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When the second movie came out in Japan I bought up a bunch of the movie tie-in books. One of the things I thought was funny about them, is that they talked about all the call backs to jokes, events and themes from the show that would be present in the new movie. There was a giant list to whet your appetite and wonder how the movie was going to represent these and tie them together.
Anyway, these are two of my favorite themes that run through the series. And there are spoilers below, though not really really important ones I don't think.
( There is No Small Crime )
( Crimes are Solved in the Street, not in the Boardroom!* )
* When I interviewed for my first automotive job my interview was almost entirely in Japanese, they asked me if I would be ok going out onto the factory floor, which they called 'Genba.' Then they apologized and said 'oh, you probably don't know that term, it's an industry one.' I told them I knew it from Odoru... genba is also the word used for 'The Streets.' After I said this the Quality Manager laughed and he quoted the "Crimes are Solved in the Street!" bit. I'm pretty sure that's what got me my job. Thank you Aoshima!
Anyway, these are two of my favorite themes that run through the series. And there are spoilers below, though not really really important ones I don't think.
( There is No Small Crime )
( Crimes are Solved in the Street, not in the Boardroom!* )
* When I interviewed for my first automotive job my interview was almost entirely in Japanese, they asked me if I would be ok going out onto the factory floor, which they called 'Genba.' Then they apologized and said 'oh, you probably don't know that term, it's an industry one.' I told them I knew it from Odoru... genba is also the word used for 'The Streets.' After I said this the Quality Manager laughed and he quoted the "Crimes are Solved in the Street!" bit. I'm pretty sure that's what got me my job. Thank you Aoshima!
