The ninth episode of the drama series " School of love. " (Fuji TV, Thursdays at 10pm), starring actress Fumino Kimura , aired on September 4th. The preview for episode 10 (to be broadcast on September 11th) featured the appearance of Manami's (Kimura) father, Seiji ( Yoshi Sakou), which became a hot topic among viewers.
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Seiji has been accused of power harassment by a subordinate and is on standby at home. He seems completely depressed.
When Manami told Seiji, "I met Kawahara-san (Ayumu Nakajima) today. He said he wanted to call off the marriage talks," Seiji weakly asked, "Is it because of Dad?" Manami kindly told him, "It's between Kawahara-san and me. So don't worry about it," but Seiji didn't reply.
The preview for episode 10 shows Seiji stepping on a hat that is a precious memory of Aimi and Kaworu (Raul). His wife, Sanae (Tsutsui Mariko), tries to stop him, but Seiji is shown pushing her away. Other scenes shown include Seiji yelling at Kawahara, saying, "That's irresponsible!", and his first confrontation with Kaworu.
On social media, people were talking about the incident, saying things like, "Preview! Aimi's dad, don't step on that hat!", "Aimi's dad...I can't forgive him for stepping on Kaworu's hat!", "Stepping on a hat is unacceptable. It's a keepsake of Kaworu and Aimi...", "This dad goes into his daughter's room, opens the closet and steps on Kaworu's hat - he's lost 20 billion points as a father, he's disqualified", and "The dad was so depressed, but next week he's already fully recovered, I just hate him."
*This episode is currently available for in-game viewing on TVer, FOD, etc.