It was revealed on August 4th that the 18th week of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Mio Imada , "Futari shite Aruku Ima ga Shiawase" (July 28th to August 1st), recorded an average weekly viewership rating (households) of 16.6% (calculated from Video Research, Kanto region).
" Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013), the manga artist and picture book author who created "Anpanman," and his wife, Nobu (1918-1993). It is a "story of love and courage" that will fill you with the joy of living, depicting how these two, who were once nobodys, overcame all sorts of rough seas to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
In the 18th week, three months after Nobu (Imada) and Taka (Takumi Kitamura) confirmed their feelings for each other, Nobu comes to Kochi to campaign for Tetsuko (Toda Keiko).
Tetsuko is re-elected, and one day, Taka quits his job at the newspaper and moves to Tokyo. Tomiko (Nanako Matsushima), who has heard about the situation from Taka in a letter, tells him that it is a man's duty to get a job and put Nobu's mind at ease, and encourages Taka to take the employment exam at Samsung Department Store.
After getting a job in the advertising department of the Samsung Department Store, Takashi overcomes his misgivings about Jiro (Ayumu Nakajima) and Chihiro (Motoki Nakazawa) and proposes to Nobu. They move into a tenement house in Nakameguro and start a new life together.
Later, the women of the Asada and Yanai families gather to celebrate Nobu and Taka's marriage, and the two vow to continue living happily ever after. After seeing Nobu and Taka begin their journey as a married couple, Kura (Miyoko Asada) departs for Kamaji (Kotaro Yoshida).
