The sixth episode of the drama series " The Reluctant Preacher " (Nippon TV, Saturday 9pm) starring actress Alice Hirose was broadcast on May 17th. At the end of the episode, there was a scene where Urami ( Shota Watanabe) was asked by Kyoko (Kimura Yoshino) about the culprit of the poster that slandered Shizuka (Hirose), which caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
Episode 6 is about a smoking incident that occurred a year ago involving 11 second-year students, including Shizu's class. Moriguchi (Ito Atsushi), the next chairman of the board, persuades the parents' association officials to expel six students on the "forced dropout list" and allow the other five to remain in school, a discriminatory measure. Shizu and her classmates strongly oppose this, but Shizu is ordered by the principal, Kyoko, to wait and see how things go for a while. Moriguchi then gives a light punishment of three days of house arrest to Hina (Kiyono Asahime), Riko (Miu Arai), Mai (Reiyo Matsumoto), and others, and recommends that Ayaka (Toyoshima Hana), who is on the "forced dropout list," voluntarily drop out of school.
When word spreads that Ayaka had been expelled, Class 2-10 erupts with discontent among the students who cannot accept the unequal punishment. Hina and Mai, who had bullied Ayaka in the past, are the focus of blame, and the mood in the class becomes tense. Later, Shizuka happens to bump into Moriguchi, and as she is talking to him, she remembers the conversations she had with Karen, who was suffering from bullying when she was active online as "SEE," and the time she received an article about Karen's suicide with the word "murderer" written on it... and so on.
In the story, Shizuka visits the home of Satsuki (Ozawa Masaru), the head of the parents' association, and with the help of Hina and Mai, she suggests to Satsuki that all students be given the same suspension. Moriguchi is forced to withdraw Ayaka's expulsion, and the turmoil comes to a close, but at the same time, in the school's chemistry prep room, Kyoko is facing Urami in front of a flyer that reads, "Reimi Shizuka is a murderer." When Kyoko asks, "Was it Aika-sensei who put this up?", Aika's (Shida Mirai) boyfriend, Urami, confirms, "Yes." In the next scene, Aika is at home, looking at a photo of Karen, who committed suicide, and mutters, "I don't remember...even when I see my face. You killed someone else's sister."
On social media, many people speculated about the purpose of Urami, Aika's boyfriend who had been slandering Shizuka. Comments such as "Whose side is Urami-sensei on?", "Is Urami-sensei on Aika-sensei's side, or is he trying to help Shizuka-sensei?", "Does he want to stop the revenge?", "When he was drinking with Shizuka-sensei, he called his girlfriend to see if Shizuka-sensei would notice?", and "Is Urami-sensei being used?" were posted.
