The drama series " The Reluctant Preacher " (Nippon TV, Saturday 9pm) starring actress Alice Hirose . The plot and stills from the final episode, which will air on June 14th, have been released.
A "list of students who were forced to drop out" is leaked by a student named Wakisaka (Mamoru Hagiwara) who is trying to frame Shizuka (Hirose). The school is inundated with calls from parents and the media demanding an explanation. The teachers, who are overwhelmed with what is happening, end up pretending they "knew nothing" in order to avoid upsetting the students. Shizuka, feeling guilty, ends up telling a lie in front of the students to get out of the situation.
However, the situation becomes even more complicated. Moriguchi (Ito Atsushi), who made the list, falls for Wakisaka's trick and confesses in front of the camera that "I was the one who came up with this plan." The video is uploaded to social media, causing a public uproar. Online news and magazines are filled with headlines such as "75 students forced to withdraw" and "The school's lies," and reporters flock to the school. With the chairman of the board (Duncan) in hiding, the principal Kyoko (Kimura Yoshino) makes up her mind and promises to explain and apologize to the students at a school assembly, but Shizuka is unable to explain the situation to the students in her own words, which leaves her feeling unsettled.
Meanwhile, Wakisaka appears in the classroom of class 10, 2nd year, and criticizes Shizuka and the school for lying in front of everyone. This stirs up anxiety in the class, and the classroom falls apart. Furthermore, Kyoko collapses from overwork, and the school assembly is canceled. Finally, Meishin Academy is forced to close...
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".
