A shogi genius who can't read contracts but can read juries? Checkmate, legal system.
51 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestKotaro Fuda, a young lawyer running his late father's law firm, meets Tatsumi Tendo, a shogi player with the uncanny ability to predict trial outcomes. Despite Tatsumi's lack of legal experience, Kotaro hires her as a trial lawyer, setting the stage for an unconventional partnership.
Acting
Mone Kamishiraishi's stillness speaks volumes — she barely blinks, you can't look away
Writing
Shogi metaphors that actually illuminate legal strategy, not just decorate it
Direction
Horie and Todayama find tension in empty courtrooms, not just closing arguments
Creators
Masashi Todayama, Takahiro Horie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shogi retains deep cultural prestige in Japan as 'the thinking person's game,' making Tatsumi's outsider status in law particularly charged for domestic audiences.
Mone Kamishiraishi learned basic shogi for three months but the complex board positions were handled by a professional player consultant who appears uncredited in episode 4's tournament scene.
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