Although the story itself sounds promising, the whole series is just plain horrible. What works well in an anime or manga feels really cringey in a live action show. The "actors" are horrible except for maybe Miyuki's actress, the characters' behaviour is ridiculous, and the cases are so over the top that it's basically a miracle that any of the murders were carried out successfully. I mean, seriously, in the second case the killer only managed to pull it all off because no one looked back while they were running on the shore. Not to mention that in episode 8 Kindaichi himself says that he based his whole theory on a hunch. If the killers wouldn't admit everything, they could get away with the murders because most of the evidence presented by Kindaichi are circumstantial. Also, Japanese dorama should really stop casting boy band idols for the leads and try to get actors who are actually actors and can act.
Don't waste your time on this, there are much better detective stories out there, even from Japan...
Don't waste your time on this, there are much better detective stories out there, even from Japan...