The synopsis and still images for episode 5 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 11th.
Wakasa Fisheries High School, where Shunichi Asano (played by Kitamura) teaches, is facing the threat of closure. A briefing session on the reorganization plan has been scheduled, and his colleague, Masaki Kurose (played by Yoshiyoshi Arakawa), laments that "closure is inevitable." Asano submits materials on the space food development project he has been working on with his students, hoping to explore the possibility of continuing the project.
At the same time, Makoto Kijima ( Ryunosuke Kamiki), who is developing the "Draft Certification Standards for Japanese Space Food," was visiting Obama City in Fukui Prefecture. Kijima meets Itsuki Hayakawa (Tsubasa Nakagawa) at a tapioca shop run by Akimasa Tadokoro (Tsubasa Nakagawa), and is given space caramel made by Megumi Miyai (Ikoi Hayase) and Mio Kuwata (Yuzu Ashikawa).
In the shopping district, Kaori Hiyama (Asami Kumakiri) and Megumi were collecting signatures against the closure of the school. Sosuke Terao (Kodai Kurosaki), who had just finished work, joined in, asking, "Can I help hand out some too?"
Meanwhile, Asano visits the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, but finds that Kijima, the person he was looking for, is not there. Minagawa Yuki (Sonim) introduces Asano to Kijima's superior, Higashiguchi Ryoji (Suzuki Kosuke). Asano shows Higashiguchi the materials on space caramel, and he praises it as "a very interesting idea," but...
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."
