Synopsis: Set in a near-future Japan where a mysterious new drug called DOPE is rampant, Saiki is transferred to the Special Investigations Division of the Narcotics Control Department (SID). There, he meets Jinnai, who gives him a terrible first impression. However, the two, who have completely opposite ways of thinking, team up and tackle mysterious cases together with the members of the SID.
Whumpees:
Saiki (top right) - A rookie officer with a strong sense of justice. He has painful visions of the future and his powers evolve throughout the series and become more intense. He feels a strong responsibility to protect those around him which causes him extreme distress in situations that threaten his loved ones.
Jinnai (top left) - An stoic and morally grey seasoned officer who has enhanced and x-ray vision to the point where he can avoid bullets. He has severe trauma from the death of his wife and self destructive coping mechanisms.
Shibahara (bottom) - The youngest member of the SID who has a super sense of smell which can overwhelm him at times.
The List:
EP 1:
Saiki - having a vision, wincing, in a fight, beaten up, berated by his superior ... having a vision, wincing, distressed at what he saw, watches someone die, dissociating, upset ... having a vision ... having a vision
EP 2:
Saiki - shot in the arm ... arm bandaged at home ... has a vision
Shibahara - splashed in the face with perfume diffuser, sensory overload ... crushed with a table, punched in the face
Jinnai - having a nightmare, self-medicating, trauma reveal
EP 3:
Saiki - drunk ... has a vision ... being mind-controlled
EP 4:
Saiki - has a vision
EP 5:
Saiki - beaten up, held at gunpoint ... "whenever I use my powers, I get painful headaches" ... has a vision, in pain, holding head, whimpering, heavy breathing
Jinnai - in a fight, bullet grazes his face, stressed, self-medicating ... bandaged cheek
EP 6:
Saiki - has a vision, in pain, developed psychometry, stressed ... sucker punched, held by the throat ... strangled, loses consciousness, betrayed ... wakes up alone, has a vision, crying ... has a painful vision
Jinnai - punched, flies through the air, crashes into a wall
Shibahara - in a fight, strangled
EP 7:
Jinnai - crying, in despair, mind-controlled
EP 8:
Saiki - having a vision ... suddenly in pain, clutching his head, concern for him, collapses, having a vision, groaning in pain
EP 9:
Saiki - stressed (throughout ep), falls to his knees in pain ... stressed out, outburst, head pain, concern for him, falls to knees, has a vision ... finds dead friend, has a vision, crying, mentally unstable
Ep 10:
Saiki - has a vision ... in a magical fight, strangled ... pinned magically against a pillar
Jinnai - in a magical fight, cement block thrown at him ... human shield, stabbed, blood from mouth
Thoughts:
I really loved this drama! I watched it as it aired on TVer, but I recently re-watched it to make this list as I haven't heard anyone talk about it and it's such a whumpy show with so many of my favourite traits! I'm a sucker for superpowers and visions whump and the power overload trope so this was amazing for me. There's whump in literally every single episode lol
Saiki is seriously protective of those he loves and is extremely distressed when people get hurt. He often clashes with Jinnai over his lack of consideration for others. Jinnai is incredibly jaded and tries to cover his feelings with humour, but he's so traumatised by what happened to his wife, he's unable to care about anyone or anything and is only set on revenge. It makes for an intense dynamic between the two which softens over time as they learn about each other, and by the end, they really have each other's backs.
This show is definitely going to be one of my re-watches! I plan on making some GIF sets at a later date, and I will try to post some clips here as well if I can.
Li cu is given vials of snake venom that cause painful visions. If he doesn’t poison himself with them and get the information they want, they’ll kill his friend.
Where to watch: VIki (as Sand Sea) or youtube (as Tomb of the Sea) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCqmZ-CjHs8&list=PLMR5c2tZltMqVzLz7FBlwCrqynHm1jQer&index=1
Summary: When hidden powers rise, loyalties shatter, and the dead don’t stay buried. Two years after Tony’s death, a hidden world of powers emerges. As Charlie fights to expose those exploiting them, his bond with Babe is tested when they uncover a deadly conspiracy led by Tony, who isn’t as dead as they believed.
Season One whump list here!
Whumpees: Alan (bottom middle), Jeff (bottom right, denim jacket), Dean (far bottom right, brown leather jacket), Babe (middle left, black leather jacket), Charlie (middle right, glasses), Kenta (top far left), Willy (top right, cross earring) and Winner (top far right).
Ep 1:
Babe - having a nightmare
Jeff - has a vision, dissociating, concern for him, immediately has another vision, nose bleed ... has a vision, in shock, nose bleed ... telling his brother about the visions, "it's taking a toll on my body"
Dean - kidnapped, bag over head, escape attempt, shot at
Kenta - kidnapped, bag over head ... in shock
Winner - kidnapped, bag over head, visibly scared ... in shock
Ep 2:
Kenta - upset, threatened with a gun, pistol whipped, unconscious, dragged away ... thrown out of a van, crawling out of a ditch, coughing, struggling to stand, bloody lip
Dean - sheepish and anxious
Jeff - having a vision, falling to his knees, unsteady breathing ... has another vision, sees Babe in a car crash, nose bleeding, ears ringing, collapses to the ground, groaning, shaky breathing, in pain
Ep 4:
Jeff - has a vision, nose bleeding, partial collapse, concern for him, leaning on caretakers
Winner - coerced into killing someone, visibly distressed, loss of control, blood on his face, in shock, dissociating
Ep 5:
Alan - pulls a muscle in his shoulder, wincing, concern for him
Ep 6:
Babe - has a nightmare
Ep 7
Willy - hit in the head [flashback: in a fight, beaten up, bloody face and head, laughing, bloody lips :: experimented on, threatened with a chip in his body, electric shock], bloody head
Alan - shoulder pain throughout episode, told by a dr he needs surgery, concern for Jeff
Jeff - has an intense vision, power overload, multiple visions at once, nosebleed and collapse, blurry vision, out of it, crashes a car, unconscious at the wheel, in the hospital, dissociating, very scared, struggling to separate reality from visions ... has his powers absorbed, struggling to break free, passes out
Charlie - uses his power and collapses
Ep 8
Charlie - revealed he took too many powers, in danger of power overload, concerned caretakers ... unconscious on a bed, watched over by Babe,
Kenta - stopped from leaving the house, arguing, in a struggle (then subsequently smooched :o ) ... sneaking into a facility, caught
Babe - attacked, stressed
Ep 9
Charlie - still unconscious from prev ep, kidnapped ... chained to a pillar
Babe - (cont'd from prev ep: attacked, stressed), hit over the head with a vase, unconscious ... holding an icepack on his head ... very stressed
Kenta - forced to kneel, defiant ... tied with his arms above his head, taunted, very defiant, glaring, slapped, still glaring, hit on the head ... escapes, is recaptured, held at gunpoint
Willy - talking about his trauma, "they tested drugs on me", [flashbacks to human experimentation, electric shock, in pain] ... manhandled, punched, held against the car, hands duck taped, punched in the face, held by the throat, choking, punched unconscious
Alan - reveals his has a spinal injury and needs surgery
Dean - caught in an explosion
Ep 10
Winner - frightened, belittled, cornered on a roof, apologizing and begging
Charlie - still chained to the pillar ... has a vision, nose bleed, dissociating, concern for him
Willy - manhandled, defiant, sucker punched .. surgery on his head ... held down, struggling to break free, forced blood test
Jeff - snapped at by his partner, upset .... worried
Dean - in a medical bed covered in bandages, in a coma
Alan - blackmailed with Dean's life ...in a lab, tied to a chair, experimented on, electric shock, in pain ... unconscious, tries to escaped, shocked as punishment, passes out ... coerced into working for the enemy
Ep 11
Willy - [flashback: in a lab, scared, shocked, back arching]
Charlie - confused, memory is acting up ... having a vision, really disorientated, nose bleed, collapses, has his blood stolen, carried unconscious, wakes up, has amnesia, confused and scared, head pain
Babe - upset about Charlie's condition
Ep 12
Alan - electric shocked, collapses, defiant ... friends find out his betrayal ... tries to defy enemy, electric shocked twice ... kneeling, bag on his head, electric shocked, used as a bargaining chip
Dean - still in the coma, burns on face
Kenta - in the lab, strapped to the chair, defiant, experimented on, electric shocked, groaning in pain ... manhandled, slashed repeatedly with a knife, stripped, see the wounds heal, electric shocked to show he can be controlled, falls to his knees in pain, coughing
Jeff - finds out about Alan's betrayal, stressed
Charlie - still has no memory ... forced into a van
Ep 13
Alan - manhandled, electrocuted, forced to his knees, tries to fight back, electrocuted again for a long time, in pain ... in a shootout, shields Jeff from bullets, shot in the back, bleeding, concern for him, shoulder carried, embraced
Winner - backhanded in the face
Willy - powers stop unexpectedly, shot at
Kenta - escorted by guards (still no shirt 💀), uses his body to shield Kim, shot at, bullet wound closes
Charlie - in a gun fight ... held at gunpoint .. absorbs powers, power strain, shot repeatedly, blood from the mouth, concerned caretakers, vomiting blood ... in a medical bed, tended to by Babe
Dean - in a wheelchair, weak, coughing
Thoughts:
What an absolute train wreck this was. And I loved every second of it! Story? All over the place. Plot? Insane. Did it make sense? No. Are the characters rational or normal? In zero capacity. Was it entertaining? Absolutely!
Listen, there's plot holes galore, and nothing makes sense half the time, but this show knows what it is. It's every trope that's ever been put into a fanfiction. It's camp. It's dramatic. It's the omegaverse. In my mind, it does not have to make sense, it just needs to be enjoyed for what it is.
Whump-wise, it was another great season, with so many tropes in it, to the point where I dare say this show knew what the audience wanted. Which was attractive guys suffering... basically. You can't tell me that Kenta and Willy aren't exemplary archetypes for a whumpee. Kenta, the damaged, traumatised, defiant one raised to be a guard dog (who just so happens to be stripped at almost any occasion so we can see his muscles wounds); and Willy, the sympathetic villain whumpee. Willy was damaged by everyone on all sides, even the "good guys". And that's not to let bro off the hook, he was insane, but hell if you don't feel a smidge bit sorry for him at points.
I wouldn't even classify any of the plot holes as faults, considering how entertained I was watching this. It's not meant to be taken seriously, just enjoy the ride and the whump it offers.
Now, I'm off to go and stalk Garfield Kankham's Instagram. See you next time!
what's your favorite whump trope that is like super rare or just hard to find??
mine is when some sort of spray is used, either to hurt the person being sprayed or to knock them out
i've only seen it twice like in mob psycho used on mob and in kamen rider drive used on gou but i love it lol
Hello!!!
I am so sorry for the late reply, I never saw this :( But to answer your question: I think my favourite hard to find whump trope has to be the "painful visions" trope. I can only think of a couple of examples, the most notable one being Sam Winchester from Supernatural. I don't think I've ever really seen this trope in Asian media which is a shame (or maybe I'm not looking in the right places - who knows!)
I find it kind of surprising that it's so hard for me to find considering it seems to be a popular trope in the whump community itself. If anyone has recs, please let me know! Even if it seems obvious lol. I didn't grow up on Western media so I'm not all that informed!
I actually went back and looked through all my lists to see if I had anything that fit the "spray" trope and, damn, you're right, it's very very rare indeed! If anyone can help anon out please reply/reblog this post! :)
