Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru (2017)

"Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru" is another title called "Beautiful Bones". An unique story written by Shiorita. It is a story of two unlikely partners, each showing in their own way that bones can tell how one died, but only people can tell how they lived. Sakurako Kuj is a genius beauty in her mid-twenties whose life is centred around one thing and one thing only: bones. With little tolerance for others, she would be completely isolated in her study full of skeletons if it weren’t for high school boy Shotaro—her new assistant and constant companion. Why exactly she has taken a shine to him remains a mystery, but one thing is clear: Whenever the two go out together, the chances are high that they will come across a human corpse. Excellent performance and story. Love the unique music.

Sakurako Kuj
She is a sharp-witted beautiful woman who comes from a prominent family and lives in a big old house with only a housekeeper as a companion. She has a hobby of collecting the bones of dead animals and reconstructing them. However, she is more interested in human remains. And with her being an osteologist, she also developed forensic skills from her uncle, a prominent forensic scientist in the prefecture, and has helped with many unsolved murders. She has a dislike for interpersonal relationships, although she has a fiance working with the Hokkaido Prefectural Police.

Shatar Tatewaki
He is a high school boy who assists Sakurako in her bone-digging expeditions. It so happens that they always find human remains in the process. He keeps Sakurako in check, as she tends to go crazy and try to keep the human remains for herself.

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Another drama, that i personally underrated at first:-(....i thought this is exactly the Japanese version of Bones.. , again I was WRONG...the only similarity is both heroines are lacking in social interpersonal skill...or, more like they don't care for others. I truly loved the cases and the way they were solved, each episodes taught me something new, either about bones, or relationships, or humans, or creatures...and i can imagine Sakuarako's annoyed figure in anime....like her straight hair would have tangles on the upper part, dark shadow upon her face, with a few thunder sfx surround her :-P btw, the story was different from the anime...

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This drama is one of the best medical/forensics, detective/crime, and mystery shows I've seen! If you're expecting something darker, then you probably won't get that from this story; however, not one moment of this story is lacking in suspense or drama!

Each bit of this story fits together like a skeleton (pun intended) and the thrills and suspense within each episode fit together piece by piece to create a magnificent story filled with genuine, raw human emotion and honesty that is something very fitting with reality.

The actors and actresses that portray each person have a wonderful talent and respect for their skill and their work that is almost tangible and feels as if they've been swallowed by the character they are acting as, while the viewer(s) watch the story unfold. Each episode is very unique and completely different to any stories I've seen or read before, this show and its story are very intriguing!

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The first few episodes of the live action are pretty good! However, by the end of the show it's become fully evident that the writer (or perhaps the person who adapted the light novel into a live action?) has very little idea how to keep things suspenseful for the viewer, which is- as you might imagine- a fatal flaw for a mystery show. The first three or so episodes are fine, but by the ending I can't help but have a sneaking suspicion that there are hardly any real narrative consequences for the characters.
It's a pity, because while I haven't watched the anime myself, I became curious about how this live action version fared as an adaptation as compared to the anime and I love what they changed. Instead of a high school sidekick, they made Shotaro a college grad, they took out Sakurako's fiancee, etc. Shotaro's internal monologue was quite funny as well. But ultimately, these changes aren't taken to their logical conclusions, instead hovering in some sort of nebulous space where Shotaro keeps insisting that he's twentysomething but the show keeps treating him like a child, and where it rather seems as if most problems can be solved by a good speech or two. It's worth watching the first half, at least, but its definitely not a show that gets better as it goes on.

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