Police in a Pod

Rookie policewoman Mai Kawai is ready to quit the force when the job turns out to not be what she expected, until the arrival of her new instructor Sergeant Fuji causes her to consider sticking around after all.

Kawai doesn't want to be a cop anymore. She is then transferred to pair up with a former criminal investigator, Fuji.

Kawai finds a 16-year-old girl who runs away from home. But she's fooled by the girl who knows how to deal with the police.

Kawai continues to learn from her female colleagues what it takes to be a good police officer. The lessons this time involve domestic incidents, and how to deduce what's not immediately obvious.

Kawai and Fuji are dealing with an old woman. It seems she wants to talk to Minamoto as he treated her kindly.

Detective Minamoto makes his presence known, now that the vacuum Sgt. Fuji left behind in Criminal Affairs makes him the division ace. Kawai and Fuji confront various societal issues having to do with the treatment of one's elders.

In order to search for the missing person, police dogs get to work. Kawai likes dogs a lot while Fuji doesn't like them.

The chase is the thing! Or so Kawai discovers, when a police dog is brought in to help find a missing old man. Then the chasing continues when the police have traffic control duty during a local marathon.

Fuji tries to teach Kawai a lesson about responsibility during their late-night patrol shift. Yamada has his work cut out for him when he finds himself investigating an unrepentant train groper.

Fuji orders Kawai to patrol a school at late night. Minamoto and Yamada are staking out there at the same time.

Fuji and Minamoto rush to the accident scene in a police car. Kawai accidentally gets in Minamoto's car where she sees?

Fuji and Minamoto have more in common than they'd care to admit, particularly their competitive spirits. This can complicate all manner of things, especially when the next police call could come in at any time.

Competition turns personal when our intrepid team is tasked with tailing a meth dealer. When Kawai assists Minamoto with questioning the dealer's ladylove, she gets a front-row seat to his unorthodox approach.

Kawai and Fuji are appointed to dog a drug dealer and his mistress. Kawai pairs up with Minamoto while Fuji with Yamada.

It's a horrible day in the neighborhood when Kawai finds herself temporarily partnered with Shikine, an officer who tends to be too enthusiastic and by the book for his own good.

Kawai's senior, Shikine, always looks down upon his juniors and female police officers. But Kawai has to pair up with him.

The lieutenant decides it's high time he applied more discipline to the station's physical training regimen. Kawai and Fuji spend a night fielding one outrageous police report after another.

Police training is one of the most important tasks. Kawai and Fuji have to receive the training from Deputy Captain.

In the morning assembly, Yamada's words shock all police officers: He has lost his police badge.

Yamada risks becoming a laughingstock when he commits the cardinal sin of losing his police ID. Kawai must figure out how to deal with one of the more disturbing aspects of being on the force.

A high school boy says he witnessed an attempted assault. Makitaka and Kawai ask Minamoto to draw the suspect's portrait.

All Kawai wants to do is take a nap and go home after a long shift, but things never seem to go according to plan. A witness in an assault case has come forward, and someone will have to serve as sketch artist for his testimony.

With the portrait by Kawai, they find a man with sexual offences records as the suspect of assaulting high school girls.

As the investigation of the assault case ramps up and widens in scope, it becomes obvious that discrepancies between the testimonies of different involved parties will somehow have to be reconciled.

Fuji and Minamoto dog suspect Yasuda. Kawai keeps an eye on places where the suspect may show up.