What was the most captivating scene in the 93rd episode (broadcast from 7:45 AM on August 6th) of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM and other times), starring Mio Imada ? When we looked at minute-by-minute trends in "attention level" (surveyed by REVISIO, Kanto region, preliminary figures), which indicates the degree to which viewers were glued to the screen, we found that the highest level of attention was at 7:53 AM, when Kentaro ( Fumiya Takahashi) came to encourage Meiko (Nanoka Hara), with 82.6% of viewers.
"Anpan" is based on the married Takashi Yanase(1919-2013), the manga artist and picture book writer 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 troubles to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
In the 93rd episode, Meiko takes part in the preliminary round of "Amateur Singing Contest." She starts off singing "Tokyo Boogie Woogie" smoothly, but when she notices Kentaro entering the venue, she stops singing and ends up failing the competition.
◇The highest price was at 7:53 AM. Attention did not decrease after the opening.
The popularity began to grow after the opening and rose especially from 7:49 a.m. (77.4%) when the preliminary rounds began. It peaked at 51 minutes (81.8%) when Meiko was unable to sing after noticing Kentaro's entrance into the venue, then peaked at 53 minutes (82.6%) when Kentaro entered the room just as Meiko, who had returned home, reported to Nobu (Imada), Takashi (Takumi Kitamura), and Ranko (Yuumi Kawai) that "my voice cracked at the crucial moment."
In this scene, Kentaro encourages Meiko by saying, "Next time, I'll be there to cheer you on properly from the beginning," but Meiko replies, "As long as you cheer us on, Kentaro, we'll keep falling," to which Kentaro shakes his head and says, "I didn't realize Meiko hated me that much. What did I do?"
Meiko struggles to be honest, but with Ranko's encouragement, she finally confesses in tears, "Kentaro, I've always... always loved you. Even now... I still love you. When I meet you, Kentaro, my heart feels brighter. You're as bright as the sun." Kentaro also reveals that he moved to Tokyo and joined NHK because Meiko said she loved Nodo Jiman, and accepts Meiko's feelings. At 7:55 AM, when the two begin to confirm their feelings, the ratings peaked at 76.5%, but then soared again to 81.4% at 59 minutes, just before the end of the show.
Kentaro and Meiko are happily married. Nobu and his family, who were unable to attend the wedding in Kentaro's hometown of Hakata, Fukuoka, celebrate the couple at a cafe in Tokyo, and Takashi gives them a wedding gift of a picture he drew of the couple getting married in Gomenyocho, Kochi.
Episode 93 saw Meiko's first love finally come to fruition, and the story took a sudden turn from confession to marriage. Apart from the opening, the episodes continued to receive high levels of attention, with over 70% of viewers.
The data used was a proprietary index called "attention level" published by REVISIO, a company that surveys TV program and commercial viewing habits in 2,000 households in the Kanto region and 600 households in the Kansai region. A dedicated device equipped with a human body recognition sensor constantly measures whether people are looking at the TV screen, and calculates the percentage of people in front of the TV who are paying close attention to the program.
