The third episode of the drama series " The Reluctant Preacher " (Nippon TV, Saturday 9pm) starring actress Alice Hirose was broadcast on April 26th. At the end of the episode, a scene was shown in which slanderous writings about Reimi Shizuka (Hirose), who reluctantly became a high school teacher, were posted on the wall of the school, which caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In the third episode, Shizuka is left speechless by the statement of the reform committee chairman, Moriguchi (Ito Atsushi), who says, "With your help, we will expel the 75 students specified here." In fact, Moriguchi is the nephew of the chairman of the board of directors, and is scheduled to become chairman next year. Moriguchi's plan was to eliminate all students with bad behavior who could tarnish the Meishin Academy brand. Shizuka is dumped by the principal, Kyoko (Kimura Yoshino), who tells her, "You should solve the students' problems before they report to Mr. Moriguchi!"
The list of candidates for expulsion also included the name of Miyazawa Keita (Yoshida Haruto), a student in Shizu's class who excelled in his grades and had a good attitude towards life. According to Urami ( Shota Watanabe), Miyazawa's family was a single-parent household and financially struggling, and Moriguchi intended to cut off students from financially difficult families as a source of trouble. Miyazawa was suspicious of the luxury watch he had obtained from his "mom activities" to make a living, and the school found out about his mom activities after the woman he was involved with told him off, forcing him to voluntarily drop out. Shizu desperately tried to resolve the situation, but the expulsion was not overturned... and so the story unfolded.
At the end of the episode, Shizuka announces to the students of class 10, year 2, that Miyazawa is dropping out. The students ask Shizuka why, but she is unable to answer and simply apologizes, crying, "I'm sorry... I'm sorry." The final scene shows the school the next morning, with many papers with the words "Reimi Shizuka is a murderer" pasted on the walls of the hallway.
Social media was abuzz over this final scene, with comments such as "That was really scary at the end," "The ominous atmosphere was really strong!?", "Wait, what's going on? That's scary," and "It gave me goosebumps."
