Boss

Boss is a Japanese live-action series. Osawa Eriko returns home after having worked in America for several years. Back in Japan she becomes the boss of a division that is filled with misfit detectives. This series ran in 2009 and consists of eleven episodes. The second season was released two years later.

If you were looking for the video game concept, try [[Boss Battl] instead. If you were looking for a singer called "The Boss", see [[Gene Ammon], [[Diana Ros], [[Rick Ros], or [[Bruce Springstee].


 * [[Abusive Parent]: There are quite a number of them.
 * A God Am I: The villain in episode 2 refers to himself as 'God'.
 * [[Alone with the Psych]: Osawa ends up in this kind of situation a couple of times.
 * [[Asshole Victi]: Quite plenty.
 * [[Badass Grandp]:
 * [[Big Brother Instinc]:
 * [[Brilliant but Laz]: Kimoto Mami. Will take a taxi instead of walk for ten seconds.
 * [[Casanova Wannab]: Iwai Zenji is one of the rarer gay examples.
 * [[Catch Phras]: "We have a case". So much that it is noted when she doesn't say it.
 * [[Chekhov's Gu]:
 * [[Chekhov's Gunma]:
 * [[The Chessmaste]: Osawa has quite a few tricks up her sleeve.
 * [[Cool Old Gu]: Oyama Genzo, who keeps his calm all the time..
 * Cop Show
 * [[Date Peeper]: In Season 2, Episode 8.
 * [[Doesn't Like Gun]: Katagiri Takuma, who has good reasons for this.
 * [[Drowning Pi]
 * [[Embarrassing Old Phot]: Osawa playing a thief named "Heisuke-san".
 * [[Everybody Is Singl]: Except for the boss. Though that relationship has its own issues.
 * Katagiri manages to find a girlfriend in Season 2.
 * [[Evil Counterpar]: Kogure (in Season 2's Episode 7) to Hanagata, to Osawa.
 * Faking the Dead:.
 * Five-Man Band: Osawa's subordinates:
 * [[The Her]: Katagiri Takuma
 * [[The Lance]: Yamamura Keisuke
 * [[The Big Gu]: Iwai Zenji
 * [[The Smart Gu]: Kimoto Mami/Tadokoro Sachiko
 * The Chick: Hanagata Ippei
 * [[Sixth Range]: Kurohara Rika
 * [[Gold Digge]: Yamamura Keisuke is so gullible that he falls victim to this as well as other types of money scams many times.
 * Handsome Lech: Nodate Shinjiro
 * [[Hates Everyone Equall]: Kimoto claims to be this.
 * Henpecked Husband: Chief Tanba is hinted to be one.
 * I Love the Dead:.
 * [[Kee]: Hanagata Ippei.
 * [[Knife Nu]: Some of the villains, like the one in Season 1's episode 2.
 * [[Magical Databas]
 * [[Morality Pe]:
 * [[The Man Behind the Ma]:
 * [[Misfit Mobilization Momen]
 * [[The Mol]:
 * [[Only Sane Ma]: Osawa seems to be this, but only because all the others are so weird.
 * [[Pet the Do]:
 * Psychopathic Manchild:
 * [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfit]
 * [[Roaring Rampage of Reveng]: Some of the villains.
 * [[Shooting Galler]: The body parts that the different detectives aim at tells you a lot about their personal issues.
 * [[Star-Crossed Lover]:
 * Title Drop: The detectives call Osawa "Boss".
 * [[Trickster Mento]: Nodate.
 * [[Well-Intentioned Extremis]:
 * Wouldn't Hurt a Child:
 * [[Well-Intentioned Extremis]:
 * Wouldn't Hurt a Child:

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