The 66th 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 30th, and viewers' attention was drawn to Oda Kotoko (Narumi Yui), a colleague of Nobu ( Yui Narumi) who joined the Kochi Shimpo newspaper at the same time.
In the 66th episode, Nobu joins the Kochi Shimpo newspaper as its first female reporter after the war. She immediately goes to the scene and desperately takes shorthand notes behind the reporters in the social affairs department, but is overwhelmed from the very first day. The next day, she goes to the black market alone and writes an article about an orphan she interviewed, but it is rejected by Tokairin (played by Kenjiro Tsuda). Still, she rewrites it many times, and her first article is decided to be published in the morning edition.
After finishing a job, Kotoko said to Nobu, "Thank you for your hard work. It's amazing. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's morning paper. " Kotoko asked Nobu, "Do you have time after this?" and the two of them decided to have a drink together.
Kotoko is usually a demure and demure woman, but she drank the sake in one gulp, like a completely different person, and said, "It's tiring to drink so much. This is the real me. Call me Kotoko. I call Wakamatsu-san Nobu-chan too."
After graduating from a girls' school, Kotoko was training to be a bride, but when her young husband was drafted into the army, she joined the newspaper company to find a husband. "I'm so anxious. I'm already 27. I'm a real old widow," Kotoko confessed. When she found out that Nobu had lost her husband, she cried and said, "There's been a lot going on," and ordered more alcohol. "I'll treat you tonight," she said, showing her generosity.
Regarding Kotoko's surprising true nature, comments were made on social media such as, "She's pretty interesting lol I immediately fell in love with her", "I thought there was definitely a hidden meaning and I didn't like her... but when I saw her true nature I liked her a lot more lol", "I thought she'd be playing a mean rival but she's actually a heavy drinker who gulps down a bunch of kasturi in one go at the black market!", "A heavy drinker and a crybaby - I'm glad she seems like a nice person", and "She's a really nice and friendly person."
