The third episode of the TBS Sunday Theatre drama " Caster " starring Hiroshi Abe (Sunday 9:00 pm) was broadcast on April 27th. Towards the end of the episode, a scene appeared in which Shunsuke Michieda of " Naniwa Danshi ", who plays the role of rookie AD Motohashi Yusuke, appeared bashful, which became a hot topic on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers
The drama is a social entertainment set in a TV news program, where the truth buried in the dark is pursued and evil is punished. Abe plays the main Caster of the news program "Newsgate", Soichi Shindo, and Michieda plays the assistant director, Yusuke Motohashi.
A researcher at Teito University, Shinomiya (Non-san), announces the discovery of a new type of pluripotent cell called iL cells. However, the doctored data is found to have been falsified, and the thesis is withdrawn.
Meanwhile, Professor Kuribayashi (Kai Inowaki), who supports Shinomiya's research, jumps off the roof and attempts suicide. Although he survives, Professor Onodera (Mari Hanafusa) announces that Kuribayashi has falsified the data.
With the "advice" of Shindo, Motohashi sneaks into Teito University's research lab to prove the innocence of his senior from university, Kuribayashi. However, he is found out and is suspended for a while...
At the end of the film, iL cells are finally discovered. Motohashi also expressed his gratitude to Shindo, saying, "Shindo-san, I heard from the director that you arranged for me to remain in the news."
Citing the words of Edison, "Our greatest weakness is in giving up. The surest way to succeed is always to try just one more time," Shindo told Motohashi, "I followed Edison's advice and decided to use you in the news just one more time." Hearing Shindo's words, Motohashi couldn't help but blush...
On social media, comments such as "Michieda's expressions were great!", "Michieda's serious, straight eyes and facial expressions, his acting conveyed all his joy, anger, sadness and happiness very well, was really good", "Michieda's eyes were shining and I could tell he was putting his whole heart and soul into his acting, and I thought it was just amazing. Amidst all that, I was comforted by his gentle smile towards the end, and it was an episode that made me think I was glad that Michieda was the AD Motohashi", and "I loved Michieda's acting, especially in the final scene with Shindo, where the feelings overflowing from his eyes are conveyed so directly" were posted and became a hot topic.
