Absolute Zero: Season 4
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Produce a JSON object for "Absolute Zero" Season 4. Constraints: Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. No invented titles, names, dates, counts, awards, ratings, etc. If not in material, omit it. Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose. No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points in the prose. Output ONLY valid JSON. JSON Keys: overview: 160-220
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Absolute Zero Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Produce a JSON object for "Absolute Zero" Season 4.
Constraints:
Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented titles, names, dates, counts, awards, ratings, etc.
If not in material, omit it.
Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points in the prose.
Output ONLY valid JSON.
JSON Keys:
overview: 160-220 word summary of the season's narrative arc.
primer: Array of exactly 4 concise bullet points (though the prompt says "no bullet points" in the prose instruction, it specifically asks for an array of 4 bullet points for the primer key. I will interpret "no bullet points" as applying to the overview text, while the primer is a JSON array).
Synopsis: Set several months from the present day. Massive bombs are placed in Tokyo locations (Shibuya, Shinjuku, Kasumigaseki). Prime Minister's Official Residence declares a state of emergency. Special unit Mihan members Toru Yamauchi (Yu Yokoyama) and Yui Odagiri (Tsubasa Honda) participate in the police investigation. Yui Odagiri searches for explosives with the bomb disposal unit. He finds Mihan leader Norito Izawa (Ikki Sawamura) holding a gun with a dead woman's body in front of him.
Source 1 & 2: Izumi Sakuragi is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The team uses DNA analysis and forensics to investigate cold cases and missing persons.
Source 3: Zettai Reido (Absolute Zero) is a Japanese police procedural. The first season was subtitled Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sōsa.
Source 4 & 5: General cast/crew info.
Overview (Narrative Arc):
Set several months from the present day, a crisis unfolds in Tokyo as massive bombs are placed in several locations, including Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Kasumigaseki. In response to these threats, the Prime Minister's Official Residence declares a state of emergency. Members of the special unit Mihan, including Toru Yamauchi, played by Yu Yokoyama, and Yui Odagiri, played by Tsubasa Honda, participate in the ongoing police investigation. During the investigation, Yui Odagiri works with the bomb
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 6, 2020 · 49 min
As a former elite detective of public security, Izawa who has been assigned a special mission to foresee crimes before they happen via the “Pre-Criminal Investigation System” begin
Episode 2
Jan 13, 2020 · 49 min
After going missing during bailment, Izawa receives voluntary questioning from Hayakawa of the Metropolitan Police Department regarding the body of a former officer. Meanwhile, whe
Episode 3
Jan 20, 2020 · 49 min
Izawa goes to visit the prisoner who is serving his dues. Meanwhile, he believes that the murderer who killed his wife and daughter is not him...
Episode 4
Jan 27, 2020 · 49 min
A new target rises in the horizon for Izawa and the investigation team, as a consultant who supports people who are planning on taking one’s own lives seems to be acting deviously
Episode 5
Feb 3, 2020 · 49 min
Members of the Ministry of Justice, Metropolitan Police Dept. as well as a lawyer comes to meet Izawa and co for an inspection. Meanwhile, the members make a great deal of effort
Episode 6
Feb 10, 2020 · 49 min
After a serious murder incident committed by a 17-year old high-school student sends shockwaves, the pre-criminal investigation becomes the subject of controversy, as Izawa gets th
Episode 7
Feb 17, 2020 · 49 min
Even though Kosaka feels that she’s unable to be on level terms with Izawa, who has lived his life knowing that having a family would be difficult, she believes that they both have
Episode 8
Feb 24, 2020 · 49 min
The highly dangerous criminals who the pre-criminal investigation unit had been trying to investigate had already made a run. The criminals had comitted a series of crimes includin
Episode 9
Mar 2, 2020 · 49 min
In a intense situation whereby a terrorist bomb attack is about to occur, Kosaka suddenly disappears. Meanwhile, Izawa discovers that there are important data regarding this threat
Episode 10
Mar 9, 2020 · 49 min
The terror plot for the summit has been successfully seized. However, the individual who is supposedly assumed to have been linked gets shot dead…
Episode 11
Mar 16, 2020 · 49 min
Izawa and co realize the identity of the leader behind the terror plot. Meanwhile, the pre-criminal investigation unit realize a new individual with a potential threat…