The sixth episode of the TV drama series "Monster (Mamono)" starring Kumiko Aso(TV Asahi, Friday 11:15pm *excluding some regions) was broadcast on May 30th. Ayame Hanajin (Aso), who was violently abused by Toya Minamoto (Akihisa Shiono), finally gets revenge, which became a hot topic on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers
One day, Ayame, who was unable to sleep due to anxiety, as scenes of Touya's violence appeared in her dreams, collapsed at the office. Ayame decided to rest while being attended to by senior lawyer Konno (Koji Okura) and paralegal Nagisa (Mayu Miyamoto). During that time, her smartphone was receiving many calls from Touya.
Meanwhile, Touya comes to the office to pick up Ayame, saying, "I'm worried because I haven't heard from you."
Returning home with Touya, Ayame apologizes, saying, "I'm sorry about today. I didn't notice you called me..." Touya asks her, "Why were you with him (Konno)?" but Ayame calmly replies, "I was just accompanying him." Right after that, Ayame gets slapped by Touya.
"I told you, didn't I? Ayame is the only one for me."
Hearing Touya's words, Ayame finally decides to get revenge. She slaps Touya across the cheek and asks, "Aren't you looking for your wife?"
Touya, with a fierce look in his eyes, tries to get violent again, but Ayame hits him with her fist, stronger than before. "I've been looking for your wife for a long, long time...!" Ayame is shown pushing Touya away, crying.
On social media, people were saying things like, "The monster was hilarious. It's great to see a woman fighting back with violence! It's annoying if you just keep getting beaten up," "At the end, Asou fought back and hit him with a fist, which really got me excited," "It was so great that Ayame finally realised Touya was strange and fought back," "Ayame, that fist punch was great!" and "Ayame's counterattack gave me goosebumps. It's actually quite scary when she gets angry so quietly. But it was refreshing and made me want to applaud."
