The second episode of the TV drama series "Mamono" starring Kumiko Aso(TV Asahi, Friday 11:15pm *excluding some regions) was broadcast on April 25th. Akihisa Shiono, who plays Touya Minamoto, became a hot topic on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers
The drama is an original work jointly produced by South Korea's SLL, which has produced global hits such as "Itaewon Class," and TV Asahi. It is a love suspense story in which a solitary lawyer, Ayame Hanajin (played by Aso), falls in forbidden love with Toya Minamoto, who becomes a suspect in a murder case.
Ayame gets into an argument with her senior lawyer Konno (Okura Koji) over work and ends up getting grabbed by the hand. She pleads with him to let go, but Konno doesn't let go.
Meanwhile, Touya comes into the room where Ayame and Konno are. Touya grabs Konno's arm and helps Ayame.
"Do you always do that...?" Touya asked, worried, to which Ayame replied firmly, "I'm used to it now. It's nothing serious." Touya then looked at her and told her, "You're the one who hurts me the most. Take better care of yourself."
Afterwards, Ayame chased after Touya as he left the room.
When they confront each other again, Touya asks, "Why didn't you ask me? Did I kill him?" He then looks at her with a straight gaze and asks, "Can you really trust me?" Ayame kisses Touya as if in response...
On social media, there were many comments such as, "Shiono-kun is so cool! His sexiness is just...", "Akihisa Shiono's sexiness is really amazing. He perfectly conveyed the danger and charm of Touya. Anyone would fall for him if he looked at them like that", "What's up with Shiono-kun's sexiness as the monster?", "Touya (Akihisa Shiono)'s gaze was really impressive! You can almost see the conflict in his heart, and it draws you in more and more. You can't help but be drawn in by his sincere acting!" and "He's perfect for the role of Touya the Monster and his charm shines 100 million times brighter."
