The 104th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Omusubi " starring Kanna Hashimoto (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 am and others) was broadcast on February 27th. The narrator revealed that Nagayoshi, played by Ken Matsudaira, had passed away, and viewers expressed their sadness.
In episode 104, Eikichi visits Osaka Expo Park with Masato (Kitamura Yukiya) and encounters Mukai Shigeko (Asou Yumi), a park guide, searching for a boy's lost wallet. Eikichi helps her find the wallet. When Eikichi finds the wallet, the boy bows and says, "Thank you," before leaving.
Mukai, who was staring at Nagayoshi's face, asked, "Is that Fukuoka dialect... Yoneda Eikichi?" Mukai said that she had worked as a waitress at a restaurant during the Expo, and the two were happy to meet again after such a long time. Showing a photo from that time, Mukai expressed her gratitude, saying, "Nagayoshi-san, you delivered ingredients to our restaurant in this truck. From Fukuoka to Osaka throughout the entire duration of the Expo." "If Nagayoshi-san hadn't been there back then, who knows what would have happened."
Later, while having dinner with Nagayoshi, the saint mentioned that Nagayoshi had used the saint's tuition funds to help people affected by flooding in Gifu, and criticized him, saying, "What a thing you did for me. Even though it was to help others, it was a turning point in my life."
However, Nagayoshi asked, "So you don't like your life now?" Masato replied, "Of course I do," to which Nagayoshi laughed, "Then there's no problem." Masato muttered, "But if something similar had happened, I would have done the same thing my dad did," to which Nagayoshi replied, "That's fine. That's why I want you to be my son."
After returning to Kobe, Masato cut Eikichi's hair and shaved his beard at "Hair Salon Yoneda". When Yui (Hashimoto) and others went to check on him, Eikichi was delighted, saying, "Saint, you really are a real farmer. You're like a real barber." When they praised him, Masato turned away and cried.
Then, on the day Nagayoshi and Kayo (Miyazaki Yoshiko) returned to Itoshima, Yui invited everyone to "do something to commemorate the occasion," and they took a Purikura photo of the entire Yoneda family. When the Purikura photo of Nagayoshi posing in the center was projected, the narrator said, "One month later, Nagayoshi passed away."
On social media, people were saying things like, "What?! Nagayoshi-san...", "I couldn't believe it... it's too sudden", "I can't believe the narrator died...", and "No way... there was no need to kill the narrator... (crying)".
