Seven Detectives

Yuu Amagi is an offbeat detective reassigned from the Lost and Found Centre to the Twelfth Section, a sidelined unit of Tokyo police nicknamed the graveyard of detectives. He and a handful of talented but eccentric colleagues, including Tamaki Mizuta and Masatoshi Katagiri, are tasked with cases that hinge on the smallest fragments of time. Amagi fixates on timelines, estimating moments of death, alibis, and the meaning of what he calls "blank time." Rather than big action, the show uses slow, careful reconstruction of minutes and seconds to reveal motives and contradictions, while the team’s odd dynamics add tension and occasional dark humor.

Released in 2015, the series is a Japanese television crime drama featuring Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kana Kurashina, Kotaro Yoshida, and Kinya Kitaoji in key roles. It aired domestically and aimed at viewers who enjoy intellectual mystery work and character-driven police procedurals.

The show did not register as a major awards contender on the international stage. It wasn’t the kind of program that collected high-profile festival prizes, and any recognition stayed largely within local or niche circles rather than mainstream award circuits.

Among mystery fans in Japan the series became known for its focus on temporal puzzles, especially the idea of "blank time" as evidential space. It spurred online discussion and theory threads where viewers pieced together timelines, and it helped revive interest in detective stories that treat time as a forensic element rather than just background.

Critical and fan responses leaned positive on the series premise and performances, reflected in a modest 7.4/10 user score from a small sample. Viewers who liked careful, procedural unraveling praised the attention to temporal detail and the cast’s chemistry. Others felt the pace was slow at times and that episodes could be dense with technical talk, but most agreed the unusual focus on minutes and seconds offered a fresh spin on police mysteries.