The fifth episode of the Fuji TV Getsuku drama "Second to Last Love 3 " (Mondays 9pm), starring Kyoko Koizumi and Kiichi Nakai , became a hot topic on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers
Ritsuko called her late husband a "bastard." She revealed to Wahei (Nakai) that they had been unable to have children, saying, "We tried every type of fertility treatment possible, but in the end it didn't work." She said that she and her husband had a relationship like that of comrades in arms.
"One day, my husband said to me, 'Maybe it's time to move on to enjoying life without children. It's not too late. You still have a lot more life ahead of you.' I said, 'I agree.' I thought to myself, 'I've married a good man.' I realized that my life choices were not wrong. We were happy from then on."
When Wahei, who had been listening to her story, pointed out, "He's not a bastard at all!", Ritsuko calmly replied, "My husband passed away six months ago. I found out after he died. He had children with his mistress. Four children. In fact, he had a lot of children. And his mistress was a really loose-looking ugly woman. He told me, 'Maybe that's enough,' and I was so moved, but by the time he got there he already had two. He's a bastard, isn't he?"
Ritsuko continued, "My life up until now has become a complete ridiculous thing. I've been a very serious person, always thinking about whether what I'm doing is the right thing, whether it's something I should say or do. I thought and thought and thought and thought, and I thought I'd been making the right choices. I've always believed that if I lived honestly, I would be happy. But then I thought, is this the answer? So I thought I must have my own thoughts too. I want to destroy myself. How can I put it, I want to say, ask, is this wrong? What do you think about that? I want to be a crazy person. This is my revenge."
On social media, comments such as "I laughed when I heard 'His mistress is a loose-fitting ugly woman'", "'Loose-fitting ugly' is quite a powerful phrase lol. His use of words and word sense are really great lol", "It's hard when someone is a loose-fitting ugly woman lol", "I understand, but please don't drag Wahei into your revenge lol", and "There's no good in getting revenge" were posted.
