Is it another police/mystery type of series? to be frankly, at first it did felt like it. but for those who familiar with the director, did any miki Satoshi's works ever strike you as normal?

From a missing bus case in South Atami, the series slowly unravel the actual truth that have been foreshadowing the main characters since their arrival (odagiri joe and kuriyama chiaki) and the citizens (ensemble casts that usually appear on Satoshi's works) living in the city that somehow 'failed to move on' and 'stucked with outdated fashion sense'.

What's more, the ending provoked audience to decide what's actually happened the entire time. Perhaps (after passing the tunnel), the mystery will become clear. Wait, did i just cross a line?