The ninth episode of the drama series "Galaxy Vote" (Kansai TV/Fuji TV, Mondays at 10 PM), starring actress Haru Kuroki, aired on June 15th. The character of Daiki, a caregiver played by Masayuki Ino, attracted attention from viewers.
◇The following contains spoilers.
Taiki, a caregiver working at the facility where Toshiko Mama (Kino Hana) resides, volunteers to help "Team Akari." Taiki, who is entrusted with the procedures for filing his candidacy along with Hokuto (Nichika Akutsu), is tasked with attending the lottery to decide where to put up the posters for the Tokyo gubernatorial election.
While Igarashi (Kenji Iwatani) was explaining the lottery system, Mari (Kuroki) and Hotaru (Shishido Kavka) next to me were talking about how the number of volunteers for putting up posters hadn't reached the target number.
When Taiki learned that they had only gathered 500 volunteers when their goal was 700, he suggested, "Shall we gather more? We need 200 more, right?" He replied with a confident expression to the surprised Igarashi and the others, "We can totally do it."
After that, Taiki quickly gathered 200 people. To Hotaru, who looked surprised, asking, "Who is that girl?", Mari replied, "She's a caregiver...?"
Then, on the day of the lottery, the scene depicted Daiki putting pressure on Ryusei's (Kohei Matsushita) secretary, Subaru (Yuki Kura), who had drawn the number that would allow him to put his poster in the center of the poster board, saying, "Could you let me have this?"
On social media, comments included: "The presence and voice of the caregiver, Taiki, were amazing!", "Taiki is a strong character, he's the best!", "Taiki lol, I love him so much lol!", "Taiki is the character I instantly fell in love with in episode 9!", "I'm really curious about the actor playing Taiki!", "I'll remember the name, Masayuki Ino!", and "The scene where Taiki draws the lottery is so intense, it's funny no matter how many times I watch it."
The drama is an "election entertainment" story in which Mari Hoshino recruits Akari Tsukioka, a bar owner with no political experience, to run for governor of Tokyo, and takes on the gubernatorial election as her campaign strategist.
