The sixth episode of the TV drama series "Zaibatsu Fukushu" (TV Tokyo, Mondays 11:06pm), starring actors Keisuke Watanabe and Miori Takimoto, aired on February 10th. The scene in which Erika (Takimoto) expresses her disgust for her husband Masayuki (Takeda Kohei) caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
Yukiya (Watanabe) is wrongfully arrested by Erika's scheme. Fujiwara Nobuo (Sakata Masanobu), a powerful politician who has a close relationship with the Ise zaibatsu, comes to the interrogation room and tells Yukiya that the reason for his arrest is retaliation for revenge.
Meanwhile, Hanaho (Misato Ugaki), the ex-wife of Masayuki's brother, who had been in a coma, wakes up. Seiichiro (Ikkei Watanabe) hears Hanaho say that Erika and Masayuki almost killed her, and tries to question her. However, Erika firmly denies it... and so the story unfolds.
In the episode, Masayuki hides from Erika and looks at the photo album with Hanaho. When Erika comes home, Masayuki quickly hides the album, but Erika, feeling suspicious, sneaks a peek at the photo album hidden in the drawer while Masayuki is asleep.
Afterwards, Erika takes out the album and burns the photos one by one in the garden. Masayuki notices something is wrong and tries to stop Erika, but Erika says, "What? Is there a problem?" and throws the album into the fire. Then, to the distraught Masayuki, she coldly insults him, saying, "What are you trying to do by bringing this out? It's disgusting."
Social media was abuzz over Erika's comments and behavior towards Masayuki. Comments such as "That's too scary...", "She's gradually descending to the dark side", "I never thought she'd even call Masayuki 'gross'", and "Miori's villainy is incredible" were posted, attracting much attention.
