The Case Files of Yakushiji Ryoko: Difference between revisions

Yakushiji Ryoko is a Superintendent in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and with her lackey/slave/[[The Chew Toy|chew toy]] Assistant Inspector Junichiro Izumida [[They Fight Crime]], though more often than not the cases end up involving the paranormal. While being in the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau, Ryoko is the daughter of JACES President Hiroko Yakushiji, who is an ex-MPD high-ranking officer. As such, she is the "official" Yakushiji known in the public to be standing ready to succeed her father. Think ''[[Law and Order]]'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[The X Files]]'' meets ''[[James Bond]]'' and you have a rough idea of what the show's like.

 

 

Created by Doctor Yoshiki Tanaka, the series is a franchise that consists of a drama CD, an anime and manga series that has been concluded with 11 volumes alongside light novels.

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Ryoko is something of a slacker who is often found shopping, bossing around her underlings and enjoying the finer things in life... while also being incredibly competent at her job, speaking several languages and being a graduate of Tokyo University.

* [[Busman's Holiday]]: As expected, her vacation to Okinawa ends up involving an investigation of the supernatural. It's implied she did it on purpose.

* [[Call Back]]: There's a mention to the Tokyo Nightmare novel in the first episode. Only those who have seen/know about the novel series would understand this reference.

* [[Camp Gay]]: One of Ryoko's contacts is this after being forced out of the Ministry of Finance due to a government scandal.

* [[Driving Question]]: We all like to know what happened to the {{spoiler|original Ruriko and Nonogase since they're just clones. And who made another Ruriko clone after all?}} Also, who was responsible for conspiring with Ruriko to put Ryoko's name in slander?

* [[Dual Wield]]: Yukiko using dual Howa Type 89s.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: You know the nightmare of a Ryoko-like person shooting herself in the noggin'? {{spoiler|That person appears to be Monami, or possibly an earlier, failed clone.}}

* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: JPP or Japan Private Police. JESS or Japanese Empire Security Service. The only abbreviation unknown is JACES. (That is, if Yoshiki Tanaka ever gave out an acronym defintion)

* [[Ghost City]]: Everyone in Tokyo was told to stay off the streets due to anti-terrorist training by the JGSDF. {{spoiler|This is due to Ruriko's work of course.}}

* [[Government Agency of Fiction]]: Shiba, which has covert divisons of the Japanese government based in the "Shiba" building. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police has a covert division of its own based in the building that does black ops.