交渉人I, SP, II

日本警視廳特殊犯罪搜查科,通稱為「SIT」,是負責處理綁架、挾持人質、恐嚇企業...的團隊,談判專家就是其中一支隊伍。



Usagi Reiko (Yonekura Ryoko), originally from the Juvenile Section, requests to be transferred to SIT, becoming the first female negotiator in Japan. As Usagi is not the typical docile Japanese woman, she finds it hard to fit into the male dominated team, who were often harsh on her even thou her judgements are sometimes right.

Only in Season II did she really gain the acceptance of the team, with them giving her a fond nickname of Usagi (Rabbit), instead of using it sarcastically in Season I.

She has a really, really, REALLY, toned body (See Ep 2 or 3 of Season I)



Kirisawa Keigo (Jinnai Takanori), or Chii-fu which Usagi usually called him, is a disciplinarian and sexist who looked down on Usagi initially, but later on recognising her ability as she dashes into the frontline without hesitations and tries to settle the situation with no casualties.

Mori Kogoro!!


The negotiation team of SIT



Mariya Kyosuke (Shirota Yu) is a convict on death row for possession of firearm and killing of a police officer, amongst other crimes he and his group committed. He is the psychic/psychiatrist of the show, although he behaves crankily, for Usagi is always seen visiting him even though he had killed her father. Mariya often gave her hints to the criminal's mentality and he noes what is going on outside even thou he is locked up in a secluded cell. Later on in the series, he gets more visit from the likes of Kirisawa to Takabayashi.

In Season I, it was revealed later in the series that the motive for Usagi to transfer to SIT was to find out what actually caused her father's death during a face off. The media reported that Usagi's father was shot by Mariya, the leader of the juvenile group who had caused an uproar in peaceful Japan 5 years ago, but the bullet wound was at the back, which leads Usagi into thinking there must be some hidden secrets to the incident.

Season II sees Usagi up against "Summer Claus", a terrorist that hijacked a shipment of 27 guns and sends them to random individuals in Tokyo. People who were suppressing their thoughts under the stress of the society were offered a gateway to freedom, thus leading to a couple of shooting rampages and tragedies with the guns.

The plot is excellent with a running storyline behind the individual episodes, except that Season I's revelation of the situation during Usagi's father's death was a bit too fuzzy. I'm still not clear of what actually happened, only knew that its a cover up for a lost police gun.

The series is not jus a normal investigative suspense show but it goes deeper into the emotions of the criminals to bring out the motive of their actions.

Good! Other than for the lack of bishonens..