On August 13th, Aiba Masaki of the popular group Arashi appeared at the "Great Thanksgiving Event" for the TV drama series "The Great Chase: Metropolitan Police Department SSBC Violent Crimes Unit" (TV Asahi, Wednesdays 9pm) at Roppongi Hills Arena (Minato Ward, Tokyo), along with the main cast, including triple lead actors Nao Omori and Nao Matsushita. The event was held in response to the drama's popularity, and over 700 fans attended. There was also a segment where each cast member introduced their favorite scene, and Aiba mentioned an unreleased scene from the first episode.
Regarding the scene that was supposed to be shown at the end of the first episode, where the members of the "SSBC Violent Crimes Unit" are having a "munching time," he said, "It was in the script and we filmed it, so I hope everyone who came (despite the heat) will take a look," and the scene was played at the venue. Regarding the scene where they ate millet dumplings, a specialty of Okayama, he recalled, "The millet dumplings were so good, so good... I ate the most (out of the cast), nearly 10 of them (laughs). They were really tasty."
The drama is an original detective drama set in the newly established "SSBC Violent Crimes Division" at the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Support and Analysis Center (SSBC), which is responsible for collecting and analyzing security camera footage, as well as analyzing smartphones and computers. Aiba, Omori, Matsushita, Ito Atsushi, Ken Mitsuishi, Kenichi Endo, and Koichi Sato attended the event that day wearing yukata robes.
