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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Kuroda's CIA contact, played by Lee Byung-Hung, speaks American English in all his scenes. Kuroda holds several conversations with him in accented but correct English.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The presence of American soldiers alongside SFPD officers in an international summit in downtown San Francisco. This would not work since Posse Comitatus Act laws would be violated.
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The series takes place after the events of ''Film/AmalfiRewardsOfTheGoddess'' where Kuroda takes a small assignment in South America before he gets moved back to Tokyo to work with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The show has a sequel in the movie ''Film/AndaluciaRevengeOfTheGoddess''.
The show has a sequel in the movie ''Film/AndaluciaRevengeOfTheGoddess''.
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* GenreSavvy: John, Kuroda's {{CIA}} contact, agrees with his theory that Shimomura is alive and faked his death, on the grounds of "That'd be more interesting."
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* GenreSavvy: John, Kuroda's {{CIA}} UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} contact, agrees with his theory that Shimomura is alive and faked his death, on the grounds of "That'd be more interesting."
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* {{Dojikko}}: Ogaki Rikako is a live action version of this.
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* {{Dojikko}}: CuteClumsyGirl: Ogaki Rikako is a live action version of this.
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* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope[=/=]ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: The fourth episode contained a disclaimer placed by Fuji TV after the station received bad publicity from the Mexican government due to the show's depiction of one of the embassy staff members and the country in a negative light.
-->''In the drama '''Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda''', we presented a poor image of both Mexico and the Mexican Embassy in Japan. For our lack of consideration and the trouble it caused [them], [[SincerityMode we deeply apologize from our hearts]].''
-->''In the drama '''Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda''', we presented a poor image of both Mexico and the Mexican Embassy in Japan. For our lack of consideration and the trouble it caused [them], [[SincerityMode we deeply apologize from our hearts]].''
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* Dojikko: Ogaki Rikako is a live action version of this.
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* Dojikko: {{Dojikko}}: Ogaki Rikako is a live action version of this.
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Thus begins ''Diplomat Kuroda Kousaku'', a J-Drama series about a troubleshooter for the Counterterrorism Department of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a very much StaleBeer series with very little gunplay and lots of political manuvering, mixing handling the case of the week and a Myth Arc encompassing a former colleague on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for his wife's death in an embassy siege...
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Thus begins ''Diplomat Kuroda Kousaku'', a J-Drama series about a troubleshooter for the Counterterrorism Department of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a very much StaleBeer Stale Beer series with very little gunplay and lots of political manuvering, mixing handling the case of the week and a Myth Arc encompassing a former colleague on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for his wife's death in an embassy siege...
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* TheHandler: Ando, who's been giving Kuroda his assignments over the phone for years. It's not until Kuroda returns to Japan at the end of the pilot that they meet face to face.
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* TheHandler: Ando, who's been giving Kuroda his assignments over the phone for years. It's not until Kuroda returns to Japan UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} at the end of the pilot that they meet face to face.
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* ShownTheirWork: The Japanese Embassy hostage crisis in the show's backstory is heavily inspired by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_embassy_hostage_crisis 1996 Japanese Embassy hostage crisis]], only the real event took place in Peru.
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* ShownTheirWork: The Japanese Embassy hostage crisis in the show's backstory is heavily inspired by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_embassy_hostage_crisis 1996 Japanese Embassy hostage crisis]], only the real event took place in Peru.UsefulNotes/{{Peru}}.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Shimomura is first assumed to be this, after appearing drunk and depressed in San Francisco... and then it's revealed that he's FakingTheDead.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Shimomura is first assumed to be this, after appearing drunk and depressed in San Francisco...UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco... and then it's revealed that he's FakingTheDead.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: When he's getting too close to the truth, the Minister of Foreign Affairs plans to transfer Kuroda to Poland.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: When he's getting too close to the truth, the Minister of Foreign Affairs plans to transfer Kuroda to Poland.UsefulNotes/{{Poland}}.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Summing up the fates of most of the cast; Shimomura's surviving accomplices are in jail, Rikako now works with Niita, Kimoshita and Saionji still have their jobs, Mikami is the new Foreign Affairs Minister and Kuroda is in France.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Summing up the fates of most of the cast; Shimomura's surviving accomplices are in jail, Rikako now works with Niita, Kimoshita and Saionji still have their jobs, Mikami is the new Foreign Affairs Minister and Kuroda is in France.UsefulNotes/{{France}}.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Location shooting in San Francisco, among other things, rather than attempted California doubling.
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->''"His job is to protect Japanese citizens. He is also a man with a secret side, executing top secret duties: [[TitleDrop Diplomat Kuroda Kousaku]]."''
-->--'''Opening Narration'''
Thus begins ''Diplomat Kuroda Kousaku'', a J-Drama series about a troubleshooter for the Counterterrorism Department of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a very much StaleBeer series with very little gunplay and lots of political manuvering, mixing handling the case of the week and a Myth Arc encompassing a former colleague on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for his wife's death in an embassy siege...
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!!Tropes:
* AlmightyJanitor: What John's covers end up being (driver for a mafia boss, bartender/waiter...)
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Rikako is a ''genius'' when it comes to maps. More than once, her ability to use/create a map comes in handy; at the end of the series, she's planning stakeout and containment positions for Niita.
* BadassLongcoat: Kuroda often wears one, adding to the spy drama feel.
* BeleagueredBureaucrat: What most of the staff of the Central America & Caribbean Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are.
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: The Public Security agents and cops. Also Kuroda.
* CunningLinguist: Kuroda is heard to speak Spanish, French, Russian, English and Japanese, which would be expected of an experienced diplomat. It's also mentioned that he speaks fluent Polish.
* DoingItForTheArt: Location shooting in San Francisco, among other things, rather than attempted California doubling.
* Dojikko: Ogaki Rikako is a live action version of this.
* DrivenToSuicide: Shimomura is first assumed to be this, after appearing drunk and depressed in San Francisco... and then it's revealed that he's FakingTheDead.
** Dr. Yoshino, who helps him fake his death, is later driven to suicide after being chased all over San Francisco by Kuroda when the latter caught him tossing his apartment.
* FakingTheDead: Former diplomat Shimomura, who goes to San Francisco to fake his death as the start of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* GenreSavvy: John, Kuroda's {{CIA}} contact, agrees with his theory that Shimomura is alive and faked his death, on the grounds of "That'd be more interesting."
* GuileHero: Kuroda; while he's competent enough with a weapon, he prefers to get things done using his smarts.
* TheHandler: Ando, who's been giving Kuroda his assignments over the phone for years. It's not until Kuroda returns to Japan at the end of the pilot that they meet face to face.
* HeroAntagonist: Police Superintendant Niita and his team; Niita's a ByTheBookCop whose only interest is solving the murders; because he and Kuroda are chasing after the same guy they end up butting heads against each other. [[spoiler: It's not until the endgame where they put aside their differences to work together, in a case being shut out by Public Security.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: When he's getting too close to the truth, the Minister of Foreign Affairs plans to transfer Kuroda to Poland.
* SharpDressedMan: Many of the male characters, justified as they are in positions where this is demanded by the dress code.
* ShownTheirWork: The Japanese Embassy hostage crisis in the show's backstory is heavily inspired by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_embassy_hostage_crisis 1996 Japanese Embassy hostage crisis]], only the real event took place in Peru.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Kuroda's CIA contact, played by Lee Byung-Hung, speaks American English in all his scenes. Kuroda holds several conversations with him in accented but correct English.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Kuroda's main modus operandi, helped in that he has diplomatic immunity overseas and he's usually a few steps of everyone else back in Japan.
** Towards the endgame, Kimoshita and Saionji display this, willing to sacrifice their careers to help Kuroda.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Summing up the fates of most of the cast; Shimomura's surviving accomplices are in jail, Rikako now works with Niita, Kimoshita and Saionji still have their jobs, Mikami is the new Foreign Affairs Minister and Kuroda is in France.
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->''"His job is to protect Japanese citizens. He is also a man with a secret side, executing top secret duties: [[TitleDrop Diplomat Kuroda Kousaku]]."''
-->--'''Opening Narration'''
Thus begins ''Diplomat Kuroda Kousaku'', a J-Drama series about a troubleshooter for the Counterterrorism Department of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a very much StaleBeer series with very little gunplay and lots of political manuvering, mixing handling the case of the week and a Myth Arc encompassing a former colleague on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for his wife's death in an embassy siege...
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!!Tropes:
* AlmightyJanitor: What John's covers end up being (driver for a mafia boss, bartender/waiter...)
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Rikako is a ''genius'' when it comes to maps. More than once, her ability to use/create a map comes in handy; at the end of the series, she's planning stakeout and containment positions for Niita.
* BadassLongcoat: Kuroda often wears one, adding to the spy drama feel.
* BeleagueredBureaucrat: What most of the staff of the Central America & Caribbean Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are.
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: The Public Security agents and cops. Also Kuroda.
* CunningLinguist: Kuroda is heard to speak Spanish, French, Russian, English and Japanese, which would be expected of an experienced diplomat. It's also mentioned that he speaks fluent Polish.
* DoingItForTheArt: Location shooting in San Francisco, among other things, rather than attempted California doubling.
* Dojikko: Ogaki Rikako is a live action version of this.
* DrivenToSuicide: Shimomura is first assumed to be this, after appearing drunk and depressed in San Francisco... and then it's revealed that he's FakingTheDead.
** Dr. Yoshino, who helps him fake his death, is later driven to suicide after being chased all over San Francisco by Kuroda when the latter caught him tossing his apartment.
* FakingTheDead: Former diplomat Shimomura, who goes to San Francisco to fake his death as the start of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* GenreSavvy: John, Kuroda's {{CIA}} contact, agrees with his theory that Shimomura is alive and faked his death, on the grounds of "That'd be more interesting."
* GuileHero: Kuroda; while he's competent enough with a weapon, he prefers to get things done using his smarts.
* TheHandler: Ando, who's been giving Kuroda his assignments over the phone for years. It's not until Kuroda returns to Japan at the end of the pilot that they meet face to face.
* HeroAntagonist: Police Superintendant Niita and his team; Niita's a ByTheBookCop whose only interest is solving the murders; because he and Kuroda are chasing after the same guy they end up butting heads against each other. [[spoiler: It's not until the endgame where they put aside their differences to work together, in a case being shut out by Public Security.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: When he's getting too close to the truth, the Minister of Foreign Affairs plans to transfer Kuroda to Poland.
* SharpDressedMan: Many of the male characters, justified as they are in positions where this is demanded by the dress code.
* ShownTheirWork: The Japanese Embassy hostage crisis in the show's backstory is heavily inspired by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_embassy_hostage_crisis 1996 Japanese Embassy hostage crisis]], only the real event took place in Peru.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Kuroda's CIA contact, played by Lee Byung-Hung, speaks American English in all his scenes. Kuroda holds several conversations with him in accented but correct English.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Kuroda's main modus operandi, helped in that he has diplomatic immunity overseas and he's usually a few steps of everyone else back in Japan.
** Towards the endgame, Kimoshita and Saionji display this, willing to sacrifice their careers to help Kuroda.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Summing up the fates of most of the cast; Shimomura's surviving accomplices are in jail, Rikako now works with Niita, Kimoshita and Saionji still have their jobs, Mikami is the new Foreign Affairs Minister and Kuroda is in France.
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