The first episode of the new season of the popular detective drama "AIBOU Season 24" (TV Asahi, Wednesdays at 9pm) was broadcast on October 15th as the "Extended First Episode Special 'Die and Pay'" and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 10.4% for households and 6.1% for individuals.
In "AIBOU," Ukyo Sugishita (Yutaka Mizutani), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Special Investigation Unit, uses his genius mind to solve difficult cases with his "partner." Since the show began airing in 2000, four partners have been created: Kameyama Kaoru (Yasufumi Terawaki), Kobe Takeru (Mitsuhiro Oikawa), Kai Toru (Hiroki Narimiya), and Kanjo Wataru (Takashi Sorimachi). In season 21, the original partner, Kaoru, returns to the Special Investigation Unit, marking the 11th season of the "golden duo" with Kaoru.
In the first extended special, "Atone for Your Death," suspicions of a wrongful conviction emerge in a murder case in which the Supreme Court handed down a death sentence. Ukyo and Kaoru begin their investigation separately. In order to investigate the crime scene at the mansion of storyteller Seiryu Takizawa (played by Tsurutaro Kataoka), Ukyo hides his identity and becomes an apprentice to Seiryu, a Living National Treasure.
