"Bakebake" Episode 58: Toki's delight at the ghost story recounted by viewers

The 58th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Bakebake " starring Akari Takaishi (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others) was broadcast on December 17th, in which Toki (Takaishi) tells a ghost story to Heaven ( Tommy Bastow), who is overjoyed to have found a fellow ghost story lover. Toki's appearance became a hot topic among viewers.

Toki tells Heaven that he likes ghost stories. Heaven asks Toki to tell one, and he immediately tells one to her. Toki darkens the room, lights a candle, and begins telling the story of "The Futon of Tottori" to Heaven, who looks at him expectantly.

Heaven listens intently to Toki's ghost story, which he tells in Japanese. Heaven's Japanese is not yet perfect, so she doesn't understand even half of the story, but she is delighted and says, "That's interesting!" She asks Toki to tell her the story again, saying, "Moppen!"

After listening to the second time, Heaven said about "Tottori Futon," "It's sad...very sad...But...I'm glad my brother and sister were together forever," and expressed her gratitude to Toki, saying, "It's wonderful. Thank you." Engaged in the ghost story, Heaven begged Toki to listen to it again and again until she understood the meaning, saying, "Yes...I wish you well again."

Toki, pleased to have found a "comrade" who understands the appeal of ghost stories and be able to tell as many ghost stories as he likes, skips home without thinking. He stops, covers his mouth with his hand, and savors the joy with a cry of "Ahhh!"

On social media, people were saying things like, "It was the way an otaku celebrated when they'd successfully spread the word," "Veteran otaku were excited to see how well new otaku were responding," "I got a friend with the same fandom!", "I finally met someone with the same interests," "I get it, Otoki-chan. Otakus are happy when they can talk about the things they love!" and "Heaven-sensei asking for another ghost story was too cute."