The 9th episode of the drama series "Light of My Lion" (TBS, Friday 10pm) starring actor Yuya Yagira was broadcast on December 6th. Mukai Osamu, who plays Aoi's (Machiko Ono) husband Shogo Tachibana, became a hot topic on social media for his eye acting.
◇The following contains spoilers
During the "Meeting to Encourage Kamegaya Soshiro" where Shogo is scheduled to speak, Hiroto (Yagira) visits the Tachibana family. There is no response when he rings the doorbell, so he cautiously opens the Tachibana family door using a spare key. After making sure that no one is there, Hiroto steps inside, and Shogo appears.
Seeing Hiroto instinctively step back, Shogo sighs and coldly asks, "Are you Aio's younger brother? What can you do for a living?" Hiroto says he's come to pick up Aoi and Lion (played by Tasuku Sato), to which Shogo replies, "Huh? None of your business."
Hiroto pleads with Shogo not to take away any more of the happiness of his precious family, Aoi and Lion, but Shogo firmly replies, "I have more financial means and can provide them with the right environment. Aoi is an unplanned woman who acts on impulse and ends up getting the police involved. I can't leave my son in the care of someone like that."
Furthermore, Shogo glared at Hiroto and said, "Shuto is all I have. Shuto is my child. Can you stop interfering in my affairs? I don't know what kind of important person you are, but what kind of resolve do you have in mind when you say that?" He then told Hiroto, "Please leave," and closed and locked the front door.
On social media, people said things like, "When he quietly opened the front door with the spare key, Osamu Mukai appeared quietly with vacant eyes, which was really scary...But he didn't force his way in, he just stepped back, and after being talked down, he quietly left. That was very Hiroto-like and real," "Mukai Osamu's acting was so good that you couldn't see any warmth in his eyes, so it was clear from start to finish that he hasn't changed one bit. It was so scary I couldn't look at the screen," "Osamu Mukai's eye acting is incredible, seriously," and "I got goosebumps when Shogo suddenly appeared. The pressure of approaching him with eyes like a dead fish...Koto instinctively stepped back. It was scary, too scary."
