1st Gen - Domoto Tsuyoshi  (Season 1 - 2)
  • Fudo Highschool's Seven Mysteries Murder Case  (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Snow Yaksha Legend Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Ijinkan Village Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Legend of Broken Hearts Lake/Hirenko Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Opera House Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Isle of Hidden Treasure Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Head Hanging School Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Headless Samurai Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Castle of Wax Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Shanghai Mermaid Legend Murder Case (Kindaichi Light Novel)
  • Devil's Suite Murder Case (Kindaichi Drama CD)
  • Tarot Mountain Villa Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Kindaichi the Killer (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Gentlemen Thief the Killer (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Ijinkan Hotel Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Graveyard Island Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)

2nd Gen - Matsumoto Jun (Season 3)
  • Magical Express Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Ghost Passenger Ship Murder Case (Kindaichi Light Novel)
  • French Silver Coin Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Black Butterfly of Death/Undying Butterfly Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Hayami Reika Kidnapping Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Murder in the Forest of Demon Dog (Kindaichi Case Series)
  • Russian Dolls Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Series)

3rd Gen - Kamenashi Kazuya  (TV Movie)
  • Vampire Legend Murder Case (New Kindaichi Case Files/ Shin)
4th Gen - Yamada Ryosuke  (Kindaichi Neo/Season 4)
  • Kowloon, Hong Kong Treasure Murder Case/Lost in Kowloon (20th Anniversary)
  • Gokumon Private School Murder Case (New Kindaichi Case Files/Shin)
  • Demon Killer in the Projection Screen (Kindaichi Case Series)
  • House of Games Murder Case (New Kindaichi Case Files/Shin)
  • Ghost Fire/Onibi Island Murder Case (Kindaichi Light Novel)
  • Young Kindaichi's Trip of Death Preparedness (Kindaichi Case Series)
  • Yukikage Village Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Series)
  • Rose Cross/Rosencreuz Mansion Murder Case (20th Anniversary)

5th Gen - Michieda Shunsuke  (Season 5)
  • Fudo Highschool's Seven Mysteries Murder Case  (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Sacred Love Island/Seirentou Murder Case (Kindaichi R)
  • White Snake Sake Brewery Murder Case (Kindaichi R)
  • Ghost School Murder Case (Kindaichi Short Files)
  • Kindaichi the Killer (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Headless Samurai Murder Case (Kindaichi Case Files)
  • Opera House Murder Case - Third Murder (New Kindaichi Case Files/Shin)
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)

Cos I need to post this somewhere...

Revisiting the Kindaichi drama franchise.... I have to say that I do still have some preferences. And not so surprisingly, it doesn't change much. And one can basically sum it all based on the 'era' of the series. Like my fav Kindachi is in this order (most fav to least): Domoto Tsuyoshi > Yamada Ryosuke > Matsumoto Jun > Kamenashi Kazuya. That said, each series had its good parts and not so great.

Kindaichi 1st Gen - Domoto Tsuyoshi

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Kindaichi 2nd Gen - Matsumoto Jun

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Kindaichi 3rd Gen - Kamenashi Kazuya

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Kindaichi 4th Gen - Yamada Ryosuke

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