"I only ever notice it after-the-fact... but it's always what she wanted in the first place!" Ever get that feeling? The forbidden technique of "Dark Shinri-Jutsu" (aka "Dark Psychology") is a method of using casual conversation, hints, words and behaviour to manipulate the thoughts and emotions of others to control them as you wish whether that be to good and innocent ends or to satisfy even the darkest desires of the heart. Kuronosaki, a mysterious, sharped tonged and sadistic person who solves many psychological problems, mysteries and cases through the use of this banned technique. She will show up suddenly sniggering "Are you stupid?" in front of a person suffering from interpersonal relationship issues and then teach them the use of "black psychology" to solve the problem though a variety of manipulative techniques including narration/storytelling, active listening, inviting speculation, reading and leading body language, glances and gestures and other triggering mechanisms that can be practised at home, work or school to variously capture the heart, imprint motivation, direct emotional response or facilitate communication & self-reflection. A thrilling suspense drama overflowing with black humour! Is it a life to manipulate or a life to be manipulated? (Source: Nogizaka46.com) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- עברית / עִבְרִית
- dansk
- Native Title: クロシンリ 彼女が教える禁断の心理術
- Also Known As: Kuroshinri Forbidden Psychology She Teaches , Kuroshinri - Kanojo ga Oshieru Kindan no Shinri Jutsu
- Genres: Thriller, Drama
Cast & Credits
- Kubo ShioriKuronosakiMain Role
- Tanaka ShunsukeMurakami Kazuya (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Asami KokoroSakazaki Kyoko (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Sugimori Daisuke(Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Akita Shiori(Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Tanaka ToruMatsunuma Hideaki (Ep. 2)Guest Role
Reviews
Unfortunately, I'm not really happy about the script; the series consists of eight episodes and four unrelated stories, taking two episodes each; no explanation whatsoever is given about the main character, her origins and/or goals; she appears as a cruel, damning devil in one story, and as a kind Deus ex machina in another one. I'd sum up the script as "chaotic, inconsistent and ethically questionable", honestly. All imho, I'm sure many will love it precisely for that.
The music, which would befit a 90's videogame, despite not being my favorite genre (like, not in the least), is nonetheless catchy and adequate for the show's atmosphere.
Production value is pretty good too.
Personally, another detail that made the series lose points in my eyes is the typical abuse of English terms - employed in the same way as pseudolatin is in young adults' novels - a kind of "mumbo jumbo" that reminded me of an Italian comedian (Mago Forest, for those who know) and his old skits filled with silly inventions which were given an English (or rather, English-sounding) name for pseudomarketing reasons (like the small pair of strainers to be worn around one's neck, so as to catch the eventual falling earring during a night out - and accordingly called by the comedian as the "No More Lost Orecchin In The Night ©" - with "orecchin" being the macaronic English from "orecchino" - 'cause the average Italian Joe might know the words "no", "more", "lost", "in", "the" and "night", but might actually struggle remembering "earring", LOL. Well, that's how all the psychological "English" mumbo-jumbo used in this series sounded to my ears...^__^;;;