The fourth episode of the drama series " Taigan no Kaji ~Kore ga, Watashi no Ikiru Michi~" (TBS, Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actress Mikako Tabe , aired on April 22nd. The words Shiho (Tabe) said to Akiko ( Momoko Tanabe), who was suffering from the well-intentioned "pressure to have children," became a hot topic on social media.
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Akiko is the wife of Dr. Waka (played by Daichi Asai) at Tsutamura Clinic. She is secretly troubled by the voices of her regular patients hoping for a successor. Rumors spread that Akiko is undergoing infertility treatment, and she was told, "I've heard that stroking a pregnant woman's belly is good for you."
Akiko knows he means no harm, so she tells herself she shouldn't get angry and tries to let it go. Shiho calls out to Akiko, "Let's go! You can't stay here. Let's get out, right now. From here," and takes Akiko's hand, leading her out of the hospital.
The moment she jumped on the bus and sat down, Akiko couldn't help but laugh, but her expression gradually clouded over as she thought, "I jumped out on impulse, but what should I do?" Shiho advised her, "I think it's okay to just run away," and added, "Right now, Akiko seems to be trapped in that house. There's no way you'll sacrifice yourself for Tsutamura Clinic."
When Akiko says that the patients meant no harm, Shiho is shown gently telling her, "It doesn't matter whether they meant any harm or not. After all, you are hurt, Akiko. So I think it's okay to run away. It's okay to run away from people like that."
On social media, comments such as, "Even if she doesn't mean any harm, she is hurt. It's okay to run away. I could really empathize with her and it brought me to tears. I want someone like Shiho," "Tabe-chan's lines made me cry," "I realized how hurt I was and I couldn't help but cry," and "I'm sure there are many people who were saved by Tabe-chan's lines" were posted one after another, and the story became a hot topic.
