The 54th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday at 8:00 AM and others), starring Mio Imada , was broadcast on June 12th, and the circumstances under which Chihiro ( Motoki Nakazawa) became a naval officer were revealed, causing a stir among viewers.
In the 54th episode, it is the summer two years after Takashi (Takumi Kitamura) joined the army. When Chihiro meets him for the first time in three years, she has become a naval officer. Takashi asks Chihiro, who was supposed to be studying law at Kyoto Imperial University with the aim of becoming a lawyer, "What do you mean?" and "Explain it properly."
Chihiro explained, "My graduation was brought forward by six months, so I applied to be a naval reserve student." While all of my classmates were applying to the navy, I couldn't help but go, and explained, "If my brother had been there, he would have understood."
Chihiro's mission is to serve on a destroyer and detect the sound of enemy submarines' screws and drop depth charges. Takashi cries and says, "What's wrong with you?" and becomes furious, saying, "The sound of enemy screws isn't what you wanted to listen for!" and, "To me, you're the only little brother in the world!"
When Taka raised his voice and said, "My uncle always said it, what were we born to do and what is our purpose in life? It's not to destroy enemy submarines!" Chihiro replied, "Stop it! You always tell me what to do!" He then told her that they would be leaving Sasebo on a destroyer and heading south five days later.
On social media, people were saying things like, "Wow, peer pressure to enlist in the navy...that's tough," "They're even depicting the horror of peer pressure," "That's worse than watching a person get slapped," "The way it depicts the feeling of being swallowed up is so painful, sad and frustrating," and "When I think about how Chiyoko must have felt when she found out he had enlisted to become a naval officer, it makes me cry even more..."
