It has been revealed that actress Machiko Ono will be appearing in the drama series "Lion's Lair" (TBS, Friday 10pm), starring Yuya Yagira and co-starring Ryuta Bando. She will play Manami, the half-sister of Komori Kouto, played by Yagira, and his brother Mijito, played by Ryuta Bando, who has autism spectrum disorder, and who is a key character in the story.
The drama revolves around Kouto, played by Yagira, and his brother Mijito, played by Bando, who has autism spectrum disorder. Mijito can live without problems as long as he follows a set routine, so Kouto lives a peaceful life with nothing happening, like the calm sea. But one day, he meets a mysterious boy (Ozora Sato) who calls himself "Lion", and by chance, they end up living together. Meanwhile, in a certain prefecture, Tachibana Shogo (Osamu Mukai) is filing a missing person report with a desperate look on his face. Gradually, the case becomes the subject of public attention as a "missing mother and child case." This is the story.
Aio, played by Ono, lived with her mother after her parents divorced when she was young, but was abandoned by her mother when she was 15. When her father remarried, she ended up living with Kou and Mijito as the older half-sibling. However, Aio was unable to fit in with the Komori family during her adolescence, and one day, she left home at the age of 18, telling Kou to "take care of it," and has not been seen since... This is the character's role.
In the last scene of the first episode, Aio appears with a "lion" standing on a bridge in the pouring rain. The episode ends with her putting her hands around the lion's neck with a tense expression on her face. It remains a mystery as to whether Aio is the lion's mother or has something to do with the missing person case.
◇Synopsis of Episode 2
When a lion (Sato Ozora) arrives at the Komori family's house, their peaceful, calm life begins to crumble.
Kouto (Yuya Yagira) wakes up to the screams of his younger brother Mijito (Ryuta Bando), who has autism spectrum disorder. When he goes down to the living room, the lion is playing tricks on him and Mijito is panicking, and the place is in a terrible state. He has a hard time calming them down since the morning, and feels uneasy about continuing to look after the lion.
In addition, he receives a second message from someone who seems to be the lion's mother on the smartphone given to him by the lion.
"When the bell rings at the soft-serve ice cream plaza"
Without understanding the meaning of the message, Kouto decides to take the lion and Mijito to the library. Kouto and Mijito's Saturday routine is to go to the library, bakery, and park. When they arrive at the library, Kouto notices a mysterious message in a picture book he happens to pick up. Maybe he can meet the lion's mother there... Thinking this, Kouto tells Mijito to spend time alone with the lion and rushes to the place indicated by the message.
However, just as he arrives at the designated location, Koto receives a call from the police...
