The seventh episode of the Tuesday drama "Toki Sude ni Osushi!?" (TBS, Tuesdays at 10 PM), starring actress Hiromi Nagasaku, aired on May 19th. The sudden twist at the end of the episode caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
On her way home from the karaoke bar, Minato (Nagasaku) boarded the same bus as Oedo (Matsuyama Kenichi).
As they sat side-by-side at a two-seater table, Minato sensed Oedo's gaze and hesitantly asked, "Um, is there something I can help you with?" Oedo replied, "Excuse me for a moment," and removed a piece of sushi rice from Minato's hair.
Afterwards, Minato, feeling as if she was being watched from Edo again, touched her hair and asked, "Hmm, is there still something on it?"
"How about we go to the aquarium together sometime?"
Everyone was stunned and frozen in shock by Oedo's sudden offer...
Social media was abuzz with comments such as, "Hiromi Nagasaku looks so cute on the bus," "I couldn't help but grin when I saw the two of them sitting so close together on the bus," "Is a romance finally starting to unfold? lol," "Hiromi Nagasaku is 55 years old, but she still looks so cute," and "Hiromi Nagasaku will always be cute."
The drama tells the story of Minato Machiyama (played by Nagasaku), who, having finished raising her children, is bewildered by the "time to herself" that she finally has again at the age of 50, but begins her second life and jumps into a "sushi academy" where she can become a sushi chef in three months.
