The second episode of the TBS Friday drama "Fake Kumamy" (Fridays at 10pm), starring actors Haru and Rina Kawaei, aired on October 17th. Noro Kayo appeared as Kujo Reika, the president of the elementary school parent-teacher association "Ryuwakai", and became a hot topic on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers
The drama is a serial adaptation of the winning work by Sonomura Mitsuru, who won the grand prize in the first TBS NEXT WRITERS CHALLENGE screenplay competition. Hanamura Kaoru (Haru), who suddenly quit her job and is struggling to find a new one, meets Hidaka Mamie (Kawaei), the company president and single mother, at an interview with the venture company RAINBOWLAB. Mamie asks Hanamura to act as a substitute for her daughter Iroha (Ikemura Aoi), who is applying to a prestigious private elementary school, at the parent-child interview.
Iroha passes the entrance exam and enters Ryuwa Gakuen Elementary School, which values discipline and tradition. Meanwhile, Kaoru is attending a parent-teacher meeting with her first mom friend, Sayuri (Tanaka Minami).
The parent-teacher meeting was hosted by Kujo, the president of the parent-teacher organization "Ryuwa-kai," secretary Sonoda Miu (Manami Hashimoto), and treasurer Shirakawa Shiori (Nakata Kurumi). Because only the officers are allowed to wear black suits, they are known as the "Ryuwa Three Crows." With the backing of her husband, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Kujo reigns at the top of the school hierarchy.
When it came time to choose the event committee members who would be responsible for preparing and running the events scheduled throughout the year, no one volunteered. Looking at the faces of the participants, Kujo declared, "If no one is willing, we will nominate someone," and nominated Sayuri Motohashi, asking, "How about Sayuri Motohashi?"
Seeing that Sayuri was taking a while to reply, Kujo asked, "If it seems like you can't do it, is there anyone else?" When Sayuri seemed like she wanted to say something, "Um...", Kujo smiled and said, "It's fine, don't push yourself. I'll ask someone else."
On social media, people were talking about the film, saying things like, "The three PTA members are so impressive. Noro in particular has such an imposing presence," "Those three PTA officers are so annoying," "There are PTA presidents out there who are like that, right? lol," "Noro Kayo has such an imposing presence as the boss mom! It really suits her," "The way the PTA members are portrayed is so scary I feel like I'm shaking. I get the impression that Noro often plays gentle characters, but she's great at those scary roles too," and "Noro's role as the mom who seems to control the PTA made me laugh so much, lol."
