The fourth episode of the TBS Friday drama "Fake Mummy" (Fridays at 10 PM), starring actors Haru and Rina Kawaei, aired on October 31st. Shocking facts were revealed about Shingo Motohashi, played by Masaru Kasamatsu, and comments such as "He's just a total jerk" and "He's a really scary guy" were heard on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers
At the "Family Day" event, where parents organize a mock store, Kaoru (Haru) and Sayuri (Minami Tanaka) decide to open a fresh juice store. Mamie (Kawaei) specially teaches Kaoru the recipe for her company's popular product, "Rainbow Juice," and on the day of the event she will participate as Kaoru's younger sister.
On the day of the event, Sayuri's husband, Shingo Motohashi, the CEO of Mitsuhashi Foods, a rival company of "Niji Juice," comes to the fresh juice booth. Shingo, who has arrived with his son Keigo (Takashima Ryunosuke), looks radiant as soon as he takes a sip of the juice. He carefully checks the taste and aroma of the juice, and asks Sayuri who came up with the recipe.
Shingo learns that the recipe was created by Hidaka Mamie. When Sayuri introduces Kaoru as Hidaka Mamie, he says, "It seems she's a different person from the Hidaka I thought she was."
Mamie, who had secretly been watching the interaction between Shingo and Kaoru, later revealed to Kaoru that Shingo was Iroha's (played by Aoi Ikemura) father, and that Iroha and her classmate Keigo were half-brothers.
On social media, people were talking about the situation, saying things like, "It's chaotic that there are half-brothers in the class, but is Kasamatsu Masaru just a loser?", "What does it mean that Iroha and Keigo are half-brothers and the same age? Were they having an affair?", "I mean, half-brothers who are classmates is just plain scum," "Motohashi was dating two girls at the same time, but I guess he chose the one from a better family," "This is developing really quickly. Psychopath Kasahara is way too into it," and "Shingo is such a scary guy, lol."
The drama is a serial adaptation of the winning work by Sonomura Mitsuru, who won the grand prize at the first TBS NEXT WRITERS CHALLENGE screenplay competition. Kaoru, who is struggling to find a new job, meets Hidaka Makie, the company president and single mother, at an interview at the venture company RAINBOWLAB. Makie invites Kaoru to a parent-child interview as a stand-in for her daughter Iroha, who is applying to a prestigious private elementary school.
