The 22nd episode of the NHK morning drama series " Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka, aired on April 28th, and viewers were captivated by the sight of Naomi (Asadora ) and Tae (Erika Ikuta) openly competing against each other.
Rin (Mikami) and Naomi, along with other first-year students, enroll in the nursing school attached to Umeoka Girls' School. However, the Scottish teacher in charge of nursing is late in arriving in Japan, so the English teacher, Matsui (Hyunri), gives Rin and the others two books in English and conveys the teacher's instructions: "Read them until you understand the meaning of the last chapter before I arrive. That will be my first lesson."
Naomi and Tae, who are proficient in English, take the lead in dividing the group into two to proceed with the translation work. When it is explained that the class will be conducted in English, Tae replies, "I've been taught English and German by my father, so I have no problem with that." Naomi answers in English, "I have also studied English for many years," creating a tense atmosphere.
Despite all that, Tae couldn't understand the meaning of the phrase "The very alphabet." Seeing this, Rin commented that Tae seemed to be struggling, to which Naomi retorted, "It must be hard for someone with a rigid mind to translate. The alphabet. In Japanese, it's Iroha. You could just translate it as 'the Iroha of a nurse,' or 'the basics of being a nurse.' Serves her right."
On social media, comments included: "They're clashing again today," "The atmosphere between Tae and Naomi is tense," "Are they trying to one-up each other?", "The battle to one-up each other in English has already begun," "Tae vs Naomi is a breaking down," "It looks like they're about to get into a fistfight," and "It's so tense, it's fun to watch."
