The drama series " The Reluctant Preacher " (Nippon TV, Saturday 9pm) starring actress Alice Hirose . The synopsis and stills from the 6th episode, which will air on May 17th, have been released.
A year ago, 11 second-year students, including Shizu's (Hirose) classmate, were involved in a smoking incident. Normally, all students would have received the same punishment, but Moriguchi (Ito Atsushi), the next chairman of the board of directors, who is pushing for school reform, persuades the parents' association officials to expel only the six students on the "forced dropout list," and the other five students to remain in the school, a discriminatory measure. Shizu and the other "principal supporters" strongly oppose this, but they have no way of overturning the board's decision. Shizu is ordered by the principal, Kyoko (Kimura Yoshino), to wait and see how things go for a while.
Moriguchi interviews the students who smoked and their parents. Hina (Kiyono Asahime), Riko ( Miu Arai), Mai (Reiyo Matsumoto Hana), who is on the "forced dropout list," is advised to voluntarily drop out because she has not shown any remorse. Ayaka is shocked, and her parents, who are "toxic parents" and indifferent to raising their children, tell her that she brought it on herself.
When word gets out that Ayaka is being expelled, there's an uproar in class 2-10. The students explode with frustration, unable to accept the unequal treatment and wondering why only Ayaka is being expelled. The blame is focused on Hina and Mai, who used to bully Ayaka, and the class is in a very tense mood. Unable to give a proper explanation to the students, Shizuka can only stop the fight...
The drama is an original script by Okura, who has worked on "Nursing Aide At Your Side" and "Yips". It is a school entertainment with the theme of "lecturing".
