<figure id="attachment_399968" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-399968" style="width: 3648px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="aef39b4f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/f252254b8b2cec24d30b434c305dd848.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-399968" class="wp-caption-text">Neither the power harassment scandal nor the passionate love scandal shook Hashi Tamaki&#8217;s popularity, but &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<h2> If this continues, there is a fear of a crash&#8230;&#8230;</h2>
<p> Power harassment allegations and a love affair scandal. The current situation is that Kanna Hashimoto (25), who has been in the news a lot, is &#8220;no problem&#8221; for both the industry and her sponsors.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The power harassment is an internal dispute within her agency, and it is a problem that follows successful talents and actresses. It is not a problem for people outside the company, so no one in the industry has anything to say about it. Her relationship with Nakagawa Taishi (26) has been reported in the past, and is viewed rather favorably by fans. Hashimoto&#8217;s popularity is solid,&#8221; said a producer at a key station.</span></p>
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<p> However, the NHK TV series &#8220;Omusubi,&#8221; in which Hashimoto plays the heroine, is still flying low regardless of the current turmoil. At this rate, it may be in danger of crashing. &#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p> Looking back again, the first viewing rate was the best of all the morning dramas broadcast in the last three years, recording 16.8%. However, as soon as it began airing, the Internet was flooded with comments such as, &#8220;It&#8217;s the second coming of &#8216;Chimu Dotsu'&#8221; etc. &#8220;#Reflections&#8221; started up on X, and the event was a big hit every day. However, now there are fewer and fewer posts, and even the #reflection meetings are in danger of disappearing.</p>
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<p> The average weekly viewership began a downward spiral, falling from 16.1% in the first week to 12.9% in the fourth week. However, it recovered to 14.7% in the fifth week. The reason,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The reason for this may be due to the fact that the show takes place nine years ago, when the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred. The fact that &#8220;gyaru,&#8221; or &#8220;gal,&#8221; who viewers had grown tired of and said, &#8220;That&#8217;s enough,&#8221; appeared less frequently in this episode was also a major factor. Also significant was the appearance of &#8220;legendary gal&#8221; Ayumi Yoneda, played by Riisa Naka (35), who had been a mystery up until now. This may be because some viewers found it &#8220;more interesting&#8221; to see her mysterious past and present being revealed,&#8221; says a writer for a TV magazine.</span></p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" I don&#39;t understand the reason for the connection between a gal and a nutritionist."></div>
<h2>Is it really necessary to set up a gal?</h2>
<p> It seemed to be coming back to life, but in the sixth week it was down again to 13.6%.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8216;I guess that means it wasn&#8217;t effective enough to stem the tide once it started to drop. It&#8217;s probably too late to say this, but it has been a standard practice in the past for morning dramas to begin the story with the heroine&#8217;s child. If they had started the &#8220;disaster&#8221; part first in the chronological order, they might have been able to hold the viewers&#8217; attention a little longer.</span></p>
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<p> So, what will happen to &#8220;Omusubi&#8221; in the future? A film journalist who retired from &#8220;Omusubi&#8221; for the first time said, &#8220;There are a lot of things I want to pick up on.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> There are too many things to be picky about, and I&#8217;m tired of it, and above all, the story is not very interesting. I&#8217;m not sure if the &#8220;gal&#8221; setting was really necessary or not.</span></p>
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<p> The &#8220;gal&#8221; is described on NHK&#8217;s website as follows</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The heroine, born in the first year of the Heisei Era, is a nutritionist who connects people&#8217;s hearts and futures in &#8220;Heisei Seishun Graffiti&#8221;. The heroine, Yoneda Yui, with her &#8220;gyaru spirit&#8221; of valuing her own personality in any situation, goes through the turbulent Heisei and Reiwa era with all her might, having fun, sometimes worrying, but also powerfully moving forward!</span></p>
<p> The story is described as &#8220;a true story&#8221; on SNS. On SNS, the following <span class="strongInContent">comments</span> were made <span class="strongInContent">: &#8220;If</span> this is <span class="strongInContent">not a true story, why don&#8217;t you aim to be a nutritionist instead of a gyaru (gal)?</span> The profession of a nutritionist <span class="strongInContent">doesn</span> &#8216; <span class="strongInContent">t</span> seem to ring a bell at all, <span class="strongInContent">and that&#8217;s why viewers are not interested in it.</span> A film reporter continued, &#8220;The theme of nutrition education is not bad, but it is not a good one.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" The theme of nutrition education is not bad, but it is not utilized."></div>
<h2>If only I could have strayed this far: &#8230;&#8230;</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I think that being a nutritionist is a profession that is in line with today&#8217;s trends of food loss and lifestyle-related diseases. The main theme of conveying the importance of food is not bad at all. Unfortunately, however, it is not being conveyed. There was a scene (in the 5th episode) in which a gal collapsed due to malnutrition, and I thought the heroine was going to give nutrition education to the gals and save them from being picky eaters, but that did not happen. I am not convinced why there are so many scenes in &#8220;Tenjin,&#8221; even though it is set in a farmhouse in &#8220;Itoshima.&#8221; I frankly feel that the theme was not utilized at all.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p> So, will he be able to make a comeback in the future?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8220;It may be difficult to make a comeback if the film has strayed so far from its original theme,&#8221; he said. In the first place, there were many viewers who were concerned about the casting of the heroine. When Hashimoto was chosen as the heroine, I felt that NHK was just trying to get ratings by aiming to be popular with young people. That&#8217;s fine, but the content is not interesting enough for young people. I think the problem is that there is a discrepancy in the sense of &#8220;interesting. Until they realize that, it may be difficult.</span></p>
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<p> Is a fall inevitable? We asked a person involved in the production of commercial TV dramas.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> In the case of morning dramas with original scripts, they change the scripts based on viewers&#8217; reactions, so we may see some changes. In the eighth week of the drama, two years will suddenly fly by and the setting will change to Kobe. To tell the truth, I can&#8217;t predict what will happen next.</span></p>
<p> Perhaps we can still hold out hope&#8230;</p>


 Kazuhiko Nakamura

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