The 25th episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00am and others), starring Mio Imada , was broadcast on May 2nd, and it was revealed that the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 16.5% for households and 9.0% for individuals. This is the highest figure for the show, and the first time that the household viewership rating has reached the 16.0% range. It has been about seven months since the fifth episode of the previous Asadora"Omusubi" (broadcast on October 4th).
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013) and Nobu Komatsu(1918-1993), the manga artist and picture book writer who created "Anpanman." It is a "story of love and courage" that will make you feel the joy of living, depicting how these two, who were once nobody, overcame all sorts of rough seas to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
In the 25th episode, it is the day that the results of the Tokyo Higher School of Fine Arts are announced. Takashi (Takumi Kitamura) is sitting alone on a bench, unable to find the courage to look at the results. Hiroshi (Yutaka Takenouchi) appears there. Seeing Takashi's expression, Hiroshi encourages him by saying, "Next to despair is hope," but he hasn't seen the results yet. Hiroshi grabs Takashi's arm and rushes to the bulletin board.
At that time, Nobu (Imada) was worried about whether Takashi would pass or fail, so he was not able to concentrate on his naginata training. When Nobu lost a match against Usako (Sara Shida), Kuroi (Kumi Takiuchi) told him that he lost because he had no conviction... and so the story unfolded.
