The sixth episode of the drama series " Sounds of Winter " (NTV, Wednesdays at 10pm), starring actress Hana Sugisaki So of the group "timelesz" who plays musician Tabata So Matsushima, and Suzuki Airi, a former member of the idol group "℃-ute" who is currently active as a singer, who plays Tabata's childhood friend Maiko, which caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In episode 6, Fumina (Sugisaki) gets her hair cut by her boyfriend Yukio (Ryo Narita) at a beauty salon. On the way home, the two have a casual conversation about how cute the color of the building at the end of the street in front of the salon is.
A few days later, Fumina is meeting with her senior novelist, Yamada Sen (Uchibori Taro), at a hotel. Fumina shows Yamada a lengthy, heavy-hearted email she sent to someone she used to like but couldn't become his lover.
The man she met, Ryosuke, a musician, was the one who caused Fumina to distance herself from the person she had fallen in love with. Two years ago, Ryosuke called her at night, and Fumina went to Ryosuke's house, ignoring Kotaro's attempts to stop her, who was there.
When Fumina comes to see him, Ryosuke confesses that he likes his childhood friend and former idol, Maiko. He goes on to say that when he composed a song using lyrics written by Maiko, he realized that she had someone else she liked. There is a scene where Ryosuke plays the song he composed for Fumina, singing along with the guitar, and we see Maiko singing along with Ryosuke's guitar, as well as Ryosuke and Maiko singing together.
The singing scene between Matsushima and Suzuki became a hot topic on social media. Comments such as "It's a scene where So-chan sings and plays the guitar...!", "So melodic," "Isn't it amazing that Airi and So-chan are acting together as idols in these roles...?", "It's so precious that two idols are performing," "I never thought we'd get to hear a duet between So-chan and Airi-chan," and "It's so luxurious" were posted, creating a buzz.
