Praise for the scriptwriter of the historical drama "UNBOUND"

The NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8:00 pm and others) starring actor Ryusei Yokohama will be suspended on July 20th due to the broadcast of "Upper House Election Count Report 2025". On the other hand, many viewers are still hung up on the final developments of the 27th episode "I Wishing I'll Die in Spring Under the Flowers", which was rebroadcast on terrestrial TV for the first time on the 19th, and the scriptwriter , Yoshiko Morishita, has been praised for "Having no human heart!"

◇ Masayoshi Sano attacks Ichi with his father Masatoyo's sword

In episode 27, Tsutae (Yokohama) hears from Ooya (Ito Atsushi) that depending on Tanuma's reputation, Ichi (Hio Miyazawa) may not be able to buy Daresode (Haruka Fukuhara)'s freedom.

Meanwhile, Jisei (Ikuta Toma) receives a request from Michihiro (Kazuki Enari) to stop the confiscation of Ezo, and learns about the Ezo policy that Okitsugu(Ken Watanabe) was secretly pursuing. At the Tanuma residence, Sano Masatoyo (Yoshimi Kazutoyo), the father of Sano Masayoshi (Yamoto Yuma), gets angry and demands the return of the family tree, but Masayoshi steps in to stop him...

Since Okitsugu had thrown away the family tree in question, Okinobu invites Shogun Ieharu (Hidekazu Mashima) on a hunting trip in an attempt to somehow save Masayoshi, but here "the man who was Jouemon (Yano Ken Yasuda)" (a member of Harumori's staff?), who was also involved in the death of Gennai (Yasuda Akira), approaches Masayoshi. Later, he tells Masayoshi the lie that Okinobu had hidden the prey that Masayoshi had supposedly caught, and then tells him that Okitsugu had thrown away the family tree, and that the cherry tree that Masayoshi had given him had been donated to a shrine without his knowledge and is now loved by people as "Tanuma's cherry tree."

"The Man Who Was Jouemon" knows an unnatural amount about the Tanuma family. Just as the cherry blossoms at the Sano family home did not bloom, Masayoshi's father Masatoyo unreasonably blamed him for causing them to wither. Masayoshi eventually grew bitter towards Tanuma, sharpened the rusty sword that Masatoyo had, and used it to slash at Ichi, at the end of the story.

◇ The man who left Yoshiwara full of happiness will spend this evening with “Kumosuke-sama”…

The episode also depicted the outcome of the story of Daresode's purchase. When Tsutae, who wishes happiness for Daresode, asks Ichi, Ichi says that he cannot bear to keep her waiting forever, and that he intends to continue to nurture their love for each other, purchasing her under the name of Tsuchiyama (Yanagi Shuntaro), and ostensibly becoming Tsuchiyama's concubine. Tsutae is relieved by this and gives Daresode a picture he had Utamaro (Sometani Shota) draw of the scene where Daresode and Ichi met.

As she leaves Yoshiwara full of happiness, Daresode reveals to Tsutae that she has promised "Lord Kumosuke," also known as Ichi, "to watch the moon beneath the flowers tonight." However, at the same time, as mentioned above, political dictators are committing heinous acts within Edo Castle...

Naturally, the drastic difference in the script led to comments from viewers such as, "This is hell," "The cruellest episode of the day," "The script is devilish (I mean that as a compliment)," and "Morishita- Yoshiko Morishita, do you have no heart at all!!!!!! (I mean that as a compliment)." Comments were also sent in such as, "It's often said that Morishita Yoshiko has no heart...," "...This is...Morishita's scripts are the king of heartless," "Everyone's saying it, but Yoshiko Morishita's scripts are too heartless...(Of course I praise them highly lol)," "The balance between historical facts, legends, and dramatization is just terrifying. A demon! A devil! A human heart! Morishita Keiko!" and "I guess the first requirement for a scriptwriter for a taiga drama is to 'lose their human heart and become demons at times'..."

The second terrestrial television rebroadcast of the 27th episode, "I wish I could die in spring beneath the flowers," is scheduled for July 26th at 1:05 pm.