The first episode of the Fuji TV " Getsuku" drama "Second to Last Love 3 " (Mondays 9:00 p.m.), starring actors Kyoko Koizumi and Kiichi Nakai , was broadcast on April 14th, and it was revealed that the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 9.4% for households and 5.5% for individuals. This is the first time that the individual viewership rating for the first episode of a drama in this time slot has exceeded 5.0% since "Kazama Koushin - Kyojo 0" in April 2023.
The drama is set in Kamakura and is the third season of a romantic, home-comedy series depicting the love story between Koizumi, a TV producer, and Nakai, a civil servant working at Kamakura City Hall. The script was written by Yoshikazu Okada, who also wrote the first season in 2012 and the second in 2014. This work takes place 11 years after the second season.
The first episode was broadcast with an extended 15 minutes. The reality of birth, aging, illness and death is faced before adults who are confused by the changing common sense of updating values and complying with laws and regulations. Chiaki (Koizumi) and Wahei (Nakai) are at a loss as to whether they are old or new. The two have an unexpected encounter... and so the story unfolds.
The core viewership rating for the episode was 1.9%.
