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It’s been revealed that the partner role opposite Sugishita Ukyo (Mizutani Yutaka) in TV Asahi’s detective drama “Aibou” (Partners) is changing again, sparking reactions on 5ch. The partner role had returned to Kameyama Kaoru (Terawaki Yasufumi), but this time it’s swapping back to Kōbe Son (Oikawa Mitsuhiro). While some on the thread lamented “enough already, just let it end with Kameyama,” others defended the change on ratings grounds, pointing out that “even bringing Kameyama back didn’t boost the numbers.” Posters also raised the declining quality of the scripts, the shifting treatment of supporting characters like Aoki and Yonezawa, and the reality that a long-running show can’t easily end — sparking the kind of debate only fans who’ve followed the series across its many eras could have.
What are they even trying to do, just end it already
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
If Aibou disappears, detective dramas basically go extinct
There's still that Aiba show (eyes rolling back)
If that's the alternative, Inocchi's version is still better lol 😅
The driver's license center
The police dog training school
At this point just make his wife's husband the partner
Apparently season 25's premiere is a Salween storyline, and it's already back under military rule
The coup happened a good few seasons back, and after some twists and turns in a later case, the Kameyama couple got declared persona non grata and thrown out
Before Kameyama joined, the unit was basically a career graveyard — everyone just quit almost immediately. That's all the setting ever was
Apparently that's gone now
Because she was originally signed to Mizutani Yutaka's own talent agency. Same with Serizawa
Oh, different writers now huh — that's rough
Well yeah, it was honestly boring — Ukyo stopped reacting no matter what Kameyama did
Like with Detective Conan, too many people's livelihoods are tied up in it, so it's stuck in a spot where it can't end even if it wanted to — gotta keep everyone fed
Why bring up trading cards all of a sudden?
I'd love for them to bring that into this season, though it'll probably end up a shallow 'AI issues' story
The episodes with smaller-scale cases around seasons 1-3 were actually pretty good
Can't, he's dead. Honestly, Aibou really did get boring the moment they killed off the Chief Secretary
There are plenty of ways to pull a "he was secretly alive the whole time" twist, and there was a stretch where they were hinting at exactly that
There's been more and more stuff creeping in that just doesn't fit Aibou's world, huh
Maybe it's a sign of the times
About five seasons back there was an episode where he crosses paths with Kishibe Ittoku's character (unnamed), so with how Aibou is these days, I wouldn't be shocked if it turns out he's secretly alive and been scheming behind the scenes this whole time
They must be itching to bring him back somehow
Easy fix — just bring back his son
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
“Aibou” (Partners) is a TV Asahi detective drama that premiered in 2000, in which a rotating cast of actors has taken turns playing the “partner” opposite Sugishita Ukyo, portrayed by Mizutani Yutaka. The original partner, Kameyama Kaoru (Terawaki Yasufumi), had stepped down once before returning, and this time the role is switching from Kameyama back to Kōbe Son (Oikawa Mitsuhiro). The thread was split between those who wished the series had been wrapped up with Kameyama for good, and those who argued the switch makes sense since ratings were stronger during the Kōbe era. Posters also raised pointed criticism of declining script quality, the treatment of supporting characters like Aoki and Yonezawa, and the difficulty of ever ending a long-running hit. One point readers might easily get wrong: a cast change doesn’t mean the show is ending — over more than 20 years, swapping out the partner role has practically become a running tradition of the series itself.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] Aibou’s Partner Swaps from Kameyama Back to Kōbe Again lolololololol.”
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