The ninth episode of the TBS Sunday Theatre drama " Mikami Sensei " (Sunday 9pm) starring actor Tori Matsuzaka was broadcast on March 16th. At the end, the true identity of "Yamato Takeru" was revealed, and on social media, along with voices of surprise, there were comments such as "It's here!" and "We've been waiting for this!"
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The drama is an original "great reversal story of education revival" in which Takashi Mikami (played by Matsuzaka), a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, who wants to change Japan's education system, takes to the podium at a private high school and stands up to authority while guiding 18-year-old high school students living in the Reiwa era.
In episode 9, Saejima Yuko ( Takako Tokiwa) talks about the events that happened at Rintoku Academy, the troubles that Tokura Itsuki (Kyohei Takahashi) has been through, and the fraud at Rintoku Academy is revealed. Yamato Takeru then appears, and the names of students who entered class 3-2 illegally are revealed... and so on. At the end of the episode, Kanzaki (Daiken Okudaira) and others who have obtained a list of illegal students are waiting for Mikami (Matsuzaka) at Jigen's (Airu Kubozuka) house, when Mikami appears, and then Yamato Takeru arrives. It is Makino (Masaki Okada) from the Ministry of Education who appears.
In response to this turn of events, people on social media expressed excitement, saying, "It's here!" and "I've been waiting for this," as well as, "I knew it would happen, but it still gave me goosebumps!" and "Just as expected! The good-looking man is on the side of justice!". There were also comments such as "cute" about the reaction of Koreeda (Riho Yoshioka), who was present when Yamato Takeru appeared.