A look back at the 12th week of the Asadora"Kaze,Kaoru"

NHK's Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , will be looking back at its 12th week, "Departure" (June 15-19), on June 20th.

" Kaze,Kaoru" is the 114th morning Asadora. Based on the story of two trained nurses, Chika Ozeki and Masa Suzuki, who graduated from the same nursing school, the drama depicts how the two grow through their struggles and clashes with each other in how to interact with patients and doctors, and eventually become the "ultimate buddy" team. Mikami plays the main character, Rin Ichinose, and Uesaka plays the other main character, Naomi Oya.

In week 12, Rin (Mikami), Naomi (Uesaka), and others successfully graduate from nursing school. Dr. Burns (Emma Howard) leaves Japan at this point, but it is revealed that before that, she had been working tirelessly to ensure that Rin and the others could continue working at Teito Medical University Hospital after graduation.

Meanwhile, Rin's younger sister, Yasu (played by Hayasaka Miharu), falls in love with Soichi's (played by Uesugi Shuhei) character and eventually decides to marry him.

Then Kotaro (Toranosuke Kobayashi) comes to the Ichinose household. Rin is surprised to see him in a suit, and Kotaro explains that he came to Tokyo and is now working as an employee at a pharmaceutical company.

As Rin and Kotaro were catching up at a dumpling shop, Shimaken (played by Masaya Sano) unexpectedly appeared. Kotaro and Shimaken introduced themselves to each other, and the story unfolded with them both being aware of each other's feelings...