The 101st episode of the NHK morning drama series " Anpan " (General Asadora , Monday to Saturday, 8:00 AM and other times), starring Mio Imada , was broadcast on August 18th, and Kubo Shiori of the idol group Nogizaka46 made her first appearance as singer Shiratori Tamae, which became a hot topic among viewers.
This is Kubo's first appearance in a Asadora . She plays Tamae Shiratori, a popular singer who sings "Te no Hira wo Taiyou ni" (Te no Hira wo Taiyou ni ), a song written by Takashi ( Takumi Kitamura ), and who makes requests of Takashi, such as arranging the recital.
In episode 101, Takuya ( Motoki Omori) set the melody to the lyrics written by Takashi, creating "Te no Hira wo Taiyou ni ni), which was featured on "Minna no Uta" (Everyone's Songs) and became a widely sung song among children. One day, Takashi visits a cafe to have a meeting with Tamae. Wearing a red beret and a polka-dot dress, Tamae begins by saying, "I have a favor to ask of you, teacher." When Takashi tells her to stop calling her teacher, Tamae smiles and asks, "So...Taka-san?"
Tamae pleaded, "I'm going to have a recital soon, and I'd like you to write the script for it." "Please, I really want you to do it, Taka." When Taka replied, "No, that's impossible," Tamae looked him in the eyes and silently pressured him. In the end, Taka agreed, and he returned home to begin writing the script.
Towards the end of the film, Nobu (Imada), who has been fired from his company, returns home dejected, when he hears a woman's voice coming from inside. The voice belongs to Tamae, who, while reading Takashi's script, praises it, saying, "It's so fairy-tale-like, it's wonderful." Tamae asks Takashi to also design her costumes, but he refuses, saying it's too much. Tamae replies, "It'll be fine! If you understand me so well, Takashi," and Nobu, who has been listening to the exchange, mutters, "Takashi..."
When Nobu entered the house, Tamae greeted her with "Nice to meet you." "I wanted to meet your wife too. I've been listening to what Taka-san has to say," she said with a smile. Nobu responded by calling him "Taka-san" again, and with a forced smile she repeated, "Taka-san..." Taka followed up, and Tamae praised her, saying, "I heard you're a talented woman who can even take shorthand, and a working woman. That's impressive," to which Nobu, with tears in her eyes, confided, "I'm not impressive or anything. I got fired from my job today."
Viewers responded on social media with comments such as, "Is that Kubo Shiori?", "Shiratori Tamae is quite the pushy woman (lol)", "Another eccentric girl", "Read the room...she lol", and "Shiratori Tamae, I don't like this closeness...she doesn't seem to mean any harm though". Comments such as, "She snapped at the word 'Taka-san'", "Nobu-chan is the only one who calls him 'Takashi-san'", "Taka-san. Clearly jealousy", and "Taka-san... jealousy, jealousy, jealousy" also appeared one after another.
