Toru is a young part-timer who has no interest in social issues. He gets called in as a juror in the trial of a woman labeled as a "witch", charged with a murder over an enormous inheritance. Though it appears that she is definitely guilty, one by one the jurors begin casting their votes for "not guilty." From the shadows, there is a mysterious organization buying control of the jury. At the same time, strange events start happening around Toru. When another juror is threatened, Toru is determined to save her. However, Toru's girlfriend, a newspaper reporter, seems suspicious of their relationship. And so, Toru begins his lonely fight for the truth. --Tokyograph

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  Kato Ai (Watabe Izumi)

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  Higa Manami (Motomiya Kaori)

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  Kutsuna Shiori (Kashiwagi Haruka)

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  Suzuki Ryohei (Kurokawa Ryuichi)

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  Shishido Miwako (Osawa Yoko)

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• Mar 1, 2012 10 of 10 episodes seen

  catnip
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  • Overall  10
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  Overall - for lovers of such genre it should be almost a must watch (or at least "give it a try and decide then") material, for the ones that are not fond of the suspense - most probably you will not like it, but once again that plays to the drama's strength, as it concentrates on the plot and idea rather than on the usual fanservice value or chasing ratings.
  
  A bit in more detail: I think the best thing about this drama was that you truly did not know whether the "witch" was guilty or not until the very end. Of course, the cute and honest character played by curly haired Toma Ikuta did help a lot (I even had made myself orange T-shirt with writing "THINK TWICE"), but that truly was only a bonus to the original and well executed plot of the story. As for the acting, there were no cases of overdone or underdone acting and expressing emotions, which, unfortunately, I have seen in Japanese dramas for a few times, especially when it comes to expressing intensity. I think it might have been also the first time when I thought about Ikuta as a talented actor in serious plots as well, and not only in such characters as from Hana Kimi.
  
  
  The only thing I really did not like in this drama, and I did not like it very strongly was the arguments of the lawyers. They were too brief, too simple and even I could see many flaws in them, as well as in the too emotional arguing of the lawyers themselves (take notice that I have characters in mind and not the acting). On the other hand, most probably this could be written off to the fact that supposedly such system of courts in Japan had been only introduced (in the plot) and therefore the lawyers and/or the judges might not have clearly comprehended of how it should be executed as professionally as I would have liked to see. read more

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• Aug 21, 2011 10 of 10 episodes seen

  kakashilover1566
  3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  9
  • Story  10
  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  8
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  I had wanted to watch this for a while but I had forgot about it. Suspense isn't my favorite genre but this drama sounded really good. Once I finished the first episode, I was addicted to it. The story was well set, the acting was wonderful and the music was creepy and that made the story flow better. So all around, this was a really good, chilling, suspenseful drama. If you like suspense, or Ikuta Toma :P, I would watch this. :)

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  Maou

  Both of the dramas are suspense and have detective elements in it. Also, the main actor - Ikuta Toma. Maou has more emotional intensity and Majo Saiban has more intensity in terms of "I have no idea what's happening here".

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