The sixth episode of the seventh season of the TV drama "Mr. Housekeeper, aired on February 18th, and guest Sayu Kubota became a hot topic.
◇The following contains spoilers.
The latest in a series of exhilarating human dramas, in which Matsuoka plays a large, cross-dressing housekeeper, Kaoru Mitazono (nicknamed Mitazono-san), "peeks" into the problems of the families he is sent to and solves them one after another. In the story, Mitazono-san is asked by Etsuko Torimoe (Jun Shibuki), who lives in a castle-like mansion with her three daughters, to help with a dance party.
They are welcomed by the gorgeously dressed Etsuko, her eldest daughter Risa (Hanayagi Nozomi), and her second daughter Ana (Mikoshiba Sari), but the other daughter, "Cinderella" Reira (Kubota), dresses in filthy clothes and does nothing but clean. Reira is the daughter of Etsuko's late husband, and is left alone in the house just like Cinderella, being treated coldly...
When Kubota appeared with a soot-stained face, viewers on social media expressed surprise, saying things like, "Could it be Kubota Sayu playing Cinderella?" and "Is Kubota Sayu really this dull? Almost no makeup?" Later, when Reiraku showed off a dress like Cinderella and revealed her intentions, comments like "Kubota Sayu is so pretty...!! She's too real Cinderella" and "There's no way Kubota Sayu is just Kubota Sayu" were also seen.
There was also a scene where Mitazono's weakness was discovered by Reiraku, which led to a series of surprised comments such as, "It's rare to see Mitazono being threatened," "Mitazono being the one being threatened...!?", "This is the first time I've seen Mitazono being threatened!" and "Black Cinderella even threatened Mitazono lol."
