7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)
Overview
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Trans: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.9
Overview
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film maintains a neutral stance by focusing on the individual pursuit of truth and justice against institutional corruption and bureaucratic inefficiency, without advocating for specific ideological changes or critiquing the fundamental societal structure.
Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo features a predominantly Japanese cast, which provides diversity from a global perspective without engaging in explicit recasting of traditionally white roles. The narrative maintains a neutral to positive portrayal of its male protagonists and does not center on explicit critiques of traditional identities or strong DEI themes.
Secondary
The show features a transgender woman character, Masa, whose identity is central to an episode's plot. Her portrayal is empathetic, exploring her past and present struggles with dignity and complexity. The narrative avoids harmful stereotypes and presents her as a fully realized individual, with the main characters treating her respectfully.
Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The series primarily focuses on the investigative work and platonic partnership of its male leads, without exploring queer identities or storylines.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Aibou is an original, long-running Japanese television series. There are no instances of established characters from its own canon or any external source material being portrayed with a different gender.
Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo is an original Japanese television series. There are no known instances of characters who were canonically, historically, or widely established as one race being portrayed on screen as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.1
7.6
Critic Ratings
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