Drama "The Kidnapping Day" final episode spoilers

The final episode (episode 9) of the TV drama series "The Kidnapping Day" (TV Asahi, Tuesdays at 9 PM), starring actor Saito Takumi, aired on September 2nd, and the final development became a hot topic. On X, "The Kidnapping Day" became the number one trending topic.

◇The following contains spoilers.

Based on a hit Korean drama, the film follows Shinjo Masamune (Saito), who becomes a kidnapper to pay for his daughter's heart surgery, and Nanase Rin (Yuno Nagao), a genius girl with amnesia whose parents were murdered. As they get closer to the truth of the case, they become embroiled in a battle over a "drug that creates geniuses," to which Rin's existence holds the key.

In the final episode, the truth behind the murder of Nanase Rin's parents is revealed. Rin, who was a test subject in the Nanase family's "Next Generation Intelligence Development Project," and Masamune's wife, Shiori (Yumi Adachi), who was a test subject 30 years ago, confront each other.

Masamune's memories of the past are hazy, but it turns out he wasn't the murderer of Rin's parents. However, he was charged with kidnapping Rin and imprisoned. At the end of the story, Masamune suddenly remembers something and starts writing a huge number of chemical formulas on the prison wall. It turns out to be the recipe for a supposedly lost medicine that the characters have been desperately searching for... and with that, the story comes to a close.

On social media, viewers were quick to comment, saying things like, "It was all in Masamune's head! The medicine recipe!", "I can't sleep because I'm wondering if the awakened Masamune's personality will remain the same as before," "The ending is different from the Korean version," "It's different from the Korean version, but this one is still interesting to see what happens next," and "I really want to see a sequel."