Is it similar to “Silent”? Mayu Hotta is the key to the recovery of “Tatobori,” which has not been well received.
Mayu Hotta (25)’s first drama starring in a GP series, “Even If I Forget You,” has a delicate reputation.
The film is a genuine love story between a woman with past trauma and a man with a memory disorder. Miri (Hotta) aspired to be a pianist, but failed. She became a piano instructor in Kobe, but her student base has dwindled, so she takes a job at a cell phone store. She happens to meet Sora (Toshihisa Hagiwara), who works in a kitchen car. A month later, Miri happens to find Sora on the street, but he does not remember her at all. Sora, for some reason, has a memory disorder and has lost his memory four times before.
This drama is aired on TV Asahi’s newly established Sunday night 10:00 p.m. serial drama slot starting in the April season. In the same slot, “Sunday Night About…” starring Nana Seino (29) aired in the April season, and “What Day Was It Born” starring Marie Iide (25) aired in the July season. The ratings for “Toto to Oblivion” have been quite harsh, with an average of 3.14% for the five episodes so far. However, a reporter for an entertainment magazine said that this is not the problem.
Although detailed viewership ratings for the two previous seasons have not been disclosed, they are said to have averaged in the 3% range for households, and were even reported as being at the “bomb level. However, there were many who praised the works themselves, with “Sunday no ~” written by veteran scriptwriters Keiwa Okada and Shinji Nojima, and “What Day is Sunday” by the cast, both of whom won monthly Galaxy Awards and were highly praised among experts.
The screenplay for “Tatoto to Oblivion” was written by Taeko Asano, who also wrote “Love Generation” and “God, Just a Little More. Even if expectations for the numbers were not so high based on previous examples, fans’ expectations for the work itself were very high. However, the comments of fans on review sites and other media were not always positive.
