The synopsis and still images for the third episode of the Fuji TV Getsuku drama "Saba-can, Uchuu e Iku" (Mondays at 9pm), starring actor Takumi Kitamura , have been released. The episode will air on April 27th.
Shunichi Asano (played by Kitamura), a teacher at Wakasa Fisheries High School, and his students applied for HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) certification, a food safety management system created by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Some time later, Asano informs Nami Sugawara ( Natsuki Deguchi) and her classmates, who have begun to seriously consider their future career paths, about the HACCP certification.
Asano went to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and visited Yuki Minagawa (Sonim) at the Space Education Center.
Asano explained that the students were going through a lot of trial and error to turn canned mackerel into space food and asked for their advice. Minagawa replied, "I'm from the education center so I can't answer that myself, but I might be able to connect you with the people in charge of space food development. For that purpose, I'd like you to submit a design that would work as space food in 10 days."
In contrast to Nami and the others who were showing enthusiasm, Kimura Ryuku (Yamashita Eiku) was negative. The students had less than six months left of high school. Ryuku, who was worried about his future, couldn't hide his frustration, saying, "Face reality." A certain remark from Ryuku made Terao Sosuke (Kodai Kurosaki) reveal his anger.
Meanwhile, Minagawa tells Makoto Kijima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), who is developing a "draft certification standard for Japanese space food" at JAXA, that high school students are working hard to get canned mackerel approved as space food. However, Kijima insists that it is not realistic.
The deadline is just 10 days away. And what future will the students choose? What will become of the dreams that Asano and the students envision...?
The drama is an original coming-of-age story based on the true story of students at a fisheries high school in Fukui Prefecture who challenged themselves to achieve their big dream of "developing space food."
