A popular actor makes a surprise "voice-only" appearance in the final episode of the drama "Ubai Ai, Manatsu"

The final episode (episode 8) of the TV drama series " Ubai Ai, Manatsu " (TV Asahi, excluding some regions), starring actress Marika Matsumoto , was broadcast on September 12th, and the surprise appearance of the popular actor became a hot topic.

The drama is the latest installment in Suzuki Osamu's "Ubai Ai" series, and follows Umino Manatsu (played by Matsumoto) as she falls in forbidden love with Sorachi Taimu (played by Ken Yasuda Ken), a married company president who looks just like her ex-boyfriend, at her new workplace, despite incurring the wrath of Taimu's wife, Mirai (played by Maryjun Takahashi). The unpredictable plot, including the protagonist's time leap into the past, has garnered a great response, with over 1 million views of all episodes, from the first episode to the finale, in the first week of streaming (calculated by TVer DATA MARKETING).

The final episode depicts Manatsu and Tokimu starting a peaceful life in a seaside town. Manatsu has lost her hearing as a result of repeated time leaps. Meanwhile, a boy appears on a road where bicycles are passing by and calls out to Manatsu, concerned about her. The boy's name is "Haru," and the voice of his mother urging Haru to go home echoes through the air. Although the mother's figure is not shown, the voice belongs to Kana Kurashina, who played the main character, Ikeuchi Hikaru, in the first film in the "Ubai Ai" series, "Ubai Ai, Winter" (2017).

On social media, viewers who recognized the voice of Hikaru, played by Kurashina, left comments such as, "Is Kurashina from Winter the mother at the end?", "What, Kurashina Kana?! Ubai Ai, Winter!!", "Is her face not shown?! What an extravagant use!!", "Haru-kun is the child that Hikaru gave birth to in Ubai Ai, Winter, right?", and "Kurashina Kana from Ubai Ai, Winter, and now her son is Haru, but there's no Aki! Is it next time it's Aki?"