The second episode of the drama series " Since I Took You Away " (Kantele/Fuji TV, Mondays at 10pm), starring actress Keiko Kitagawa , was broadcast on April 28th. The episode depicted a scene in which Hiromi ( Nao Omori ), who unintentionally kidnapped Asahi's (Nao Omori) second daughter Moeko (Eima Kurata), is conflicted and unable to make a decision to return Moeko to her home, which caused a stir on social media.
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In the second episode, Hiromi takes Moeko, who he had unknowingly gotten into his car, back to his house and tries to take her life to get revenge on Asahi. However, he is unable to do so because he sees Moeko as his deceased daughter. Meanwhile, Asahi, worried about Moeko's safety, explains the circumstances of her disappearance to the detective.
Ririko's (Taira Yuna) tutor, Kumura (Abe Ryohei), testifies that he saw a suspicious woman near his house. When Asahi is asked by the detective if he has any idea who it might be, the face of a certain person comes to Mochizuki's (Tsutsui Michitaka) mind.
Meanwhile, Hiromi takes advantage of Moeko's feelings of mistaken belief that he is her mother, and makes her call him "mother." At that time, Hatsume Noguchi (Rina Ogawa), a bar staff member who moved into the room next door, comes to greet her and hears Moeko's voice. Hiromi gets overwhelmed, but becomes worried and drives his car to a deserted beach at night and throws away Moeko's shoes and other belongings.
Afterwards, Hiromi tells Moeko that it's a "game that mustn't be found," puts a hat on her face, and goes out to buy groceries. When he gets home, Hiromi and Hiromi have a meal together, but he begins to think that it's wrong to use Moeko to get revenge on Asahi...
Hiromi takes Moeko to the police station to take her home. He urges her to go to the police officer in front of the station, but when Moeko finds out that Hiromi won't come with her, she asks Hiromi, "Are you going to throw me away because I'm a bad girl?" and continues to call him "Mom."
With his back to Moeko, Hiromi clenched his fist and struggled, saying, "I know. If I reach out my hand here and now...if I do, there's no way I can turn it back," but in the end he hugged Moeko and told her while crying, "Moe-chan. Mommy will never let you go again."
On social media, the scene of Hiromi's conflict and decision was met with a flood of emotional comments. "I'm crying..." "Yeah, that's what happens!" "I can't help it, I'm crying", "His decision after the conflict makes me cry..." "It's impossible to do something like that", and other comments became a hot topic.
