The final episode of the TBS Sunday Theatre drama "The Royal Family" (Sunday 9:00 PM), starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, aired on December 14th. The unknown "promise" between Kozo (Koichi Sato) and Shiina (Sawamura Kazuki) was revealed, and was praised by viewers as "too cool."
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In the 2025 Arima Kinen, Koichi's (Ren Meguro) Royal Family was defeated by Big Hope, the offspring of Royal Hope, born from the collaboration between Kozo and Shiina, and came in second place by a narrow margin.
After the race, Shiina came over to Kurisu (Tsumabuki) and Koichi and said, "I also made a promise." Pointing her right index finger upward and looking up at the sky, Shiina revealed her promise to Kozo, "I promised to have the president's horse win the Arima Kinen."
On social media, people were talking about how "President Sanno and President Shiina's manly promise was so cool," "President Shiina and President Sanno made a promise, what a cool thing to do," "President Shiina's unexpected love for royalty exploded, and he teamed up with Sanno Kozo and the parent generation to cut in and take everything away, which I wasn't expecting so I was pretty thrilled," "Shiina was also a member of the royal family who had been deeply involved with Sanno Kozo," and "Isn't it just too cool that a father teams up to stop his sons from winning?"
