The final episode of the drama series " Since I Took You Away " (Kantele/Fuji TV, Mondays at 10pm), starring actress Keiko Kitagawa , aired on June 30th. Towards the end of the episode, there was a scene where Kumura (Abe Ryohei), who had been accused of sexual harassment by Ririko (Taira Yuna) and whose life had been ruined, meets Ririko, causing a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In the final episode, Miumi (Kasumi Isshiki) returns to the Yuki family as "Moeko" and finally gets used to her new environment. With "Switchback" about to expand into the Kansai region, Asahi ( Nao Omori) is urged by Kido (Takeo Nakahara) to arrest Hiromi(Kitagawa) as soon as possible and settle the situation. However, Asahi is unable to make up his mind, thinking about Moeko's feelings.
Then, Yukiko (Hideko Hara) comes to see Hiromi, who has lost the will to live after losing Miumi. Hiromi is dejected and talks about atonement for Miumi, but after talking with Yukiko, he regains his will.
Meanwhile, Kumura, who had previously had lies spread on social media and found out that rumors about him were circulating at his workplace again, quit his job and was having trouble finding a new one. When Ririko found out that Kumura had quit his job because of her, she asked Asahi to help Kumura work at the company where Asahi works, but when Ririko heard about it, Kumura was furious.
Afterwards, before the press conference to announce Switchback's expansion into the Kansai region, Kumura revealed the whole truth on social media, including that Ririko was the culprit behind the food accident that killed Hiromi's real daughter, Akari (Ishihara Shuma), and that Hiromi had kidnapped Miumi. The whole story was published online, and as Kumura watched the post spread, he tweeted, "Serves you right." Asahi was questioned by reporters at the press conference, but he denied that his daughter had been kidnapped by the victim's family, and agreed that Hiromi and Miumi would live together as mother and daughter... and so on.
Afterwards, there was a scene where Kumura bumped into Ririko in town. Ririko revealed that she could no longer work because of the online article, and told Kumura, "Let's do our best, both of us," before leaving. Despite being in the same situation as Kumura because of his accusation, Ririko said, "This is good," and faced up to her crimes and tried to live positively. Kumura shouted, "Your life is over too, isn't it? You can hate me, lose your temper, curse me!", but Ririko just left without looking back. Looking at Ririko's back, Kumura broke down in tears and said, "Hate me..."
On social media, there was a flood of voices expressing sympathy for Kumura's situation. Posts such as "I just feel sorry for Kumura-kun", "It feels like Kumura-kun is the only one who has no hope...", "Kumura-sensei is the biggest victim", "I can't forgive Kumura-kun", and "It's so hard that only Kumura has a bad ending" were lined up.
