#Deka Wanko

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Today's J-fashion wearer is Hanamori Ichiko from Deka Wanko! She wears punk lolita!

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DEKA WANKO[デカワンコ]

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Deka Wanko + Ichiko’s wardrobe:  Episode 1

Putumayo Check Crown Key Halterneck OP

Angelic Pretty Fantastic Dolly JSK

Bodyline Scalloped Polka Dot Double Lace Up OP

Angelic Pretty Trump Carnival JSK

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female awesome meme [1/5] lead female characters - Ichiko Hanamori /Deka Wanko/

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2008 Deka Wanko volume 1 cover, by Kozueko Morimoto 💗💗💗💗

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Footage in an Angelic Pretty from the TV show Deka Wanko

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Deka Wanko was a 2011 live action police series about a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Homicide Detective named Ichiko Hanamori who solved crimes with her incredible sense of smell (better than any police dog's) while always kitted out in Gothic Lolita fashions.

It is based on the manga of the same name by Kozueko Morimoto and published in the magazine You by Shueisha.

(This isn’t really a tokusatsu hero or monster show but I found it while searching for info on one and I had to share it because... well, look at it!)

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please read deka wanko, it's the only comedic detective series about a cop with a superpowered sense of smell & a flair for fashion. It is a that is good and heartwarming series and features a wide variety of crimes but also because the protagonist is Like This

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Wait, who are the other two detectives on your top three?

It’s a list that tends to change positions, but constantly in my top are: 

Jessica Fletcher, from Murder She Wrote

Miss Marple, from the Agatha Christie books and their adaptation/s (especially those with Julia McKenzie) 

And also in the top 4, after Poirot and Miss Marple, is Phryne Fisher, from both the books and the series adaptation (and now movie ♥)

Other mentions I wouldn’t know how to order but are on my list are Ando Ranko from Kirawareru Yuuki, Conan Edogawa/Shinichi Kudo from Detective Conan,  Ichiko Hanamori from Deka Wanko (the drama adaptation) and Sara “Sherlock” Shelly Futaba from Miss Sherlock. 

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I'd like to nominate Ichiko Hanamori from the manga/tv show Deka Wanko! She's a lolita character.

She has been added to the queue!

Thanks for requesting a character!

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Kirawareru Yuuki

It’s been a year since the drama aired but I finally felt it was time. Partially because there isn’t much video content now, partially because I forgot how much I hate EMMA but mostly because I am writing a fic where Shige is based on Aoyama and I thought I might as well.  

If you’re a big fan of the show you might wanna skip this review but I bet by now you know I’m not here for blind admiration. 

Every detective drama has to have a thing that sets sit apart from the others. Maybe the crimes are solved by kids, maybe the detective is a Lolita girl with super-smell or maybe she talks to ghosts. All of which are sadly real J-drama plots and very shallow ones too. What sets this drama apart is that it is based on something more solid - Adler’s psychology or more precisely a book based on Adler’s psychology.

I’ve been interested in psychology since very young age but I never got to learn about Adler. So I read about him a bit and the dude was really woke for his time. He advocated for a more egalitarian society, better mental healthcare, more rights for women. He made a huge contribution to psychology and his works were largely absorbed into it.

“Kirawareru Yuuki” was only loosely adapted from Adler’s many ideas, but it has a unique relevance in Japan where you are expected to submit to a strict societal order, never stand out too much and always be polite. Ando is an anti-hero of the Japanese traditional culture. Or she is supposed to be.

So, what I’m saying is, I like the idea of using a popular medium such as a drama to educate people but the execution of that idea is frankly underwhelming. The plot is very typical of any Japanese detective drama and is often loosely tied to the Adlerian principles. You have to take pity of the 8th department for having to solve a myriad of hate and revenge crimes committed for petty reasons. But that isn’t what bothers me the most. I could easily overlook the massive plotholes if the characters compensated for them. Alas, they didn’t. 

Ando Ranko is a brilliant detective and a resident bitch. “So what?” one might say. “She is a “strong female character”. And when I started to watch the drama I told myself that if Ando was a male character, she would be perceived differently. Take Lightman from Lie to me. He’s an absolute pain in the ass and yet he’s a brilliant scientist and analyst and that’s what really matters. However, unlike Lightman, she completely lacks any charm. Sure, she is smart, tough, and gives no fucks. However, that’s literally all she is. Ando has about as much emotions as a Terminator. She doesn’t laugh or cry. The only times she displays a controlled smile is when she meets her brother or steals cake from children. 

Adler said you need to have courage to be hated but Ando seemed to understand it as making it her mission to be as unpleasant as possible and make everyone hate her. She ignores orders, looks down on everyone and is constantly unnecessarily rude. And that would be fine if it was for the sake of investigation only but she treats all of her colleagues the same way. Her biggest pleasure is solving crime and giving incredibly patronizing speeches to the culprits. I patiently waited and hoped there would be a reveal, something that would make her more human but it never came.

Aoyama is a puppy in human form whose whole purpose is to help the viewers learn about Adler and make Ando look cool. Aoyama is pretty much useless right until the end where he absorbs Adler’s way. And you’d hope for some character development but instead he is just gradually possessed by Ando Ranko and speaks with her words. He also gets stabbed and nearly dies but jumps back into the case right after he regains consciousness because wounds are overrated and so are phone calls. But in the end he is awkwardly charming and feels like a real person rather than a stock character.

And then there’s Daimonji-sensei who is a talking book in a suit. I really hoped he was the villain, some Adler-hooked psycho who kidnapped Ando to turn her into an experiment. Instead, he is an absolute failure - not telling Ando anything about her father’s investigation and not realizing the killer was working in his office the whole time. The only thing he succeeds in is successfully making himself the lead suspect. 

Another thing I wanted to touch upon here is the relationship between the two leads. When I first started watching J-dramas I was puzzled at the fact that unless a drama was specifically romantic, there was hardly a romantic storyline. Which felt odd as we are all brainwashed by the Western media that two attractive people working together have a 99% chance to kiss at the end of the plotline. I celebrated this new realization. That was until I realized that J-dramas do not destroy a trope. Instead, they have their own trope which is the female lead who is obsessed with her work and is painfully oblivious to the mild interest of her male colleague who awkwardly tries to get her attention to no avail. I haven’t even watched that many dramas but even if you take NEWS dramas alone you can see this pattern (ie Deka Wanko, Resident, Hokaben).

Overall, I think the drama is pretty average. But it made me think about many things and write this longass post and to me that means it was worth it.

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Can anyone recommend any good crime/detective/mystery dramas? Preferably with some romance and comedy elements in it. I have watched a quite a few and feel like asking here will yield better results than googling. Some that i have watched are Nazotoki Wa Dinner No Ato De, Tantei Gakuen Q, SPEC, Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo, Gakou no Kaidan, Deka Wanko, DoS Deka, Mop Girl, Kaito Yamane, Higanbana, Yamegoku and Thrill! The Red Chapter. Thank you.

I’d say try: Kurosagi, Legal High, Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku

Anyone else?

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Since my other post with the first Deka Wanko manga cover got so popular for some reason- here are all the others! Volumes 2-11. Unfortunately I can only post 10 pictures at once, so I will post volume 12 soon! 💗💗💗