Review of Beautiful Bones -Sakurako's Investigation-

My Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru review. My ratings: Story: Fair 6. Art: Very Good 7. Sound: Good 7. Character: Poor 3. Enjoyment: Fair 6. Overall: Decent 4.Ok, so what we have is a combination of CSI, BONES, ROSEWOOD and COLD CASE combine in one, cu'z basically it's a crime drama, that was somehow doesn't look like one, so:

Story (up)

It was nice at first, but as it goes on , somehow original creator Ota, Shiori seem to focus more on the unlikely relationship between the cougar and tadpole....and I'm talking about Sakurako and Shoutarou, in fact most of the logic behind the crime are just too lame to comprehend, example like in ep 6. where the west was portrayed as making a mourning ring was basically something that creator Ota, Shiori may have conceptualize in a wrong manner , cu'z throwing a ring in to the river is basically for someone who was trying to forget somebody who may have been cheated, in fact one might wonder as to how original creator Ota, Shiori got that idea of a mourning ring being a western custom. Ep 4 and 5. about the attempted suicide of Takeshi Fujioka...why would would he fake an attack and making it look like a suicide by cutting himself in his leg , was just too lame even by "B" movie standards, also gradma who fell from her dead in ep 3, they could have chosen a good timing to found the bones, now logically speaking if someone is missing wouldn't granddaughter Yuriko Kougami be reporting as a missing person, wouldn't the cop be on location of the dead granny in the soonest possible time? So it was safe to say that the scenarios and the plot wasn't about the mystery rather it was a dark adventure and indirect romance of Sakurako the cougar and Shoutaru the tadpole. Cu'z IMO this is what original creator Ota, Shiori was focusing, which IMO is "fair"enough.

Art (up)

There isn't any moe in it in fact Sakurako attire were either tomboyish with her white shirt and black slacks attire or classy in her feminine attire, which is IMO deserves a "Very Good" for art director Itou Akira, since there isn't any fanservice or any bikini scene here, and it's a "Very Good" thing that this anime didn't rely on the those things to sell, just her back scene from the ending theme, it's a big sorry for them perves cu'z they won't be able to make love with Sakurako in their dreams.

Sound (up)

Well it's good that the seiyuu who did Sakurako's voice matched the character and the opening theme match the anime as well.

Character (up)

Ok, so Sakurako was great and she one lady who has both brains and guts, but that's just the thing.....she was overmade, how can a Osteologist be a forensic psychologist, chemist, archaeologist and all that CSI she bang, be that good when she's only in her twenties. Shoutarou was also being overmade as well like how can a shorty like him take down a junkie from ep.2 where, even with the knowledge of jujitsu in his bodyframe he would have a very hard time to take-on a junkie who is chemically imbalance where in reality would take at least 2 guys to subdue such guy. IMO, original creator Ota, Shiori didn't properly utilize the proper casting and the right action for the job, in ep.2 it should have been Utsumi who should be taking down the junkie not Shoutarou, if it were me, I would have had Utsumi to try to subdue a junkie despite of getting stabbed and Shoutarou should have help him by knocking the Junkie's leg with a 2x4 wood. In ep 4 and 5, it should not be Utsumi who should be casted with with the two , rather it should have been Itsuki who should have be there as the cast, in ep 10 and 11 , it should have been Utsumi who should be casted there with the two and not Itsuki, so basically the choice of cast with the two ( Sakurako and Shonen) for each episode was just "Poor" that in every episode plot make the support characters ill-fit for it. And let's not for the Sakurako's fiance...where is he, his absence alone really makes this anime focus on a cougar and tadpole relationship.

Enjoyment (up)

Basically my enjoyment was simply with the cougar and tadpole, and that's as far as I go, in fact I'm very much disgusted with this anime's supposed crime drama .

Overall (up)

My advice, don't focus on the mismatch crime solving and just focus on the cougar and tadpole mystery romance, so overall it's a decent anime.

Peace and Happy upcoming 2016.