Mr brain and Black and white last episode review

this review is way belated i know but well, i just thought i should still do a sum up.

Took some time to watch the last episode of Mr Brain 08...
Kinda lame ending for a series that had shown so much potential. It's like they ran dry on ideas on how to end it. The last epi never accounted why that bald cop is instigating the guy to expose the 3 officials for their mistake 18yrs ago. So a poor guy got imprisoned for a crime he never committed and the real killer is on the loose and the guy was bribed into admitting his guilt on condition to save his life from some illness while in prison. this guy decided to turn free and exact revenge on the 3 officials who wrongfully indict him, with help from the bald guy.
so who exactly is this mysterious bald cop. What is his role? So many questions, so little answers or rather begging for one. So it was kinda anti climax ending for me.

Also watched the last episode for black and white. Another one of those crappy loose but happy ending story though I think it fared slightly better than Mr Brain in terms of context. At least everyone is accountable for and the twist and plots are relatively glued together. the bad guys got their arse whopped, and killed. everyone goes home. What remained weird was how could that girl that Vic Zhou liked be part of the bad guys. That is kinda too far fetched. What is she doing in Mac Donald when the plot hasnt even started yet? It's like she is undercover for what in a fast food joint back then? She doesnt even know Vic Zhou identity back then. These sort of bad guys are like looming around working shitty job in spare time when they are not running around bombing the world? Stupid. Also, it was a little unsatisfying coz there was no mention of the relationship part between Vic Zhou and the girl, or the forensic girl? If its me, I'll pick the forensic girl man. I think that San Lian girl is better suited to that guy who sailed away. I found it so funny that everything started with an affair that no one knew was going to be a threat to a nation. Sooo far fetched.

Ok that's about it for my loose tie up for those drama that ended.
still counting down to my paper....arrrrggghhh

Mr Brain Episode 5 Summary

Episode 5, The exciting part 2 of Mr Brain is out!!!
Here's the RAW video!

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Brief Summary
Basically the famous pianist had inspiration block, so all thse while he had been stealing musical scores from the guy who suffers from memory problem.

WHat happened was that 5 years ago, the sister was assaulted by this bad guy at her brother's place. To protect her, her brother killed the attacker but because he suffer from 1hr only memory recollection, he forgot he had killed someone. However, because his music creation was a record of his emotions, which was why whenever he heard the music that was created that on that fateful day, he would have violent reaction and hyperventilating issue.

The sister split the dead guy's body into pieces but her actions were discovered by the famous pianist. Hence ever since, she had been blackmailed to pass her brother's composed scores over and recorded it, passing it off as the pianist's own work.

The sister's boyfriend knew about the truth and had begged her to go to the police to tell the truth. However they had a big fight and she refused. In the end, her boyfriend went to confront the pianist and thus was killed to silence him.


The pianist wanted to exploit the guy's memory loss and moved the body to the memory loss guy's house and told the guy that he was the killer, and forced the guy to write into his memo a false confession as being a killer. What the pianist didnt know was that the guy had quickly written down 4 musical note to conceal as the pianist name which was discovered by Ryu during the concert. Physical evidence and survelliance cam turned up by the IPS lab also assisted the police to narrow down the pianist as the suspect.

Afterthoughts
Its a good episode. I thought it was pretty touching. Somehow though, the episode are becoming more predictable...hmmm.. however in the same episide leading to the next story, I laughed so hard at Hiro's expression when he said "45!" refering to the gun murder weapon and his partner smacked him on his head asking why he's talking in english. That moment was really funny for me and i burst out laughing! It must Hiro's innocent expression... :)

Mr Brain Episode 04

Pretty busy so summary has to come later when I find time.
Meanwhile here are the links to view the latest RAW episode.



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Mr Brain Ep 03 Review

Watch Mr Brain Episode 03 here (Pandora TV RAW) or here




《透明人間が仕掛けた連続殺人!!脳トレが暴く透明の謎》.

Mr Brain Ep 3 Summary

Ryu was at the hosiptal doing his check up and was told that he fainted due to lack of sugar and sleep deprivation. At the same time, his PET brain scan showed huge exhaustion espec section relying on intuition. The doctor informed Ryu's brain may continue to display unpredicatable abnormal changes subsequently.

As Ryu was leaving the hospital with his assistant, Ryu suddenly stopped and told her to return first. He turned and appeared to chase after the senior doctor that passed him. Along the way, he bumped into a young doctor along the stairways and before he knew it, Ryu was locked down in a restricted section.

The senior doctor had been murdered and the murderer was nowwhere in sight. The victim was found by his colleague Chihara, and was followed swiftly by the police within 27 seconds. Back in the office, the young doctor Wakui appeared deep in thought and his fiance Megumi asked him what's wrong. He jolt back and told her nothing was wrong. He looked at the open case of medical instrument and noticed one equipment was missing...

During the review of the security video, Hayashi and his partner Tanbara was shocked to discovered that the storeroom's door become open but there was no one entering the room. Haya deduced it was "The Invisible Man"! At the same time, Ryu was arrested by the police because he was hiding in a cabinet. Haya and Tanbara rushed down only to understand that Ryu had actually been chasing after his pet mouse which had got loose. Which explains why he stopped in his track and followed the senior doctor earlier and to the restricted level, not realising a murder had been committed nearby. Haya told Ryu it was a crime committed by invisbible man and Haya;s partner was vexed!

Meanwhile, the IPS was tasked to identify the weapon used to kill the senior doctor. At the hospital, the police were gathering info from the victim's colleagues - Wakui, Chihara, Megumi. Haya's partner Tanbara noticed the nervous expression and figeting by the Megumi. So he left his namecard for them to contact him if they can think of anything useful.

After much hesitation, and against Wakui's advice to keep quiet about the bribery, Megumi still called Tabana in the end, stating she wants to share some information. However before she could reveal any lead, Megumi was pushed down the stairs in the hospital! Haya told Ryu that from all the camera from level 1-4, none of the video cam captured any possible culprit. Ryu digested that info. At the same time, the nero surgeon informe that she suffered memory loss and had problems reconnecting memory bank and speech.

With Megumi, Ryu was speaking slowly to Megumi emphasing each word. Apparently, Ryu informed that the brain is a powerful organ that aims to heal itself despite being injured. Hence through external stimulus via speech, will help the brain in its recovery process. Tabana asked if such a method can actually cure someone, Ryu revealed he has known a person (refering to himself) as such. Wakui said he would try and slowly pronouced every word for his fiance.

While inspecting the scene, Ryu asked Tabana if the corner behind the door couldnt be a possible hiding place for the culprit. But Tabana said they reviewed the video around the murder time but no one entered the stair area and everyone at the crime scene was hustled out of the stairs subsequently. Meanwhile, everyone at IPS was laughing hard at the edited chronological footage, of Ryu's comical run throughtout the hospital earlier while searching for his pet mouse. However at one point, a senior scientist seemed to discovered something critical and asked to repeat the video scene. Tabana on the other hand, heard about the Chihara's bribery rumour from another doctor...the conversation was being overheard by Wakui..

Tabana went back to the crime scene at looked at the "old stock" of the medical equipment. He brought the item back to the lab for possible weapon. However the lab revealed it doesnt matched because of the drill bit area was not smooth. Just then they realised the new improved model would be a possible match and the victim was to discuss with the manufacturer about purchase of the new model on the fateful day!

Tabana and Haya received word that Megumi seemed to have regained memory about criminal who attacked her! She slowly pronouced word by word "Long Hair, White robes, black spectales" and Tabana had an idea she was refering to Dr Chihara! Tabana's senses pricked and requested to know where is DR Chihara but Ryu stopped him, stating that Chihara sensei cannot be an invisible man. At that moment, the senior IPS lab colleague appeared, pointing at Ryu stating Ryu is the mystery Invisible man!!!

It was explained while reviewing the video, Ryu had ventured from 3rd floor North stairway and when everyone expected Ryu to appear from 2nd floor, Ryu had instead appeared on the 1st floor South corridor. To have done that, Ryu must have crossed the 2nd floor corridor but yet, the video cam on the 2nd storey completely did not captured Ryu's presence! The IPS guy turned to Ryu and asked how did Ryu did it?

Ryu recalled his actions and realised he was walking close to the wall that day. Just as expected his colleague said. At that, Ryu stopped and realisation dawned on him sloving the mystery. Tabana was anxious to know the reason. Ryu explained the CCTV security cam was unable to capture the blind spot, such as spot under the cam or sticking to path close to the wall.. Tabana asked then how did the culprit walked from the wall end to the yellow door. Ryu said just walk across. Tabana clearly was unconvinced, stating that the security cam would have captured that! However the IPS guy said not really judging by the angle of the cam. Ryu said both cam are positioned at such angle that where he is standing would be impossible to capture him on video. Ryu manually slide the door open and because its so wide, its possible to slide into the room. Tabana said the cam would not have missed such a blind spot in the middle of the door but Ryu said, not if someone had shifted the angle of the cam. Ryu proceed to reenact the crime scene and retrace the footsteps of Chihara...That means if the culprit is the Chihara, then his finger prints would still have been on the cam... The rest appeared confirming the murder weapon and the blood test positive as the victims....

At the questioning, Chihara said he had served under the professor for 10 years, yet he was being looked down and passed over. (the dead guy said some insulting things to him) Tabana asked if he was fearful Megumi would expose him, thus harming her. However Chihara denied and he himself was wondering all along who could it be...and why her.

Back in the lab, Ryu was reviewing the voice recording of Megumi's revelation of the culprit. Looking at the speech wave, Ryu gained an insight and said just as expected and dashed out! he rushed to reviewed the video tape of the stairways of everyone rushing to Megumi's crime scene. Then he declared, he has found it - the murderer!

AT the brain lap test, Ryu repeated his questions and Megumi repeated all the answers (long hair, white robe, black specs). When she got frustrated at unable to answer a question, Ryu flashed Wakui's picture to her and scan her brain activity and ended the session.

Haya asked what was that about and Ryu revealed that had concluded and know who attacked Megumi san. Ryu turned around and asked Wakui, the person is you isnt it? Haya said its not possible since he is the fiancee, so its impossible! Ryu stopped him and asked him to listen to the tape recording again. At that, Yuri realised it was a playing the connecting"continuity-word" game, where the last character of each word becomes the first character of the next word. From his daily speech session, Wakui had coach Megumi to "reveal" the false culprit via the connecting word game.

Wakui said indeed he didnt realise so. Ryu pointed to Megumi's brain activity. While "identifying" the attacker's description, there was absence of brain actiivty from her memory bank area. Hence, if she had truly recalled the attacker, during the questioning, the back of her brain should show extreme reaction which was glaringly missing. Instead, Megumi's frontal brain was more active, indicating a surface (recent) memory. MEgumi's brain which is doing self repair has started from the frontal section. Hence whatever megumi had said, it was all derived from recent brain records.

Ryu went on that Wakui prob had witness Chihara's strange actions that day at the corridor, sneaking into the storeroom., and also noticed the camera. Yet he choose to keep silent even though he guess what had happened but he prefer not to voice his speculation. However Megumi feel differently and had told Wakui that Chihara had motive..and wasnt willing to stay silent. With that, Wakui took the same idea as Chihara and attempted to murder his fiancee.

he had tricked Megumi to meet him at 10pm. Using the same blind spot method, he went to meet her at the designated meeting place and attacked her. Hearing her scream, everyone rushed over while he hid behind the door and pretend to join in later. Using her current state, Wakui decide to push the blame to chihara staging the fake identification.

Wakui said he had no motive, however Tabana appeared and revealed Wakui had been the one taking bribes as well! Megumi thought it was chihara but it wasnt. Wakui said the brain test cannot be used as evidence but Ryu said he had solid proof. That is on the day Megumi was attacked. The video cam which was used to captured everyone rushing to the scene from level 1 -4, Wakui was never caught on the camera rushing to the scene. "To try to play the role of invisble man, think u have overdone it." Ryu said.

When did u start suspecting me Wakui asked. When you said the word Hope Ryu said. Ryu said Wakui was prob wondering if she will stay that way forever, or she will recover. Ryu asked which was it? Wakui said prob half half. Haya was agitated asking how could Wakui have done that!!!
Wakui replied research needed alot of money and he couldnt let everything fail at the last step!

Ryu showed Wakui another brain scan. Wakui asked what was that. Ryu said that was Megumi's reaction when Wakui's photo was flashed. Ryu told Wakui that he should know what those brain actibity mean as well. "This happens when someone see a person that he/she loves, a known common reaction of the brain activity. In an instant with no room to think, this was the instinctive reaction. U can keep this" Ryu handed the scan print to a slient Wakui.

Looking at Megumi, Ryu said "It's probably likely that your brain will reflect and react the same way, beacause at that split second, you had hesitated...which is why you failed to kill her."

Suddenly, Megumi asked a sad looking Wakui what was wrong?
Wakui recalled the past. He sadly once again reassured her nothing was wrong, as he held his tears back.

Walking back.
Yuri exclaimed it was amazing what one can gleam from understanding from the brain activity. Yet, she was also afriad. To her surprise, Ryu replied. "Me too."

Afterthought

Somehow, I feel the role of Hayashi is similar to Kiina, where he is always the first to believe in "supernatural" or far fetched reasoning for crimes. Like how he was readily jumping to think it was the invisible man, or how it a spirit could return to live etc. Only difference is, Kiin was able to brak the case and solve it logically but Haya was more incompetent in that sense.

The story is becoming a little more predictable now after the 1st episode. The suspense for these last 2 episodes to date has not been very great, and one can guess the murderer/ culprit easily.

No matter, I still am keen to follow through this drama series as its still rather enjoyable! Kimura has such nice smile.....*floating*

MR.BRAIN 2話：変人脳科学者VS蘇る美しき幽霊!!脳トレで人は蘇る!?

Mr Brain Episode 2 - Watch vide0

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Mr Brain Ep 02 Summary

北千住署の刑事・津村修介が、両手と左足を切断された状態で絶命しているのが発見された。荒らされた部屋のあちこちから犯人の指紋が検出されたため、警察は前科者の指紋と照合。すると、そこにはありえないような真実が…なんと指紋の主は、3年前に残酷な事件を起こした連続殺人犯・竹神貞次郎 だったのだ。

The video starts off rewinding to one year ago (2008 May) on a rainy night where a convict was sentenced to death by hanging. When asked for his last words, the convict laughed stating that he would return.

"I would kill all of you guys, and come to consume your flesh! I will definitely be resurrected again." He continued to laugh even as the noose was looped round his neck....

Back to May 2009. Another stormy night.
At home, this (police) guy saw a shadow and asked who is that. The shadow slowly walked towards the guy. The guy called out the hung convict's name Takegami, asking if he had really revived from death! At that point, the shadow man raised the knife and stabbed the guy to death.

At IPS
Ryusuke (Kimura) was performing some lab "brain" study-test with Yuri with a device he invented that will predict the subject's behaviour based on the brain "signals" .

Back to the police victim who was stabbed to death at home. Staring at the bloody scene, a little faint Hayashida (Hiro) was reminded of the convict's last word about returning to kill those police offiers present at his hanging. However, his boss told him off saying its impossible. Asking about the crime scene find, they were told that they had recovered from the knife weapon and everywhere in the room, possible prints from the murderer and the prints are now sent for matching.. The results returned being the hung convict Takegami.

Back at IPS, Ryusuke explained to his assistant Yuri how he had set the trap to ensure he would win the scissor paper stone bet. He had pretended to be able to read his colleague's brain wave. Thus in order not to reveal what he was thinking to Ryusuke, hence his colleague had been despertaely torn between what to choose...hence slowly down his thought process and combined reaction, hence settling on stone..resulting in Ryusuke winning the bet. Hayashida appeared once again, asking Ryusuke for help in the mysterious case, asking him if Ryusuke believe in the return of spirits.

He started to reveal the past of Takegami who had a record of killing his victims and cutting them up, cooking and eating their flesh at home. In the end, after several attempts to eat the guards fingers, the convict even consume his own fingers in the jail cell! Because of his unstable mental issue, his lawyer calls to overthrow his conviction. However, the 4th victim's fiance proclaimed if Takegami is not given the death sentence, she will kill him herself! After much public debate and evaluation, it was deemed the convict was aware of his own doing and hence sentenced to death. He went on to explain about the recent case where the dead convict's prints were all over the house.

While Ryusuke and Hayashida were inspecting the crime scene, Ryusuke commented the house was in a complete mess and wondered why it was so, and if the murderer was looking for something. "Could it have happen while the 2 of them are struggling in a tussle?" Hayashida asked. Ryusuke turned to look at him mildly incredulous and said "With a spirit??" Hayashida realised his mistake and gave a silly laugh.

Ryusuke commented that the kettle must have fallen off the coil heater, Haya told Ryu Takegami's print was all over the kettle, and that the victim must have been boiling water before the incident because when the police arrived, the heater coil was still turned on. "in that case isnt it strange? That should CLEAR prints are left on the kettle?" Ryu pointed out.

"Normally wont people would be yelling Ouch its hot when they touch a hot kettle?" Haya commented perhaps spirits are not afraid of heat... Ryu seemed to go along with his theory...

Another victim had his legs cut off. Again Takegami's prints was all over. Haya's boss was pissed that Haya brought Ryu to the crime scene!

At IPS, Ryu's assistant asked the rest of the scientists if they had ever come across cases related to spirits but was mocked by them instead that they dont hold much expectations from her anyway.

Meanwhile, Haya and his partner-boss went to visit Miyase, the fiance of the last victim from 3 years ago. Apparently Haya's partner-boss had once saved her from being run over by a train as she no longer possess the will to live after the incident. Haya's boss told her about the recent killing and he thinks she might possibly be on the hit list. Miysase then revealed before their arrival, someone else had come worrying about the same thing, the police investigator in charge of the case previously. He had come to apologise for not catching Takegami earlier or her fiance would not have be murdered, and that he would send extra men to protect her from now on. Haya's boss revealed that that investigator is not the sort who would be so nice to protect Miysase.

AT IPS, Ryu was examining Takegami's brain recorded 3 years ago and see that Takegami was truly not afriad of death and his brain signals showed that he wasnt lying when he said he would revive from the dead. Ryu discovered the first 3 murder cases, there were no evidence but only in the 4th case was there prints discovered. Hence Ryu wanted to go to the 4th murder scene to investigate.

The assistant read the "self confession" report and lead Ryu to the crime scene near the stadium with the orange roof. The report stated the victim's hand and legs were found but not the torso and head. Takegami claimed he had thrown those parts to the sea. "Why didnt he throw everything else too?" Ryu pondered aloud. He went on to ask what time was the limbs disposed off. It was supposed to be 2am. Ryu wondered then since there are no street lights then, and pitch dark, how would the murderer know it was an orange roof stadium? Ryu wanted to investigate further as the case from 3 years ago was abnormal and strange.

AT IPS, Yuri gathered the rest asking their help to reinvestigate the case from 3 years ago as requested by Ryu as Takegami might not have been the killer. However the rest told her the case was already proven to be done by Takegami and closed. Yuri told them off isnt it the job as scientist to solve riddle. The female boss reminded Yuri alot of evidence would have disappeared by now as 3 years have passed but if its them, it might be possible.

Ryu appeared at Miyase's shop and told her he thinks its possible her fiance is not murdered by Takegami. He asked her if the real culprit is still out there, what would she do. She said she would kill them all. Ryu went to approach the investigator in the car and asked the same question but the guy drove off.

Back at IPS, Ryu teased Yuri that she has finally evolve,,to be an assistant. It was revealed that Miyase's fiance was indeed killed by the 2 recently deceased police officers plus a unknown accomplice but not Takegami based on DNA and the hand size matching those left on the victims limbs. Haya's boss rejected the claim since the fingerprint match those in the database of Takegami. However Ryo pointed out the database could hypothetically be swopped. Plus they rem Takegami had eatened off his own fingers . They finally revealed the 3rd accomplice could have been the police guy!!

Meanwhile Miyase call Haya's boss that there seemed to be someone outside. He told her they are driving there now! At IPS, it was confirm the prints were indeed swopped! Ryu also discovered by Takegami was not afriad of death!

At Miyase's place, Ryu appeared and revealed the murderer is still in the room. Apparently, Miyase knew that the 3 police were present at her fiance's death and hence killed the cops as revenge for the accidental death of her fiance. At the interrogation room, Takegami discovered the 2 cops had killed someone! He initiated to take the rap since he was going to die anyway. They took away the skull as that no one can tell about the accidental injury to the head. Ryu said she gave herself away as she had said she would kill "them" meaning she knew it was not a single killer. Haya's boss refused to believe Ryu's assumption.

At the crime scene, Ryu pretended to have a game of scissor paper stone. However he knew Miyase will definitely choose stone as she was holding on to her necklace bead which had dropped at the crime scene. However Ryu told her the bead was taken from her house and he threw it there. If she is not a murderer, she would not try to hide the evidence. And Takegami did not fear death because he is living thru her...

New Drama: Mr Brain (J)

TBS has a new Japanese comedy-mystery drama that has just aired recently, with a high average Kanto viewership of 24.8%!

主題歌 : ヴァン・ヘイレン JUMP

出演 : 木村拓哉 綾瀬はるか 水嶋ヒロ 平泉成 木下優樹菜 香川照之

Drama Introduction

Mr Brain (Official website), with SMAP - Takuya Kimura as the lead actor, is about neuroscientist Tsukumo Ryusuke who works for the National Research Institute of Police Science (part of the National Police Agency). He was initially a male hostess who met with a freak accident (a whole wall structure collapses down on him along a walkway) and his life was changed ever since. While he is generally incapable of reading the atmosphere of a situation, but when it comes to science, he is well respected. Whenever something catches his interest, he thoroughly sticks to it and never gives up, chasing down the criminals with certainty.



Not only that, Mizushima Hiro is also acting as Hayashida Toranosuke one of the police investigation detective. From the first 20mins, he appeared to be innocent and cutesy sort of police. His expression when he was absorbed by Kimura's logic was so farnee! Haaa !!!! This is potentially interesting!



Episode 2 will be on 30th May, next Sat. So dont miss it! This drama has potential, apart from the fact it has Kimura and Hiro in it!!!! However because it is a detective sort of drama, it may be rather hard to do detailed summaries week by week due to all the jargon. We shall see how it goes.


Those who may like to watch the RAW Japanese version of 100mins - Episode one

Watch Mr Brain Episode 01

(MR.BRAIN 1話 史上空前の脳科学ミステリー始動 変人脳科学者VS連続テロ魔!!脳を使い瞬間移動!?)






PS: I LOVE the first 20mins of the drama. I thought Kimura's expression was quite hilarious! I dont normally like his drama where he is brooding or intense, so this comical side is very adorable and rare (for me) in a drama since I typical only see more of his serious side. On side note, he really portray the role of the male hostess damn well, he was sooo convincing that I can believe seeing him as one though blonde hair looks really odd on him! *chuckles* Yet I think he has successfully model his looks exactly like those male escorts that I had seen in Japan! Too bad that Hiro is playing a role that is the newbie rookie kinda cop instead of a suave charming kill-u-with-my-smile cop... :)