The 73rd episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , aired on July 8th. The episode depicted the final moments of Toyo (Yoneko Matsukane), which became a topic of discussion among viewers.
One night, while Rin (Mikami) and Naomi (Uesaka) are sleeping, Maruyama, nicknamed "Chu" (Wakabayashi Tokie), comes to them asking for help. Hearing that Toyo's condition has suddenly worsened, the two rush to the tenement house.
Toyo smiles when she sees Naomi, but she can't speak. Rin, whose patient Yamamoto (Daisuke Honda) has just passed away, suddenly becomes breathless when she sees Toyo and runs outside. Naomi follows Rin and says, "This must be tough right now," showing her concern.
When Naomi returned to the tenement house, she took Toyo's hand and said, "We're here, everyone's here." Seeing Rin crying beside her, Toyo smiled and said, "Naomi... you've met a good person..." Chu massaged Toyo's feet, and they all continued to talk to her, but soon Toyo quietly passed away.
Naomi tearfully expressed her regrets, saying, "There was nothing I could do... If only I could have been hospitalized and received medicine... If only I could have seen a doctor, I might have lived longer..." Meanwhile, the landlord (Harumi Shio) said, "She was able to go to the afterlife surrounded by everyone in the shabby tenement she had grown accustomed to living in. It was a peaceful death!" Kiku (Hirooka Yuriko) also said, "I'd like to go to the afterlife like that too."
On social media, comments included: "First Yamamoto, now Toyo has passed away too...", "This week is going to be a series of sad developments," "Toyo, living alone in a tenement house, being surrounded by so many people at the end of her life was a really good way to go," "I'm sure it was a happy ending," "Goodbye Toyo, her passing has left Naomi with some difficult questions," and "Even family members, let alone nurses, don't know what the right answer was..."
