The final episode (episode 8) of the TV drama series "Talentless TAKANO(Munou no Taka)" (TV Asahi) starring actress Nanao was broadcast on November 29th, and the unexpected development drew attention.
◇Spoilers below.
The drama is based on the popular manga of the same name by Hanzaki Asami (Kodansha), and is a work comedy that depicts the incompetent new employee Takano Tsumeko (Nanao), who seems competent but is completely incompetent at her job, creating miracles with her colleague Hiwada (Shiono Akihisa).
In the final episode, TALON, where Takano and Hiwada work, decides to downsize all departments except the development department in order to develop generative AI, and as a result, it is decided to close the sales department. While the sales department members are in an uproar, Takano is headhunted by an American company after receiving high praise due to a misunderstanding, and travels alone across the ocean. Meanwhile, Hiwada struggles to find a new job. Unable to find a new job before the sales department was closed, he became unemployed. Then, when he finally went to the company where he had passed the interview, he found Takano, who had been fired in America early on, and the two of them teamed up again.
In response to this development, viewers on social media commented, "What, they really disbanded!?", "There was no plot twist of the sales department continuing, but rather the fact that they really disbanded and everyone went their separate ways was a novel development," "The great thing about this drama is that it depicted a typical development in the real world where 'if you get laid off, you naturally look for a new job and go your separate ways,'" "I thought it was a misunderstanding pattern, but I was really surprised that the TALON members really disbanded... I'm smiling because it seems the Hibita-Takano duo will continue," "I'm glad they were able to meet again! It's fate for you two..." "I cried at the last scene, I really want to see a sequel."
