summed up by this.

Hajime: Domoto Tsuyoshi > Michieda Shunsuke >Yamada Ryosuke > Matsumoto Jun > Kamenashi Kazuya  @ (1>5>4>2>3)

Miyuki: Tomosaka Rie > Kamishiraishi Moka > Kawaguchi Haruna > Anne Suzuki > Ueno Juri @ (1>5>4>2>3)

Kenmochi: Furuoya Masato > Sawamura Ikki > Naitou Takashi > Yamaguchi Tomomitsu > Kato Masaya @ (1>5>2>4>3)