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[[File:Ryoko_Cast_7649.jpg|frame| The show's cast. From left to right: Junichiro Izumida, Ryoko Yakushiji, Lucienne, Marianne and Yukiko Muromachi.]]
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
Notable for featuring an adult female protagonist [[Christmas Cake|above the age usually considered attractive]] who is still [[Badass]] [[Action Girl|and incredibly competent]] while also being [[Hello, Nurse!|extremely sexy]].▼
▲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, '''''Ryōko Yakushiji's Strange Case Files''''' (Japanese ''薬師寺涼子の怪奇事件簿'' - see [[{{PAGENAME}}/Trivia|the
▲Notable for featuring an adult female protagonist [[Christmas Cake|above the age usually considered attractive]] who is still [[Badass]] [[Action Girl|and incredibly competent]] while also being [[Hello Nurse|extremely sexy]].
As of 2019, [[No Export for You|the series was only legally available in Japan.]]
▲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.
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: While the manga did take some aspects from the light novels as some of its stories were available with the former, there's no way that the anime did the same. But the production team did a bit of a good job with a reference to the Tokyo Nightmare novel.
* [[A Wizard Did It]]: With regards to the digital pictures the newspaper reporters had when the camera was destroyed after being ambushed by a JACES tactical team. Same with the giant frog's appearance near Azabu-Jūban.
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Usually the maids, but they shine after confronting thugs outside Ryoko's penthouse apartment and in the Black Spider manga/novel arc.. Ryoko with Marianne in the last episode after facing JPP tactical teams.
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* [[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.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: Ruriko offering Monami the chance to be the "true" Ryoko by joining her and having Izumida to herself after Ryoko is taken care of.
* [[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.
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* [[Creator Cameo]]: Dr. Yoshiki Tanaka making an appearance in the first episode.
* [[Cult]]: A major enemy in the first few episodes, the Tsukuyomi Party.
* [[Cyanide Pill]]: The assassin had combustible drugs to kill herself. See [[Driven to Suicide]].
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: When Ryoko and Izumida are in British Columbia, the duo are visited by a RCMP officer in ceremonial uniform. Unless the officer had visited them after attending some important matter (e.g. attending a talk session with students/participated in a police/RCMP-led ceremony), Narumi Kakinouchi's in the wrong!
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Ruriko's plan to take down the Yakushiji family with Ryoko as the main target {{spoiler|by using an anti-terrorist exercise with gunships and a tank to kill her.}}
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* [[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.
* [[The End - or Is It?]]: {{spoiler|The ending for the series does show Ruriko's clone was made yet again. Ryoko told Izumida that she wants to hunt down the people/persons who conspired with Ruriko.}} Although one would wonder if the ratings and the fanbase in Japan would qualify for another season.
* [[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
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* [[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.
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: In covering up the "true" nature of most of the cases Ryoko participates in.
** Near the end of the show, the JPP and JGSDF (The latter under the crooked Defense Minister) team up with Ruriko and Shiba.
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* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: The dual maids using an airport baggage cart to knock down a purse thief in Narita Airport.
** Lot of more instances in the manga. Ryoko uses a pool cue to beat up some mooks. In the Black Spider Incident in Canada, Izumida decides to use his necktie. His friggin' NECKTIE, ya hear?!
* [[Jerk
* [[
** Most of the JPP's manpower comes from ex-SDF personnel.
* [[Kill All Humans]]: The anti-terrorist robot that went berserk, killing armed JPP personnel since it was meant to kill armed terrorists in case of an armed assault on a nuclear power plant.
** [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: But it can still tell between armed people as enemies and those who aren't.
* [[Meganekko]]: Yukiko
* [[Meido]]: Marianne and Lucienne, and later {{spoiler|Monami}} starts being trained as one.
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* [[Panty Thief]]: A sight gag in the second episode shows a JACES operator taking one down in a montage of images.
* [[Playful Hacker]]: Lucienne is an expert in computers, especially hacking.
* [[Private Military Contractors]] / [[Law Enforcement, Inc.]]: The JPP, which does contracts for security duties abroad in war-torn countries. In real life, a Japanese PMC would probably have problems being tolerated in the Japanese public.
** Depending on your view, JACES.
*** Ruriko mentions to the corrupt Defense Minister on the strong ties between the JPP and the JSDF with JACES and the National Police Agency. You can see the source of manpower for these two corporations.
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* [[Screw Destiny]]: Monami supposedly to be the "true" president of JACES. Ryoko screwed that up and allowed her to live with her maids in France.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]] / [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: How Ryoko tries to solve cases and take down the bad guy while using police/JACES resources whenever she feels the need for it.
** The former for Shiba, when they were able to get the media to slander Ryoko.
* [[She Fu]]: Ryoko's main fighting style, though it appears to completely take her opponents off guard as a result of all the [[Fan Service]] it involves.
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Episode Seven. One word: {{spoiler|napalm.}}
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