In the 120th episode (aired March 20th) of the NHK Asadora drama series "Bakebake " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring actress Akari Takaishi , what scene captivated viewers the most? We examined the minute-by-minute changes in "attention level" (according to REVISIO, Kanto region, preliminary figures), which indicates the percentage of viewers glued to their screens, and found that the highest value was 71.7% at 8:14 AM.
" Bakebake" is the 113th morning Asadora. The heroine, Toki Matsuno, and her husband, Lefkada Heaven, are modeled after Koizumi Setsu, the daughter of a fallen samurai family in Matsue, and Lafcadio Hearn(Yakumo Koizumi), known for his works such as "Kwaidan." The drama boldly reconstructs these events, changing some of the character and organization names to portray them as fiction.
◇Toki and Heaven: A collaborative effort in creating their work.
In episode 120, Heaven (Tommy Bastow), begins writing with renewed determination. Toki suggests that he write a book that he can read himself, and the two agree: "A book that Toki can read, a book that she wants to read...that's a ghost story!" Based on the ghost stories that Toki has collected from around town and told to Heaven, Heaven proceeds with his writing.
The "attention level," which indicates the percentage of viewers watching the screen intently, fluctuated around 60% from the start until 8:13 AM. At the end, at 8:14 AM, it jumped by nearly 10 points to reach 71.7%.
◇The peak was Eliza's "Why did it end with something so childish, why?"
Episode 120 meticulously depicts the process by which Heaven writes his "ghost stories." Toki listens to ghost stories from people in the streets of Tokyo and tells them to Heaven repeatedly. Takaishi's passionate performance continues as he tells stories such as "Mujina" and "Yuki-onna." In the scene where he tells "Hoichi the Earless," Toki enters Heaven's room while telling the story, and is surprised to see that Heaven has Buddhist scriptures written on his face, just like Hoichi. It is a scene that will make viewers say "What?" along with him, but the viewership rating hardly rises, at 61.6% (8:10 AM). It has remained almost flat from the beginning.
The only time viewership surges is at 8:14 AM during the ending credits, when it jumps by a whopping 9.3 points. The manuscript for Heaven arrives at Eliza's (Charlotte Kate Fox) location in the United States. Smiling, she unties the string binding the manuscript, but her expression changes the moment she sees the word "Kwaidan" on the cover, and the upbeat, swinging music stops. This is immediately followed by the 8:14 AM time slot.
Eliza takes a deep breath and begins to read the manuscript. Shaking her head from side to side as she reads, she rejects the manuscript with such force that she almost screams, "No way... Why... Why such a childish ending, why?" It was a bit unexpected for viewers to see Eliza, who had been so supportive of Heaven, become this angry, and the sudden turn of events may have surprised them. This was the scene that captivated the viewers the most.
The data used is REVISIO's proprietary "Attention Level" index (Kanto region, preliminary figures), which surveys program and commercial viewing habits in 2,000 households in the Kanto region and 600 households in the Kansai region. A dedicated device equipped with a human recognition sensor constantly measures whether people are looking at the television screen, and calculates the percentage of people in front of the television who were paying close attention to the program. (Text by Hiroki Sasamoto/MANTAN)
