The 15th episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , aired on April 17th, and the preview for the fourth week, "Our Society," which was released after the main episode, attracted the attention of viewers.
In episode 15, Naomi's (Uesaka) lie is seen through by Sutematsu ( Mikako Tabe), but Sutematsu asks Naomi to help with the soup kitchen. Meanwhile, with Mitsu's (Mizuno Miki) help, Rin's (Mikami) neighbors, including Matsu (Maruyama Rei), are able to help clean up her house, and Rin's life is starting to get back on track. Then one day, Naomi accepts Kohinata's (Fujiwara Kisetsu) offer to date her...and the story unfolds from there.
In the preview for the fourth week, which was released after the broadcast, there is a scene in which Rin's childhood friend Kotaro (Toranosuke Kobayashi) runs up to her, calling out "Rin!", grabs her by both shoulders, and asks "Why?". In the next scene, Rin's husband Kameki (Takahiro Miura) declares, "To bring you back."
Kotaro was born in the same village as Rin and is the eldest son of the Takeuchi family, who were formerly foot soldiers. He and Rin have been close friends since childhood, but he is acutely aware of the disparity in their upbringings. After the death of her father, Shin'emon (played by Kazuki Kitamura), Rin married into the Okuda family, who made their fortune in the transportation business. However, her husband, Kamekichi, who is 18 years older than her, has a bad drinking problem, and one day he gets drunk and causes a huge disturbance, setting the Okuda house on fire. Rin takes advantage of the chaos to escape to Tokyo with her daughter, Tamaki (played by Ruka Miyajima). It was Kotaro who helped them.
On social media, comments included: "Kotaro in the preview!!", "He's so cool as always!", "It's sad to think that even if we reunite with Kotaro, we'll have to say goodbye again soon", "I'm happy to see Kotaro back, but the preview made me worried", "I'm happy to see Kotaro again! But I'm fine with not having Kamegichi anymore (sorry, Takahiro Miura)", "I have a feeling Kotaro will be the star next week", and "Whenever we're in trouble, Kotaro will come to the rescue".
