Furuhata Ninzaburō: A Fair Murderer ★★★☆☆

I am surprised that in this episode of all of them they don’t bring up Furuhata arresting SMAP. Perhaps they were feeling a bit insecure about this being the second time they’ve done the murderer being a celebrity who is playing themself. Fun episode and I enjoy Furuhata being starstruck and shy for once, though Ichiro is not a great actor. Like the previous episode Imaizumi is toned down to a non-grating level of Flanderisation. The conceit of a blatant challenge between Inchiro and Furuhata is cute and suitably dramatic for a big special so close to the end of the show as a whole, though I feel like Furuhata being happy to go along with such a game feels out of character compared to his previous views on the seriousness of murder and his tactics also seem more dirty than what they really agreed to, which then makes him seem inconsistent within the episode as well.