The eighth episode of the drama series " The Reluctant Preacher " (Nippon TV, Saturday 9pm) starring actress Alice Hirose was broadcast on May 31st. The episode featured a scene in which the school principal Kyoko (Kimura Yoshino) scolds Moriguchi (Ito Atsushi) who is trying to hold Kyoko responsible, which caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In episode 8, former teacher Aika (Shida Mirai) blames Shizuka (Hirose) for her sister's death and grows increasingly resentful. Shizuka, who never imagined that Aika hated her, begins to become aware of her role as a teacher and actively interacts with the students. Meanwhile, Moriguchi, who lost the trust of the parents' association after the recent smoking scandal, is put on hold by the chairman (Duncan) about her becoming the next chairman, and the matter of the forced dropout list is also shelved. Unable to calm down, Moriguchi begins to plot with Shinjo (Kote Shinya) to drag Kyoko down from her chair as principal.
Meanwhile, Aika suddenly appears in the classroom of class 10, 2nd year, and in front of Shizuka, declares to the other students, "Reimi Shizuka is... a murderer." Shizuka is stunned to find out that Aika is the older sister of Karen (Sugawara Satsuki), who committed suicide. Aika becomes excited and distraught, saying, "I will never forgive you! You have no right to be a teacher!" Afterwards, Shizuka is taken to the conference room and blamed by Aika, who asks her in tears, "What can I do to make you forgive me?"... and so the story unfolds.
In the story, Moriguchi and Shinjo come to the conference room after hearing the commotion. Moriguchi takes the opportunity to hold Kyoko responsible, but Kyoko ignores Moriguchi, saying, "Now is not the time to be concerned with you." Meanwhile, Seira (Sae Okazaki) tells Moriguchi that the students of Class 10 want to hear Shizu's story, and Moriguchi tries to interrupt, saying, "Now we need to deal with Reimi-sensei and the principal first," but Kyoko urges Shizu to go in front of the students.
Moriguchi continues to try to stop her, saying, "No. This is an order," but Kyoko yells, "Shut up, you little brat!" She then angrily tells Shizuka, "I'm the principal of Meishin! Why should I listen to your orders?" and sends her off to the classroom.
On social media, many people were excited by Kyoko's "scolding" of Moriguchi. Comments such as "Principal! So cool!", "Shut up you brat, that's too funny", "LOL", "The principal is too strong lol", and "The principal is cool..." were lined up.
