The TV drama series " Musashino Rondo " (TV Asahi), starring Yoshinori Masakado of the popular group " Ae! group ", aired its final episode (episode 10) on June 21. The "consecutive kisses" at the end became a hot topic.
◇The following contains spoilers.
The drama is based on the manga of the same name by Haruka Kawachi (Shodensha, currently being serialized). It is a love story about the unrequited love of the protagonist Ryuhei Agawa ( Rin Takanashi), who has been devoted to Musashihara Tamaki (Takanashi Rin), who lives next door and is 10 years older than him, for over 10 years. This is Masamoto's first lead role in a drama series.
In the final episode, Ryuhei puts an end to his unrequited love for Tamaki and decides to seriously aim to become a photographer. As he decides to move out of his parents' house and prepares to move, Tamaki's younger brother, Bunta (Yugo Kochi), appears in front of Ryuhei and tells him "something".
At the end, Ryuhei rushes to Tamaki's side with a dash of love, and Ryuhei's "10 years of love" finally bears fruit. And in the opposite of the "surprise kiss" that Ryuhei gave Tamaki in the first episode, Tamaki gives Ryuhei a surprise kiss. After that, the two of them, full of happiness, kissed each other many times.
Viewers were also excited by this turn of events, with comments such as "The consecutive kissing scenes in the final episode were too much!!", "Even though it was the last episode, they packed in so many kisses! My heart almost stopped", "It felt like they had crammed so many kisses into the last few episodes, which was great (lol)", "I was hoping for a final kiss, so I was glad they looked so happy. I'm glad Agawa-kun looked happy", and "Shokado-kun's kissing scene was so good I can't escape!" were posted on social media. It was trending at number one on X.