The 96th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Mio Imada , was broadcast on August 11th, and viewers responded to the name of the general store where Yagi ( Satoshi Tsumabuki) serves as manager.
In the 96th episode, Takashi (Takumi Kitamura), who left Samsung Department Store to become independent, joined a group called the "Original Manga Group" and was doing the work assigned to him there, but it wasn't going smoothly. To fill the gap in a monthly magazine serialization by a missing manga artist, Takashi draws a work called "Mei-inu BON," but just before completing it, he receives a call from his editor, who tells him that the work will not be published.
Meanwhile, Taka visits Yagi and complains, "I can't get my work published anywhere, so I guess my manga isn't popular with the masses." Yagi advises him, "Don't pander to the masses, just draw something that's uniquely yours."
Yagi is the hired manager of a general store called the Kyushu Cotton Center. He says that children from the orphanage behind the store help make the products, and Yagi smiles, saying, "Well, we're doing a lot of different things."
On social media, comments include, "Even though he's just an employee, he's become a pretty impressive store owner," "Yagi-san's personality has softened a lot," and "Yagi-san is so cool," as well as speculations such as, "Kyushu Cotton Center? Sanrio's predecessor was the Yamanashi Silk Center! That's easy to understand," "I wonder if Yagi-san is modeled after the founder of Sanrio?", "Oh, I see, so Yagi-san = someone from Sanrio," and "Could this store be the one later?"
