The final episode of the drama series " Since I Took You Away " (Kantele/Fuji TV, Mondays at 10pm) starring actress Keiko Kitagawa was broadcast on June 30th. In the episode, a scene was depicted in which Asahi ( Nao Omori) makes a decision about Hiromi(Kitagawa) and Miumi (Kasumi Isshiki), which caused a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In the final episode, Miumi returns to the Yuki family as "Moeko" and finally gets used to her new environment. With "Switchback" about to expand into the Kansai region, Asahi is urged by Kido (Takeo Nakahara) to arrest Hiromi as soon as possible and settle the situation. However, Asahi is unable to make up his mind, thinking about Moeko's feelings.
Yukiko (Hideko Hara) comes to see Hiromi, who has lost the will to live after losing Miumi. Hiromi is dejected and talks about atonement for Miumi, but after talking with Yukiko, he regains his will.
Meanwhile, Miumi leaves a letter addressed to Asahi saying, "I want to see my mother once more," and heads to Obasute, where she was supposed to go on a trip with Hiromi on her birthday. Asahi and Hiromi, having read the letter, head to Obasute together, where Hiromi and Miumi are reunited. Hiromi embraces Miumi. Then, returning from Obasute, Hiromi, who had decided to turn himself in, says to Miumi, "Miumi. I love you," as they part... and so the story unfolds.
Later, before the press conference to announce Switchback's expansion into the Kansai region, Kumura (Abe Ryohei) spreads the truth about Hiromi and Asahi on social media, and it is published in the online news. At the press conference, Asahi is questioned by a reporter whether he did not report it to protect himself, but he denies that his daughter was kidnapped.
He continues, "The two of them are real parent and child. From now on, they will always be parent and child." In fact, when Hiromi and Miumi were about to part ways, Asahi asked Hiromi, who was about to turn himself in, to take responsibility as a parent, and allowed him to live with Miumi as parent and child. After hearing Asahi's words, Hiromi and Miumi embraced each other in tears.
On social media, Asahi's decision was met with a flood of excited comments such as "He protected Asahi!", "What a plot twist!", "He took away his daughter's happiness...", and "I can't hide my surprise at this unexpected turn of events." Also, the final scene shows Hiromi and Miumi doing household chores together at Hiromi 's house, and there were comments such as "I'm glad Miumi and Hiromi look happy," "I was moved," "Miumi's return made me cry again," and "I'm glad it ended with a happy ending."
