It was revealed on November 17th that the average weekly viewership rating ( Asadora) for the seventh week of "Bakebake " (NHK General TV, Monday to Saturday 8am and others), starring Akari Takaishi , "Otokushisan, Jochu, OK?" (November 10th to 14th) was 15.7% (calculated from Video Research, Kanto region), the highest rating for the show.
" Bakebake" is the 113th morning Asadora. Based on the story of Yakumo Koizumi(Lafcadio Hearn) and his wife Setsu, the story follows a couple, with a love of ghost stories, as they go about their everyday lives together with their foreign husband. Takaishi plays the main character, Toki Matsuno, while Tommy Bastow plays Toki's husband, Lefkada Heaven.
In the seventh week, Toki (Takaishi) is interviewed to become Heaven's (Tommy Ryo Yoshizawa) maid, with Nishikori (Tommy Bastow Ryo) in attendance.
However, Heaven refuses her job as a maid, saying, "You're not a maid! No way!" Toki somehow manages to get hired as a maid at Heaven, but she begins to struggle because she cannot tell her family that she has become a foreign maid.
One night, when Toki returns home, Zentaro (Maehara Mizuki) shows up to collect a debt. His family is confused by his sudden visit, but Toki pays Zentaro a large sum of money and sends him away. The family, feeling uneasy about the amount, begin to doubt whether Toki really works at the Hanada Inn.
Meanwhile, reporter Kajitani (Keiko Kitagawa) appears in front of Tae (Kitagawa Keiko), who has become a beggar, wanting to interview her. Sannojo(Rihito Itagaki) gives the living expenses he received from Toki as hush money to protect Tae.
Toki's family finds out that she is a maid at Heaven. They also find out about Tae, who has become a beggar. At that time, Sannojo visits the Matsuno household. All of Toki's secrets that she has been hiding from her family are revealed... and so the story unfolds.
