The final episode (episode 9) of NHK's "Drama 10 ' Shiawase wa tabete nete mate '" (General TV), starring actress Yuki Sakurai , was broadcast on May 27th.
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The drama is based on the manga of the same name by Tori Mizunagi. The main character, who is troubled by various issues such as health, work, apartments, and future plans, regains her mind and body through delicious medicinal food and the gentle human relationships of the housing complex, and realizes the happiness that is close to her and depends on her. It is a heartwarming story that will warm your heart.
In the final episode, Tsukasa ( Hio Miyazawa) goes to the mountains for two weeks, and Satoko (Mariko Kaga) worries about Suzu (Mariko Kaga) who seems lonely, but Suzu's sewing market remains closed and her handmade products pile up. There are still elderly people in the housing complex who want to work. Satoko begins to look for something she can do to fill the gap left by Tsukasa's absence.
Satoko comes up with the idea of making the community center in the housing complex into a rental space, hoping for a place that everyone can use in various ways, but the idea is thwarted due to financial issues. However, with the help of Kara (Seiji Fukushi), the president of the design firm where she works part-time, Satoko's idea makes some progress. Then, in front of Suzu, Satoko says, "Thinking about the future doesn't mean it's all anxiety. It makes me think that there are things that can be better than now."
Meanwhile, Tsukasa helps a lost old man he comes across in the mountains. At that moment, he receives a call from Satoko, who tells him that she had turned down a request from a friend from college to "listen to her complaints," and that for a moment she thought she had become a cold person, but that this was not the case. She has now changed her mind and realized that she has finally learned to take care of herself, and concludes, "I've done everything I could, so I'll just think of it that way."
The conversation between the two ended there, but later, when Satoko and Suzu were spending time on the balcony of their apartment complex, Tsukasa, who they thought would never return, showed up. The three exchanged words of "Welcome back" and "I'm back"... It was a final scene that warmed the heart more than any other scene before.
The final episode (episode 9) will be available to watch on NHK Plus for one week, and will be rebroadcast on NHK General TV from 12:35 a.m. on May 29th.
