99.9 Criminal Lawyer

Name: 99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Genre: Crime
Cast: Jun Matsumoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Fumino Kimura, Jin Katagiri, Yukino Kishii

2016–2018 · TV · 2 seasons · 19 episodes

Crime

73Balasaur Score
out of 100

The series ran 2 seasons across 19 episodes and has ended. Streaming on Netflix.

Synopsis

Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.