Attention rate for the 104th episode: "Taka"Takumi Kitamura and "Nobu"Mio Imada finally clash, peaking at 72.4% at 8:14 AM

What was the most captivating scene in the 104th episode (broadcast on August 21st) of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Mio Imada ? An investigation into minute-by-minute changes in "attention level," which indicates the degree to which viewers were glued to the screen, revealed that the highest level of attention (surveyed by REVISIO, Kanto region, preliminary figures) was in the 104th episode, when Takashi ( Takumi Kitamura) and Nobu (Imada) finally clash, towards the end of the drama, at 8:14 AM, at 72.4%.

"Anpan" is based on the married Takashi Yanase(1919-2013), the manga artist and picture book writer who created "Anpanman," and his wife, Nobu (1918-1993). It is a "story of love and courage" that will fill you with the joy of living, depicting how these two, who were once nobodys, overcame all sorts of troubles to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."

◇The highest value was 72.4% at 8:14 am. Where did Nobu go after colliding with Taka?

Episode 104 depicts how, although work itself has become busy, Taka is in a slump and unable to come up with any ideas, so his main job of manga is "closed for the day," and this leads to a clash between Taka and Nobu.

The "attention level," which indicates the percentage of people actually paying attention to the screen among those in front of the TV screen, was not extremely high, but the graph shows that it maintained a high level of over 60% from the beginning to the end, capturing the viewers' attention.

The first "hill" was created at 8:02 AM (67.3%) and 8:03 AM (67.4%) in the opening scene, when Takuya (Motoki Omori) comes to the Yanai household to ask Takuya to write a TV drama script. As he leaves, Takuya bows to Nobu at the entrance and says apologetically, "I've asked you to write the drama script in addition to the lyrics. That means I won't have time to draw manga." Secretly worried that Takuya might quit manga, Nobu returns home and says to Taku, who is working, "You haven't drawn manga in a while, have you?" But the conversation doesn't quite click. This scene makes it clear that a subtle gap is emerging between Takuya and Nobu.

After that, the ratings suddenly dropped to 54.2% at 8:05 AM due to the opening theme song, then quickly returned to the high 60s, before rising to the 69% range at 8:08 AM and 8:09 AM.

At this time, Nobu is waiting for Takashi, who is in a meeting at a cafe, and is stunned to see him surrounded by women. When Kentaro (Fumiya Takahashi), who is also there, says, "He's not just a kid, he's popular with the ladies too," Nobu expresses her jealousy by saying, "They're beautiful," and mutters, "He's so rude, even though he's a cheapskate." Nobu leaves the cafe saying, "I'm sorry to bother you," and leaves.

Just before that, Kentaro points out, "Your eyes aren't smiling. You must be angry," to which Nobu responds in a strong tone, "I'm not angry," in a series of two exchanges. It's a scene that makes viewers chuckle, but the person involved is in no mood for that. After Kentaro tells Taka what has happened, he hurries home.

After that, expectations surprisingly subsided. Perhaps it was because the couple continued their somewhat serious conversation afterwards. "Aren't you forcing yourself to take on too much work and making yourself too busy?" "What did you do to stop drawing manga, Taka?" When Taka returned, Nobu let out all the pent-up feelings he had been holding in. "I'm just a manga artist without a masterpiece anyway," and "I never had any talent to begin with," Taka muttered self-deprecatingly, and Nobu continued to offer words of encouragement, to which Taka muttered, "Ah, that's so frustrating." Nobu asked, "Is it my fault? Am I the one who's pushing you into a corner?" To which Taka raised his voice and replied, "It's my problem! Leave me alone!"

At around 8:13 AM, when the two finally collided, expectations rose again, reaching 71.1%, the first time the show had reached the 70% mark that day. Nobu leaves the house, saying, "I can't concentrate on my work when I'm here." He heads to the nearby house of Ranko (Yuumi Kawai). When she opens the door, Nobu is standing there, holding her futon. When Nobu says, "I ran away from home," Ranko responds with her typical quip, "That was a pretty close run-away." It's a scene that makes you chuckle. At around 8:14 AM, the show hit its highest point of the day at 72.4%, and the show ended with that same rating.

The data used was a proprietary index called "attention level" published by REVISIO, a company that surveys TV program and commercial viewing habits in 2,000 households in the Kanto region and 600 households in the Kansai region. A dedicated device equipped with a human body recognition sensor constantly measures whether people are looking at the TV screen, and calculates the percentage of people in front of the TV who are paying close attention to the program.