"Shumaku no Rondo" "Quiet" Kuninaka Ryoko receives comments like "I'm starting to hate her" and "She's scary"

The fourth episode of the drama series "Shumaku no Rondo" (Kantele/Fuji TV, Mondays at 10pm), starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, aired on November 3rd. A comment made by Shizue Moriyama, the editor in charge of Makoto Mikuriya (Yuri Nakamura), played by Ryoko Kuninaka, caused a stir on social media.

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Shizue has a secret rendezvous with Makoto's husband, Toshihito (Jun Kaname). They embrace in bed, kiss each other repeatedly, and continue to betray Makoto.

One day, Shizue was having a meeting with Makoto at a publishing company. As she lined up photos of Toshito and Makoto on her desk, she explained, "The person I'm interviewing said she really wanted a photo of you and your husband together." Looking at the photos, she told Makoto with a dreamy expression, "They're all so beautiful, I'm jealous."

On social media, people were talking about Shizue, saying things like, "Shizue's amazing...", "Watching the Shumaku no Rondo, I think I'm seriously going to hate Kaname Jun and Kuninaka Ryoko", "Shizue's scary. What are you trying to say when you say you're jealous", "Shizue...you're so wonderful and jealous, that's scary", and "Kuninaka Ryoko's range of facial expressions is amazing".

The drama tells the story of Torikai Itsuki (Kusanagi), an estate organizer who lost his wife five years ago and has a young son, and how he and his colleagues at the estate organizer company "Heaven's Messenger" support families with various circumstances.