Meet Takakura So, the "serious" cop of the two. His father was killed when he was a child and he's pledged to find revenge by hunting the killer for the rest of his life. He normally works with an elite squad in New York City (and by the way, his English is hilarious), but he's been sent to Tokyo to work on a joint investigation with the Japanese police. This is how he meets our next key character.

Kudo Maruo is the guy on the left. I chose this particular picture because it makes him look like a dope, which he kind of is in the first episode. He isn't your classic slacker that just happens to somehow have a badge, but his weird qualities are already showing halfway through the first episode. You know these two are majorly destined to either fall madly in love or kill each other as soon as they are assigned to be partners, which is where the fun of it all begins.

Wait though -- there's more. Matsunaga Yuki (played by Yoshitaka Yuriko) is the mysterious woman who stumbles onto the scene early in the first episode. I thought it might take longer for her to show up, but when I say they wasted no time throwing her into the picture, they really didn't.  Of course, she also has amnesia. OBVIOUSLY.

The chemistry  between the leads is pretty palpable, and definitely interesting for the viewer, but the vibe is all over the place. Sometimes it's goofy, sometimes it's deadly serious. This tone mix is something I've seen weirdly executed in many Japanese dramas and it can sometimes totally work, other times not at all. It worked for me for the first episode, but I'm interested to see if it will continue with the same shuffled feel or find its groove by episode two.

The characters are well drawn and you instantly want to know more about them. So, for instance, gets these weird calls from his mom while he's in the field all the time, and you can tell there is an interesting family relationship that may play into the story heavily later. We haven't learned too much about Maruo yet except he's stylish, kind of messy looking,  and wants to kill So. Of course, everyone wants to kill So because he's so calm and direct. In other words, this could be really good. We'll have to wait for the next episode to see. It airs Mondays at 9 PM, so keep an eye out for it if you're interested!

What I liked:

• Characters have great promise and seem worth getting to know from the get go
• The chemistry between the three leads works very well
• The music is great
• The action is fun and there's not too much or too little of it

What I didn't like:

• The whole "I must kill the man who killed my father thing" is kind of done
• That goatee is totally covering Mizushima Hiro's beautiful face
• Fights sometimes look a bit fake