The eighth episode of the Sunday Theatre drama " Mikami Sensei " (TBS, Sunday 9pm) starring Tori Matsuzaka was broadcast on March 9th. "Yamato Takeru" sending a fax to Rintoku Gakuin became a hot topic on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers
Koreeda ( Riho Yoshioka ) heard that the previous president of the printing company "Takashi" agreed with Kodai's ( Kazuki Kitamura ) educational philosophy and collected donations for Rintoku. When he went to talk to Takashi, the current president told him, "In my father's time, we were like a cheering squad for Rintoku, but since I took over, we haven't had any contact." He also heard that about six months ago, the list of donors was handed over to the emperor (Matsuzaka).
Koreeda pointed out, "So Yamato Takeru was Mikami Sensei after all," but Gosho denied it, saying, "Yamato Takeru is not me."
Mikami and Koreeda cooperated and decided to take the next step. It turned out that the person who had leaked the confidential information, such as "Yuko Saejima, a former teacher at Rintoku Gakuin High School, is the mother of Yuzuru Mayama, the perpetrator of the murder of a bureaucrat," was Mizobata (Takaya Sakoda).
Koreeda questioned Mizobata at school, saying, "It was Mizobata-sensei who sent this (by fax), right?" It turned out that the document was sent from the nearest convenience store to Mizobata's house, and the store clerk also admitted that Mizobata had sent it. Mizobata told Koreeda, "There's no turning back now." At the same time, the government told Kodai what Mizobata had done, including sending the fax.
Director Yohei Miyazaki explained on X (formerly Twitter) that "There are actually two types of faxes regarding this drama. The fax sent to the weekly magazine (revealing the relationship between Yuko and Yuzuru in episode 2) and the fax sent by Yamato Takeru to the school (sent under the name of Yamato Takeru). In other words, it does not mean that Mr. Mizobata is Yamato Takeru." He also announced that "Yamato Takeru will finally be revealed next week (episode 9)."
Among viewers, there are opinions that Yamato Takeru could be Makino (Masaki Okada) or Nakaoka (Yasufumi Hayashi). On social media, there were comments such as "Yamato Takeru is Makino," "Could Yamato Takeru be Nakaoka? He was with them at the dinner party, and I feel like he might have given some instructions to Tsukada (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) and Chairman Kodai," "It's getting hard to throw away the theory that Yamato Takeru is Nakaoka," "Is Tsukada the surprise choice for Yamato Takeru?" and "I'm a candidate for Yamato Takeru. I'm Takako Tokiwa."
