The second episode of the TV drama " Japan's Number One Jerk Salaryman " (Fuji TV, Thursdays at 10pm), starring Shingo Katori , was broadcast on January 16th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, below) was 4.7% for households and 2.7% for individuals.
The story is about a TV newsman who is involved in a scandal and finds himself at the brink of collapse, but then decides to run for office in order to change Japan, as he wants to create a better society through raising his children. This is the first time in 11 years that Katori has starred in a Fuji TV drama series.
In the second episode, Omori Ippei (Katori), who has decided to become a politician in order to make a comeback, moves in with his single father brother-in-law Obara Shosuke ( Jun Shison Jun) and his family, with the "worst" intention of showing his perspective to the people during the election. While he struggles with unfamiliar housework and childcare, he declares to his childhood friend Makabe Kojiro (Ken Yasuda Ken) that he will "act out a family drama to the end," but...
