The 117th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Omusubi " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 a.m. and others), starring Kanna Hashimoto , was broadcast on March 18. In the episode, viewers were drawn to the sudden action taken by Yui's (Hashimoto's) daughter Hana (Niitsu Chise).
In episode 117, Yui tries to comfort a young girl named Uta (Oshima Miyu) who is hospitalized with malnutrition, hoping to help her recover, but Uta remains adamantly closed off.
One day, Hana gets injured during soccer practice and is accompanied by Shoya ( Hayato Sano) to the hospital where Yui works. After a detailed examination, it is found that she has internal bleeding in the joint of her left ankle, and she will be fully recovered if she continues to visit the hospital for a while.
While Yui called for a taxi to go home and Shoya left to buy a drink for Hana, Hana was waiting alone in the waiting room when Uta, who had been trying to sneak out of the hospital, came unsteadily walking towards her. Hana, worried about Uta, who seemed to be feeling unwell, followed her on crutches and found Uta curled up in a corner of the hallway, looking like she was in pain.
Hana instinctively ran over and said, "I'll call someone," but Uta stopped her, saying, "Wait." The two hid in an out-of-sight storage room. Uta thanked Hana, saying, "Thank you for helping me," to which Hana replied, "No. I'm always told to help people in trouble," and they briefly introduced themselves to each other.
Her inability to leave people in trouble alone and her tendency to act quickly comes from her great-grandfather, Nagayoshi (Matsudaira Ken), and is known among her family as the "Yoneda family curse." The scene in which Hana quickly rescued Uta drew the attention of viewers, and "Yoneda family curse" briefly became a trending topic on X (formerly Twitter).
On social media, people were saying things like, "The Yoneda family curse has been activated!", "Hana has also inherited the Yoneda family curse lol", "No one can escape the Yoneda family curse that has been passed down for four generations (lol)", "Are Hana and Uta-chan the former Yui and Suzurin?", "Please save Uta-chan with the Yoneda family curse", and "I wonder how the story will progress with the interaction between Hana-chan and Uta-chan, who have completely different upbringings."
