Review: Galileo

Before I start on another review, featuring Galileo this time, I would like to say Happy Birthday to a close friend of mine. Her name's Julienne and she's fourteen today. So, Happy Birthday my dearest Julienne! :D

Genre: Mystery
Starring: Kou Shibasaki, Masaharu Fukuyama
Opening theme: KISS Shite (KOH+)
Country of origin: Japan
Language: Japanese
No. of episodes: 10

Main Casts
Kou Shibasaki as Kaoru Utsumi (内海薫, Utsumi Kaoru)
Masaharu Fukuyama as Manabu Yukawa (湯川学, Yukawa Manabu)
Kazuki Kitamura as Shunpei Kusanagi (草薙俊平, Kusanagi Shunpei)
Hiroshi Shinagawa as Shiro Yuge (弓削志郎, Yuge Shiro)
Ikkei Watanabe as Hiromi Kuribayashi (栗林宏美, Kuribayashi Hiromi)
Miki Maya as Sakurako Jonouchi (城ノ内桜子, Jonouchi Sakurako)

Plot
Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective who has just been reassigned to the criminal division, finds her investigation of her first murder case stalled by the seemingly supernatural phenomenons surrounding the event. She seeks help from Shunpei Kusanagi, a senior detective at the police headquarter, who introduces her to his college buddy and an associate professor at Teito University, Manabu Yukawa. Yukawa is a tall, handsome, and brilliant man who is interested in nothing but physical science, while Utsumi is a hot-blooded girl with a strong sense of justice. Together, the odd pair solves many difficult and seemingly impossible crimes with their individual talents.

General Thoughts
I simply love these kinds of series. Mystery. This show was airing on the local cable television, and I was amused by it. It's catchy, addictive and humourous at the same time. I really loved the chemistry between Utsumi and Yukawa. Yukawa was a really funny character as he always had weird hobbies for a scientist, ranging from cooking to rock-climbing. Utsumi is always finding him to assist the police in solving cases, but Yukawa will only accept a case if it interest him.

My favourite cases
There were three cases which made me go "woah" when I watched it online.

Episode 03: Poltergeist - Missing Husband and the Dark House Cursed by Ghost!
Episode 05: Asphyxia - The Mystery of the Fireball and the Perfect Closed-room Murderer
Episode 07: Premonition - Murder Device of Horror Loved by the Beautiful Wife

Episode three was the case which totally terrified me. I got scared just watching that episode, as I wondered if it was really the work of a poltergeist. Of course it wasn't, and Yukawa-sensei (haha, I love calling him that. Yukawa-sensei!~) managed to solve the case, in a scientific way.

Episode five was the case of a witness who works in the building across from the window claims that she had seen a fireball one night. I was truly amazed by the way the person got killed, and I wanted to know who killed him. This case made me guess all the way till the last minute.

Episode seven has got to be my favourite case. A woman had killed herself. She threatened her lover, who was married with a beautiful wife, to divorce his wife pr she will hang herself in front of him in an apartment across his. The woman dies, his wife left him and that was the end. However, the man claims to have seen someone hanging herself in the apartment opposite his, the one where his mistress had hung herself in, in the same manner only a week ago. Yukawa-sensei was terrific in this episode, and Utsumi was humourous as usual.

Overall, this series is very enjoyable to watch, the cases are filled with mystery and humour, Yukawa-sensei and Utsumi is a very enjoyable couple to watch. I'm looking forward to Galileo: Episode Zero and the film which stars them, Yogisha X no Kenshin.