The fourth episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , entitled "The Sweet Trap of 'Hinagata Wakana'", was broadcast on January 26th. In the first episode, the boy Karamaru (Watanabe Tosho), who Tsutae (Yokohama) saved from a fire, attracted the attention of viewers, who wondered "Who is he?"
In the fourth episode, Tsutae, who has had success with "A Thousand Books at a Glance," plans his next move to use the money from a kimono shop to create a nishiki-e print of a prostitute wearing one of the shop's kimonos, but he struggles to raise the funds due to his lack of recognition.
Meanwhile, Nishimuraya (Masahiko Nishimura) approaches Tsutaju about a collaborative project, and things seem to be going well for the Nishikie print... But one night, Jirobei (Aoi Nakamura) accidentally ruins a beautiful sketch that the artist Koryusai Isoda (Tekken) had made for them, leaving Tsutaju disheartened. So Karamaru picks up his brush and accurately copies the lines from the sketch that has been smudged by water, creating an identical sketch.
Tsutae was delighted by this and declared to Karamaru, "You're going to be an artist! You're going to be an artist! No, I'm going to make you the best artist of our time." Although he still hasn't regained his memories, viewers reacted to the glimpse of genius artist that Karamaru showed.
On social media, people responded with comments such as, "Who is this kid...?", "What will this kid be like in the future!?", "Oh, Karamaru has been awakened," "Karamaru's special skill is copying," and "He's a genius at copying." People speculated, "Maybe Karamaru will become Katsushika Hokusai," "Is Karamaru really going to be Kitagawa Utamaro?", "Is this kid really Sharaku?", "Karamaru's future is Utamaro or maybe Sharaku," and others said, "Who will Karamaru-kun be in the future? *No, please don't give away spoilers!".
" UNBOUND (Berabou)" is the 64th taiga drama, depicting the life of Tsutaya Juzaburo(or "Tsutajyu" for short), who is said to have built the foundations of Japan's media industry and pop culture. The script was written by Yoshiko Morishita, known for "Drama 10 'Ooku'" which was broadcast on NHK two years ago and became a big hit.
