Kansahojin

Quite a good mini-series,

though I don’t know what they are talking half the time. O:

(I really love Tsukamoto’s expression in the first pic.)

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I can’t really find any terms to fit the meaning of Kansahojin (監査法人) totally. They are external auditors who have the power of law on their hands. They can, with a verdict, decide whether the company can continue their business or they must end it.

I really know nuts about the mechanism of auditing. Here’s a good post about the technical/realistic aspects of this series, so do take a look if you are interested.

The protagonist of this story is Wakasugi Kenji (Tsukamoto Takashi), whose surname seems to be a pun on the Japanese for “too young” (若い過ぎ: wakai sugi). Together with his co-worker Yamanaka Akane (Matsushita Nao), he follows his mentor Onodera in pursuing strict manners of auditing, even if it would make the company collapse. The company director Shinohara however, prefers to be compassionate by helping the company cover up their financial crisis. As a promising “too young” auditor, Kenji soon finds himself opposing to Shinohara, the very man who motivated him to join the profession.

He tries to place judgments based on he believes to be correct, yet finding himself trapped in between ideals and the reality. Exactly how can he bring people happiness? Exactly what is the right path to walk as an auditor? Kenji will find out the answers as he fights the battles with work and with himself.

He's frowning for like 90% of the time. Poor boy.

Kenji’s co-worker, Akane, also faces the same struggles that Kenji is facing, but she was given lesser emphasis. It’s a pity that there’s no romantic development between them, since they understand each other’s ideals so well and they look pretty good together. But well, you soul mate might not be your lover i suppose.

Matsushita Nao. She's really pretty imo.

Kenji’s not as successful as a husband/father. It’s until episode 5 before we get to know more about his wife. Apparently he neglected his wife so much that she ran away, and he had to take care of his daughter alone.

I would be proud to have such a cute father.

Kenji’s struggle as an auditor is well plotted, but not so much for his struggle as a father. Yes Kenji looks tired all the time, and Tsukamoto Takashi does a great job in portraying the sense of fatigue that Kenji is experiencing, but I get the feeling that his fatigue only comes from work.

Kenji will still be this tired and lost anyway if you take the entire family arc out. The apparent lack of depiction makes the family arc look like an distraction. But other than that, the struggles that he faced as an auditor was engaging, and the subtle twists in storyline keeps me wanting how the story develops despite not knowing the mechanics of auditing. There’s only 6 episodes, but the story’s intensity and fullness makes it an enjoyable watching experience.

I’m starting to really like Tsukamoto Takashi, hehe.

Oh yeah I’m supposed to be preparing for my exams. O: