Invisible

I truly appreciate well written and smart storylines, which are unpredictably and intelligent. This series delivered this. Add a cast of really believable actors with good senses of character development and ensemble interaction, and it becomes even more interesting. Then flavor with Japanese justice and tenacity, and the twists of suspense and mystery; you have a great series worthy of your time! Not wanting to spoil any of it for someone else, I'll just say the focus shift halfway through was a bit surprising; the female protagonist lead the storyline so well. But I still enjoyed it to the end. My only regret is there wasn't more!

The dialogue is sometimes too obvious . For example. "Why did he say it was a bomb".

That is completely unnecessary and makes it at times laughable.

The first episode has a blacklist feel to it. A show I stopped watching after the first season.

But it is a feel and invisible doesn't have the same authority While she is the better actor, it doesn't make sense she watched the first bombing.

The music in the series is a big distraction , serves no purpose. It feels very amateurish in that regard.

A lot of scenes are unoriginal , it it is there way of doing a homage it feels out of place.

I might try some other episodes . I do think there are guest directors and that might be interesting.

The rating of 3 reflects the hope of that. But the show is in need of a different direction to get a better rating. (Pun intended)

I watched series Invisible. I was truly happy about her performance. I watch the whole 10 chapters. She leads in the first 5 chapters. I did not feel the chapters passing. Another actors enters from chapter 5, which made it a bit lagging. But because of her acting I watched, I liked the performance of the male lead. But when acting is said. I was glued to the screen because of her.

A detective obsessed with justice receives a surprising offer of help from a mysterious figure in the criminal underworld known as "Invisible." The above is the story line in netflix. I am not sure, even if her role is bit towards villain, I felt I liked her chracter. The story reveals why we love that character.

I made it through two episodes before I gave up. The show is basically a string of standalone "monster of the week" episodes tied together with a gossamer thin narrative thread. Some people have compared it with The Blacklist, another show I gave up on mainly due to the fact that I can't stand James Spader.

Perhaps it was a mistake that I had just sat through Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange, also starring Issey Takahashi, before watching this show. It too was a cop show with quite lackluster narrative and Japanese style overacting. I'm sure that Invisible too will turn into a romantic melodramedy between the two leads. Although I will never know.

I like that this series combines both individual stories that are wrapped up in one episode with an overall theme that ties the entire series together.

There is one graphics-obscured throat-cutting scene that is excessively repeated throughout the series. Could have done with a lot less of that (which is why I only give it 7 stars. A director should know when too much is too much).

Other than that, the directing and acting are both good. The ending was a bit pretentious (no spoilers) but that can be forgiven by the excellent character portrayals and the overall story.

Overall, at 10 episodes it was just right and made me wish there were more 10 episode series... as quite often 16 to 36 episodes are just too many for a lot of Asian series. I find many of the stories could easily be told and be better told in 8 to 10 episodes, but stretch it out for too long. This series was just right.