The second episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Bakebake " starring Akari Takaishi , which will air in the second half of fiscal year 2025, aired on September 30th, and it was revealed that the average viewership (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 15.9% for households and 8.8% for individuals. This is a slight increase from the 16.0% for households and 8.7% for individuals recorded for the first episode the previous day.
" Bakebake" is the 113th morning Asadora. Based on the life of Yakumo Koizumi(Lafcadio Hearn) and his wife Setsu, the story follows the heroine, who loves ghost stories, as she lives her ordinary, everyday life with her foreign husband. The story is not based on an original novel, but is an original work by screenwriter Mitsuhiko Fujiki, who has worked on NHK's drama "Asagaya Sisters' Relaxed Life" and WOWOW's "Shooting Break Series."
In the second episode, even in the Meiji era, the Matsuno family is unable to give up their samurai pride and are unable to work. When asked about her future dreams in elementary school, Toki (Miharu Fukuchi) is influenced by the answer of her best friend Sawa Nozu(Aiju Koyama) and says she wants to become a teacher. As the daughter of a samurai family, Toki was taught tea ceremony and other skills by her relative Ushimizu(Keiko Kitagawa), but she tells him she wants to quit in order to study to become a teacher.
Toki is dejected after being told that a samurai's daughter doesn't need to work, and then Tae's husband, Den (Shinichi Tsutsumi), appears before her... Viewers were also thrilled when Kitagawa, who plays Tae, and Tsutsumi, who plays Den, appeared.
