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. It aired every Friday at 22:00 ( JST) on TBS from January 12, 2018 to March 16, 2018. It won Excellent Award at

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Plot

Mikoto Misumi is a forensic doctor working at the Unnatural Death Investigation Laboratory (UDI Lab), a fictional facility recently established by the

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. Together with her colleagues, she solves cases involving deaths arising from unnatural circumstances.

Characters

;Mikoto Misumi :Starring:

:A 33 year old forensic doctor, who has accumulated experience of dissecting about 1500 bodies, at the UDI Lab. ;Kei Nakado :Starring:

:A 41 year old forensic doctor, who has accumulated experience of dissecting about 3000 bodies, at the UDI Lab. ;Rokuro Kube :Starring:

:A 26 year old recorder on Misumi's team. ;Yuko Shoji :Starring:

:A 35 year old technician on Misumi's team. ;Yasuo Kamikura :Starring:

:The 55 year old director of UDI Lab, and former high ranking official of

Episodes

Accolades

References

2018 Japanese television series debuts 2018 Japanese television series endings Works by Akiko Nogi {{Drama-tv-prog-stub