The final episode (episode 48) of the NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND (Berabou) " (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actor Ryusei Yokohama , was aired on December 14th. The episode depicted Tsutaju (Yokohama)'s "final day" in a way that was full of UNBOUND ness, with viewers saying, "It was the best ending ever!"
In the final episode, Tsutaju reopens his shop and continues to sell Sharaku's art. He then expands into the field of Japanese studies and continues to work energetically as a bookseller. However, one day, Tsutaju falls ill with beriberi.
While Tei (AI Hashimoto Ai) and Utamaro (Sometani Shota) are worried about him, he continues to create works and cultivate the world with calligraphy, along with his friends Masanori (Jun Hashimoto), Nanpo (Kenta Kiritani), and Kisanji (Omi Toshinori), despite his illness. Then, one night, Tsutae has a strange dream.
Kurosuke Inari (played by Ayase Haruka) appears in his dream disguised as a shrine maiden. He is told that the signal for his "time of death" and his arrival is a wooden clapper. Tsutajyo consults with Tei about what to do with the store after he dies. Then, just as it seems that his arrival is about to begin, his friends rush in one after another, and when Nanpo shouts "We're farts!", they all shout "Heh!" as a signal. They begin to play around, trying to bring Tsutajyo back to this world. Then, waking up from the brink of death, Tsutajyo mutters, "The wooden clappers... I can't hear them," and the same sound of wooden clappers is heard, "Clang clang!"... and so the story unfolds.
On social media, comments such as "It was so much fun! It was the best ending ever!! Thank you for the past year," "It was truly an incredibly entertaining UNBOUND drama, bravo!", "First of all, thank you to Yoshiko Morishita, Ryusei Yokohama Ryusei and everyone involved in ' UNBOUND'," "It was fun right until the very end," "Amazing," "The ending was great as well," and "What a great ending!" were posted one after another.
