The synopsis and still images for the fourth episode of the Fuji TV Getsuku drama "Saba-can, Uchuu e Iku" (Mondays at 9pm), starring actor Takumi Kitamura , have been released. The episode will air on May 4th.
Two years have passed since Shunichi Asano (played by Kitamura) was assigned to Wakasa Fisheries High School and the students with whom he worked tirelessly on developing space food graduated. Although they had obtained HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) certification, a food safety management system devised by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) for producing space food, there had been no further progress.
Miyai Megumi (played by Hayase Ikoi), a student at Wakamizu, is an excellent student and well-liked. However, having lost her purpose at Wakamizu, which wasn't her first choice school, she's having trouble deciding on a practical training topic. When Megumi asks, "Is it okay if I ask the teacher to decide?", Asano urges her, "I'd prefer if Miyai-san could decide for herself."
As the deadline for submitting their internship themes approaches, Megumi discovers a notebook in which Nami Sugawara ( Natsuki Deguchi) and others had previously recorded their space food development efforts. Moved by Nami and her friends' strong desire to "send their canned mackerel into space!", she decides to make "Developing Canned Mackerel as Space Food" her internship theme. Her classmates, Itsuki Hayakawa (Tsubasa Nakagawa) and Mio Kuwata (Yuzu Ashikawa), also join her, and the new members continue their space food development.
Asano contacts Yuki Minagawa (played by Sonim), an employee of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), to inform her of the resumption of space food development and to ask for her advice. Minagawa also contacts Makoto Kijima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), who is developing the "Draft Certification Standards for Japanese Space Food" at JAXA, and asks for his cooperation, but a major problem awaits them.
The drama is an original coming-of-age story based on the true story of students at a fisheries high school in Fukui Prefecture who challenged themselves to achieve their big dream of "developing space food."
