The 28th episode of the NHK Asadora"Bakebake " (Monday to Saturday, 8:00 AM and other times), starring Takaishi Akari as the heroine, was broadcast on November 5th, and viewers were captivated by the shocking appearance of Tae ( Akari Takaishi ) who reappeared towards the end of the episode.
In episode 28, following a fight with Heita (Namase Katsuhisa), Heaven (Tommy Bastow) wants to move out of the inn and rent a house. Nishikori (Ryo Yoshizawa) is tasked with finding a maid to look after her, and asks Toki (Takaishi) for the job, as she matches Heaven's request for a daughter of a samurai family as a maid. Toki, suspecting that the maid will be a highly paid Western concubine (a.k.a. a rasshamen), flatly declines the offer.
One day, while walking through town, Toki witnesses Tae, who was supposed to have left Matsue, sitting on the ground in tattered clothes, begging. Born into one of Matsue's most prestigious families and raised without hardship as a princess, Tae is unable to bow to someone who has given her charity. Angered by Tae's attitude, the man takes the money back and slaps her across the cheek. Toki is left speechless by the shocking sight he witnesses.
Comments on social media included, "I was frozen by Tae-sama's appearance," "A reappearance beyond my imagination," "The unexpected appearance of Tae-sama was so shocking," "It was heartbreaking to see Tae-sama's back straight as a beggar," and "How has she fallen so far?"
