Summary of Episode 8 of the TV drama "The Great Passage : I'll Make a Dictionary"

The eighth episode of the drama series " The Great Passage ~Watashi, Jiken Tsukurimasu~" (NHK General TV, Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actress Elaiza Ikeda and Yojiro Noda of the rock band "RADWIMPS," will be broadcast on August 5th. It has been decided that the series will be sold as a set with the digital version, and the editing of "Odo Kai" is in the final stages...

Midori (Ikeda) is shown by Majime (Noda) to the reference room where 1 million example cards collected by successive editors and Professor Matsumoto (Shibata Kyohei) are kept, and she realizes their weight.

Two years have passed since she and Miyamoto (Yuma Yamoto) began their trial and error process to create the "ultimate paper," and publication is finally scheduled for next year in 2020. As they approach the final papermaking test, Midori notices a serious problem...

The drama is based on Shion Miura's bestselling novel and depicts the passion of the people who work on creating dictionaries from the perspective of Kishibe Midori, a young editorial staff member who has been transferred to the dictionary editorial department. Noda plays the protagonist of the original work, Majime Mitsuya, the extremely earnest head of the dictionary editorial department. The drama has been broadcast on terrestrial television since June 17th in the network's "Drama 10" slot.