It was revealed on December 15th that the average weekly viewership rating ( Asadora drama "Bakebake " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Akari Takaishi , "Ganbare, Ojo-sama" (December 8th to 12th), was 15.7% (calculated from Video Research, Kanto region).
" Bakebake" is the 113th morning Asadora. Based on the story of Yakumo Koizumi(Lafcadio Hearn) and his wife Setsu, the story follows a couple, with a love of ghost stories, as they go about their everyday lives together with their foreign husband. Takaishi plays the main character, Toki Matsuno, while Tommy Bastow plays Toki's husband, Lefkada Heaven.
In the 11th week, the new year arrives and the Matsuno family, including Toki (Takaishi), Heaven (Tommy Bastow), Nishikori (Ryo Yoshizawa), and Heita (Namase Katsuhisa) hold a New Year's party.
In her New Year's greeting, Heaven declares that she will be leaving Matsue by next year. If Heaven leaves, she will lose her job as a maid and her hellish life of debt repayment will begin again. In order to keep Heaven in Matsue, the Matsuno family decides to support Rio's (Kana Kita) love life. Meanwhile, when Heaven is invited to a get-well party hosted by Rio, she begins to talk about her past.
Heaven, who was once married to a woman, tells Rio about the mistake he made. At that moment, Rio's love ends.
The next morning, as Toki is leaving for work, Rio appears to thank him for all his support. A comment Rio makes while thanking him upsets Toki. Meanwhile, Nishikori (Ryo Yoshizawa) comes to pick up Heaven, but he seems a little awkward. Nishikori asks Heaven a question, but the next day he doesn't show up to pick her up... and so the story unfolds.
