The fourth episode of the drama series "Broadcasting Station Occupy" (NTV, Saturdays at 9 PM), starring Sakurai Sho, aired on August 2nd. At the end of the episode, the true identity of the underworld cleanser "Nopperabou" was revealed, causing a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In episode 4, Musashi (Sakurai) tries to find the connection between the demon and the blue demon Yamato Koichi (Fuma Kikuchi), but falls into the demon's trap and is in danger of being poisoned to death. If the poison is not removed from Musashi's body within 90 minutes, he will die. Hannya laughs at Musashi's impatience and demands that he expose the dark side of one of the hostages, Tokyo Governor Oshiba Sanshiro (Mayama Akishi), as a condition for saving his life.
Honjo (Kumi Takiuchi) and the rest of the on-site command headquarters investigate Oshiba's past and discover a murder that occurred a year ago. Having obtained evidence of Oshiba's crime, Musashi, poisoned, goes on live broadcast. Oshiba's crime was government-sponsored collusion with a construction company and the murder of his secretary, Ogasawara Nene, who tried to expose it. It is also revealed that the true identity of the demon Karakasa Kozo is Nene's husband, Ogasawara Genta (Taro Suruga). Furthermore, it is discovered that TV station director Hinode (Kameda Yoshiaki) was trying to cover up Oshiba's crime, and Musashi sets out to expose Hinode's dark side.
Meanwhile, Ibuki is attacked from behind by Masaki (Tanigawa Shoichiro), the owner of the dry cleaning shop, but Yamato saves him at the last moment and arrests Masaki and his daughter, Ayame (Kitamura Yui). However, after that, two police officers arrive after receiving a report of screaming... and so the story unfolds.
Yamato orders Ayame to let the police officers who have arrived leave. Ayame tries to get away with it by lying that she was looking for her dog that had run away, but the police officers hear a noise and find Ibuki hiding, calling out, "What are you doing?" At that moment, a gunshot rings out and two police officers fall to the ground. Mazaki then takes Yamato's gun while he is surprised and points it at him, telling him not to move.
It was Ayame who shot the two police officers. Ibuki is shocked and asks Ayame, "Why..." and she smiles and confesses, "It wasn't that guy... The faceless man was me," pointing the gun at Ibuki. She then makes Ibuki turn around and hits him from behind.
On social media, people were shocked by the true identity of Nopperabo, which was revealed at the end. Comments such as "You've got to be kidding me...", "Nopperabo is scary", "Is that his daughter?!", "That's him!" and "Is Nopperabo for real?!" were posted.
