TV series

Gifted

2023 · 2 seasons

A moody, puzzle-driven procedural where an arrogant genius and a haunted teenager circle each other over grim killings.

Overview: Natsuki Amakusa (Masuda Takahisa), an overconfident genius detective with extraordinary deduction skills, meets Yuya Shiki (Ukisho Hidaka), a cool high school student who guessed the culprit at the scene of a suspected suicide. Yuuya possesses a special talent that allows him to see the shadows of murderers.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, deception, guilt, obsession
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
deception
guilt
obsession
isolation
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
procedural
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none