The ninth episode of the drama series " Taigan no Kaji ~Kore ga, Watashi no Ikiru Michi~ " (TBS, Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actress Mikako Tabe , aired on May 27th. The cheer that Shiho (Tabe) sent to unmarried single mother Hakusan Haruka (Oda Risa) became a hot topic on social media.
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Shiho was at her wit's end with Ichigo (Nagai Kana-chan) crying non-stop. However, Sakagami (Tanaka Misako-san) gave her a gentle cheer, saying, "It'll be okay. Someday you'll be able to laugh and talk. The days you spent lonely will come in handy. Until then, take it easy and become a mother."
It was Haruka who had sent the threatening letter to Shiho. Shiho goes to Haruka's house with Nakatani (Dean Fujioka) and sees her living a life where she is so busy raising her child that she can barely eat for herself.
Haruka blurted out, "I wish I'd never had a child." Nakaya reproached, "Children aren't your stuffed toys!", but Shiho sympathized, "You don't think of them as stuffed toys, do you?"
"That's how I felt too. Babies are just so cute, and I thought I'd be able to raise them without any trouble. But when I got pregnant, I had terrible morning sickness, and my stomach felt so heavy that it was painful. And when I finally gave birth to my baby, from that moment on I was suddenly expected to become a mother. I never imagined that child-rearing could be so difficult."
Shiho praised Haruka.
To Haruka, who looks down on herself and calls herself "a failure as a mother," Shiho pursed her lips and said, "If yesterday didn't work out, we can just start again from today. That's how we've somehow come this far."
She then gave him some encouragement, saying, "One day you will be able to laugh and talk about it. All of your lonely and difficult days will surely come to an end when you can help someone else. It'll be okay. We are here for you."
On social media, people were talking about this, saying things like, "That's what Sakagami said to Shiho. I'm really crying," "Hakusan is going to be saved by the words Sakagami said to her. I hope it creates a positive spiral," "Shiho is becoming like Sakagami. This is passing on the favor," and "Shiho is so full of resentment, yet embraces it - is she a goddess?"
