The eighth episode of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sundays at 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , entitled "Dr. Kaneka's Counterattack," was broadcast on February 23rd, and the heartbreaking exchange between Segawa ( Fuka Koshiba) and Tsutae (Yokohama) became a hot topic among viewers.
In the eighth festival, Tsutaju's work "Yoshiwara Sasami: Flowers of the Hedge" became popular after featuring Segawa's name, and customers flocked to Yoshiwara to see Segawa, making the area bustling.
Segawa is unable to handle the customers, and the other prostitutes end up dealing with them, to Tsutaju's joy and sorrow. Meanwhile, a blind millionaire named Toriyama Kengyo (Ichihara Hayato) appears as Segawa's new customer. Meanwhile, Urokogataya (Kataoka Ainosuke), who has atoned for his crimes of forging a book, goes on the offensive to make a comeback with his new book "Kaneka Sensei Eika Yume."
Segawa learns from "Kaneka Sensei Eika Yume" that Urokogataya has already been revived, and worries about Tsutae. Tsutae hands Segawa a book called "Onna Juhoki" (Record of a Woman's Treasure), which tells him that she has been bought into a famous samurai or merchant family, and that she "wishes her great happiness."
In response to Tsutae's words and actions that she wanted him to read "Onna Juhoki" and learn the knowledge he would need after being bought, Segawa muttered sadly, "To Juzo, I'm just a prostitute." When she realized that to Tsutae, she was "one of the many prostitutes in Yoshiwara that I want to save," she laughed at herself, saying, "That's so stupid."
Tsutaju is completely unaware of Segawa's feelings. Kurosuke Inari (voiced by Ayase Haruka) is also indignant, shouting, "You idiot! You idiot! You should hit your head on the corner of a block of tofu and die!"
On social media, viewers responded with comments such as, "Tsutajesu's kindness is painful," "Oh, Segawa is shocked," and "Wow, how sad...." Other comments included, "Tsutajesu's crime is grave," "Juzo is too insensitive...!! I feel sorry for the courtesan," "Ahh, Juzo, you're an idiot," "Tsutajesu is definitely a idiot," and "Tsutajesu is an idiot! He's a simpleton! He's the protagonist of a light novel!"
