The fourth episode of the drama "When I Was Young, There Was a God" (Fuji TV, Thursdays at 10pm), starring actor Kitamura Yukiya and co-starring Nakama Yukie, aired on October 30th. The scene in which Nakama's character, Ann, confesses her long-held feelings to her husband, Kitamura, became a hot topic among viewers.
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Ann and Wataru end up talking about their feelings for each other in the car. Ann confesses that she's been annoyed by Wataru's recent behavior. "I know, you're getting divorced. I know," Wataru says, pretending to understand. Ann then exclaims with disgust, "You're acting like a kind victim, like it's painful but I'm okay." Wataru denies it, saying, "That's not what I meant," but Ann's irritation doesn't subside, and she digs up Wataru's past words and actions.
The conversation then turned to the incident that occurred the day Ann said, "When our children grow up, we'll get a divorce." That day, Ann was overwhelmed with childcare and asked for help, but Wataru didn't come home right away, instead waiting in line at the department store basement to buy a whole cake. When Ann asked him why, Wataru muttered, "Well, I wonder if she'll be happy." Ann then rambled on, sounding exasperated.
"A cake in that situation? And in a whole cake? I just wanted help as soon as possible. I wanted you to change (my daughter) Yuzu's diapers, make me any kind of food, do my laundry, mop the floor. I wanted you to share my difficulties with me. Do you understand? And as soon as possible. So why did you line up at the department store?"
As Ann lashes out in anger, Wataru contorts his expression and apologizes, saying "I'm sorry." That single word only fuels Ann's anger. She points out that she's fed up with the situation where she's the only one saying what she wants to say and Wataru doesn't say anything, and vents, "So before you know it, you're always the victim. The victim who endures whatever unreasonable things they say to you. I'm the perpetrator. And that pisses me off!"
On social media, comments such as, "I know what you mean! It's annoying that she has to play the victim all the time!", "I can relate to Nakama Yukie's feelings so much it brings me to tears," "The conversation between An and Wataru was like peeking into reality," and "An's lines are so relatable. In the end, it's like I'm the perpetrator and you're the victim, and that's annoying too, I'm nodding so much I feel like my neck is going to break!" and "(Scriptwriter) Okada Yoshikazu's lines are full of 'Ah, I understand'. An's complaints are so real."
