In the 32nd episode (aired May 12th) of the NHK Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday, 8:00 AM, etc.), Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , what scene captivated viewers the most? We examined the minute-by-minute changes in "attention level" (according to REVISIO, Kanto region, preliminary figures), which indicates the percentage of viewers glued to the screen, and found that the peak was 74.6% at 8:14 AM.
" Kaze,Kaoru" is based on the story of two trained nurses, Chika Ozeki and Masa Suzuki, who graduated from the same nursing school. The drama depicts how these two women struggle with how to interact with patients and doctors, clash with each other, grow as individuals, and eventually become the "ultimate buddy duo." Mikami plays Rin Ichinose, and Uesaka plays Naomi Oya.
◇ Rin and Shimaken are troubled
In episode 32, Rin (Ai Mikami) continues to try and get Sonobe (Yoshihiro Nozoe) to open up to her, but he doesn't seem to take her seriously. She tells surgeon Imai (Yuta Furukawa) about Sonobe's condition, but the doctors don't take her seriously either. Feeling dejected, Rin goes to the courtyard and meets Mansaku (Kazuki Iio). At the same time, Shimaken (Masaya Sano) is also troubled by something.
The data used is REVISIO's proprietary "Attention Level" index (Kanto region, preliminary figures), which surveys program and commercial viewing habits in 2,000 households in the Kanto region and 600 households in the Kansai region. A dedicated device equipped with a human recognition sensor constantly measures whether people are looking at the television screen, and calculates the percentage of people in front of the television who were paying close attention to the program.
◇Kazuki Iio as "Mansaku" teaches Rin, who is feeling down, where she can cry.
In the 32nd episode, Rin quickly hits a major obstacle and tries again and again, but without much success. The "attention level," which indicates the percentage of viewers glued to the screen, forms a small peak in the middle of the episode, barely reaching the 70% range, before forming a large peak towards the end, just shy of 75%.
The first peak was at 8:07 and 8:08 AM (70.0%). Rin tries to tell surgeon Imai about Sonobe's condition, but he doesn't even seem to be listening. Associate Professor Fujita Kunio (Ryotaro Sakaguchi) scolds her, saying, "Don't get ahead of yourself. Doctors have trained far more than you have." The peak was immediately after that, around 8:07 AM.
Chuzo Maruyama (Tokie Wakabayashi), hospitalized with lichen on his back, mutters, "Those doctors didn't even bother to examine me properly." Naomi cleans the affected area and applies medicine to Maruyama. A dejected Rin goes to the courtyard and finds a man lying on the ground. She approaches and speaks to him, and it turns out to be Mansaku, the hospital's janitor. He says he was weeding.
Around 8:08 AM, Rin and Mansaku continue their conversation. Mansaku says he's heard she's a "nursing apprentice," but "doesn't really know" what it is. Rin can't help but grumble, "Well, of course you don't know. You've never seen a patient or a doctor, so it's not exactly nursing work." Mansaku points to a tree stump a little further ahead where she can sit and advises her that it's "just right for a cry." Combined with Iio's gentle demeanor, Rin is on the verge of actually crying.
The scene where she sits on a tree stump and sighs to herself was in the 8-minute range. At 8:09 AM, when Burns (Emma Howard) arrives, the rating dropped slightly to 69.2%, but it still maintained a high level of attention.
◇Something unusual is happening to Rin's patient!
The next peak occurred just before the ending, between 8:13 and 8:14 AM. From 64.3% at 8:12 AM, it jumped sharply to 72.2% at 8:13 AM. At 8:14 AM, it reached its highest point of the day, 74.6%.
At 8:13 AM, Kenjiro Shimada, nicknamed "Shimaken," is struggling to make progress on his novel when his best friend, Taichi Makimura (played by Yuta Hayashi), visits his room. Makimura gets angry when Shimada refuses to show him the novel he's working on, and a verbal argument ensues between them around the 13-minute mark. Shimada always seems to live life with a carefree attitude, but like Rin, he seems to have deep worries. Also around the 13-minute mark, Naomi asks Assistant Professor Fujita to increase the dosage of Maruyama's medication. Naomi seems to be able to convince Fujita by making it sound like Professor Imai's intention, but there's a strong feeling that this will cause problems later.
At 8:14 AM, Rin calls out to Sonobe as usual, but there is no response. However, shortly after she begins to sense that something is wrong, Sonobe starts complaining of pain. And that's where episode 32 ends. From around 8:13 AM, the seeds of trouble begin to ignite around Shimaken, and then around Naomi, and then at 8:14 AM, a problem arises with Rin's patient—a rapid development. With the accumulation of intriguing developments, the show's popularity seems to have skyrocketed. (Text by Hiroki Sasamoto/MANTANWEB)
