The fourth episode of the Fuji TV Getsuku drama "Second to Last Love 3 " (Mondays 9pm), starring Kyoko Koizumi and Kiichi Nakai Nakai, aired on May 5th. The scene where Noriko, played by Naoko Iijima, lectures her younger brother, Shinpei (played by Kenji Sakaguchi), became a hot topic on social media.
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Shinpei hadn't told Noriko and the others that Dr. Kadowaki, his family doctor since he was a child, had passed away. When Noriko found out, she pointed out, "Apparently the funeral was just for family, but (his wife) must have contacted him, right? She said the doctor had something to say to Shinpei. But you didn't go. And you didn't even tell us," and sighed.
Noriko asked Mahira, who was suffering from a serious illness, "I know. It's the kind of thing you'd think. You just suddenly got scared, didn't you? Death or something. You don't want to think about it, so let's pretend you didn't hear about it. Isn't that right? No? Which is it?"
When Shinpei admitted, "Maybe so," Noriko scolded him, saying, "Of course you should offer words of condolence to someone who has helped you." Noriko continued, "In the end, that's what you're thinking. No one knows how you feel, even though you're family. We don't understand. Of course we don't. But we've been trying to understand for ages! Isn't the important thing that you feel like you're always trying to understand?"
She is shown telling Shinpei, "It's you, Shinpei, who isn't trying to understand each other! I can't forgive that. I'm disappointed in you, big sister."
On social media, comments such as "I really love the actress Iijima Naoko," "It's good every time, but Iijima Naoko was amazing this time," "Iijima Naoko's powerful scene was really good. It was quite moving," "Iijima Naoko was amazing. I cried because it seemed like she was genuinely angry at her precious little brother," and "Norin-san brought me to tears. Her lecture to Shinpei-san brought me to tears" were posted one after another, and the episode became a hot topic.
