The fourth episode of the drama series " Since I Took You Away " (Kantele/Fuji TV, Mondays at 10pm), starring actress Keiko Kitagawa , was broadcast on May 12th. The episode featured a scene where Hiromi(Kitagawa) worked, meets Miumi (Kasumi Isshiki), which caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In the fourth episode, Hiromi, who was trying to buy a drink from a vending machine near the nursery school, happens to meet a man from the vending machine business. The man is Kumura (Abe Ryohei), who used to be Ririko's (Taira Yuna) tutor. When Hiromi confides in Kumura about her worries about Miumi's teenage years, Kumura laughs bitterly and says, "I don't understand women at all."Hiromi sympathizes, but when he finds out that the family Kumura frequented is the Yuki family, his expression changes. Furthermore, Kumura calls Asahi (Nao Omori) a murderer.
Hiromi learns from Kumura that Asahi has risen to the position of managing director at "Tainasu", and learns that Asahi is starting a new supermarket called "Switchback" and recruiting employees. Hiromi is angry that Asahi is still working energetically in the same industry, and meets Kumura to find out the truth behind calling Asahi a "murderer".
Kumura, who has been changing jobs frequently, declares, "It's all the fault of those damn parents and their son," and further reveals that he saw Asahi and a staff member arguing the night before the incident was reported, and expresses his suspicions that Asahi may have been covering up something with the entire staff.
In order to find out what Asahi has been hiding, Hiromi decides to change jobs to Switchback and attends an interview. After expressing his feelings there , Hiromi is hired by Switchback and assigned to the customer service center.
Later, a scene appears in which Yukiko, the director of the nursery school where Hiromi worked, visits Hiromi at his home. As Yukiko stands in front of the house, Miumi, who has just returned home, asks, "Do you need help at my house?" Yukiko thinks she has come to the wrong house and prepares to leave, but Miumi tells her that hers is the Nakagoshi family home. Yukiko then asks what her relationship is with Hiromi, to which Miumi replies, "She's my daughter," leaving Yukiko speechless.
Social media was in an uproar over the final scene where Yukiko and Miumi meet. Comments included, "The principal found out about my daughter," "Oh no, this is bad," "I wonder what's going to happen...," "In a way, these two should never have met...," "The story seems to be moving in a big way... I'm scared," "This is a stormy development," and "What will happen next week?"
