The 38th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Bakebake " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Akari Takaishi , was broadcast on November 19th, and Nishikori ( Ryo Yoshizawa Ryo) and Kan'emon (Fumiyo Kohinata) showed off their skipping skills, which became a hot topic among viewers.
Toki (Tommy Bastow) wants and overcomes the threat of being fired from her job as a maid. She practices the skipping she learned from Heaven with Fumi (Chizuru Ikewaki) and Sawa (Wan Marui), but no one can do it well.
Later, as Toki sees Heaven off to school, he asks Nishikori, "Do you know how to skip?" Nishikori, who knew about skipping, is asked by Heaven if he can do it, to which he replies "Of course," and decides to give it a try. However, he is unable to do it at all, and Heaven laughs, saying, "Nishikori, you can't do it either."
Nishikori made an excuse, saying, "Well, I could do that, but today, um... I didn't get enough sleep..." When Toki said, "So Nishikori is human too," Nishikori retorted, "Shut up!"
Tsukasanosuke(Takashi Okabe) and Kan'emon, who were watching, also tried skipping. Tsukasanosuke said, "This is super easy," but he ended up moving backwards, and Kan'emon said, "You're a disgrace to the Matsuno family!" Kan'emon then tried skipping beautifully, showing off a style that was hard to believe was his first time, and Heaven praised him, saying, "Wow! Amazing! Samurai!" He asked for a handshake, saying, "Thank you... I've received your offer," but Kan'emon replied, "Don't make fun of a samurai!" and took his wooden sword back.
The storyline in which the characters take on skipping one after the other drew attention, with "Skip" trending at number one on X. Comments on social media included, "Today's skipping episode was great lol," "The circle of skipping is expanding lol," "We definitely received Nishikori's national treasure-level skipping," "We received a masterful, terrible skipping!", "Nishikori is no good at anything except English lol," "The Last Samurai is a master of skipping," "Kanemon's skipping is perfect lol," "Kohinata's cuteness is exploding," and "This is the first time I've laughed so much at a Asadora."
