The 37th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " starring Mio Imada (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others) was broadcast on May 20th. The shocking development depicted in the last two minutes became a hot topic among viewers.
In episode 37, an elegant lady ( Misuzu Kanno) visits the Asada family. She tells them that her husband had asked Yutaro (Ryo Kase) for a favor. Later, Nobu (Imada) goes to see his son Jiro (Ayumu Nakajima), who says he had spoken to Yutaro. When Jiro mentions Yutaro's soft hat, Nobu's face lights up.
At that time, Takashi (Takumi Kitamura) was holding a pen in front of a piece of paper, but was unable to write a letter. One day, the Asada family received some news...
At the end of the episode, a man from the military affairs department visits the Asada family. He says, "I'm truly sorry for your loss," and hands Kamaji (Kanata Hosoda) the news of Go's (Kotaro Yoshida Kaoru) death in battle. Kamaji is stunned and somehow manages to say, "Thank you for all your hard work." Hatako (Noriko Eguchi), Kura (Miyoko Asada), and Meiko (Nanoka Hara), who are watching, look frozen in their faces.
After the military affairs officer left, Kamatsugu collapsed and wailed, "Oh, my goodness!" Ranko (Yuumi Kawai), who had just returned home, ran up to Kamatsugu, asking, "Grandpa?" and was at a loss for words when she saw the news of his death in battle.
On social media, there was a lot of reaction, with comments such as, "Oh no... I don't want to believe it... I can't stop crying...", "My heart feels like it's going to burst when I think about how Ranko must be feeling", "The hints were being raised but I never thought it would happen today", "It's only Tuesday so I never thought Go-chan would be killed in battle", "I'm scared of tomorrow" and "It's so sad to think that there were so many young people who broke up like this before they could become husband and wife."
