The 79th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Bakebake " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Akari Takaishi , was broadcast on January 22nd, and included a scene in which Sawa ( Wan Marui) avoids Toki (Takaishi), who has become popular in Matsue, which became a hot topic among viewers.
Sawa studies every day at the Shiratori Club, a salon on the second floor of Yamahashi Pharmacy, in order to become a regular teacher. On her way home, she comes across a street lined with shops and comes across paintings and fans featuring Heaven (Tommy Bastow) and Toki, a married couple, for sale. She is confused by how popular her childhood friend Toki has become.
There he bumps into a disguised Fumi (Chizuru Ikewaki), who tells him to come and see Toki once in a while.
Later, while Sawa is studying at the Shiratori Club, Toki comes by, saying that she saw her going into Yamahashi Pharmacy. Toki is happy to meet Sawa and tries to talk to her, but Sawa is cold and says, "So? I'm studying right now."
The other students at the Shiratori Club are excited, and one by one they introduce themselves to Toki and start talking to him. Seeing this, Sawa dismisses Toki when he invites her out for a drink, telling him to go have a drink, then packs her things and leaves.
Toki chased after Sawa to the exit, but she had already left. Just when he was about to give up, Sawa returned... and with this scene the episode ended.
Comments on social media about Sawa and Toki's exchange included, "Osawa...Otoki...my heart has been heavy since this morning," "I hope Osawa and Otoki can have a proper talk," and "It's not that Osawa has come to dislike Otoki, but rather that although she feels a bit envious, she is mostly feeling lonely."
Some also commented that the relationship resembled that between Karina (Kana Kita) and Yumi (Amano Hana) in the night drama "Kaedama Bravo!" (NHK General TV, Monday to Thursday 10:45pm), with comments such as "Kaedama Bravo! and Bakebake are a bit similar...I hope their friendship doesn't fall apart," "Watching Bakebake and Kaedama Bravo!, it's sad to see a friendship fall apart due to a mismatch in feelings," and "I'm worried that because Osawa is watching Kaedama Bravo!, she'll start saying, 'Otoki...let's break up'."
