The first episode of the TBS Sunday Theatre drama "Caster" (Sunday 9:00 pm) starring Hiroshi Abe was broadcast on April 13th. Michieda Shunsuke of "Naniwa Danshi", who plays the role of Motohashi Yusuke, a rookie assistant director aspiring to be a journalist, became a hot topic on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers
The drama is set in a TV news program and is a social entertainment piece that pursues the truth buried in the darkness and punishes evil. Abe plays the unconventional newscaster Soichi Shindo.
Motohashi, played by Michieda, is in his second year at JBN and is an assistant director for the news program "Newsgate." When asked by Shindo, "Why did you come to JBN?", he introduced himself by saying, "I want to be a journalist. I majored in journalism at a university in Boston where I studied abroad."
When Shindo asked him, "So you're an elite?", he blushed and revealed his true feelings, saying, "No...But in the end, I ended up doing odd jobs for the AD. I really wanted to be a reporter running around to crime scenes or something."
In the midst of this, Shindo was shown giving instructions: "Shall we go now? This is a journalism scene. Get the camera ready."
On social media, comments such as "Michieda's acting as the news anchor was incredibly natural and good," "Mitchy's presence is great," "Michieda's natural, doggy-like portrayal of the adorable character Motohashi was great," "Michieda's acting is really good," and "Michieda's growth looks like it will be interesting to watch, I'll probably watch it with the same feeling as watching over my own son lol" were posted and became a hot topic.
