The second episode of the TBS Tuesday drama "Jaa, Anta ga Tsukutte Miro yo It" (Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actors Kaho and Takeuchi Ryoma, aired on October 14th. The change in Katsuo (Takeuchi), who had previously "completely rejected" Minamigawa (Kyoka), a junior colleague at work who loves coke highballs, became a hot topic on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers
The original work is a manga of the same name by Natsuko Taniguchi, currently being serialized in the digital comic magazine "Comic Tanto" (Bunkasha). Yamagishi Ayumi (Kaho), who always puts her lover first, and Ebihara Katsuo, who has a patriarchal mentality, have been dating since their university days. After living together, Katsuo proposes marriage, but Ayumi's response is an unexpected "no." Through cooking, Katsuo reexamines the things he took for granted and grows as a person.
Katsuo went out drinking with Minamikawa and his boss Takada (Hirahara Tetsu). Minamikawa, who likes Coke highballs, said with a dreamy look on his face, "The moment I feel happiest is when I'm at (the izakaya) Shichibunya, eating grilled offal and gulping down a Coke highball..."
However, Katsuo completely denied it, saying, "Grilled offal?! Of all things, I can't even imagine smelly, grotesque innards on such a sticky, sweet Coke highball." Minamigawa toned it down, saying, "It's fine. I'm not trying to get people to understand."
On another day, Katsuo overhears Minamikawa at work saying that the grilled offal at Shichibunya is "too delicious." Intrigued by Minamikawa's words, "I could eat a Coke highball, white meat, and kashira forever!", he heads to Shichibunya alone.
"Wow, here we go!" Katsuo said to himself as he ordered a Coke Highball with Kashira and Shiro. He was shocked by the taste and exclaimed, "It's delicious!", with a smile, "You won't know until you try it." He was surprised by the sweetness of the Coke Highball, but agreed with Minamikawa's attention to detail, saying, "The aroma of these spices makes the smell of the offal refreshing. I see."
Meanwhile, Minamigawa, who happened to be at Shichibunya, was surprised to see Katsuo and asked, "How about a Coke?" Katsuo smiled and said, "A new door has just opened for me," and nodded honestly, "I now understand a little bit about what happiness means to you, Minamigawa. No, I learned that there is a world out there that I don't know about."
On social media, people were talking about the character, saying things like, "At first I was annoyed by Katsuo's behavior, but I've gradually grown to love him. Above all, Takeuchi Ryoma's acting is amazing," "Ebikatsu, who said that coke highballs and offal don't go together... has been updated!", "Katsuo is so cute, trying so hard to change," "I can't help but find Katsuo cute," "Katsuo is so pure," and "I want to keep watching Katsuo's annoying cuteness forever."
