is a Japanese action suspense drama starring

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and

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. It was first scheduled to broadcast on April 11, 2020 on

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, but was postponed until June 27 of the same year due to the

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delaying the filming. The drama is a remake of a 2017 South Korean film, ''

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.''

Plot

The story revolves on two best friends who are cadets at a police academy, the "

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" Kai Honma (Nakajima) and the "jock" Jiro Ichinose ( Hirano). They solve cases that appears while making use of the knowledge that they acquire while studying at the academy.

Cast

as , a 24 years old university graduate who quits his first job and decided to follows his childhood dream as a hero. He is the type who carefully thinks before taking an action. His name is a play on words on a kansai accent expression, "honma kai?!" (seriously?!). *

as , Kai's roommate who is an exact opposite of Kai; someone who takes action before actually thinking. He had an older brother who wanted to be a police officer, and decided to take his place instead. *

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as , Kai and Jiro's strict assistant teacher who teach practical skills such as self defence and physical training. *

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as *

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as *

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Guest cast

* Youko Maki as Megu (ep 01) *

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as Ami (ep 02, 03) *

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as Shibamoto (ep 02, 03) *

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as Yubisuke Yubitomo (ep 04) *

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as Rinka Mochizuki (ep 05) *

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as Shiraki (ep 05) *

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as Detective Maruhashi (ep 05) *

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as Detective Konpon (ep 05) *

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as Naoko Tenma (ep 06–07) *Hayato Kakizawa as Tomoya Tenma (ep 06–07) *

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as Police Commander Kunieda (ep 06–07, 09–10) *Satoru Matsuo as Seiji Nonomura (ep 08) *Ginpunchō as Reiko Nonomura (ep 08) *Hannya as Kato (ep 08) *Kazuma Yamane as Detective Sunaoka (ep 09–10) *Mayuko Nishiyama as Harumi (ep 10) *Mao as Kamio Mai (ep 10)

Episodes

References

External links

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English official website
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