The reason why “Ryoma Takeuchi’s morally harassing performance” got more attention than the “national treasure actor” who was scheduled to appear in the drama “Saretsuku”.

TBS Drama’s No. 1 Play of All-Time

Tuesday’s drama “So, You Make It” (TBS) is doing unexpectedly well.

While all dramas starting in the fall are falling below the first-run ratings, the first-run ratings rose from 6.3% to 7.0% for the second episode, and the fifth episode is still holding at 7.0%. Also, the number of subscribers to TVer, a video streaming service, exceeded 1 million, the only drama series in this season to have more than 1 million subscribers. The fourth episode, broadcast on October 28, also surpassed the fifth episode of “VIVANT” to become the most viewed TBS drama of all time.

This drama was not a very well received drama. The reason it has made such a great leap forward is undoubtedly due to the excellent performance of the lead actor, Takeuchi Ryoma (32). Takeuchi plays Katsuo Ebihara, aka “Ebikatsu,” a morally harassed fossilized boy who believes that “cooking is for women” and that “men should not cry. However, when his girlfriend Ayumi (Kaho) suddenly breaks up with him, he gradually changes. He comically plays the role of this situation,

Katsuo’s morally repulsive behavior has made him very likable!

I had only thought of him as one of the good-looking actors, but I didn’t realize he was such a good fit for comedies!　I’m going to become a fan!

I’m going to become a fan! In fact, this drama is said to have initially starred the “national treasure” actor Ryo Yoshizawa (31). However, due to the drunken debacle in January, Takeuchi was suddenly cast in the lead role. This turned out to be a complete fluke. Now all one hears from the industry is, “Thank goodness it was Takeuchi.”]

But why was Takeuchi so addicted to playing the role of a morally abusive man?　A veteran entertainment writer who has interviewed Takeuchi many times since before his breakthrough says the following.

Is he too talented and stinky?

Takeuchi-san has often played the role of a rather good-looking young man. But his true face is a bit inedible or ……. When you actually meet Mr. Takeuchi, he is much more transparent than he appears on the screen. Moreover, his communication skills are extremely high and he is very pleasant, so everyone who meets him for the first time is gripped by his heart. However, after a while, you start to feel a bit of a stench, if I may say so, because of her lack of talent. In fact, the “littering” allegation has become a hot topic in his private life.

I think that’s why I was able to play the role of Katsuo, who is a moral harasser without any malice. He is also a very good communicator and a dexterous person, so I felt that Katsuo’s quick, resourceful change when he thinks he was wrong was very much like the real Takeuchi.

While some praised Takeuchi’s performance, others said, “I wonder if Ryo Yoshizawa would have been able to do the same.

He plays a variety of characters with great skill, but the real Mr. Yoshizawa does not have a sense of oracles at all. He is a genuine “behind-the-scenes” type, always hunched over and with a downcast look on his face, even during interviews. Rather than being dumped by a harasser, it would be more appropriate to say that he is so apathetic that his girlfriend is disgusted with him.

Of course, if Mr. Yoshizawa had played the role, it would have been different and more interesting. In fact, the original Katsuo is much closer to the image of Yoshizawa’s character. However, this time, as has been written on the Internet, “Ryoma Takeuchi has surpassed the original character. As was the case with “Roppongi Class” (’22, TV Asahi), he always overturns the previous reputation that his image is different. I really think he is an actor with underlying strength.

Even when he makes morally harassing remarks, he is not overbearing.

Yuri Nishina, a writer with an established reputation for her character reviews, attributes the popularity of Takeuchi’s Katsuo to the synergy between Takeuchi’s own “cuteness” and Katsuo’s “cuteness.

Ryoma Takeuchi is not just a good-looking guy, but he has a “cuteness” about him. This is not so much his acting ability, but rather Takeuchi’s own personality, and because he has a puppy-like cuteness, even when he makes morally harassing remarks, the pressure does not become too strong, so we can watch him with peace of mind.

Another thing to note is the “cuteness” of Ebihara Katsuo. In the drama, Katsuo makes Showa-esque comments such as, “I prefer a woman who cooks chikuzen-ni for me,” and “Making curry with store-bought roux is not cooking but just chopping vegetables. On the other hand, she also has a neutral point of view, such as realizing how troublesome it is to make chikuzen-ni by herself. She also has the honesty to listen to the opinions of her juniors and apologize when she makes rude remarks.

Apologizing when you make a mistake is a basic human relationship skill, but people who are obsessed with so-called “ogo-no-gokoro” (good name) are less able to do this. Despite his Showa-era style, Katsuo has an endearing charm that is somehow hard to hate. I believe that the synergy between these two characters has created a new hero.

As the drama enters the middle stage, the situation surrounding Katsuo is changing rapidly. We cannot take our eyes off of the story and wonder where it will go from here.

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