Summary and scene cuts from the final episode of the drama series "The Great Passage ~I Will Make a Dictionary~"

Actor Elaiza Ikeda and Yojiro Noda of the rock band RADWIMPS co-star in the NHK drama series "The Great Passage ~Watashi, Dictionariesu Tsukurimasu~" (General TV, Tuesdays at 10 PM). According to the synopsis of the final episode (episode 10), which will air on August 19th, the world is turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a question posed by Majime (Noda) sends shock waves through the dictionary editorial department. Scene cuts have also been released.

The drama is based on Shion Miura's bestselling novel and depicts the passion of the people who work on creating dictionaries from the perspective of Midori Kishibe (played by Ikeda), a young editorial staff member who has been transferred to the dictionary editorial department. Noda plays the protagonist of the original work, Mitsuya Majime, the extremely earnest head of the dictionary editorial department. The series has been broadcast on terrestrial television since June 17th in the network's "Drama 10" slot.

In the final episode, just before the final proofreading of "Odo Kai," Professor Matsumoto (Kyōhei Shibata) is hospitalized. Midori (Ikeda) and the others believe they will soon see each other again, but the world has changed dramatically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As their lives change dramatically, a question posed by Majime (Noda) shocks the dictionary editorial department.

Meanwhile, with customers at the shop dwindling, Kaguya (Mimura Rie) also makes a decision. What will the dictionary they have spent over a decade creating bring them? This is the conclusion of the Reiwa era's "The Great Passage"...