The 99th episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday at 8:00 AM and other times), starring Mio Imada , was broadcast on August 14th, and Takuya Ise , played by Motoki Omori of the three-member rock band Mrs. Green Apple , sang "Look Up at the Stars in the Night Sky," which became a hot topic among viewers.
In episode 99, intimidated by the enthusiasm of Takuya and Eisuke (Todo Hinata), Taka ( Takumi Kitamura) decides to take on the job of stage art. He immediately finishes the storyboard, and when Taka asks about the image again, Eisuke says he will leave it up to Taka. As Taka complains but continues to work hard, Nobu (Imada) gently comforts him, saying it looks like fun.
The day before the first performance. After the full rehearsal, Eisuke makes detailed corrections, and Takuya, confused, asks, "The performance is tomorrow. Do you still want to make changes?" The other actors agree with Takuya, and Eisuke silently stands up and leaves.
During the break, Takuya sat next to Taka and said, "When someone tells me to make something good, I feel weak. I feel exactly the same way as Nagachan. All actors feel the same way, actually. I feel the same way from Yanai-san."
Eisuke returns and rehearsals resume. At that moment, Nobu arrives with a gift. Takuya invites Nobu, saying, "If you don't mind, we're about to start the final rehearsal. Would you like to come and watch?" Nobu declines, but Eisuke insists, "If that's the case, please at least listen to one song. We've written a great song."
Eisuke urged, "Now, Taku-chan, please sing," and Takuya suddenly had to sing. Takuya took to the stage and sang "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi wo" in a beautiful, flowing voice.
Regarding this scene, Omori said, "Mrs.'s songs are in a very high key, but when I sang as Takuya, I tried to keep the key as low as possible so that the Mrs. vibe wouldn't come across, so I might have been conscious of trying to tone down the Mrs. vibe."
Comments on social media about Omori's singing voice included, "A great moment for Mrs. to suddenly appear," "Just as you'd expect from Taku-chan," "Making good use of Omori-san," "Today was a great episode because we got to hear Taku-chan sing "Look Up at the Stars in the Night Sky," "It really shows why Mrs. was cast as Isetaku," "Ah, so they really wanted Omori-san to do this...!", "The last five minutes were incredibly beautiful... Oh, this is a Asadora, right...?", "A great episode, I'll save it forever, thank you thank you thank you," and "What a beautiful singing voice... I've been crying since the morning..."
