The 9th episode of the TBS Tuesday drama "Jaa, Anta ga Tsukutte Miro yo It" (Tuesdays at 10 PM), co-starring Kaho and Takeuchi Ryoma, aired on December 2nd. In the episode, Ebiwara Katsuo (played by Takeuchi) is suspended from work, and the reason for this became a hot topic on social media.
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Katsuo is appointed project leader for a new project and teams up with Yanagisawa (Hamao Noritaka) from the Business Strategy Department. However, Yanagisawa prioritizes his personal life over work, which leads to conflicts with Katsuo, who works diligently and honestly.
With the advice of his boss Takada (Hirahara Tetsu), Katsuo invites Yanagisawa out for drinks, but Yanagisawa flatly refuses, saying, "I don't want to go."
Wanting to reach a compromise, Katsuo made some homemade rice balls and gave them to Yanagisawa as a gift. After refusing to admit that he had made them, he offered them to Yanagisawa, saying, "I don't know if they're tasty, but if you'd like, please let me know." However, Katsuo was accused of power harassment by forcing Yanagisawa to go drinking with him, and "oni (rice ball) harassment" by forcing him to eat his homemade rice balls, and was suspended from work.
On social media, people were excited, with comments such as "Onihara lol," "I've never heard of Onihara before lol," "Onihara, it's scary that we live in an age where anything can be considered harassment," "This trend of everything being considered harassment is tiring," "What's with Onihara? They add harahara to everything," "Onihara is terrible lol but honestly, homemade rice balls made by my boss are scary," and "My subordinate acted like he was a bit of a clean freak, and even though I'm not that kind of person, I find homemade rice balls and sweets to be a bit of a turnoff."
