Sunday, July 05, 2026

[2026] Human Vapor | ガス人間 | Gas Ningen

I hadn't planned on watching this one today.  I was actually going to keep on watching Pursuit of Jade (Netflix) but I saw something about this on Facebook earlier and it sounded interesting.  I was going to add it to my watchlist and then I saw Shun Oguri is in it so I had to abandon my plans and watch at least 1 episode so it would stay on my "Continue Watching" list.

I didn't post that I was starting Pursuit of Jade because I had not intended to start that one yet.  I was again, going to watch only 1 episode so I could go back after I was done with whatever I was watching.  But I got hooked and I forgot to come and post.  I will have to go back to do that later.

When I saw the post on Facebook about Human Vapor, I had not heard anything about it.  It was purely the small summary that sounded good.  I'm not really a huge fan of Sci-Fi shows but I'm always willing to try to watch one if it sounds interesting.  The only reason for this is because I was even less of a fan of Sci-Fi shows when I stumbled upon Bloody Monday many years ago.  I think it was a year after it had already aired.  The only reason I had even bothered to read the synopsis on THAT show was because I had fallen in love with Miura Haruma when I saw him in Crows Zero 2. I ended up loving Bloody Monday and decided I'd have to start giving those kinds of dramas at least a quick look before rejecting them!  

So, once I saw Shun Oguri was in Human Vapor, I moved it to the top of my list.  Synopsis from Wiki below.  Let's go...

"A mysterious man who can turn into a gaseous form appears and calls himself "the Human Vapor". The Human Vapor kills a professor on live television and announces that he intends to kill everyone involved with an organization called "the White Center". Detective Kenji Okamoto is tasked with investigating the murders. Meanwhile, Kenji's ex-girlfriend Kyoko Kono runs her own investigation into the White Room's connection with a meteorite crash 27 years in the past and the cleanup of the contaminated crash site. Kyoko and Kenji find themselves crossing paths during their investigations as they unravel the conspiracy."




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